HYMENOPTEROUS FAMILY STEPHANIDiE. 799 



basally red. Anterior legs rufescent, femora centrally and tibiae 

 partly darker ; middle metatarsus yellowish ; hind legs black, 

 apex of femoi'a, the tibi« and tarsi rufescent. Wings very clear 

 hyaline, apical half iridescent. 



Length 15'mm. ; abdomen 9 mm. ; petiole 4| mm.; tei'ebra 

 13 mm. 



Habitat : Nyassaland, Chiromo, Ruo River. R. C. Wood, 1916. 

 Type in British Museum. 



The long red carina in front of the j)Osterior ocelli and the 

 sculpture of the prothorax sufficiently distinguish this species. 



25. ARATiFRONS Enderl. 



Fcenatopus aratifrons Enderl. (3), p. 207, J . 



S . Frons finely and densely, vertex and occiput more strongly 

 transrugose. Pronotum with fine striation between coarser 

 rugosities, laterally anteriorly alutaceo-granulate, posteriorly 

 closely longitudinally striate. Scutellum depressed, coarsely 

 punctate. Mesopleurje sparsely punctate, posterior margin smooth, 

 with fine trans-striation, upper third with sparse yellow hairs. 

 Petiole densely trans- striate, second segment smooth, basally 

 longitudinally striate, apically dull. Hind coxse irregularly 

 rugose, posterior fourth more regularly ; hind femora bidentate. 



Black ; head bright rufo-testaceous ; front coxas and anterior 

 legs ferruginous yellow ; hind tarsi ferruginous, metatarsus pale 

 yellow. Wings hyaline, stigma apically rounded, ochre-yellow ; 

 nervures brown. 



Length 10*2 mm. ; petiole 2| mm. ; fore wing 6 mm. 



Habitat : Kankau, Formosa. H. Sauter. Type in Dahlen 

 Museum. 



26. FLAVicoLLis Cam. 



Fcenatopus JtavicoUis Cam. (10), p. 359, c? . 



(5 . Anterior frontal tubercle smaller fhan the posterior, space 

 between them obliquely striate; vertex arcuate striate. Meso- 

 notum basally depressed and there bounded by a curved carina, 

 and apical trans-sulcus, central part bounded by shallow oblique 

 sulci and irregularly striate. Scutellum smooth, with irregular 

 marginal punctures. Metanotum (median segment) difiusely 

 punctate. Petiole dull and closely striate. Hind cox£e closely 

 striate ; hind femora tridentate. 



Black ; face, clypeus, outer orbits chiefly, scape, 3-4 basal 

 flagellar joints, prothorax except central black line, meso- and 

 meta-pleurae, and anterior legs testaceous ; vertex, base, and apex 

 of hind tibia3 rufo-testaceous. Wings hyaline, stigma pale, ner- 

 vures dark testaceous. 



Length 8 mm. 



Habitat: Dima, West Africa. A. Roller, Type in Congo 

 Museum, Tervueren. 



