392 Mr. R. E. Turner on 



rounded at the apex near the middle of the rnesonotum ; 

 the apical portion of the rnesonotum flattened in the middle 

 and with four cmved stria?, followed by several fine oblique 

 striae. Median segment coarsely reticulate, with a distinct 

 longitudinal carina both above and below the large spiracle. 

 Abdomen subpetiolate ; the first segment nearly twice as 

 long as the second ; smooth and shining. Areolet with a 

 short petiole, the recurrent nervure received at two-thirds 

 from the base ; nervulus interstitial. 



Hab. Muong Yon, Luang Prabang ; November 13, 1917. 



1 ?• 



Very near P.furcifera, Bingh., from Luzon, of which the 



male only is described, but in that species the face is 



distinctly broader, the rnesonotum much more strongly 



punctured, the median segment much less coarsely reticulate, 



and the longitudinal carina above the spiracle obsolete. 



I think these differences are specific, not sexual. There is 



also an oblique yellow fascia on the mesopleurse behind iu 



P. furcifera, which is absent in aspasia. 



Subfamily Ichneumoninm. 



Holcojoppa flavipennis, Cam. 

 Holeqjoppajlavipennis, Cam. Entomologist, p. 181 (1902). $ . 



Hab. Vientiane, Laos ; July 30, 1915. 

 The localities of the specimens in the British Museum 

 collection are Sikkim, Khasi Hills, and Hong Kong. 



Superfamily SPHECOIDEA. 



Subfamily Ampulicinje. 



Ampulex varicolor, sp. n. 



9 . Nigra ; segmento mediano, abdomine, mesosterno, coxis, 

 femoribusque basi chalybeis ; thorace, segmento mediano lateri- 

 bus, clypeo apice, scapo subtus flagelloque articulis 5 basalibus 

 rufis ; alia hyalinis, anticis cellula radiali cellulisque cubitalibus 

 prima apice secundoque basi infuscatis ; venis nigris, vena cubitali 

 transversa prima obliterata. 



Long. 15-18 mm. 



? . Mandibles very long and slender. Clypeus very long 

 and narrow, convex, but only distinctly carinate near the 

 apex, produced at the apex into a broadly rounded process 

 with a lateral tooth on each side ; the whole clypeus sparsely 



