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EUMENID^. 



tarsi rufo-fuscous ; \ving8 fusco-hyaline, darkest along the costal 

 margin of the fore wing. 



Hab. Eangoon, Burma. 5 . Length 12 ; exp. 19 mm. cT ^^u- 

 known. 



618. Eumenes exigua, Sauss. Mon. Guep. Sol. Suppl p. 150, 6 ; Smith, 

 Cat. V, p. 2-2. 



$ d" . Head, thorax, and the basal half of the petiole of the 

 abdomen closely and finely punctured ; rest of the abdomen smooth, 

 impuuctate, but not shining ; head remarkably orbicular ; clypeus 

 nearly circular, slightly convex, its anterior margin not incised ; 

 antennae inserted low down just above base of clypeus ; pronotum 

 transverse, slightly recurved along anterior margin and bearing 

 a spine on the anterior lateral angles ; median segment much 

 depressed, with a medial deep longitudinal furrow from base to 

 apex ; petiole long, clavate, with a subapical constriction. Black ; 

 the front, the emargination of the eyes, the clypeus, the pleurae, 

 and sides and apex of the median segment with short silvery 

 pubescence; the clypeus except a narrow margin anteriorly, a broad 

 line on the pronotum, the margins of the tegulse, two spots on the 

 apex of the scutellum, the anterior and intermediate tibiae and 

 tarsi above, a spot at the base of each posterior tibia above, and 

 narrow transverse bands on the margins of the petiole and of the 

 2nd abdominal segment, yellow; wings hyahue, shaded with 

 fuscous. 



Hab. India (Saussiwe and SmitJi); Burma; Tenasserim. 2. 

 Length 8 ; exj). 14 mm. cj . Length 7 ; exp. 13 mm. 



Genus LABUS. 

 Labus, Sauss. Novara-Reise, Hym, p. 3 (1867). 



Type, L. spiiiiger, Sauss. 



Range. The Oriental region. 



" Mandibles short truncate, apex dentate but not along the inner 

 margin, folded horizontally close to the clypeus, forming a very 



short beak. Maxillae subelongate ; 

 palpi with 6 joints. Labium sub- 

 elongate, palpi with 4 joints. 

 Pronotum small, wide, anteriorly 

 angular and toothed, posteriorly 

 narrowed and arched. Legs 

 slender, tarsi elongate, 1st joint of 

 the tarsi longest. Wings normal. 

 Second cubital cell not petiolate, 

 but angular towards the radial cell. 

 Fig. 100. produced and truncate towards the 



Labuskumbertiatius, 2- i- base of the wing ; receiving both 



recurrent nervures, the Ist re- 

 current nervure continuous with the lower margin of the cell. 



