328 Mr. r. Cuineion on new 



uith a gradually rounded slope from the base to the apex ; 

 the base distinctly depressed in the middle. The apical 

 abscissa of the radius is slightly roundly carved downwards 

 towards the apex ; the second cubital cellule at the top 

 is one third longer than the third above and below ; the 

 first transverse cubital nervure is roundly curved, the top 

 with a more oblique slope than the lower part ; the third 

 has a gradually rounded slope ; the first recurrent nervure 

 is received near the base of the apical third of the cellule, 

 the second near the middle ; the basal cellule in the fore 

 Mings is almost hyaline, the rest uniformly fuscous violaceous ; 

 the hinder wings are almost hyaline, darker towards the 

 apex. 



Comes near to P. parenthope, Cam., which may be separated 

 from it thus : — 



The second and third cubital cellules below almost 



equal in length ; above the second is distinctly 



more than double the length of the third ; the 



wings dark fuscous violaceous throughout; the 



median segment furrowed in the middle ; 



the long spur of the hinder tibiae not reaching 



to the middle of the metatarsus parthenope^ Cam. 



The second cubital cellule below one third shorter 



than the third, above not double its length ; 



the wings not uniformly fuscous violaceous ; 



the median segment not furrowed in the 



middle ; the long spur of the hinder tibiae 



reaching to the middle of the metatarsus .... atargates. 



Vespidae. 

 Rhynchium ctirvimaculatum, sp. n. 



Black ; the scaj)e of the antennae beneath, a mark over and 

 between the antennae, a curved almost interrupted mark on 

 the top of the clypeus, an interrupted mark rounded behind 

 on the pronotum, an irregular mark on the mesopleurfe below 

 the tegulse, a transverse mark on the base o£ the post- 

 scutellum, the sides of the metanotum to the teeth and 

 narrow bands, somewhat interrupted in the middle, on the 

 apices of the basal two abdominal segments, yellow. Legs 

 black, the apex of the four hinder femora broadly rufous. 

 AYiugs fuscous violaceous. ? . 



Length 23 mm. 



Hab. Khasia Hills. Coll. Rothney. 



Front closely and strongly rugosely reticulated, the 

 vertex more widely and irregularly punctured ; in the centre 

 behind is a curved, deep, smooth depression. Clypeus longi- 

 tudinally rugosely punctured, the punctures longer than 



