NEW GENEKA AND SPECIES OF HYMENOPTEEA. 209 



Spilojoppa fulvipes, sp. nov. 

 Black ; the face, clypeus, the eye-orbits — the outer more narrowly 

 above — base of mandibles, palpi, the upper and lower edge of the pro- 

 thorax — the lower line not reaching to tlie apex — tubercles, two lines 

 on the central part of the mesonotum, the sides and the apex more 

 narrowly of the scutellum — the black central line being gradually, 

 roundly narrowed towards the base — the scutellar keels, post-scutellum, 

 the areola, the apex of the metanotum, except on the posterior median 

 area, the yellow extending on to the spiracular area and on to the 

 pleursB below, a large irregular mark on the lower part of the meso- 

 pleuras, the mark being roundly dilated upwards at the apex, and 

 extending narrowly near the apex on to the sternum, the tubercles, the 

 apex of the mesopleura3, a squarish mark behind the spiracles, and the 

 apices of the first, fourth, and following segments, and two large 

 marks on the apices of the second and third segments, pallid yellow. 

 Legs bright fulvous, the four front coxfe and trochanters yellow, the 

 hinder coxae black, marked with yellow above ; the hinder femora, &c., 

 broken off in my example. Wings clear hyaline, the stigma dark 

 testaceous, the nervures darker. ? . Length, 12 mm. 



Hah. Darjeeling. 



APID^. 



Prosopis basimacula, sp. nov. 

 Black ; the basal segment of the abdomen with a large irregular 

 mark, commencing near the base and extending to the apex, where it 

 extends to the sides, and having an irregular indentation on the inner 

 side near the apex, brownish red ; the apices of the third and fourth 

 segments brownish, and covered with fulvous pubescence; the inner 

 orbits from the base of the antennae rufous, the red line continued to 

 the base of the mandibles below. Legs black, the anterior tibiae in 

 front and the basal half of the hinder pair testaceous. Wings hyaline, 

 the costal, radial, and cubital cellules smoky violaceous, the stigma 

 and nervures black. ? . Length, 8-9 mm. 



Hab. Darjeeling. 



First recurrent nervure received shortly beyond the transverse 

 cubital, the second interstitial. Metanotal area coarsely rugosely 

 reticulated. Front and vertex closely rugosely punctured ; the face 

 and clypeus bearing longish shallow clearly separated punctures. 

 Malar space large, nearly as long as the third and fourth antennal 

 joints united. Pro- and mesothorax closely and strongly, almost 

 rugosely punctured ; the apex of the pronotum is raised, Scutellum 

 punctured like the mesonotum, the post-scutellum more closely rugosely 

 punctured. The entire base of the metanotum is coarsely rugosely 

 reticulated ; the apex of the area and the rest of the metanotum closely 

 rugose, the punctuation running into reticulations on the sides. The 

 apex and lower part of the metapleurte are closely rugose ; the under 

 side is bordered by a curved furrow, beneath which it is finely closely 

 rugose. Abdomen finely, closely, and distinctly punctured. 



This is larger than any of the recorded Indian species, with 

 none of which can it be confounded. The face and the malar 

 space are longer than usual. 



