106 HYMENOPTERA OF SARAWAK. 



transverse median shortly beyond the transverse basal ; anal ner- 

 vure interstitial ; pobrachial nervure in hind wing interstitial ; 

 subcostal nervure distinct, curving down at the praebrachial 

 nervure curving upwards again towards the costa. Occiput 

 not margined. Temple wide. Mandibles short, broad, bluntly 

 rounded at the apex, which is unidentate. Clypeus separated 

 from the face. Middle lobe of mesonotum clearly separated ; its 

 base raised, its apex bounded by a transverse keel, mesopleuras 

 with a longitudinal furrow. Abdominal petiole of almost equal 

 width throughout, about four times longer than wide, stout; 

 2nd segment with 2 furrows which convergeat towards the 

 apex. Suturiform articulation obsolete. Legs of moderate size ; 

 the hinder coxae twice longer than wide ; spurs minute. Maxil- 

 lary palpi long, at least 5-jointed. Antennae long, slender. 

 Stigma large, the radius originating behind its middle. Me- 

 dian segment large, rugose. 



Belongs to the Exothecini. 



Cendebeus Jilicornis, sp. no v. 



Black, the scape of the antennas pallid yellow ; legs testace- 

 ous : the tibiae broadly in the middle, the apices of the 4 hind- 

 er femora and the greater part of the fore tarsi, black; the 

 wings hyaline, the stigma and nervures black ; the ventral sur- 

 face of the abdomen, the apices of the segments, narrowly, and 

 the sides of the apical segments broadly testaceous ; the base of 

 mandibles dark testaceous. 9 . 



Length 11 ; terebra 11 mm. 



Hab. Kuching. 



Front and vertex smooth and shining ; the lower part of 

 front irregularly transversely striated. Face closely rugosely 

 punctured and thickly covered with white, longish pubescence ; 

 its middle shining above. Palpi white. Mesonotum closely, 

 minutely punctured; the sutures irregularly reticulated; the 

 depressed central apical part obscurely reticulated. Median 

 segments closely rugosely punctured ; the pro- and mesopleurse 

 shining aciculated. Mesopleural furrow smooth. First abdo- 

 minal segment closely rugosely punctured, more coarsely at the 



Jour, Straits Branch 



