ART. 17 WASPS OF THE GENUS TIPHIA ALLEN AND JAYNES 17 



30. Front, vertex, and pronotum not shagreened ; second intercubital vein 



strongly curved 31. 



Front, vertex, and pronotum conspicuously shagreened; second intercubital 

 vein nearly straight ; punctures on lateral disks of dorsal pronotum sparse, 

 but nevertheless distinctly primary punctures. 



(23) (China) nervidirecta, new species. 



31. Vertex with a narrow series of minute punctures extending upward medially 



from occipital region toward ocelli ; lateral disks of dorsal pronotum 

 bearing primary as well as secondary punctures. 



(19) (Japan, Chosen, China) popilliavora Rohwer. 



Vertex without minute punctures extending in median line from occipital 



region toward ocelli ; lateral disks of dorsal pronotum bearing sparse 



punctures, all of which are smaller than the largest primary punctures 



in the transverse discal band 32. 



32. Transverse discal band of pronotum with several punctures on either side 



of the medial patch, which are very distinctly larger than those adjacent 

 to them or those in the punctate angle anterior to the tegula ; punctures 

 on latero-dorsal disks of pronotum mostly .secondary punctures. 



(20) (Chosen, China) phyllophagae, new species. 

 Transverse discal band of pronotum without a series of several punctures 

 on either side conspicuously larger than the others on the band, all of 

 nearly the same size as those in the punctate angle anterior to the teg\ila ; 

 punctures of latero-dorsal disks of pronotum mostly small primary 

 punctures (21) (Chosen) ovinigris, new species. 



33. Hindmost punctures of tergites 2 to 4 not in separate bands, or, if so, 



removed medially from the apices by a distance only slightly greater than 



their width 36. 



Hindmost punctures of tergites 2 to 4 in well-differeutiated bands, at center 

 only one puncture wide, and removed from the apex by several times the 

 width of the band ; usually with a narrow, medial area of dense, minute 

 punctures on the anterior aspect of the first tergite 34. 



34. Propodeal areola with nearly parallel sides ; meta thorax with only minute 



punctures, which are much smaller than those of the scutellum ; preapical 

 band of the first tergite with its medial punctures well separated and 



definitely outlined 35. 



Propodeal areola much narrower at the apex than at the base ; metathorx 

 with several primary punctures nearly as large as the largest of the 

 scutellum ; preapical band of the first tergite with its anterior margin 

 abruptly impressed and its medial punctures more or less coalesced with 

 the impressed area and with indefinite margins. 



(40) (Chosen, Japan) latistriata, new species. 



35. Lower front not shagreened, with several distinct sizes of punctures inter- 



mingled over a broad area, the coarsest primary punctures distinctly of 



third-degree density (41) (China) minutopunctata, new species. 



Lower front shagreened, with coarse punctures, mostly of first-degree 

 density, developed to the exclusion of other sizes, though becoming smaller 

 toward the antennal fossae (38) (India) clauseni, new species. 



36. Transverse carina of pronotum lacking for nearly the whoie width of dorsal 



aspect 38. 



Transverse carina of pronotum complete, or at most with a gap at the center 



less than half the dorsal breadth of the pronotum 37. 



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