70 V. CAMI'.KON, ON" TUK MALAY l'OSSOlîI Al, 



dilated middle much narrower than the sides ; the legs 

 not largely marked with black Javanieus. 



Polistes hoplites Sauss. 



Ardjuno, Java. (Scheepmaker). Riouw. (Kluit leg.). P. saa- 

 gitarius Sauss., in my opinion, is only a i^niaW form of Iioplites. 

 The deeper and better marked punctuation of' the latter is 

 doubtless owing to the larger size. The supposed colouration 

 difference is of no value whatever as a specifiic distinction. 



Polistes diaholicns Sauss. 



This Papuan species is in the collection from Java, from 

 which Island it has already been recorded by Saussure (Ves- 

 pides, IT, p. 18). The specimens (^i) have the base of the legs 

 and the hinder femora, tibia? and base of tarsi black. 



Jschnogaster mcirifrons Smith. 



Tjandi near Semarang. (Drescher leg.). Common. 



Icaria iiitermedia sp. nov. 



Ferruginous, the clypeus, lower inner orbits broadly from 

 the top of the incision, a wedge-shaped longish mark between 

 the antenna?, extending more above than below them, a narrow 

 interrupted line on the outer orbits, a line round the apex of 

 the protliorax, the scutellums, 2 large marks on the apex of 

 the metanotum, a longish line near the base of the meso- 

 pleura?, 2 oblique, irregular marks on the base of the 2'"^ 

 abdominal segment, its apical fourth, marks on the lower side 

 of the four front coxa^ a line on the outer side of the hinder 

 and the anterior femora at the apex, brighi yellow ; a longish 



