58 SCOLIID^. 



b. Legs red or ferruginous. 



a'. Median segmeut with three longi- 

 tudinal carinae. 



a^. Abdomen black T. riijipes, p. 61. 



6^. Abdomen black, variegated with 



yellowish white T. vicina, p. 62. 



h'. Median segment with five longitu- 

 dinal carinse T. policarinata, p. 62. 



c. Legs black, all the tibije and tarsi more 



or less testaceous. 

 a'. Median segment with live longitu- 

 dinal carinas T.Jlampennis S , ?• 59. 



b'. Median segment with three longitu- 

 dinal cariniB. 



«2. Antennas reddish T. enjthrocera, p. 63. 



b^. Antennas distinctly black. 



a^. Third and succeeding abdominal 

 segments with conspicuous ful- 

 vous pubescence T.fuscinervis, p. 63. 



b^. Third and succeeding abdominal 

 , segments covered with short 



soft scattered white hairs .... T. hirsuta, p. 63. 

 0. Wings golden yellow, hind wing much 



paler, in striking contrast with fore wing. T. auripennis, p. 64. 



127. Tiphia rufo-femorata, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 83, $ ; Cam. Mem. 



Manch. L. Fh. Soc. (4) v, 1892, p. 115. 



2 . Head, thorax in front, and abdomen with fine scattered 

 punctures ; median segment smooth above, subquadrate, nearly flat, 

 the sides obliquely and the apex vertically truncate, the verge of 

 the truncation strongly reflexed ; from the base of the segment 

 three central longitudinal carinae run to the verge of the trun- 

 cation, the space between them and on either side smooth and 

 shilling ; abdomen with the basal segment campanulate, con- 

 stricted along the apical margin. Black, the mandibles darkish 

 red, the intermediate and posterior femora bright x-ed ; wings 

 fusco-hyaline, nervures piceous, tegulae black. 



Hah. India ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; Ceylon. $ . Length 12 ; 

 exp. 23 mm. 



128. TipMa fumipennis, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc 1858, p. 90 ; Cmn. 



Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, p. 116. 



2 . Head, pronotum in front, mesouotum, scutellura, and post- 

 scutellum coarsely punctured ; median segment smooth above, 

 subquadrate, obliquely truncate at the sides and vertically at the 

 apex ; from the base of the segment run three central longitudinal 

 carinae to the verge of the truncation, which is strongly reflexed, 

 the space between them and tiie space on both sides smooth and 

 shining, but the carinas themselves are each of them bordered on 

 both sides by a row of very tine punctures ; abdomen smooth, the 

 basal segment polished, im punctate except for a subapical row of 

 fine punctures, the remaining segments sparingly punctured, the 

 punctures fine and denser on the apical segments. Black, a thin 



