104 Mr. G. Meade- Waldo on 



scape beneath, a minute spot in the sinus of each eye, short 

 line behind each eye, a small spot on the vertex between the 

 insertion of the antennas, anterior margin of pronotum in 

 the middle, tegulae except the centre, postscutellum, apical 

 margin of first abdominal segment dorsally, apical margin of 

 second abdominal segment dorsally and ventrally, apex of 

 anterior femora, the tibiae and tarsi, intermediate and 

 posterior tibiae above and the tarsi, yellow. Centre of tegulae 

 ferrugineous. Clypeus subtriangular, with a small apical 

 emargination ; pronotum rounded anteriorly ; the thorax 

 broadest at the tegulae, narrowing towards the median seg- 

 ment, median segment truncate, slightly depressed ; first 

 abdominal segment cup-shaped, narrower than the second. 

 The clypeus and abdomen very finely punctured, thorax and 

 vertex of head conrsely, mesonotum traversed by two incon- 

 spicuous longitudinal keels, no furrow between the scutellum 

 and postscutellum. Clypeus and the area round the base of 

 antennae covered with a short grey pubescence. 



Length 7 mm. 



Hab. Shillong, Assam (R. E. Turner) ; 2 ? . 



This species has the ordinary yellow coloration, and not 

 the brick-red usually so prevalent in the Shillong neigh- 

 bourhood. 



Odynerus [Ancistrocerus) waltoni, sp. n. 



Niger, sparse punctatus ; pronoti margine antico, abdominis seg- 

 mentorum 1,2 margine postico flavis ; tegulis, tibiis tarsisque 

 ferrugineis. 



? . Black ; a minute spot at the base of each antenna, a 

 spot behind each eye, anterior margin of the pronotum, 

 apical margin of first and second abdominal segments, bright 

 sulphur-yellow. Tegulae, costal nervure, apex of femora, 

 tibiae, and tarsi ferrugineous. Wings clear hyaline, fuscous 

 along the costal area, most obscure round the stigma. Head 

 and thorax rather densely, abdomen more sparsely covered 

 with long black hair ; legs clothed with a dense, short, 

 golden-brown pubescence. Clypeus convex, as broad as long, 

 narrowly produced towards the apex, which is slightly 

 emarginate; pronotum broad and angular, widening towards 

 tegulae ; scutellum arched, not distinctly divided from meso- 

 notum, and overhanging the postscutellum ; median segment 

 truncate, produced and arched laterally, slightly depressed 

 medially. First abdominal segment cup-shaped, rather 

 narrower than the second. Punctured: clypeus and abdomen 

 shining, covered with minute puncturations \ scape, head, and 



