338 EUMENID^. 



extendino- to thft sinus of the eves and emittins; a streak along; the 

 orbits towards the vertex, tlie cheeks and back of the head, the 

 pronotum anteriorly, two parallel lon<yitudinal lines on the disc 

 of the mesonotum, a spot at the lateral angles oF the scutellum, and 

 the posterior half of the 2nd and following abdominal segments, 

 yellow ; legs variegated with yellow ; wings flavo-hyaline, dull not 

 iridescent. 



^ similar, smaller and slighter ; the apex of the median segment 

 sometimes ypHow. 



ffab. Sikhim ; Calcutta : Madras. 2 . LengtJt 18-20 ; e.vp. 42 mm. 

 cJ. Length 17; exp. 40 mm. 



599. Eumenes Indiana, Snuss. Mon. Quep. Sol Sujypl. p. 136, 9 > 

 pi. vii, fig. 3 ; Smith, Cat. v, p. 23. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen sparsely punctured, shining; 

 clypeus large, nearly hexagonal, slightly convex, its anterior margin 

 incised ; thorax depressed ; median segment with a medial longi- 

 tudinal fnrrow posteriorly, the sides obliquely truncate, smooth; 

 petiole of abdomen with an obscui^e tubercle on each side of the 

 middle underneath. Jet-black ; a spot on the front, another above 

 the base of the mandibles, the scape of the antenna3 anteriorly, and 

 transverse bands on the posterior margins of the basal two abdo- 

 minal segments yellow, the band on the basal segment or petiole 

 interrupted m the middle, that on the 2nd interrupted on each 

 side above ; apex of the mandibles, the tegulae, and knees fulvous 

 red ; wings fusco-hyaline, suffused with violet. 



c5" similar, smaller : the clypeus, a spot above it, a line in the 

 emargination of the eyes, a line behind the eyes at top, the posterior 

 margin of the pronotum, a spot on the tegulae posteriorly, another 

 on each lateral angle of the postscutellum, and a third on either 

 side at the extreme apex of the median segment, yellow ; the 

 transverse bands on the posterior margins of the basal two segments 

 complete ; legs variegated with yellow. 



Hab. India or Africa ? (Smissure) • Tenasserim. $ . Lenr/tJi 

 i4-5 ; exp. 28 mm. J . Length 12 ; exp. 24 mm. 



600. Eumenes humljertiana, Sauss. Novara-Reise, Hym. p. 6, 2 S • 



2 . Vertex of the head, the thorax, petiole and 2nd segment of 

 the abdomen somewhat strongly and closely punctured ; the clypeus 

 and the 3rd and following abdominal segments smooth, the clypeus 

 broader below than at base and with its apex ending in two blunt 

 teeth : the mandibles long and slender ; the thorax globose, nearly 

 as wide as long ; the petiole of the abdomen long, slender at base, 

 widened, with the sides nearly parallel from beyond the middle. 

 Black : the extreme apex of the clypeus, the apical half of the 

 mandibles, the tegulse, and the femora, tibiae, and tarsi of the legs 

 ferruo-inous ; the apex of the posterior tibiae and the tarsi fuscous ; 

 a narrow twice-interrupted line on the margin of the pronotum, a 

 spot under each wing, two contiguous spots on the postscutellum, a 

 spot on each side of the median segment at base, sometimes another 



