412 j\Ir. P. Cameron on new 



striated. Legs black ; the greater part of the four anterior 

 femora, the anterior tibia?, the a])ical third of the middle, and 

 the apex of the third rufous ; the four posterior tarsi yellowish ; 

 the ba?al joints black, except at the apex. Wings fulvous, 

 with a violaceous tinge ; the stigma rufo-testaceous ; the 

 second cubital cellule at the top is as long as the space 

 bounded by the first transverse cubital and the first recurrent 

 nervurea ; the second and third transverse cubital nervures are 

 jjarallel and roundly curved outwardly from shortly above the 

 middle. Abdomen dark rufous. The base of the petiole 

 and a narrow line on the base of the second segment black. 



The male has the face, clypeus, and mandibles paler, of a 

 more yellowish hue ; the clypeus is longer than broad, almost 

 impunctate ; the apex is bluntly rounded, the lateral angles 

 above are more rounded ; the antennal tubercle is narrowly 

 furrowed in the middle above ; the mesopleurte rufous, with 

 three irregular marks above and in the middle behind, the 

 latter being the larger and narrowed in the middle ; the four 

 anterior cox^ are only black at the apices, the posterior are 

 irregularly marked with yellow behind ; the black on the 

 veitex is more extended and is united in the middle by a 

 narrow line to the black on the occiput. 



Polistes rvgifrons, sp. n. 



Ferrugineus ; meso- metathoraceque nigris ; pedibus rufis ; coxis, 

 trochantcribus, femoribus tibiisque posticis nigris ; alls fulvo- 

 fumatis, $ . 



Long. 25 mm. 



Hah. Khasia Hills. Coll. Rotliney. 



Antennse rufous, the third and following joints black above. 

 Head rufous, the ocellar region and the occiput black; the 

 inner orbits of a paler colour; the vertex, the eye-incision, 

 and the centre of the front strongly and distinctly punctured ; 

 the space between the antennee bluntly tuberculate. Eyes 

 large, separated by, if anything, slightly more than the length 

 of the last joint of the antennas from the base of the mandibles. 

 Clypeus roundly convex, strongly but not very closely punc- 

 tured. The base of the mandibles with scattered punctures, 

 their three apical teeth are of equal size. Thorax black, 

 except the prothorax and the sides of the scutellum, which are 

 ferruginous ; the pronotum is lined with yellow on the top. 

 ilesonotum closely and strongly rugosely punctured, the 

 punctures running into reticulations in the middle behind. 

 'J'he scutellum and postscutellum are more rugosely punctured 

 than the mesonotum. The median segment is transversely 





