366 EUMENID^. 



*643. Odynerus miniatns, Sauss. Mon. Guep. Sol. Svppl p. 249, pi. xi, 

 fig. 6, 2 ; ■^«'/- Ton: Cat. ix, p. 79. 



" $ . Clypeus pyriform, transverse anteriorly, with two longitu- 

 dinal carinse, the space between them punctured. Ocelli placed in 

 pits. Metathorax convex, with an outwardly divergent carina on 

 each side. Head and thorax punctured. Abdomen subpetiolate, 

 the 1st sesment elongate, bell-shaped, prominent above, about 

 half the width of the 2nd segment ; the latter swollen and tuber- 

 culate above. Black ; the mandibles, a spot between the antennae, 

 the scape in front, the flagellum beneath, the outer orbits, a spot 

 in the sinus of each eye, the clypeus (except an oval black spot in 

 the middle), two spots on the prothorax, its entire margin, a spot 

 under the base of the wings, the tegulse (except a spot of red in 

 the centre), the lateral angles of the scutellum and of the post- 

 scutellum, the apical margin of the 1st and 2nd abdominal seg- 

 ments, and a free, round, lateral spot on the last, yellow ; the base 

 of the abdomen red, the anal segment brownish ; legs red, femora 

 and tarsi yellow ; wings hyaline. 



''Hab. India (coll. F. Smith). $ . Length 6-5 ; ^.r^s. 12-5 mm." 



644. Odynerus diffinis, Smiss. Mon. Guep. Sol. Suppl. p. 274, pi. xiv, 



fig. 2 ; Smith, Cat. \, p. 59. 



2 S . Head, thorax, and abdomen finely and closely punctured, 

 the thorax granular, the abdomen slightly shining ; clypeus sub- 

 pyriform, the apex incised ; postscutelkim slightly prominent, 

 transverse posteriorly ; median segment depressed beneath it, 

 vertical ; the sides rounded, a broad medial longitudinal furrow 

 with a narrow carina down it ; abdomen oval, the 2nd seg- 

 ment not narrowed, cup-shaped. Black ; the mandibles, clypeus, 

 a broad Y-shaped mark above it, the sinus of the eyes, a broad 

 stripe behind them, the scape of the antennse, a broad stripe on 

 the jironotum, the tubercles, the tegulse, the scutellum, post- 

 scutellum, a large spot on each side of the median segment, 

 another on each side at base of the 2nd abdominal segment, and 

 the posterior margins of all the segments, bright yellow, the base of 

 the 1st segment broadly deep red ; legs yellow, the coxoe black, the 

 femora, tibire, and tarsi touched with reddish ferruginous ; \dngsjight 

 flavo-hyaline, with a brownish tint along the costal margin of the 

 fore wing, and the apical two-thirds of the radial cell fuscous. 



Var. The red on the basal segment of the abdomen reduced 

 to a large patch on each side. Other specimens have the red 

 spreading on to the sides of the median segment. 



Hah. Sikhim; Barrack pore ; Burma; Tenasserim. $. Length 

 8-9 ; exp. 18-20 mm. 6 . Length 8 ; exp. 17 mm. 



645. Odynerns fraternus, n. sp. 



$ . Closely allied to and resembling 0. confuentus ; differs in 

 having the abdomen very sparsely punctured, nearly glabrous, 

 the punctures fine and shallow ; the clypeus very broad, grooved 



