ART. 17 WASPS OF THE GENUS TIPHIA ALLEN AND JAYNES 47 



rather inconspicuous spines in a row, one of which is apical. Tegula 

 reddish, semi-transparent. Wings slightly smoky. Propodeal areola 

 vase-shaped in outline, nearly twice as long as wide ; carinae bordered 

 by interrupted grooves; median carina extending to lowest fifth or 

 more ; on each side of median carina, a much shorter, sinuous carina ; 

 enclosed area shagreened anteriorly, reticulated behind. Lower por- 

 tion of side of propodeum weakly rugulose, without apparent hairs. 

 Posterior aspect of propodeum without medial carina. First tergite 

 with a preapical band of punctures rather irregular as to size and 

 arrangement, but well separated, except laterally, where the band iy 

 slightly expanded and the punctures coalesced. First sternite pol- 

 ished, with very little hair, and with lateral grooves on posterior half 

 or less. Tergites 2 to 4 with impunctate apices widest at middle, 

 where they are at least four times as wide as the adjacent primary 

 punctures; tergite 4 with a vestigial row of minute punctures ex- 

 tending dorsally over the center of the otherwise impunctate apex. 

 Pygidium densely reticulo-punctate on ba^al half; apical section 

 plainly wrinkled longitudinally; sting stylet and palps extruding 

 from tip of abdomen for distance equal to half width of pygidium 

 Length, 8 to 9 mm. 



Distribution. — Burma ; Fukien and Kiangsu, China. 



These descriptive notes are based upon 5 females. Retained in the 

 collection of the Japanese Beetle Laboratory: One, Kuliang, China, 

 August 16, 1926; 1, Yangchow, China, August 18, 1924 (Wong). 

 In the United States National Museum : One, Kuliang, China, August 

 16, 1926. Deposited in the collections of the British Museum and the 

 Illinois Natural History Survey: One to each from the same lot as 

 the last. 



One female from Yangchow, August 18, 1924 (Wong), differs 

 slightly from the Kuliang specimens in having the groove across the 

 middle of the pronotum reduced to a vague line of short, shallow 

 gouges on a smooth field. 



This is an unusual species in that it has five longitudinal areolar 

 carinae. All the specimens mentioned above agree with the original 

 description and with determined specimens examined in the British 

 Museum by Mr. Gahan. A specimen compared with the type at the 

 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa, Italy, by Prof. L. Masi was 

 found to agree in all particulars except that the abdominal punctures 

 were more evident, especially on the last tergite. 



17. TIPHIA CAPILLATA, new species 



Femald. — Vertex with primary punctures not denser medially than 

 elsewhere, of second-degree and third-degree density excepting a 

 narrow line of first-degree density near upper eye-margin. Front 



