144 HYMENOPTERA OF SARAWAK. 



strongly than the middle ; the teeth are large, about 3 times 

 longer than thick at the base. Propleurae stoutly striated ; the 

 meso- closely rugosely punctured, except at the apex where it 

 is shining. Second and third segments of abdomen opaque, the 

 others smooth and shining. 



Is not unlike S.' varipes, but that is larger, has a large 

 irregular mark on the lower part of the mesopleurse, the mesos- 

 ternum yellow, and the 4 front femora are lined with black 

 above. 



Vagenatha armata, sp. nov. 



Black, the face, clypeus, the inner orbits, the outer from 

 shortly below the middle, the malar space, mandibles, palpi, the 

 projecting outer angles of the pronotum, tegulse, scutellum, a 

 mark on post- scutellum, the sides, including the spines, of the 

 apical slope of the median segment, the lower edge of the pro- 

 pleurge, tubercles, an oval mark on the lower part of the meso- 

 pleurae, near the base, a mark under the hind wings and the 

 apices of all the abdominal segments broadly, yellow. Four 

 front legs yellow ; the hinder coxae and basal joint of trochan- 

 ters, the apical third of femora, and the apical fourth of tibiae, 

 black ; there is a large mark, obliquely narrowed at the apex, 

 on the top of the coxae ; the yellow on the femora has an orange 

 tint. Wings hyaline, the stigma and nervures black. 9 . 



Length 10 mm. 



Hab. Kuching. January. 



Flagellum of antennae broadly yellow. Front broadly in 

 the centre strongly, obliquely striated, the striae distinctly sepa- 

 rated. Face and clvpeus strongly punctured, the latter not so 

 closely as the face. * Mesonotum closely rugosely punctured ; 

 scutellum strongly punctured, the punctures clearly separated. 

 The area on the base of the metanotum triangular ; the part 

 behind the keel is stoutly, irregularly striated, at the base 

 irregularly, strongly punctured; the rest stoutly reticulated, the 

 apical slope much more closely and regularly than the upper 

 part. Propleurae stoutly, obliquely and closely striated ; their 

 bases bordered by a stout, straight keel ; mesopleurae stoutly 



Jour. Straits Branch 



