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3. PoLiSTES DiABOLicus, Suuss. MoH. Guipes Soc. p. 68. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



4. PoLiSTES SAGITTARIUS, Suuss. Mou. Guepcs Soc. p. 66. 

 Hab. Sumatra. 



5. PoLisTES STIGMA, Fttbr. Syst. Piez.Tp. 261. 

 Hab. Sumatra. 



6. PoLisTES TEPiDus, Fubr. Syst. Piez. p. 271. 

 Hab. Gilolo ; Morty Island. 



7. PoLiSTES MULTIPICTUS, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. p. 130. 

 Hab. Gilolo ; Morty Island. 



Gren. IcAEiA, Sauss. 



1. IcARiA MAcuLivENTRis, Suuss. Mon. Guepes Soc. p. 23. 

 Hab. Salwatty. 



2. IcARiA IRRITATA, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 42. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



3. IcARiA NIGRA, Smith, Proc, Linn. Soc. iii. p. 167. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



4. IcARiA GRACILIS, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iv. p. 167- 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



5. IcARiA CONSERVATOR, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. p. 130. 

 Hab. Salwatty. 



6. IcARiA FESTiNA. J. opaca, • nigra ; clypeo maculato, oculis intus, 

 scutello, metathorace abdominisque marginibus segmentorum anguste 

 flavis ; alis hyalinis. 



Female. Length 3| lines. Opake black, covered with a thin silky 

 pile ; the antennae fulvous beneath ; the mandibles ferruginous ; a line 

 on the inner margin of the eyes, two spots on the clypeus, and a line 

 on the cheeks yellow. The posterior margin of the prothorax, a spot 

 beneath the wings, the scutellum, and metathorax behind, yellow ; the 

 tarsi and the tibiae beneath ferruginous ; the wings hyaline and iri- 

 descent, the nervures black ; the anterior margin of the superior pair 

 towards their apex fuscous. Abdomen, the margins of the segments 

 narrowly bordered with yellow. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



7. IcARiA BicoLOR. /. opaca, nigra, pube sericea vestita; clypei 

 margine antico, mandibulis, antennis, pedibus, metathorace abdomi- 

 nisque petiolo ferrugineis ; alis saturate fulvis. 



Female. Length 65 lines. Opake black, thinly covered with a silky 

 pile; the anterior margin of the clypeus, the mandibles, antennae, 

 legs, metathorax, and the petiole of the abdomen ferruginous ; the 

 anterior margin of the clypeus angular, produced in the middle into a 



