HYMENOPTKRA OF SARAWAK, 157 



The post-petiole longitudinally striated ; the 2nd to 6th seg- 

 ments are closely, regularly Longitudinally striated ; the apical 

 segments smooth. 



Cratojoppa rufofemorata, sp. nov. 



Black ; face, clypeus, orbits — on the outerside narrowly 

 above — a line on the pronotum, scute! lum, tubercles, a large 

 mark on the lower half of the mesopleura?, 2 large marks, ob- 

 liquely narrowed on the inner side, on the apices of the basal 3 

 segments of the abdomen and the apices of the others, yellow. 

 Four front legs fulvous, their coxae and trochanters pale yellow, 

 the tibia? darker behind ; the hind coxa? black, pale, yellow 

 above, the trochanters, tibia? and tarsi pale yellow, the femora 

 rufous, their apical fourth and about the apical half of the 

 tibia?, black. Wings hyaline, the stigma and nervures black. 

 Antenna* black, the scape beneath and the middle of the flagel- 

 lum broadly white. 



Length 18 mm. 



Hab. Tansan. 



Face punctured, its face with a la rge black, spot, which 

 at the apex, is dilated round the top of the clypeus. Front and 

 vertex smooth, impunctate. Basal half of mandibles pale yellow. 

 Mesothorax closely and distinctly punctured and covered 

 thickly with white pubescence. Areola irregularly, strongly 

 punctured on the apical half ; the lateral area? strongly punc- 

 tured on the outerside ; the posterior median strongly trans- 

 versely striated; the lateral area? strongly punctured, the punc- 

 tures clearly separated ; the spiracular rugose at the base, 

 the rest closely, strongly obliquely striated. Upper part of 

 propleura? minutely punctured, the lower at the base smooth 

 and shining, the apex strongly longitudinally striated, the stria* 

 shorter above than below, where thjy become gradually 

 longer ; the mesopleura? closely punctured, except in the 

 middle behind ; the meta- closely and more strongly punctured. 

 Breast and median segment thickly covered with longish white 

 pubescence. Middle of post petiole closely striated, the sides 

 distinctly, but not very closely, punctured: the 2nd to 4th 

 segments closely punctured ; the 2nd and 3rd striated at the 

 base ; gastrocoeli deep, curved, transverse, smooth. 



H. A. Soc. No 44, igoo. 



