ODTNBEUS. 365 



641. Odjmerus punctum. 



Polistes punctum, Fuhr. Syst. Piez. p. 273. 



Odynpru3 punctum, Sauss. Mon. Guep. Sol. p- 209, pi. xix, fig. 2 ; 

 'Smith, Cat. v, p. 59. 



$ . Head and thorax coarsely, abdomen more finely and sparsely 

 punctured ; clypeus broadly pyriform, convex, 

 emart^inate at apex ; postscutellum very pro- 

 minent and raised ; median segment bulging 

 laterally, rounded posteriorly ; abdomen with 

 the basal segment not narrowed. Brownish 

 red, the antennae obscurely orauge-yellew, :2nd 

 abdominal segment brighter yellow ; the space 

 between the ocelli, a narrow line on the apex 

 of the mesonotum (sometimes absent), the base 

 Fig. 107. of the 2nd segment of the abdomen above 



Odyneriis ■punctum, broadly, and of the 3rd narrowly, black ; wings 

 °" ■"■• hyaline, slightly ferruginous, with a fuscous 



subapical spot on the costal margin of the fore wing ; 2ud cubital 

 cell nearly triangular. 



S similar ; the clypeus, the front as high as the emargination 

 of the eves, a line on the scape in front, the posterior margin of 

 the pronotum in the middle, the tegulse, the lateral angles of the 

 scutellum, the postscutellum obscurely, and the anterior and inter- 

 mediate tarsi in front, bright yellow ; the 2nd abdominal segment 

 fulvous posteriorly. 



Hah. Barrackpore, Bengal ; Allahabad ; Bangalore ; Bombay. 

 $ . Length 10-11 ; ex-p. 23 mm. (S • Length 9-10 ; exp. 22 mm. 



642. Odynerus punctatipennis, Sauss. Mon. Guep. Sol. p. 210, $ ; 



Sinith, Cat. v, p. 59. 

 Odynerus intiicatus, Smith, Cat. v, p. 59, S . 



2 . Closelv alhed to and resembling 0. punctum ; differs from 

 it chiefly and constantly in colour, and in the head and thorax 

 being more coarsely punctured. Ferruginous brown, the head in 

 front and the antennae more or less orange-yellow ; vertex with 

 a A- shaped black mark truncated above ; the pronotum anteriorly, 

 the tegulae, postscutellum, the legs, and the 2nd and 3rd abdominal 

 seo-ments yellow ; the 2nd segment black at base, and with a large 

 transverse spot, widest in the middle, ferruginous brown ; wings 

 fiavo-hyaline, with a large subapical fuscous cloud in the fore 

 wing. 



cJ similar, but the black mark on the vertex larger ; a trans- 

 verse band on the apical margins of the 1st and 2nd segments of 

 the abdomen and the whole of the visible portion of the following 

 seo-ments yellow, the band on the 2nd segment much enlarged 

 laterally and with a black stain on its apical margin. 



Var. 2 ^ . The yellow markings much reduced or replaced with 

 orange-brown. 



Hah. 8ikhim; xlllahabad ; Delhi ; Bombay. $. Le^^i/t 11-13 ; 

 exp. 23-25 mm. 6 ■ Length 9 ; exp. 23 mm. 



