NO. ijj«. NEW PHILIPPINE HYMENOPTERA—ASHMEAD. 115 



14. STREPSIMALLUS BICINTUS, new species. 



Female. — Length 3.(5 mm.; ovipositor the length of the abdominal 

 petiole. Red, with the metathorax, the hind legs except sutures of 

 trochantei's, femora, an annulus at ))ase of tibi^ and til^ial spines, apex 

 of the third abdominal segment and the following segments, ])lack; 

 scutellum 3'ellow; eyes large, white; the nine or ten basal joints of the 

 antenna^ dusky or Ijlaekish above. Wings hyaline, the front pair 

 with two transverse bands — a narroAv one from the basal nervure, and 

 a nuieh broader one across from the stigma. 



The head is finely rugulose; the thorax also is more or less rugulose, 

 but the mesonotum, except the middle lol)e anteriorly, is transversely 

 striated, the middle lobe anteriorly ver}^ smooth; the metathorax is 

 rugose, opaque, and completeh' areolated, the areola l)eing pentagonal, 

 pointed at base; the abdomen is slightly longer than the head and 

 thorax united, smooth and shining, except the tirst three segments; 

 the tirst segment is longitudinally striated, except a space at its apex; 

 the second and third segments are linely, opaquely sculptured, except 

 at apical margins where the surface is smooth and shining. 



Tyjye. —Cat. No. 8449, U . S. N. M. 



Manila. (Father Brown.) 



15. CHROMOCRYPTUS ALBOMACULATUS, new species. 



Female. — Length 10 mm.; ovipositoi' half the length of the abdo- 

 men. Head, except two large yellowish white spots on vertex, the 

 antenna^, except joints T-13 above which are white, the thorax, except 

 a spot on the middle mesothoracic lobe posteriorly, the scutellum, a 

 spot l)eneath the teguhe. a larger spot beneath the insertion of the 

 hind wings, the posterior face of the metathorax, including the meta- 

 notal teeth, and a spot at apex of abdomen, which are white, base of 

 abdominal petiole, and the sheaths of the ovipositor, black; rest of 

 the abdomen and the legs, except the front coxa? and trochanters and 

 the tirst three joints of the hind tarsi which are mostly white, red. 

 Wings hyaline, the veins blackish or fuscous, the narrow stigma tes- 

 taceous. The eyes are large and occupy nearly the whole sides of 

 the head; the face below the insertion of the antenna^ is rugulosely 

 wrinkled, the cl^^peus smooth but with some sparse microscopic punc- 

 tures; the pro- meso- and meta-pleura are more or less longitudinally 

 striated, or with longitudinal elevated lines or wrinkles; the meta- 

 thorax is rugulose, with the upper hind angles toothed; the first 

 transverse carina is distinct, the basal median area ver}^ short, trans- 

 verse, the lateral basal areas large, the surface of these areas being 

 smooth basally. The abdomen is smooth, shining, and impunctate. 



Type.—C^t. No. 8450, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. (Father Robert Brown.) 



