84 Mr. R. E. Turner on New Species oj Hymenoptera. 



Crabro veitchi, sp. n. 



$. Nigra; flagello, pronoto, callis hunieralibus, scutello angiilis 

 anticis, postscutelloque fascia transversa flavis; maiidibulis apice 

 excepto, tcgulis, segmentis dorsalibus secundo dimidio basali, sex- 

 toque, ventralibus prinio, secundo dimidio basali, quinto, sextoque, 

 pedibusque ferrugineis ; alis hyalinis, leviter infuscatis, venis f uscis. 



Long. 11 mm. 



$. Mandibles tridentate at the apex; clypeus porrect, triangu- 

 larly emarginate at the apex, not carinate, clothed with silver 

 pubescence. Eyes with very large facets in front, separated at 

 the base of the clypeus by a distance equal to the length of the 

 second joint of the flagellum, a groove along the inner margin of 

 the eyes near the summit. Second joint of the flagellum nearly 

 as long as the first and third combined. Head large and massive, 

 broader than the thorax, minutely and closely punctured, the 

 temples very broad and clothed with silver pubescence; ocelli in 

 a wide triangle, the posterior pair as far from each other as from 

 the eyes, fully half as far again from the posterior margin of 

 the head as from each other. Pronotum transverse, rounded at the 

 anterior angles; mesonotum very finely punctured-rugulosc on the 

 anterior half, more sparsely punctured posteriorly, a broad depres- 

 sion from the anterior margin to the middle. Scutellum and post- 

 scutellum shining, with scattered punctures; propleurae vertically 

 striated; mesopleurae sparsely and rather coarsely punctured, 

 without a groove for the intermediate or hind femora. Median 

 segment closely and rather strongly punctured, the triangular 

 basal area defined by grooves and with a median longitudinal 

 groove, the sides of the segment closely and rather strongly obliquely 

 striated. Abdomen petiolate, smooth and shining, the first seg- 

 ment longer than the second and third combined, slender, the 

 apical half moderately swollen, not constricted at the apex ; second 

 segment nearly as broad at the apex as the third, the second ventral 

 segment with a small, oblong, pubescent, opaque mark on each side 

 near the base ; fifth dorsal segment minutely punctured ; pygidial 

 area very narrow, lanceolate. Recurrent nervure received just 

 beyond three-quarters from the apex of the cubital cell ; transverse 

 cubital nervure received close to the middle of the radial cell. 

 Hind tibiae serrate. 



Hah. Fiji, Natova {R. Veilch), April. 



The petiolate abdomen gives this insect somewhat the 

 appearance of a Dasyprochis, but it does not belong to 

 that genus, but does not seem to be closely alUed to any 

 described Crabro. 



