444 Lieut.-Col. C. T. Bingham on 
with silvery pile only observable in certain lights ; the thorax 
closely punctured ; the legs black; the inside of the tibie 
and tarsi of the anterior and posterior legs and _ the calearia 
testaceous brown; wings fuscous, with a purple effulgence, 
hyaline at their base; abdomen closely and finely punctured, 
the first segment at base, and the second and third segments 
in the centre above black; the rest of these segments blood- 
red, the fourth and apical segments black. 
One specimen in the collection. This species is closest to 
C. sepulchralis, Smith, from Borneo, but is very much 
larger, wants the yellow markings on the thorax, and has 
only the base of the abdomen variegated with red. 
Fam. Eumenidez, Westwood. 
20. Humenes curvatus, Saussure. 
Eumenes curvatus, Sauss. Mon. Guép. Sol. Suppl. p. 145. 38, t. viii. 
fie. 1 
Eumenes curvata, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins, B. M. pt.v. p. 25. 33; Journ. 
Linn. Soe. xi. (1867) p. 372. 18. 
One specimen in the collection. 
Fam. Vespide, Stephen. 
21. Polistes philippensis, Saussure. 
Polistes philippensis, Sauss. Mon. Guép. Soc. p. 58. 14, 9; Smith, 
Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. pt. v. p. 104.19; Journ. Linn. Soe. xi. (1867) 
p. 381. 12, 
T'wo specimens in the collection. 
Fam. Aulacide, Shuck. 
22. Megischus coronator, Fabricius. 
Pimpla coronator, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 118. 28. 
Meyischus coronator, Brullé, Hym. iv. p. 538.1; Westw. Trans. Ent. 
Soe. iii. p. 276. 2; Smith, Journ. Linn. Soe. x1. p. 399. 1. 
One specimen in the collection. 
Fam. Ichneumonide, Leach. 
23. Oryptus verticalis, sp. n. 
@. L. 10 millim., exp. 21 millim. 
Black, variegated with creamy white; the base of the 
posterior legs reddish brown. Head black; the clypeus 
transverse, slightly convex, its anterior margin arched ; the 
