Or CEBAM, CELEBES, TEENATE, AND GILOLO. 



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Gen. Mesostenus, Brulle. 



I. Mesostenus decoratus. M. niger, capite thoraceque maculis, 

 abdominis fasciis flavo-albidis ; pedibus ferrugineis, tarsis posterioribus 

 albis ; alis hyalinis. 



Female. Length 5 lines. Black ; the face, mandibles, and orbits of the 

 eyes of a yellowish white ; the antennae with seven or eight joints 

 towards the apex white, the two apical ones black. Thorax : the 

 posterior margin of the prothorax interrupted in the middle; the 

 tegulae, scutellum, post-scutellum, a spot in the disk of the mesotho- 

 rax, the sides and apex of the metathorax, yellowish white ; the coxae 

 are of the same colour, with a black line outside the posterior pair ; 

 the femora and tibiae pale ferruginous ; the posterior tarsi white, the 

 two anterior pairs dusky. Abdomen : the posterior margin of all the 

 segments white, the apical segment entirely so. 



Hab. Gilolo. 



G-en. Cetptus, Fair, 



1. Cryptus sicarius, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. Supp. v. 138. 1. 

 Hab. Gilolo; Dory; Bachian. 



2. Cryptus ferrugineus. C. rufo-ferrugineus, capite thoraceque 

 nigro-variegatis, abdominis cingulis duabus nigris ; alis flavo-hyalinis. 



Female. Length 8 lines. Rufo-ferruginous ; the vertex with a qua- 

 drate spot, and the tips of the mandibles black. Thorax : the meso- 

 thorax above, its sides, the pectus, and extreme base of the metatho- 

 rax black ; a yellow ovate spot in the middle of the mesothorax ; 

 an indistinct fuscous spot on each side of the metathorax above ; 

 the wings flavo-hyaline, the nervures ferruginous ; the sub-marginal 

 areolet large. Abdomen : the basal margin of the third segment, 

 and a transverse black stripe on the seventh segment towards its 

 base, black. 



Hab. Celebes (Tondano). 



Gen. Ophion, Fair. 



1. Ophion unicolor, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. Supp. v. 141. 2. 

 Hab. Gilolo; Bachian. 



Gen. Rhys s a, Grav. 



I. Rhyssa nobilitator. R. capite flavo, vertice nigro, thorace fer- 

 * rugineo scabriusculo, scutello flavo ; abdomine nigro, segmentis pos- 

 tice rufo-marginatis, primo et secundo, dorso, flavo-maculatis, tertio, 

 quarto et quinto maculis duabus flavis ; alis hyalinis, basi flavescente, 

 anticis vitta abbreviata fusca ante apicem omatis. 

 Female. Length of the body 9 lines, of the ovipositor IS lines. Head 

 yellow, with the vertex, mandibles and a small ovate spot on the cly- 

 peus black ; the antennae ferruginous, slightly fuscous above, with 



