564 Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschi-. 1908. 



are yellow all round and the sides of the metanotum and the 

 apex of the .l st abdominal segnient are yellow. 



I caria or natip es sp . nov. 



Black, densely covered with white pubescence, the prothorax, 

 the greater part of the mesonotum, scutellums , the raesopleurae 

 at the base and petiole above, rufous, the sides of clypeus broadly, 

 its apex m'ore narrowly (the black central mark narrowed above, 

 its apex somewhat sharply rounded), a semicircular mark on the 

 lower inner orbits, base of mandibles broadly, a line in front of 

 tubercles , the underside of the 4 front coxae and a broad line 

 on the inner and outer side of the posterior, yellow, almost white ; 

 the apex of petiole yellow, obscured with rufous , a broad , irre- 

 gulär line on the apex of the 2 nd reddish yellow , the other 

 segments obscure rufous. Femora black , the rest of the legs 

 reddish testaceous, the fore tibiae narrowly, the 4 hinder on the 

 outer side more broadly , whitish yellow. Wings hyaline , the 

 apex of costal cellule narrowly , the radial and the 2 apical 

 cubitals, dark smoky, the stigma fulvo-testaceous, the costa and 

 stigma black. $. — Length 8 mm. 



Kuching. September. (H e w i 1 1.) 



Clypeus smooth, except for a few scattered punctures ; wider 

 than long , the apex ending in a sharp point. Pro- and meso- 

 thorax covered closely with round punctures, except on the base 

 of mesopleurae which is impunctate. Post-scutellum with a steep 

 rounded slope, its apex bluntly rounded, almost transverse ; the 

 apical slope shining , bare, smooth. Metanotum with an oblique 

 slope , the centre widely hollowed , the sides of the depression 

 oblique ; the metapleurae almost smooth. Petiole more than half 

 the length of the 2 nd segment ; it is narrow at the base, becomes 

 gradually, obliquely widened to near the apex, this part forming 

 an elongate triangle ; the apex has the sides straight , slightly 

 rounded : the 2 nd segment is about as long as it is wide at the 

 apex, its base roundly narrowed. 



Comes near to /. malayana Cam. ; the latter may be known 

 by the clypeal black mark extending to the apex , by the pro- 

 pleurae being black , by the sides of metanotum being yellow, 

 and by the petiole being distinctly narrowed at the base. 



I caria curvilineata sp. nov. 



Black , a broad curved line on the apex of the clypeus , a 



mark, roundly narrowed on the inner side, opposite the antennae, 



a mark on the base of the antennae, a narrow line on the apex 



of pronotum, a line on the base of post-scutellum, its base trans- 



