378 TESPID.5. 



661. Ischnogaster micans. (PL III, fig. 1.) 



Sauxs. Arm. Soc. Unt. F?-. 1852, p. 24; Mmi. Guep. Soc. p. 8; 

 Smith, Git. V, p. 92. ^ 

 Ischnogaster hauxwellii, Bingh. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. yiii (1893) 

 p. 38(3, pi. i, fig. 4. 



$ . Head, pro- and mesonotum finely and closely punctured, 

 with a slightly granular appearance ; scutellum, postscutellum, 

 median segment, and abdomen smooth and shining ; eyes distinctly 

 divergent towards the vertex, front M-itli a slight medial longi- 

 tudinal carina ; median segment convex, posteriorly with rather 

 a steep slope. Black ; the apical half of the clypeus, a broad 

 stripe on each side on the upper half continued on the inner 

 margin of the eyes up to the base of the autenntc, a spot in the 

 emargination of the eyes, a spot above each antenna, another on 

 each side of the vertex, the posterior margin of the pronotum 

 broadly interrupted in the middle, an oval spot beneath the base 

 of the wings, and a broad curved one beneath that, the inner 

 half of the tegulse, the lateral angles of the scutellum, a posteriorly 

 eraarginate line on the postscutellum, a reversed broad T-shaped 

 mark on each side of the median segment, a spot on each side 

 at the apex of the petiole o£ the abdomen, a lai'ge oval lateral 

 spot near the base of the 2nd segment, a broad stripe at the base 

 of the 3rd, a large lateral spot transversely along the bases of the 

 3rd and 4th segments, an elongate spot on each side in the middle 

 of the 2nd ventral segment, and a round one on each side in 

 the middle of the 3rd segment, yellow ; the markings at the bases 

 of segments 2-4 generally hidden ; front legs yellow variegated 

 with black, intermediate and posterior legs black, yellow on the 

 coxae posteriorly and reddish fulvous at the knees ; wings hyaline, 

 fuscescent towards the apex and beautifully iridescent. 



S similar, the wings slightly darker, and the yellow markings 

 broader and more conspicuous. 



Hab. Eangit valley, 1000 ft., Sikhim ; Pegu Hills, Burma ; Ten- 

 asserim ; Java; Borneo. $ 6' Length 16-18 ; ^a?p. 30-33 mm. 



662. Ischnogaster fraterna, n. sp. 



2 6 • Closely allied to and resembling I. micans, Sauss. Differs 

 in having the head and thorax more coarsely punctured, the clypeus 

 not so long; it differs also constantly in the markings. Black; 

 the clypeus except a narrow margin anteriorly and laterally, two 

 oblique spots on the face below the antennae, the posterior margin 

 of the pronotum, a round spot under the base of the wing, a 

 lunate spot under that, the lateral angles of the scutellum, a line 

 on the postscutellum, a spot on each side at the apex of the 

 median segment, the base of the 2ud abdominal segment, and a 

 transverse band near the base of the 3rd, with a triangular sub- 

 marginal spot on each side on its ventral surface, bright yellow ; 

 legs black or rufo-f uscous, the outside of the femora and the tibiae 

 above of the anterior legs yellow ; wings fusco-hyaliue, darker 

 than in /. micans, and iridescent. 



Hah. Tenasserim. $ 6 . Length 17-18 ; exp. 30-32 mm. 



