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radius subequal, the second abcissa a little longer than the fourth ; 
abdomen shining; apical tergite obtusely pointed. Black; with 
short white hair which is especially dense and appressed on pos- 
terior lateral sides of propodeum and on tergites; wings hyaline, 
the radial, second and third cubital and apical spot in second dis- 
coidal cells brown; venation pale brown. 
Type-locality—Los Banos, Luzon, P.I. Described from two 
females (one type) collected by F. X. Williams for whom the 
species is named. 
Tyvpe——Cat. No. 22098, U. S. Nat. Mus. 
SUPERFAMILY VESPOIDEA. 
FAMILY VESPIDAE. 
Subfamily Stenogasterinae. 
Stenogaster varipictus, new species. 
Structurally like S. nitidipennis Saussure (as determined from 
Philippine Islands) but is easily distinguished by the yellow 
lines on the scutum and the V-shaped black mark on the pro- 
podeum (in nitidipennis the base is black and the apex pale). 
From the description it seems also to be allied with faviplagiatus 
(Cameron) but does not agree with that description in all ways. 
Female —Length, 13 mm. Head smooth; ocelli in slightly 
less than an equilateral triangle, the postocellar line less than the 
ocellocular line; antennae thickened to apex, the third joint as 
long as fourth and fifth, apical joint pointed, distinctly longer 
than preceding; thorax smooth; scutum with two impressed, 
median, longitudinal lines anteriorly; propodeum smooth, with a 
faint median, longitudinal groove which is more distinct pos- 
teriorly; second tergite with a short petiole, then widening to 
apical fifth, then parallel sided. Black or blackish with yellow 
marks as follows: face and clypeus, except a median dorsal spot, 
inner and posterior orbits, dots between antennae and laterad of 
anterior ocellus, pronotum anteriorly, posteriorly and a line later- 
ally, lateral borders and two median lines on scutum, spots on 
scutellum, line on metanotum, propodeum except a \-shaped 
dorsal spot and a lateral line, irregular spot on mesepisternum 
dorsally and a cuneate line below and also the posterior margin, 
metapleurae dorsally, base and irregular lateral spots on second 
tergite, narrow lines on following tergites; legs yellowish, inter- 
mediate and hind tarsi and spots on hind coxae, femora and tibiae 
