revision of leucospidae 183 



Material examined. 

 Type data given in synonymy. 



Pakistan: Karachi, 1909-1910, 4$ (BMNH); Hyderabad, 25. ix. 1969, 1 $ (EU, 

 Matsuyama). India: Deesa nr Bombay, 5 $, 3 6* (BMNH); S. Malabar, Walayar 

 Forests, viii. 1956, I $ [Nathan) (Townes); South India, e.g. Coimbatore, Nilgiri 

 Hills, Dohnavur, Koyampattur in Madras State, iv.-xii., 8 $>, 7 <$ (BMNH; ERI, 

 Ottawa; ZM, Amsterdam; Townes); 'Bengal', 1 $ (BMNH); Sikkim, 3 $, 1 <$, 

 Bingham (MNHU, Berlin). Burma: Mandalay, 1 <J, Bingham (MNHU, Berlin). 



Leucospis bombayensis Mani 

 (Text-fig. 196) 



Leucospis bombayensis Mani, 1935 : 246-248, figs 3a, b, $. Holotype $, India: Bombay (ZSI, 

 Calcutta) [examined]. 



Apart from the shorter antennae (used in the key) this form shows relatively 

 coarser and less dense puncturation of the body than L. guzeratensis Westwood, 

 but the pilosity on the first tergite appears in certain views relatively long and dense. 

 The holotype of bombayensis and the other female mentioned below are unusually 

 small, 5 mm in length. They may prove to be just dwarf specimens of L. guzeratensis, 

 but more material and evidence is necessary to be sure. 



Biology. Unknown. 



Distribution. India. 



Material examined. 



Type data given in synonymy. 

 India: Nasik, 1 $ (Comber) (BMNH). 



Leucospis malaica Schletterer 

 (Text-figs 209, 210) 



Leucospis malaica Schletterer, 1890 : 230-231, $. LECTOTYPE $ (here designated), Maluku: 

 Ambon ( = Amboina) (NM, Vienna) [examined]. 



The male is similar to the female in colour and sculpture but its gaster has one 

 arcuate band in the middle and a double dorsal spot on the first tergite. Otherwise 

 the gaster resembles that described below in L. procera Schletterer, except that 

 it is less narrowed anteriorly (Text-fig. 209), the first tergite being distinctly 

 transverse, the second still shorter, the third tergite separated only at sides on the 

 high epipleurum, the last sternite apically subtruncate and its apex laterally slightly 

 expanded, rounded, the sternite itself slightly elongate, the median depression 

 still shallower. The first sternite with a high slender tooth. 7-0-8-5 mm. 



In the elegans -group, L. malaica is the' only species which at least in some 

 females shows both a microscopic puncturation and traces of a microscopic engraved 



