Records of Beea. 249 



witli njipor pnrf evaiicscont ; scape with a large yellow spot 

 at l)asc and a smaller one at a|)cx ; yellow of upper border 

 of protliorax continuous with that on tal)ercles ; no sjiot 

 behind tubercles ; raesothorax with four rather short stripes ; 

 yellow area on scutellum very large, quadrate, about twice 

 as Kroad as long ; al)Out half of anterior femora, and all of 

 their til)iae and tnrsi yellow ; middle and hind knees, and 

 tibi.'o on outer side, yellow ; middle tarsi pallid, but hind 

 basitarsi blackened ; first ahdoininal segment with a Ijand 

 enclosing two black spots ; second segment with entire band, 

 having median angle, and greatly enlarged at sides ; third 

 with slightly interrupted band ; f<jurth and fifth with bands 

 and sixth with a large yellow patch. Clypeus with three 

 faintly indicated keels ; lateral areas of mesothorax with 

 posterior half impunctate ; area of mctathorax with little 

 sculpture; anterior coxie prominently angulate ; apex of 

 abdomen with a median denticle. Tegulro rufous ; wings 

 duskv. 



Singapore {Baker, 9281). 



Allied to C. acuticauda, Ckll., from Java, but that has the 

 scape black and the apical plate of abdomen subangulate 

 laterally. Also allied to C. ph'ilippbiensis, Aslim., which it 

 resembles in the ornamentation of the scape, but difiering 

 in the sculpture of lateral areas of mesothorax. 



Ceratina accusator, sp. n. 



? . (Type.) — Length about 6"3 mm. 



Black, with the tarsi ferruginous, and bright yellow 

 markings as follows : reversed T on clypeus (with stem 

 shorter than arms), snpraclypcal band, frontal, spots, rather 

 narrow claviform lateral face-marks (the luwer end turned 

 inward, the upper going to level of antennae), rather long 

 stripe on cheeks, upper border of prothorax, tubercles, spot 

 behind tubercles, four stripes on mesothorax (the lateral ones 

 very short), semicircular patch on scutellum, anterior femora 

 apically, middle knees, anterior and middle tibiai on outer 

 side, spot at extreme base of hind tibiae, double median spot 

 on first abdominal segment and indistinct lateral ones, sides 

 of second and third segments with large marks resembling 

 a hand with index-finger pointed, and bauds on fourth and 

 fifth segments, narrowed sublatcrally. Scape slender, red- 

 dened in front, especially toward base; lateral areas of 

 mesothorax with posterior half impunctate; base of meta- 

 thorax finely rugose ; tegulai ferruginoug. Wings brownish ; 

 hind tibiic with a small projection on outer side : hind tibia; 



