NO. 13S7. HYMENOPTERA FROM THE PHILIPPINES— ASHMEAD. 133 



SulDfiijnily II. A^GrE^^IIlST-aC. 



Genus AGENIA Schiddte. 



AGENIA CINGULATA, new species. 



2faJ<\ — Leng-th, 6 miii. Black, clothed with a u-Httering- pile, sil- 

 very on the face, the clypeus, the mcsosternuni posteriorly, and the 

 hind coxa^; the tips of the front femora, their tibijv and tarsi, the 

 apical half of the middle femora, and the apical two-thirds of the hind 

 femora rufous; the lirst segment of the abdomen has a yellowish- 

 white band at the middle, while the pygidium is pure white. Wings 

 h3^aline, the teguhe testaceous, the stigma and veins l)lack. 

 ' Type.—OAi. No. 7998, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. (W. A. Stanton.) 



Family XXVIII. VESPID.E. 



Subfaiiaily II. POLIST'IlSr.^".. 



POLISTELLA, new genus. 



Plate I, Fig. 1. 



This is a new generic term proposed for the smallest social wasp 

 known in the world, named PoUstes /Han/7len.si..s Saussure. 



My generic table of the Vespida^" may be modified to include it as 

 follows: 



3. Metathorax transversely striate or aciculate; abdomen long fusiform or elongate 

 ovate, sessile; second cubital cell not small, along the cubitus as long as the third, 

 receiving both recurrent nervures widely separated; eyes not extending to base 



of the mandibles Polistex Latreille 



(Type, ]'eqv( higlunm Linmeus. ) 

 Metathorax smooth, not transversely striate; abdomen fusiform, subpetiolate; 

 second cubital cell very small and narrow, along the cubitus hardly one-third 

 the length of the third, receiving both recurrent nervures close together; eyes 



extending to base of mandibles Polistella Ashmead 



(Type, Poliste.s )nanUlensi!i Saussure. ) 



Family XXIX. EUMENID.Fl 



Sixi>iainiiy lA'. n:xj]\rTr;:viis"jH:. 



Tribe II. ODYNERINI. 



Genus LEIONOTUS Saussure. 



LEIONOTUS PUNCTUM Saussure. Manila. 



Genus ANCISTROCERUS West^A^ood. 



ANCISTROCERUS BIZONATUS Boisduval. 



Odynerus hhoiiutus Boisuitval, Fn. entoni. de I'ocean Pacif., p. 658. 



"Canadian Entomologist, June, 1902, p. 16."). 



