NEW FILIPINO HYMENOPTERA—ASHMEAD. 961 



Genus PISONOIDES Smith. 

 5. PISONOIDES BROWNI, new species. 



Male. — Length 6 ram. Black and sliininu', nearly smooth, and 

 clothed with a silvery white pubescence, the clypeus with a slight 

 triangular process anteriorl}^, the mesonotum with two short, grooved 

 lines near the lateral middle, the meta thorax with a crenate-grooved 

 line down the middle and a grooved line on its obli(j[ue apical trunca- 

 ture, the truncature being transversely striated, the metanotum being 

 smooth; the tegulfe, the subcostal vein, all knees, the front tibite and 

 tarsi, the titial spurs, extreme apex of middle tibia% the apices of the 

 joints of the middle tarsi, and the last joint of the hind tarsi are 

 yellowish; the abdomen is shining, but distinctly, minutel}^ punctulate, 

 the outer margins and the apices of the segments hderallij being clothed 

 with a tine, gilveiy pubescence. Wings h3^aline, the stigma and veins, 

 except the subcostal vein, black; there are only tivo cubital cells; the 

 second recurrent nervure is nearly interstitial with the tirst trans- 

 verse cubitus, the tirst recurrent joins the second cubital cell at its 

 lower hind angle. 



Type.—Q^t. No. 8332, U.8.N.M. 



Manila. (Father Robert Brown.) 



Pisonoides is a good genus and to it belong the Indian species placed 

 in Pison by Colonel Bingham, under his section B, namely: P. erythro- 

 pus Kohl, 1\ agile Smith, 7^ rothneyi Cameron, and /*. ohliteratuni 

 Smith, the last mentioned being the type of the genus. 



Family TRYPOXYLID.E. 



Genus TRYPOXYLON Latreille. 

 6. TRYPOXYLON ELONGATUM, new species. 



Female. — Length Itl.o to IT mm. Very elongate, black and shining; 

 the mandibles, flagellum beneath, a spot at base of all tibia% the 

 extreme base and apex of the second dorsal abdominal segment, the 

 lateral margins of the same broadly, and the base and lateral margins 

 of the third dorsal abdominal segment, are red; the front and middle 

 tarsi and all tibial spurs are yellowish; the head anteriorly, the cly- 

 peus (densely), the temples and the sides of the thorax (sparsely) are 

 clothed with a silvery white pubescence; the very longly petiolated 

 abdomen is full^^ twice as long as the head and thorax united, the 

 petiole alone being nearly as long as the thorax. Wings hyaline, the- 

 stigma and veins black. 



I}/7>t.— Cat. No. 8334, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. (Father Robert Brown.) 



