18 Mr. F. Walker 07i some undescrlhed Species 



reddish. Wings lurid, with a paler stripe in each disk. Length of the 

 body 4^ lines ; of the wing-s 7 lines. 



Canada ; discovered by Mr. D'Urban. In the British Museum. 



Leucospis Sinensis. Fcem. Nigra ; antennae scapo subtus flavo ; pro- 

 thorax fulvo bifasciatus ; mesothorax fulvo niarginatus ; metathorax 

 fulvo trimacidatus ; abdomen subpetiolatuni, subcompressura, flavo bi- 

 fasciatum ; oviductus brevis ; pedes tibiis piceis, tarsis rufescentibus, 

 femoribus posticis flavo marginatis ; alfe obscure cinereae, apud costam 

 luridje, apice nigricanti-fuscae. 



Female. Black, thickly and minutely puuctm-ed. Head with pale 

 cinereous tomentum in front. Scape of the antennse mostly yellow 

 beneath. Prothorax with two tawny bands, the fore one slightly 

 curved. Mesothorax with a callus on each side, and with the hind 

 border of the scutellum tawny. Metathorax with a tawny spot hind- 

 ward and with one on each side. Abdomen subpetiolated, slightly 

 compressed ; first segment linear, yellow hindward, full half the breadth 

 of the other part, which is fusiform and has one yellow band. Oviduct 

 much less than half the length of the abdomen. Tibiae piceous ; knees 

 and tarsi dull reddish ; hind femora of the typical structm'e, bordered 

 with yellow before and behind, armed with six large teeth. Wings 

 dark cinereous, hu'id along the costa, blackish-brown towards the tips. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Shanghai. Discovered by Mr. Fortune. In the British Museum. 



Leucospis Aexjera. Fostn. Nigra; antennas apice ferrugineae, scapo 

 subtus flavo ; prothorax flavo bifasciatus, fascia postica intennipta ; 

 paraptera flavo notata ; scutellmn flavo bimaculatum ; metathorax flavo 

 unimaculatus ; abdomen subcompressum, maculis duabus basalibus fas- 

 ciaque postica flavis ; oviductus brevis ; pedes tibiis anterioribus fla^ds, 

 femoribus tibiisque posticis supra flavis, tarsis rufescentibus ; alae ob- 

 scure cinereae, costa apiceque nigrieautibus. 



Female. Black, very thickly and minutely punctured ; pubescence 

 very short. Antennae ferruginous at the tips ; scape yellow beneath. 

 Prothorax with two yellow bands ; the fore one dilated on each side ; 

 the hind one narrower, interrupted in the middle. Mesothorax with a 

 yellow streak on each of the paraptera, and with a yellow spot on each 

 side of the scutellum. Metathorax with a large yellow spot. Meta- 

 pectus with a yellow streak on each side. Abdomen hardly petiolated, 

 slightly keeled and compressed; first segment nearly linear, vdth a 

 yellow spot on each side, more than half the breadth of the other part, 

 which is fusiform and has a yellow band hindward. Oviduct recurved 

 above to much less than half the length of the abdomen. Legs of the 

 typical form ; tarsi reddish ; anterior tibiae and tips of anterior femora 

 yellow ; hind femora and hind tibiae yellow above, the former with six 

 large teeth. Wings dark cinereous, very iridescent ; fore wings black- 



