196 jMr. F. Snutli's descriptions 
metathorax, yellow ; the tibiEe, tarsi and apex of the femora 
reddish-yellow ; wings siibhyaline. Abdomen : the apical 
margin of the petiolated basal segment, the apical margin 
of the second segment, the middle of the margin of the 
two following segments, more or less yellow ; a small 
transverse yellow spot on each side of the second seg- 
ment. 
Ilab. — Hiogo. 
This species closely resembles both JS". coarctata and 
E. punctata of Sanssnre. It differs from the former in 
having the clypens longer ; in having the yellow bands on 
the abdomen narrow, and of the same wddtli throughout ; 
the abdomen is also much more strongly punctured. From 
tlie latter it is at once distinguished by the shorter and 
much wider petiolated segment of the abdomen. 
2. Eumenes Leicisii. 
Eumenes Lewisii, Sauss. Guepes Sol. (MS.) 
Hab. — Hiogo and Kagasaki. 
Genus RnYNcniUM, Spin. / 
1. Rliijnchium ardens. 
Female. Length 6 — 8 lines. Black, spotted and 
banded Avith yellow. Head : the clypeus, scape in fi-ont, 
a minute spot between the antennfe, and another behind 
the eyes, yellow. Thorax : the prothorax above nearly to 
the base of the Avings, a spot beneath them, the hinder 
margin of the tegida?, a small curved line behind them, 
the scutellum and post-scutellum (except their basal 
margin) yellow ; the tibife, tarsi and apical portion of the 
femora, reddish-yellow ; the tegulas fuscous ; the wings 
flisco-hyaline. ^Vbdomen : the posterior margins of the 
first, second and third segments above, yellow. The head 
and thorax very closely and strongly punctured ; the ab- 
domen shining and more finely punctiu'ed. 
Hab. — Nagasaki. 
This species closely resembles R. Jlavo-punctatum from 
N. China, and differs principally in having the clypeus 
longer, the basal segment of the abdomen shorter and 
broader, and its punctuation more close and finer. 
2. Rhynchiuvi hcemorrhoidale, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 263. 
Hab. — Hiogo, India, Borneo, Malacca, Singapore, 
Celebes, Ceram, New Guinea, Africa. 
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