188 Z. BOUCEK 



I found in the Paris Museum two females from the original material of L. moleyrei, 

 which were acquired in 1878 from Raff ray and Maindron. The better preserved 

 specimen is designated as lectotype. 



L. kriegeri. Two original specimens, the bigger designated as lectotype. It 

 differs from the lectotype of moleyrei in having the scutellar spots reduced to small 

 dots, then hind coxa, femur and first and fourth tergite are black, without markings; 

 the puncturation on thorax and hind coxa is slightly less dense. The paralectotype 

 of kriegeri has the scutellum black but hind coxa is dorsally yellow. Apparently 

 some markings may be absent; for example the scutellum in the lectotype of moleyrei 

 has spots broadly separated, in the paralectotype united, in both the first tergite 

 with small to moderate subbasal spots. The slightly yellowish facial pubescence 

 of moleyrei is white in kriegeri but I do not think that this is of any taxonomic 

 importance in this species. Further variation is seen in smaller specimens like 

 those belonging to the Budapest Museum and the holotype of L. nocticolor. 

 These specimens bridge also any gap between moleyrei, kriegeri and simillima, 

 the lectotype of which is again a large female. The variation in L. moleyrei seems 

 to be analogous to that in L. histrio Maindron. 



Biology. Hosts still unknown. 



Distribution. New Guinea (West Irian, Territory of New Guinea and Papua). 



Material examined. 



Type data given in synonymy. 



New Guinea: West Irian, Hollandia, 2 $ (RNH, Leiden); Territory of New 

 Guinea, Madang, 1941, 1 ? (O'Connor) (BMNH): T.N.G., Astrolabe Bay, including 

 Stephansort and Mt Hansemann, 1897, 5 $ (Biro); T.N.G., Tami, Nugudu, 1 $ 

 (Biro) (TM, Budapest) ; T.N.G., Finschhafen, 1 $ paralectotype of simillima (MNHU, 

 Berlin); T.N.G., Simban, Huon Gulf, 1898-1899, 6 $, 4 <$ (Biro) (mainly TM, 

 Budapest); T.N.G., But, ii. 1910, 1 $ (Schoede) (MNHU, Berlin); Papua, Kapakapa, 

 1891, 2 $ (Loria) (MCSN, Genoa); P., Milne Bay, 1 $ paralectotype of kriegeri 

 (MNHU, Berlin). 



Leucospis ventricosa sp. n. 



(Text -figs 199, 200) 



$. 13 mm. Black, non-metallic, gaster red; pale yellow are: scapus beneath, two con- 

 verging short lines anteriorly on pronotum nearly meeting by narrow tips, a spot on dorsal 

 edge of hind coxa at base, knees dorsally, fore tibia along dorsal edge and small spots externally 

 on tips of mid and hind tibiae; tarsi brown. Wings blackish with violaceous tinge. 



Head hardly as broad as pronotum, dorsally nearly 2-5 times as broad as long; temples 

 short, indistinct. Occipital carina high but disappearing at eyes, on ocellar area accompanied 

 by another parallel carina between the unusually small ocelli, hiding median ocellus from behind 

 and lateral ones in facial view (Text-fig. 200) ; lateral ocellus twice its diameter from median 

 ocellus; vertex laterally transversely rugose-punctured, area at side of lateral ocellus smooth, 

 larger smooth area antero-laterally of median ocellus, this ocellus about one-third its diameter 

 from high scrobal carina; POL : OOL as 1-25 : 1; frontal protuberances rather low. Head 

 in facial view 1-43 times as broad as high; pubescence of face short and fairly dense, punctura- 



