12 P. Canieron. 



Cornes uearest to P. ruficornù Cam. which bas ouly the 

 fipical two joiuts of the auteuuae black; aud diflFers iu other 

 respects froni the présent species, 



3. Odontolarra nigra, sp. nov. Q. 



Black, covereJ with a white pile; the wings hyaline, the 

 stigma aud nervures dark fuscous, the dypeus deeply furrowed 

 in the niiddle aud with 3 stout, short teeth ou eitherside, 

 close to the eyes. — Leugth 8 mm. 



Hab. Sikkim. 



Auteuuae black, pruinose. Front and vertex shiniug, 

 alutaceous; the front with a uarrow furrow dowu the middle. 

 Clypeus closely, fiuely aud distiuctly pnuctured, bluutly pro- 

 jectiug iu the centre, which, at the apex, is furrowed, the 

 furrow bluutly tuberculated laterally; there are 3 lateral 

 teeth ou either sidè, the inner oue being small and less 

 distinct than the outer. Maudibles dark reddish, black at the 

 apex. The centre of the propieu rae depressed and fiuely 

 obliquely striated; the tubercles are bordered by thick, de- 

 pressed white pubescence; below the tegulae is a perpeudicular 

 furrow; from its middle issues a short longitudinal oue. The 

 upper pai-t of the meta-plenrae is slightly depressed on the 

 b sal half and is striated irrcgularly froin the top to the 

 bottoui. Tlie basai half of the median segment is alutaceous, 

 irregularly fiuely striated aud bears a fine lœ^l in the middle; 

 the apical slope is pruinose, covered with pale golden pubes- 

 cence aud is deeply furrowed dowu the centre. Legs black, 

 pruinose, tlie calcaria aud tarsnl spiues palerufous; the hiuder 

 tibiae bear, ou the outerside, 8 stout, pale spiues. Abdomen 

 covered with a pale golden pile; the pygidium dark rufous, 

 thickly covered with soft pale pubesceuce aud bears also a few 

 lougish hairs. 



The 2'"^! cubital cellule is narrowed at the top, being 

 ouly half the leugth of the 3iil, not of almost equal leugth 

 to it as iu O. ru/loeiUris; the auteuuae are stout aud are 

 longer thau the thorax; their 3id joint is clearly longer than 

 the 4tli- The species niay be scparated from the type of the 

 geuus (cf. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1900, p. 36) thns': 



— Abdomen with the hasa] 3 segments red; tlie 2iid and 3rd cubital 

 cellules equal iu leugth; leugth 11 — 12 mm. 



r u f i V e u t r i s Ca lu. 



— Abdomen entirely hlack; tho 2ud cubital cellule half the leugth of 

 the 3rd; leugth 8 miu. nigra Cam. 



Vespidae. 



1. Eiiiiieiies ]»arvilîneata sp. nov. Q. 



Black, exvept for 2 uarrow yellovv Ijueg on the apex of 



