66 p. CAMERON, OX THE MALAY FOSSORIAL 



broad waved lines on the apices of the 2'"' to 5*^'', the lines 

 on the 2"'' and 3"' narrowly separated in the middle, and 2 

 large triangular marks — the broad end at the base and 

 slightly incised — on the 6''^' , pallid lacteous yellow. Legs 

 similarly coloured ; all the coxœ and trochanters black ; the 

 4 front femora at the base all round and broadly above ; the 

 hinder except at the apex ; a broad line on the hinder side 

 of the 4 anterior tibia:? and a mark on the hinder pair and 

 an irregular line at the apex, black. Wings clear hyaline, the 

 nervures black. Antennal scape pale yellow, broadly black 

 above ; the flagellum black, more or less brownish below. 



Length 12 — 14 mm. New Guinea (R. Semon). 



Head, thorax and base of abdomen densely covered with 

 longish cinereous hair. Eyes very slightly converging above. 

 Front bluntly keeled. Mesonotum and scutellum closely, finely, 

 but distinctly punctured ; the metanotum is more closely, 

 finely rugosely punctured. Abdomen finely and closely punc- 

 tured and shining above ; the last segment without an area. 

 Fore metatarsus with 7 spines, the joint not widened. Second 

 ventral segment strongly punctured and shining in the middle, 

 the punctures irregular and clearly separated ; the sides are 

 closely, minutely, distinctly punctured and opaque. Innerside 

 of mandibles with 2 teeth, the inner, longer and sharper than 

 the outer. The 2'"^ longitudinal nervure in the hind wings is 

 obsolete, or almost so. 



Belongs to Handlirsch's group 33 {Musca) and comes near 

 to B. Finschii. Of. Sitz, der Kaiser. Akad. d. Wissensch. in 

 Wien, Oil, 188—189. 



Vespidae. 



Provespa dorjilloides Sauss. 

 One specimen. Kiouw Lingo (Teysman leg.). 



