EUMENES. 



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Indo-Malayan region as far as New Guinea. 2 • Lencfth 24-2(3 ; 

 exp. 49-52 mm, 6 ■ Length 19-21 ; ea,;/9. 36-38 mm. 



6I0. Eumenes blanchardi, Sauss. Mon. Guep. Sol. p. 66, 5 ; Smith, 

 Cat. V, p. 22. 



5 S . Closely allied to and resembling E. arcuata : differing 

 chiefly in the head and thorax being totally devoid of the yellow- 

 markings present in that species ; the clypeus is smaller, its apex 

 angularly emarginate, not truncate, and the petiole more tiliform. 



Hab. India, Pondichery (Saussure and Smith). $ . Length 

 23-26 ; eaj)' 41-44 mm. d • Length 20-21 ; exj^. 36 mm. 



616. Eumenes curvata, Sauss. Mon. Guep. Sol. Sui)2)l. p. 145, $ ; 



Smith, Cat. v. p. 25. 

 2 . Head and thorax with fine close but shallow punctures ; 

 abdomen entirely impunctate, smooth and shining; clj pens oval, 

 strongly convex, widely but only slightly emarginate anteriorly ; 

 front between the auteuna? subtuberculate, with an impressed 

 medial line from the anterior ocellus to the apex of the convexity ; 

 median segment with a shallow impressed line from base leading 

 to a deep ^ triangular hollow at the apex; petiole long, filiform, 

 with only an indication of the two tubercles in the middle below. 

 Entirely of an intense black ; wings dark fuscous, with a beautiful 

 rich purple efiiulgeuce. 



S similar, smaller and slighter, the wings somewhat lighter in 

 colour; in some specimens a broad line down the middle of the 

 clypeus and a triangular spot above it are yellow. 



■ Hah. Burma ; Tenasserim ; the Phihppines. $ . Length 24-26 ; 

 exp. 48-52 mm. 6 • Length 20-21 ; exji. 40-45 mm. 



617. Eumenes lenis, n. sp. 



2 . Head, thorax, and petiole of abdomen finely and somewhat 

 closely punctured ; 2nd and following segments of the abdomen 

 smooth, highly polished, shining; clypeus scutiform, narrower 

 above than below, the apex slightly emarginate, the sides oblique, 

 the medial furrow on the slope of the median segment obscure, above 

 distinct and widening into a triangular hollow at apex ; petiole of 

 abdomen very long, alx)ut twice the length of the head and thorax 

 united, fihform ; base of 2nd abdominal segment with a short petiole, 

 the medial tubercles on the petiole beneath small, obscure ; legs very 

 slender. Black, the clypeus and apex of the median segment with a 

 thin, short, hoary pubescence ; the base of the clypeus, a spot above 

 it between the bases of the antennae, a transverse spot above that, a 

 Hue on the pronotum, a spot in front of and two spots behind the 

 tegulte, a spot at the lateral angles of the postscutelluin, an elongate 

 spot on each side at the apex of the median segment, the anterior 

 and intermediate tibia;, and a narrow subapical line on the posterior 

 margins of the petiole and 2nd segment of the abdomen, yellow ; 



