1)4 Mr. K, K. Tnvner on 



thornce, te;»iilis, raesopleuris postice, segmcnto mediano latoribus, 

 steniitis tribu3 basalibus, pedibus auticis iiiterraediisque tursisque 

 posticis palliile flavis ; antcnnis articiilis octavo 8equentibiisi|ue 

 j)alliile testaceis ; tergitis duobus basalibus, tertio dimidio basali, 

 torebra, pedibusqiie posticis ferrugineis ; alia hyalitiis, irides- 

 centibus, venis nij^ris, stigmate dimidio basali sordide tluvo. 

 Long. 9 mm.; terobraj long. 10 mm. 



? . Anteiiiiw more than 45 j'>intcd, tlie extroniity broken, 

 lliird joint \'>u'^, at least as long as the t'lird joint o£ llie 

 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 di.stinctly greater than 

 their diameter. Mesonotum smooth and shining ; notauli 

 deep and crenulate ; tiie depressed portion of tiie niesonotnin 

 behind the median lobe irregnlarly transversely striated. 

 SciitcUmn sparsely punctured ; median segment rugose- 

 reticulate ; pleurse shining, sp:irs(dy punctured. Abdomen 

 slender, longer than the heail, thorax, and median segment 

 combined, inserted higher than the hind coxse ; 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 clothe.! 

 with short grey hairs ; first tergite ab(Mit half as long again 

 as the second, very little broader at tiie apex than at the base; 

 second termite twice as lone: as broad : third h)ntjer than 

 broad ; fourth bn»ader than long. Valvuhe 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 lonnr as the first abscissa of the radius. 

 Nervulus slightly postfurcal. 



Hub. Xieng Khouang, Laos, April 19, 1919. 



Superfamily VESPOIDEA. 



Family PsammocharidiB. 



Crrjptochilas auranticornis, sp. n. 



5 . Nigra ; nigro-pilosa ; antonnis aurantiacis ; tibiis tarsi.s(iuo 

 bruiuieo-ferrugiMois ; maiidibuli.s in medio, clypco macula l)asali, 

 or))ilis(juc fu^co-forrugincis ; ali.s llavis, baai ad uervulani basaleiii 

 infuscatis, apice oxtremo levitcr iufuscatis; venis fulvis, basi 

 nigris. 



Long. 32 mm. 



? . Clyjiens finely shagreonod, wi(h a few large setigerous 

 punctures, broadly truncate al the apex. Antonnal tubercles 



