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areola vase-shaped in outline, two times as long as wide, with five 

 longitudinal carinae, lateral carinae without bordering grooves, 

 median carina complete or extending to lowest eighth of areola, 

 bordered by two sinuous carinae which extend only to lower half or 

 third. On dorso-propodeum at either side of areola there occurs a 

 vague diagonal carina, and just anterior to the lateral terminus of 

 the transverse carina there is an unusual carinate angle. Lower por- 

 tions of sides of propodeum finely striate; with very fine, dense 

 hairs on posterior half. Upper portion of side Avith its longitudinal 

 rugae unusually sharp and regular. Posterior aspect of propodeum 

 scarcely coriaceous laterally, with sparse, small primaries on upper 

 half; median carina complete, flattened, and marked by bordering 

 grooves. First abdominal tergite with preapical band consisting of 

 a single row of regular, well separated punctures, laterally somewhat 

 vaguely expanded and impressed. First sternite very flat, smooth, 

 and free from primary punctures, with lateral groove on posterior 

 third. Tergites 3 to 5 with impunctate margins not equal to aver- 

 age diameter of larger adjacent primary punctures. Pygidium 

 densely punctate on basal three-fifths, apex not wrinkled, except at 

 sides, but strongly shagreened. Length, 12 to 13 mm. 



Male. — Not known. 



Distrihiitiort. — Fukien, China (type, China; restricted locality not 

 known) ; Philippines. 



Of the 6 females from Kuliang, China, collected August 16 to 

 October 10, 1926 (Jen), single specimens have been deposited in the 

 collections of the United States National Museum, the British 

 Museum, the Illinois Natural History Survey, and the Philadelphia 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, and two are retained in the collection 

 of the Japanese Beetle Laboratory. 



The descriptive notes were made from the .specimens listed above. 

 This material was first identified from Gahan's notes on the type in 

 the British Museum and from his excellent figure of the highly 

 characteristic dorsal propodeum. One of the above specimens was 

 later compared with the type by Doctor Waterston, who verified our 

 determination. Waterston says, however, that the type is a little 

 larger than our specimens, and Gahan says that the tibiae are more 

 or less reddish. 



27. nPHIA BICARINATA Cameron 



Plate 1, figs. 2, 5, 7 ; plate 2, fig. 11 ; plate 3, fig. 24 



Tiphia bicarinata Camebon, Entomologist, vol. 35, p. 239, 1902. 



Female. — Vertex with its irregular impunctate spaces somewhat 

 elevated above the general surface, primary punctures of first-degi'ee 

 density in patches near upper eye and between ocelli, elsewhere of 



