Black; the head and thorax strongly punctured;
the mandibles, clypeus, a line above extending to the anterior ocellus,
the emargination of the eyes, a spot at their vertex and a line at their
outer orbits, yellow; the antennae reddish-yellow, with the scape pale
yellow in front and a narrow fuscous line above; the yellow marking more
or less stained orange. Thorax: the prothorax orange, its anterior
border, the tubercles, tegulae, two spots on the scutellum and
postscutellum, the lateral margins of the metathorax and the legs,
yellow, the latter with reddish stains; wings subhyaline, the superior
pair with a fuscous cloud at their apex. The base of the abdomen and a
large macula on each side of the second segment ferruginous; the apical
margin of the segments with a yellow border, the first and second with a
minute notch in the middle; the first and second segments entirely
ferruginous beneath.
4. ODYNERUS FULVIPENNIS. _O._ niger, flavo varius, pedibus ferrugineis,
alis fulvo-hyalinis.
_Male._ Black; head and thorax closely and strongly punctured; the
clypeus and two spots above, a line along the lower margin of the sinus
of the eyes, a narrow line behind them, the scape in front, and the
mandibles yellow; the tips of the latter rufo-piceous; the antennae and
legs ferruginous; an interrupted yellow line on the anterior margin of
the thorax; the wings fulvo-hyaline; the veins which enclose the
marginal and second and third submarginal cells fuscous, the rest pale
testaceous; a fuscous cloud in the marginal cell. Abdomen: the apical
margin of the second segment with a yellow fascia, the following
segments with red fasciae.
_Hab._ Celebes.
Genus ICARIA, _Sauss._
1. Icaria ferruginea, _Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc._ p. 37. 15.
_Hab._ India, Celebes.
2. ICARIA PILOSA. _I._ nigra, rude punctata et densissime pubescens,
clypeo flavo, thorace, pedibus abdomineque ferrugineo variegatis; alis
subhyalinis, anticis apice fusco maculatis.
_Male._ Length 7-1/2 lines. Black; closely and strongly punctured; the
clypeus, a line on the mandibles, and the scape in front, yellow; tips
of the mandibles, the scape above, and the base of the flagellum
ferruginous. Thorax: the prothorax, scutellum and postscutellum,
ferruginous; the tegulae and legs pale ferruginous, the coxae black; wings
fusco-hyaline, with a dark cloud in the marginal cell extending to the
apex of the wing; a fainter cloud traverses the margin of the wing to
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