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parallel streaks on the latter posteriorly, the legs except the base of 

 the tibiae above and the tarsi, a streak on each side of the petiole 

 at base, and large lateral macula3 at the bases of the remaining 

 abdominal segments, yellow : the spots on the 2nd segment with 

 the middle reddish brown ; wings hyaline, very slightly shaded 

 Avith yellow on the costal margin of the fore wing. 



2 similar, very much larger ; the abdomen very dark brown or 

 black, with large lateral maculje on the 2nd segment only ; the 

 median segment on the sides and posteriorly finely ti'ausversely 

 striate. 



Hah. Pegu Hills, Burma ; Tenasserim ; China. ^ . Length 11- 

 12 ; ex2^. 26-2S mm. $ . Length 20 ; exp. 40 mm. 



670. Polybia stigma, Stnith, Jour. Linn. Soc. 1858, p. 114, c?. 

 Polybia decorata, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. 1858, p. 114, $ . 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen punctured and slightly pubes- 

 cent, the punctures fine, shallow, and scattered ; margin of the 

 pronotum slightly recurved ; scutellum and postscutellum promi- 

 nent and raised ; median segment moderately steeply sloped, the 

 medial furrow narrow ; petiole of abdomen short, subapically 

 spherical above. Dark brown or black ; the mandibles, clypeus, 

 sinus of the eyes and the inner orbits, a spot on the front below 

 the anterior ocellus, the cheeks, a transverse stripe on the vertex, 

 the scape of the antennae in front, the pronotum except the 

 posterior lateral angles, two stripes on the mesonotum, the tegulae 

 and a spot on their inner side, the scutellum, postscutellum, and 

 median segment, except a medial longitudinal line on the scutellum 

 and the median segment, the sides of the thorax, except the sutures 

 broadly, a line on each side of the petiole broadening towards but 

 not reaching the apex, a large spot on each side of the base of the 

 2nd abdominal segment, the apical margins broadly of segments 

 2-5, and the whole of the 6th segment, yellow ; beneath, the 

 petiole and all the ventral segments entirely yellow ; legs yellow 

 variegated with brown ; wings hyaline, the costal margin of the 

 fore wing narrowly and the radial cell light fuscous. 



2 d • Differ only in being larger and in having the yellow marks 

 narrower. 



Hab. Pegu Hills, Eangoon, Burma ; throughout Tenasserim ; 

 Malacca ; Sumatra ; Borneo. ^ . I^ength 7 ; exp, 17 mm. 5 • 

 Length 10 ; exp. 20 mm. S • Length 9 ; exp. 18 mm. 



671. Polybia indica, Sauss. Mon. Guep. Soc. p. 207,5, pi. ^fxvi, fig. 3; 



Smith, Cat. v, p. 133. 



2 or ^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen very minutely and closely 

 aciculate, making the surface dull and opaque looking ; median 

 segment with a steep slope posteriorly, medial furrow on it deep 

 and opening above into a short transverse furrow below the post- 

 scutellum, the medial furrow itself obscurely transversely striate ; 

 the sides of the median segment smooth, compressed posteriorly, 



