Ilymenopterous Genus Tiphia. 121 



antennae beneath fuscous : the apex of the pygidium and the 

 spines of the tibise and tarsi testaceous brown. Wings very- 

 pale flavo-hyaline, nervures and stigma dark ferruginous. 



Length 13-16 mm. 



Hub. "K. Send," S.W. Persia {Escalera). 



Described from six specimens in the B. 31. 



Near T. auripennis, Bingh., but differs in the larger and 

 more rounded head and the more closely punctured abdomen, 

 also in the paler colour of the wings. Also near T.fulvi- 

 pennis, Sm., but that species has a faint transverse carina on 

 the first abdominal segment. 



Tiphia himalayensis, Cam. 



Tiphia himalayensis, Cam. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xiii. p. 282 



(1904), $. 

 Tiphia fumipennis, Magr., var. a, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, (2 a ) xii. 



p. 52 (1892) (nee Smith) ; Bingh. Fauna Brit. India, Hym. i. p. 58 



(1897). 



T. fumipennis, Sm., from Borneo has the median segment 

 much longer than in continental specimens and the epipygium 

 is punctured, not striated. Tipliia rothneyi, Cam. Ann. & 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xi. p. 324 (1903), ?, will probably 

 prove to be the same species as T. himalayensis, being dis- 

 tinguished only by the sculpture of the pleurae, but until 

 more specimens are available it is better to keep them 

 separate. I have seen specimens of T. himalayensis from 

 Sikkim and Assam and find considerable variation in the 

 development of the sculpture on the pro- and mesopleurte, 

 but the sides of the median segment are striated in all 

 the specimens I have seen, not closely punctured as in 

 2\ rothneyi. 



Tiphia tibetana^ sp. n. 



? . Clypeus slightly produced and truncate at the apex, 

 finely and closely punctured, the apical margin smooth and 

 shining. Head sparsely, but rather deeply, punctured, with 

 very sparse grey pubescence; the scape shining, sparsely 

 punctured, with a few long grey hairs beneath. Pronotum 

 very sparsely punctured, the posterior margin very broadly 

 smooth and shining, the propleurse smooth and shining, 

 delicately striated near the lower posterior angle ; the meso- 

 pleura? coarsely, but rather sparsely, punctured. Mesonotum 

 sparsely punctured, almost smooth on the sides, the tegulre 

 smooth. Scutellum smooth, with a row of punctures at the 

 apex, the postscutellum almost smooth. Median segment 

 subopaque and finely aciculate, shining near the apical 



