172 HYMENOPTERA FROM SARAWAK. 
part of the sides broadly, the tegule, two large marks on the 
scutellum, transverse at the base, rounded at the apex and 
almost united, the post-scutellum, the metanotum, except in 
the centre; the apex of the Ist abdominal segment broadly, of 
the 2nd more narrowly, and of the 3rd still more narrowly, 
yellow. Legs black; the fore coxez beneath broadly, a narrow 
line on the outer side of the middle and a broader one on the 
hinder pale yellow; the tibie and tarsi rufo- testaceous. 
Wings clear hyaline; the anterior half of the radial cellule 
smoky ; the stigma and nervures dark fuscous. 9? 
Length 7 mm. - 
Head and thorax covered with a pale pile. Front and 
vertex distinctly, but not very closely punctured; the 
punctures round and shallow; the clypeus is much more shin- 
ing, more sparsely punctured, its greatest width greater than 
its length ; its sides rounded above, its apex ending ina sharp 
tooth ; its centre above is lightly roundly curved downwards. 
Mandibles shining, there is a yellow mark, longer than broad 
near the base; their apices piceous. Thorax closely and uni- 
formly punctured except on the apex of the meso- and the base — 
and lower part of the metapleure which are only sparsely 
punctured ; the upper part of the latter bears some stout, 
curved striz. Abdominal petiole short and stout; the 2nd. 
segment as longas its width at the apex. Flagellum of 
antenne black. 
The head is larger than usual; the temples being broader 
and less obliquely narrowed than in most of the oriental species ; 
its front, too, projects more broadly and roundly, The tegule 
are pallid yellow, darker on the inner side; there are two small 
yellow marks on the mesopleurz. 
A distinct species. Characteristic are the deep black body 
and large head, with well developed temples and almost trans- 
verse occiput. 7 
Learia maculifrons, Sp. Nov. 
~ Head-and thorax black, the petiole brownish, a longish line 
—narrowed below, transverse above—between and above the 
antenn, a line on the inner orbits, commencing on the inner 
side of the lower part of the incision and becoming broader and | 
Jour, Straits Branch 
