AUT. 17 WASPS OF THE GENUS TIPHIA ALLEN AND JAYNES 93 



Kuliang, China, August 4, 1926 (Jen), which were determined as of 

 this species but are not inchided among the paratypes because of their 

 poor condition, are retained in the collection of the Japanese Beetle 

 Laboratory. 



40. TIPHIA LATISTRIATA. new species 



Female. — Vertex with a narrow row of minute punctures extend- 

 ing from posterior declivous portion to the ocellar triangle ; primary 

 punctures of first-degree density back of ocelli and near upper por- 

 tion of eye, with irregular, nearly impunctate intervening spaces. 

 Front shagreened near lower part of eye, with well-developed median 

 groove; primary punctures very irregular in size, denser on lower 

 half, but scarcely denser medially than toward eyes; preocellar area 

 broad, but with scarcely any interspaces as wide as an ocellus. 

 Pronotum with its transverse ridge lacking on narrow median por- 

 tion, but strongly developed laterally; primary punctures of dorsum 

 uniform in size, and clearly differentiated from secondaries, more 

 numerous medially and in a line just anterior to impunctate apex 

 than on disk laterally, punctate portion medially distinctly narrower 

 than the impunctate portion. Side of pronotum broadly and deeply 

 rugose across center, without a well-defined median groove. Meta- 

 notum depressed at center, sparsely bipunctate, the primary punc- 

 tures large, but scarcely half as large as the largest punctures on the 

 scutellum. Legs with major calcarium of the hind tibia broadest 

 just before center; hind basitarsus with a deep groove, outside with 

 three or four lanceolate shaped spurs in a single row, one at apex of 

 basitarsus. Wings faintly smoky. Propodeal areola keystone- 

 shaped, two and one-fourth times as long as wide, carinae sharp and 

 narrow, not bordered by grooves or transverse ridges ; medial carinae 

 usually confined to upper half or three-fifths. Lower portion of 

 sides of propodeum fine wavy-striate, with numerous barely visible 

 hairs posteriorly. Posterior aspect of propodeum with its median 

 carina complete and bordered on the side by two parallel grooves. 

 First tergite with a small, elongate patch of dense, minute punctures 

 on its anterior slope; preapical band consisting of a single row of 

 poorly defined, sparse punctures in a depression abruptly sunken on 

 the anterior border. First sternite with lateral grooves on posterior 

 half of sides; disk unsculptured, except for scattered shallow punc- 

 tures on sides toward the apex. Tergites 2 to 4 with apical punctures 

 differentiated into a definite band that is separated from the other 

 punctures by a nearly impunctate area, and from the apex by several 

 times the width of band at the middle. Pygidium densely and uni- 

 formly reticulo-punctate on basal three-fifths, with a small, im- 

 punctate emargination ; apex conspicuously wrinkled and shagreened. 

 Length, 11.5 mm. 



