Genera and Sj^ecies of lIymenoj>tfra. 503 



Icdiia linctipejininj sp, n. 



Femigifiea ; abdomine, cdxis feinorihustjue posticis uipris ; alia 



fusco-hyalinis, ncrvis stigmntocjuc iiigris. $ . 

 Long. 21 mm. 



Ilab. Kliasia Hills, Coll. Rotliney. 



A nteniiai rufous ; the basal joints of the flagellum darker 

 above. Front and vertex shagreened, thickly covered with 

 fulvous pubescence ; the part between the antennae projecting, 

 keeled in the middle. Clypeus shining, sparsely j)unctured, 

 thickly covered with fuscous hair; the apex in the n)iddle 

 forming a distinct tooth. Mandibles pilose, sparsely and 

 distinctly punctured; the teeth deep black. Thorax rufous; 

 the edges of the mesonotum, a line down the centre, the apex 

 of the mesopleura^, the part along the sutures, the breast, the 

 base of the metapleur^e, the central furrow of the metanotum 

 and its sides black. The entire thorax is thickly covered 

 with short pubescence, which has a fulvous tint on the meso- 

 notum ; the pleura^ are shagreened ; tlie metanotum obscurely 

 transversely striated. The nervures are paler, more testa- 

 ceous in tint than the costa and stigma; the second cubital 

 cellule above is distinctly wider than the space bounded by 

 the two recurrent nervures ; the space bounded by the second 

 and by the third transverse cubital nervures is slightly but 

 distinctly wider than the space enclosed by them. Legs 

 coloured like the thorax ; the coxae, the hinder trochanters, 

 and the hinder femora blackish ; the four hinder tarsi are 

 infuscated. Petiole longer than the second segment, the node 

 beconiirg slightly and gradually narrowed towards the apex; 

 the third segment is one third longer than the fourth, which 

 is equal in length to the fifth. 



The differences between this species and I. fulviuerva may 

 be best shown in synoptical form : — 



Petiole rufous ; -wing.s yellowish ; the fourth nbdo- 



niiiinl .'•epment distinctly lonper than the fifth . . fulvmerta. 



Petiole black ; wings uot yt-llowish ; the fourth abdo- 



uiiual segmeut equal in length to the tifth thictipeunia. 



Tiie petiole is stouter and more distinctly dilated towards 

 the apex, the scutellum is not furrowed down the middle, and 

 the propleuiaj not striated as in fulvipennis. It is one of the 

 largest of the Indian species. 



