9S HYMKNOPTERA FROM SARAWAK. 



Xotogonia tegularis, sp. nov. 



Black, densely covered with silvery pubescence; the wings 

 hyaline, highly iridescent; the apex slightly smoky; the meso- 

 notiiin and scutellum closely minutely punctured ; the median 

 segmenl obscurely transversely striated; the base with a longi- 

 tudinal keel 6 • 



Long : 9 mm. 



Ilab. Kuching, Sarawak. 



Front, face and clypeus densely covered with silvery pubes- 

 cence, this being also the case with the outer orbits and the 

 base of the mandibles ; the eyes distinctly converge above, 

 where they are separated by almost the length of the second 

 and third joints united. Thorax covered with a silvery pile ; 

 the mesonotum and scutellum are closely, minutely punctured, 

 the latter more strongly than the former. The post-scutellum 

 is depressed in the middle. Median segment alutaceous ; the 

 basal half transversely striated, but not strongly or closely and 

 keeled down the middle. The mesopleurge closely and distinctly 

 punctured ; on the basal half, in the centre, is a distinct longitu- 

 dinal furrow; the basal half of the mesopleune longitudinally 

 striated in the middle, the stride longest in the middle. Legs 

 black, pruinose; the spines on the tibiae are pale, on the tarsi 

 rufous. Wings hyaline, highly iridescent, somewhat infuscated 

 at the apex ; the second and third cubital cellules at the top are 

 about equal in length and are of the length of the space rounded 

 by the two recurrent nervures, the outer of which is received in 

 the middle of the cellule ; the appendicular is longer than usual. 

 Abdomen shining ; the segments banded w T ith silvery pubescence; 

 the last segment entirely covered with silvery pubescence. The 

 first transverse cubital nervure is broadly and roundly curved 

 and is not angled. The teguhe are black at the base, pale 

 testaceous in front. 



Cercevis o-assidens, sp. nov. 



Black, the basal four or five abdominal segments rufous ; 

 the antennal keel, a mark on the apex of the clypeus and the 

 base of the mandibles, pale }'ellow ; the wings smoky violaceous, 

 paler at the base; the lower part of the mesopleime projecting 

 into a stout tooth 9 • 



