AUT. 17 



WASPS OF THE GENUS TIPHIA ALLEN AND JAYNES 



Italy. For additions to the collection of material, thanks are due to 

 Messrs. C. P. Clausen, T. K. Gardner, J. L. King, K. Sato, T. P. 

 Chao, C. Y. Wong, and various Japanese and Chinese assistants. 

 Much helpful assistance has been received from Messrs. J. K. 

 Holloway and R. W. Burrell of the Japanese Beetle Laboratory. 

 Thanks are due also to Messrs, L. B. Smith and J. L. King for their 

 encouragement in the study of oriental Tiphio. 



5 pf-- 

 pre. . 



mcs 



^ pro- 



FiGUKE 1. — Outline sketch of a female TiniiA showing dorsal aspect in toto, 



AND lateral aspect OF THE THOKACIO REGION : O, AREOLA; O ffr, ANTERO-MEDICAL 

 GROOVE OF SCUTUM ; do prO, DORSAL ASPECT OF PROPODEUM ; d pf, DORSAL PRONOTUM ; 



t, front; I car, lateral carina of areola; I pro, lower portion of sides of pro- 



PODEUM ; W', MANDIBLE ; ni C p, MEDIAL CARINA OF POSTERIOR ASPECT OF PBOPODEUM ; 

 men, MESEPISTERNUM ; m C(l1, MAJOR CALCARIUM OF THE HIND TIBIA; in Car, MEDIAL 

 CARINA OF THKI AREOLA; Hit, MKTATHORAX ; tl, NOTAULI OF SCUTUM; 00, OCBLLi; P> 

 pro, POSTERIOR ASPECT OF PROPODEUM ; piT, PREPBCTUS ; Pl/ff, PYGIDIUM ; r O, RADIAL 

 CELL : sot, SCXJTBLLUM I -V CII- C, SECOND CUBITAL CELL ; S illt, SECOND INTERCUBITAL 

 VEIN ; S pr, SIDE OF PRONOTUM ; t, TEIGUI^\ ; 11- pro, UPPER PORTION OP THE SIDE OP 

 THE PROPODEI'M ; r , VERTEX 



DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS 



Although a large number of the terms in this paper have been 

 used before in works on Tlphla or closely related groups, some un- 

 certainty has developed in regard to the precise meaning of many of 

 the terms employed. For the purpose of avoiding ambiguity, as 

 well as to make the descriptions given of greater value to the student 

 unversed in the taxonomy of Hymenoptera, some space is given in 

 the present paper to the discussion and definition of characters. 



