94 Mr. R. I. Turner on 
thorace, tegulis, mesopleuris postice, segmento mediano lateribus, 
sternitis tribus basalibus, pedibus anticis intermediisque tarsisque 
posticis pallide flavis; antennis articulis octavo sequentibusque 
pallide testaceis ; tergitis duobus basalibus, tertio dimidio basali, 
terebra, pedibusque posticis ferrugineis; alis hyalinis, irides- 
centibus, venis nigris, stigmate dimidio basali sordide flavo. 
Long. 9 mm.; terebre long. 10 mm. 
?. Antenne more than 45-jointed, the extremity broken, 
third joint long, at least as long as the third joint of the 
maxillary palpi, more than half as long again as the scape. 
Face broad, finely punctured ; eyes parallel; posterior ocelli 
separated from the eyes by a distance distinctly greater than 
their diameter. Mesonotum smooth and shining ; notauli 
deep and crenulate ; the depressed portion of the mesonotum 
behind the median lobe irregularly transversely striated. 
Scutellum sparsely punctured; median segment rugose- 
reticulate ; pleurze shining, sparsely punctured. Abdomen 
slender, longer than the head, thorax, and median segment 
combined, inserted higher than the hind coxe ; the three 
basal tergites very finely and closely longitudinally striated ; 
the third at the apex and the following segments very dis- 
tinctly and rather closely punctured, and sparsely clothed 
with short grey hairs ; first tergite about half as long again 
as the second, very little broader at the apex than at the base ; 
second tergite twice as long as broad ; third longer than 
broad ; fourth: broader than long. Valvule clothed sparsely 
with short black hairs. Second abscissa of the radius twice 
as long as the first ; second transverse cubital nervure scarcely 
more than half as long as the first abscissa of the radius. 
Nervulus slightly postfurcal. 
Hab. Xieng Khouang, Laos, April 19, 1919. 
Superfamily VESPOIDEA. 
Family Psammocharide. 
Cryptochilus auranticornis, sp. n. 
2. Nigra; nigro-pilosa; antennis aurantiacis; tibiis tarsisque 
brunneo-ferrugineis ; mandibulis in medio, clypeo macula basali, 
orbitisque fusco-ferrugineis ; alis flavis, basi ad nervulam basalem 
infuscatis, apice extremo leviter infuscatis; venis fulvis, basi 
nigris. 
Long. 32 mm. 
?. Clypeus finely shagreened, with a few large setigerous 
punctures, broadly truncate at the apex. Antennal tubercles 
