Indian Aculeate Hijmenoptera, 533 



vertex, a broad baud on the pronotum, an oval medial apical 

 spot on the mesonotum, two lateral spots on the scutellum, 

 the postscutellum, hirge oval lateral spots on the median 

 segment, subbasal lateral free spots on the second abdominal 

 segment, an apical band (broadest in tlie centre) on first, and 

 bisinuate apical bands (broadest in the centre) on the re- 

 maining abdominal segments, thecoxceof all the legs, femora 

 of anterior and intermediate legs^ tibiae and tarsi of the ante- 

 rior and tibise above of the intermediate and posterior legs, 

 yellow ; base of fir.st abdominal segment and sometimes tha 

 centre of the median segment red ; legs, where not yellow, 

 red or reddish testaceous. Wings hyaline, nervures black, 

 tegulge yellow. 



$ . Similar, slightly smaller, the clypeus wholly yellow ; 

 the yellow mark on the inner orbit only in the sinus of the 

 eyes. 



Long., $ 8, (J G"5 millim. 



Hab. Deesa; not common. 



This species is closely allied to 0. dijfinis, from which it 

 difft rs in having the abdomen smooth and the wings hyaline, 

 besides in some of the markings. 



Odynerus Jiosds, sp. n. 

 ? . Very stoutly built ; head, thorax, and abdomen closely 

 but shallowly punctured, the punctures on the vertex and 

 mesonotum closest, but those on the apex of the second 

 abdominal segment deepest ; clypeus subovate, very convex, 

 its anterior margin incised ; bases of antennse situated in a 

 deep hollow, a median longitudinal impressed line from 

 between them to the anterior ocellus; a similar line on basal 

 half of mesonotum ; median segment very short, concave in 

 the centre, the sides rounded; first abdominal segment twice 

 as broad as long. Dark red or reddish black ; the clypeus, a 

 coronet-shaped mark above it, the scape in front, a line along 

 both the inner and outer orbits, not quite meeting at the 

 vertex, the pronotum anteriorly, a large mark on the epi- 

 sterimm, a spot behind the tegulaj, the lateral margins of the 

 scutellum, the postscutellum, the apices of abdominal segments 

 1-5, and large lateral spots, joining on to and forming part of 

 the apical bands, on segments 1 and 2, yellow ; the region of 

 the ocelli, a median spot on the first abdominal segment, and 

 the base and centre of the second and following segments 

 black or blackish ; legs light red or yellowish red. VVings 

 subhyaline, the margins, especially the costal margin, slightly 

 infuscated ; tegulee red or yellowish red; nervures black, 

 except those at the base of the wii 



