18 Mr. P. Cameron on Iltjmenoptei-a 



first abdoininal segment, a mark (roundly narrowed behind) 

 near tlie apex of the second, a curved line sliortly beyond the 

 middle of the third, two oblique lines in the centre of fourth, 

 two more widely separated curved ones on the fifth, and more 

 or less of the ventral surface, yellow. Legs yellow, the four 

 anterior femora broadly dark rufous above, the hinder pair of 

 a darker rufous on the inner and outer side; the four hind 

 tibite broadly black at the base above, the apex black all 

 round, and the four hind tarsi black. Wings hyaline, the 

 apex lightly smoky, the costa and nervures black, the stigma 

 rufo-testaceous ; the recurrent nervure interstitial. ^ . 



Length 18 mm. 



Kuching ; January [Hewitt). 



Face closely distinctly punctured and thickly covered with 

 white pubescence, the front and vertex smooth. Underside 

 of antennal scape yellow. Mesonotum striated throughout, 

 but more weakly towards the apex. Base of scutellum 

 strongly, the apex more finely and closely striated. Meta- 

 notum closely punctured, the punctures clearly separated ; at 

 the end of the central furrow are three or four stout curved 

 strise. 



Epirhyssa lineatiscutts, sp. n. 



Length 15 mm. J" . 

 Kuching ; September {Hewitt). 



This s[)ecies is very similar to E. cruciala, described above ; 

 the two may be separated thus : 



Mesosternum entirely black ; mesopleurae black with a 

 large curved yellow mark below the tubercles and a 

 smaller, triangular one at the apex below ; the mark 

 on first abdominal segment not much longer than it 

 is wide at the apex, narrowed at the base, that on 

 the second triangular, as long as the width at the 

 apex, the lines on the third and fourth wide, not 

 curved, continuous . lineatiscutis. 



Mesosternum black, except for a triangular lateral spot ; 

 mesoplenrfe yellow, with an oblique black mark at 

 the base ; the mark on first abdominal segment long, 

 narrow, on the second narrow, transverse, the lines 

 on the third and fourth narrow, not continuous . . cruciata. 



The legs are more largely suffused with rufous than in 

 cruciata, the four hind tibia} much darker coloured, the hind 

 coxse black, yellow above, the line down the centre of 

 scutellum is narrower than the apical which curves round the 

 apex, the black band on base of metanotum occupies the 

 basal fourth and is of equal width, the curved black apical 

 mark is wider at the apex than it is long, the metapleura3 



