108 Mr. G. l\reade. Waldo on 



apical margin o£ first abdominal segment above, and on 

 apical margin of second abdominal segment both above and 

 below, pnle yellow. Tegulse, legs, except the coxae, 

 ferrugincous. 



Wings fusco-hyaline, darker along the costal area. 



Clypeus longer than broad, truncate, narrowed towards 

 the apex, which is somewhat depressed ; pronotum trans- 

 verse anteriorly, widening towards the tegulse, hinder margin 

 strongly arched ; median segment truncate, the face of the 

 truncation depressed, each side produced to form a blunt 

 angle, first abdominal segment cup-shaped, narrower than 

 second abdominal segment, which is humped, when viewed 

 from the side. Punctured : head, pronotum, and meso- 

 notum rather coarsely, the mesopleurae and scutellum 

 finely; median segment and abdomen shining and nearly 

 smooth. 



Length 10 mm. 



Hab. Rarotonga {Rev. Wyatt GUI) ; 4 ? , 1 <? . 



S • Clypeus narrower than in female, with two small 

 teeth at apex. Otherwise similar to female. 



Length 8 mm. 



Closely resembles 0. flmo-cmctus, Smith, described from 

 Australia, but differs in the longer clypeus and smoother, 

 more shining abdomen. 



Odynerus {Leionotus) woodfordi, sp. n. 



Niger ; tborace punctato, et capite et thorace flavo-variegatis, 

 abdominis segmentis posiice ilavo-fasciatis ; antennarum scapo 

 pedibusque rufis. 



? . Black ; mandibles at base, a mark at base of clypeus 

 on each side, a spot between antennae at base, the sinus and 

 a line along the inner orbits of the eyes, an elongate-ovate 

 mark behind the eyes, anterior margin of pronotum inter- 

 rupted medially, two short longitudinal lines on disk of 

 mesonotum, tegulse, two round spots on scutellum, a trans- 

 verse line on postscutellum, a maik on mesopleurse on each 

 side, a round mark on anterior face of median segment on 

 each side, narrow band on apical margin of petiole dorsally, 

 and on apical margin of abdominal segments 2, 3, 4, both 

 dorsally and ventrally, but more faintly ventrally, spot at 

 apex of anterior and intermediate femora on outside, yellow. 

 Mandibles, scape and second joint of antenuse, apical area 

 of clypeus, legs, a spot on tegulte, ferrugincous. 



Wings hyaline, slightly fuscous at apex and along the 

 costa. 



