ABT. 17 WASPS OF THE GENUS TIPHIA — ALLEN AND JAYNES 103 



TIPHIA INTRUDENS Smith 



Tiphia intrudens Smith, Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. London, Zool., vol. 7, 

 1864, p. 25. 



Originally described from both sexes from. "Mysol," Gahan 

 notes that, according to the characters we have used, there are several 

 species under this name in the British Museum. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES 



Plate 1 



Fig. 1. Posterior aspect of mesepisternum of T. fossata, female, showing pre- 

 apical groove, c, coxa ; me, mesepisternum ; p g, preapical groove. 



2. Hypopigium of T. hicarinata, female, showing medio-apical impunctate 



stripe. 



3. Major calcarium of the hind tibia of T. popilliavora, female, illustrat- 



ing the type which is widest near the middle. 



4. Major calcarium of the hind tibia of T. communis, female, illustrating 



the type which is not wider at the middle than at the base. 



5. Scutum of T. l)icarinata, female, showing notauli continuous with the 



antero-medial groove, a gr, antt^ro-medial groove ; n, notauli. 



6. Scutum of T. veitialis, female, showing notauli not continuous ante- 



riorly with the antero-medial groove, a gr, antero-medial groove ; 

 n, notauli. 



7. Section of wing of T. hicarinata, male, in which the cubital cell con- 



tains a well-defined cubital mark, c m. 



8. Clypeus of the female, T. communis, illustrating the type in which 



the lateral margin {I m) is strongly convex. 



Plate 2 



Fig. 9. Three degrees of density of primary punctures, c, first-degree density, 

 in which most of the punctures are separated from three or more 

 adjacent punctures by interspaces equal to or less than their own 

 width ; 5, second-degree density, in which the punctures are ar- 

 ranged in single rows and are separated by interspaces equal to 

 or less than their own width from only two other punctures; 

 c, third-degree density, in which every interspace exceeds the width 

 of the punctures. 



10. Propodeal areola of T. fukiensis, male. 



11. Propodeal aerola of T. J>icarin<ita, female, illustrating the type with 



" keystone " outline, d p, dorso-propodeum ; e, enclosed area ; I c, 

 lateral carina ; m c, medial carina ; p p, posterior aspect of propo- 

 deum ; s, scutellum. 



12. Propodeal areola of T. lyrata, female. 



13. Propodeal areola of T. commutUs, female, illustrating the type with 



hastate outline. 



14. Propodeal areola of T. inconspicua, female, illustrating the type with 



rectangular outline. 



15. First tei-gite of T. communis, female, illustrating the type with a deep 



preapical fold (p /) overlapped at the middle. 



16. First tergite of T. vernalis, female, illustrating the type having no 



preapical fold. 



