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sides concave and its apex truncate ; the carinae strong, and bordered 

 by crenulate grooves; median carina somewhat expanded anteriorly, 

 complete to apex of inclosure. A pair of unusual, short, transverse 

 ridges on dorso-propodeum just before the transverse carina. Lower 

 portion of sides of the propodeum shagreened to striate. Posterior 

 aspect of propodeum lacking usual coriaceous sculpturing of the 

 sides, but with scattered, shallow punctures medially, median carina 

 present on lowest three-fourths, with short lateral ridges. First 

 tergite with apical band fairly well defined, expanded laterally, not 

 depressed, the punctures everywhere distinctly separated. First 

 sternite with lateral grooves complete to anterior apex and bordered 

 by shallow reticulate punctures. Tergites 3 to 5 with impunctate 

 apices scarcely one-tenth the total width of punctate portion. Pygi- 

 dium finely and uniformly punctate on basal three-fifths ; impunctate 

 apex wrinkled and faintly shagreened toward punctures. Length, 

 13.5 mm. 



Distribution. — ^Kiangsu, China. 



Holotype.—QBi. No. 41786, U.S.N.M. Female, Penniu, China 

 (Wong) No. 269. 



16. TIPHIA LYRATA Magretti 



Plate 2, fig. 12 



Tiphia lyrata IMagretti, Ann. Mus. Civ. Geneva, vol. 32, p. 252, 1892. 



Female. — Vertex with a few punctures of second-degree density 

 just behind the ocellar triangle and narrowly along upper eye orbits, 

 punctures of sparse third degree elsewhere. Front with vestigial 

 impunctate stripe; primary punctures not more dense above base of 

 antennae than on either side, largely of first-degree density on Ioav- 

 est third, particularly along the eyes, of second-degree to third- 

 degree density around ocellar triangle below, without symmetrical 

 impunctate areas. Antenna sometimes fulvous beneath. Clypeal 

 extension with longitudinal extension of its impunctate margin about 

 one-third as great as clypeoantennal distance. Pronotum with trans- 

 verse carina usually complete ; primary punctures unusually uniform 

 in size and distribution, without trace of a transverse discal band, 

 and only slightly denser medially than on either side, density from 

 first to third degrees; secondary punctures sparse on anterior half 

 of punctate area; impunctate apex with a narrow antero-medial 

 prolongation which makes the punctate portion narrower medially 

 than the impunctate. Side of pronotum with a shallow groove ex- 

 tending about half way across the center, otherwise much smoother 

 than usual below the groove. Metanotum nearly impunctate, its few 

 punctures much smaller than the primary punctures of the scutellum. 

 Legs with major calcarium of hind tibia not abruptly bent or wider 

 near middle than at base; hind basitarsus on outside with three 



