388 VESPID.E. 



pubescent; pronotiim with the anterior margin recurved and 



raised ; median segment steeply sloped, furrowed narrowly down 



the middle, witli a fine carina on each side 



running from the lateral angle of the post- 



scutellum, the two converging slightly towards 



the apex of the segment ; the 1st abdominal 



segment petiolate, the petiole at apex spherical. 



Kufescent brown, the pubescence white ; the 



apical margin of the clypeus, the postscutelhira, 



a spot on each side at the apex of the median 



segment, a line (sometimes absent) on the pos- 



Fig. 118. — Icaria terior metatarsus above, a narrow transverse 



fevruginea, $ . ^. band on the apex of the petiole, and the posterior 



half of the 2nd abdominal segment above yellow, 



this last marking concave anteriorly and with a shading of black on 



the segment in front of it; wings flavo- hyaline, with a brownish 



tint and a subapical fuscous cloud on the fore wing, 



g similar, the posterior margin of the prouotum sometimes 

 narrowly yellow. 



Hah. Barrackpore ; Eangit Valley, Sikhim ; Allahabad ; Bom- 

 bay ; Poona ; Madras ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Teuasserim. 5 • Leiufih 

 14-15 ; exp. 24-25 mm. ^^ . Lewjtlx 11-13 ; exp. 22-23 mm. " 



675. Icaria marginata. 



Epipoua marginata, Lepel. Hym. i, p. 541. 



Icaria marginata, Sauss. Mon. Guep. Soc. p. 237, ^ ; Smith, Cat. 

 V, p. 97. 



5 , Head, thorax, and abdomen finely punctured and slightly 

 pubescent, the vertex of the head, the pro- and mesouotum with a 

 slight granular appearance ; the abdomen smooth, silky ; median 

 segment with two convergent tarinae posteriorly, the space between 

 them deeply furrowed down the middle and obscurely transversely 

 striate. Light ferruginous brown all over, the 2nd abdominal 

 segment darker and more obscure in the middle above, with a 

 transverse band of yello^v on the apical margin ; all individuals 

 have more or less the scutellum, posts cutellura, and two marks 

 close to the apex of the median segment yellow ; in some these 

 yellow markings are more decided than in others ; wings flavo- 

 hyaline, with a subapical fuscous cloud on the fore wing. 



$ similar, much smaller, usually without the yellow apical 

 band on the 2n.d abdominal segment, and always wanting the 

 carinse on the median segment. 



Hah. Bangalore; Madras; Ceylon (Green). §. Length 15; 

 exp. 26 mm. ^ . LengiU 9-10 ; exp. 18 mm. 



676. Icaria variegata. 



Epipona variefrata. Smith, A. M. N. H. (2) ix (1852) p. 48. 

 Icaria variegata, Sauss. Mon. Guep. Soc. p. 237 ; Sfnith, Cat. v, 



p. 97. 

 Icaria picta, Sauss. Mon. Guep. Soc. p. 238. 

 Icaria pendula, Smith, Cat. v, p. 98, § . 



