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obliquely narrowed, the outer orbits, prothorax, scutellums, metathorax, 
except the base of the pleurae to shortly beyond the middle ; the sides of 
the first abdominal segment slightly more broadly than the black central 
part, which is of equal width to near the apex, where it is slightly, roundly 
narrowed ; the apex projects laterally into a sharply pointed spine ; the 
apex narrowly, a large irregularly oval mark on the sides of the second 
segment ; the black mark at the base extends to the outer edge, at the 
apex it is prolonged as a wider one, not half the length of the basal ; its 
centre is roundly curved. 
Odynerus scripticeps, sp. n. 
Black ; with the following yellow or orange-yellow marks on the head 
and thorax : clypeus, mandibles except at the apex, a large triangular 
spot on the front, a broad line filling the eye incision, the mark projecting 
outwardly above, a broad line on the upper two-thirds of the outer orbits, 
obliquely narrowed above and gradually narrowed below, the antennae, 
prothorax, tegulae, scutellum, except at the base and apex, post-scutellum, 
two large marks on metanotum, extending on to the pleurae, slightly 
narrowed and obliquely truncated below, a large broad mark on the 
base of the mesopleurae, commencing near the top and reaching to the 
top of the lower fourth, the part below the furrow narrower and more 
obliquely sloped than the upper one ; the abdomen cloured yellow like 
the thorax, with the following black markings : a longitudinal line down 
the centre of the first abdominal segment, united to a broader transverse 
one at the apex, this apical line not reaching to the apex of the segment 
in the middle, on the second is a large mark somewhat like a reversed 
Y ; it becomes gradually narrowed from the base to the apical transverse 
branch ; this is roundly curved at the base ; the apex roundly dilated on 
either side of the centre ; there is a rounded mark on either side of the 
third segment ; the first ventral segment is entirely black ; there are two 
fuscous or black spots near the apex of the second ; the third to fifth have 
broad trilobate black lines ; legs of a paler yellow colour than the body, 
the coxae, base of four front trochanters, the whole of the hinder and 
the base of the hind coxae, black ; wings hyaline, suffused with fulvous 
in front ; the apex fuscous- violaceous ; the costa fulvous ; the stigma 
and nervures black. Female. 
Total length, 12 mm. 
Kranspoort. December. 
Clypeus wider than long, closely, strongly, punctured ; the apex with 
a shallow rounded incision ; the upper and outer parts of the head and 
the thorax closely, strongly punctured ; the apex of the post-scutellum 
smooth, transverse, and with a straight, oblique slope ; at the base it is 
continuous with the scutellum ; the sides of the metanotum are broadly 
rounded ; the first abdominal segment is distinctly pedunculated at the 
base, and is a little narrower than the second, which is about one-fourth 
longer than wide. 
I have a specimen of this species which was named for me by the late 
Mr. Frederick Smith, of the British Museum, 0. bellatulus Sauss. I can, 
however, see no great resemblance to Saussure’s figure, nor does it agree 
with his description 
