ICARIA. 387 



«'. Second abdominal seirment ciliated 



with spines alonp- its apical margin . . /. sitmntrce, p. 389. 

 h'. Second abdominal segment not so 

 ciliated. 

 a: Wings hyaline, fore wing with a 



fuscous cloud in radial cell I. speciosa, p. o90. 



b'-. AVings fuscous for half their length 

 from base, flavo-hyaline on apical 



li-ilf ^- unyuluta, p. 391. 



b. Blnclv, with petiole of abdomen black. 

 a'. Second abdominal segment_ ^\nth a 

 yellow transverse band on its apical 



margin ^- aristocrat ica, p. 391. 



h'. Second abdominal segment without any 

 yellow band. 

 a-'. Third to fifth abdominal segments 



vpIIow ^- aberrans, p. 391. 



h\ Third to fifth abdominal segments 



l.lack ^- s"f'(^"> V- 392. 



C. Entirely black, without markings of any 



other colour ^- fomwsa, p. 392. 



673. Icaria gnttatipennis. (PI. Ill, fig- 2.) ^ . ^ 



Sauss. Mon. Guep. Soc. p. 40, ? or $ , pi v, fig. 8 ; Smtf/i, Cat. 

 y, p. 97. 



9 . Head, thorax, and abdomen finely punctured and slightly 

 pubescent • 'the vertex, the pro- and mesonotum granular, the 

 abdomen with a smooth silky look : clypeus pentagonal anteriorly, 

 with a fringe of fine, rather short hairs ; median segment roundly 

 sloping with a carina on each side leading from the angle of the 

 postscutellum, the t\vo converging slightly towards the apex of the 

 seo-ment, the space between the carina? slightly concave, medially 

 furrowed down its lower half. Reddish brown ; a line at the base 

 of the mandibles and the anterior margin of the clypeus narrowly 

 bric'ht yellow ; the metatarsi of the intermediate and posterior legs 

 more or less yellowish ; wings flavo-hyaline, with a broad subapical 

 fuscous cloud on the fore wing ; the whole insect covered with a 

 thin silvery pile, onlv visible in certain lights. 



Var. The abdomen very dark, nearly black, the apical margin 

 of the petiole narrowly, and the basal two or three joints of the 

 intermediate and posterior tarsi yellow. 



g similar, smaller. 



Hah. Eangoon, Pegn Hills, Burma; Tenasserira : Senegal; 

 Port Natal; the Gambia. ?. Length 18-19; ea-p. 30-33 mm. 

 5 . Len(/th 12-13 ; exp. 22 mm. 



674. Icaria ferniginea. 



Vespa ferrugiuea, Fnbr. Ent. Si/xf. ii, p. 280. 

 Polistes ferrugiuea, Fabr. Si/st. Picz. p. 277. ^ 

 Icaria ferruginea, Sauss. Slun. Guep. Soc. p. 38, pi. v, fig. G; 

 Smith, Cat. v, p. 97. 



9 Head, thorax, and abdomen punctured and thinly finely 

 ^ ' 2 c 2 



