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Cameron, Hymcnopteva Oricntalia. 



hairs ; the last segment more or less piceous ; the ventral 

 segments shining, sparsely covered with long white hairs. 



This can hardly be Tiphia rufofemorata Sm., for the 

 head with " numerous fine punctures," " the apical half 

 of the mandibles ferruginous," the scutellum "strongly 

 punctured " cannot apply to our species ; nor is there any 

 mention of the metasternum being striolated. It is very 

 like the well-known European species Tiphia fcmovata ; 

 but differs in having the hinder tibiae black ; the apex of 

 the clypeus more sharply projecting and more deeply 

 incised, and the second abdominal segment not depressed 

 and crenulated at the base. 



Tiphia femorata is recorded by Magretti from Burmah. 

 {Ann. Mus. Civ. Gcnova, XII. p. 52.) 



Tiphia cassiope, sp. nov. 



2. Long. 7 mm. 



Hah. Mussouri (Rothney). 



Resembles T. Magrettii in coloration, but is smaller 

 and the clypeus is not distinctly projecting and incised 

 in the middle as it is in T. Magrettii. 



Head shining, sparsely punctured, and bearing some 

 long white hairs behind; the clypeus punctured, transverse, 

 the apex smooth; the apical three-fourths of the mandibles 

 rufous, the extreme apex black. Antennae black; the apex 

 of the scape piceous; bearing a few large punctures and 

 some longish pale golden hairs. Pro- and meso-notum 

 shining; the former with the basal three-fourths punc- 

 tured, the punctures being closer together at the base; 

 the sides in the middle and the apex, impunctate ; the 

 mesonotum with moderately large punctures in the middle, 

 the sides with a few widely separated punctures ; the 

 scutellum punctured at the apex and sides. Median 

 segment shining, slightly shagreened. at the base; the 

 three longitudinal keels complete. The lower half of 



