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diate and posterior legs strongly serrated, the posterior tibiae flattened 

 above and grooved longitudinally! 



The three above described new species of Pompiliilee from Ceylon 

 were kindly sent to me by Mr. E. E. Green of Eton, Puudoloya. 



9. Mygnimia AUDAX, Smith. 



Mygnimia audax, Smith. Cat. Ilym. Ins. Brit. Mus. iii.,p. 182, 4. 



Habitat: Silhet, Kumaon. 



Female: Length 15 lines; expanse 27 lines. 



Description : 9 Head clothed with ferruginous pubescence, very 

 bright on the clypeus and front, darker on the cheeks and vertex, 

 mandibles ferruginous chestnut brown at the tips, antennae convolute. 

 Thorax ferruginous brown, the pubescence on the prothorax, 

 mesothorax above, and the scutellum having a golden tint; the 

 metathorax dark brown, broadly convex, and with well-marked 

 transverse striations, its apex terminating in a conspicuous recurved 

 rim ; wings bright ferruginous, the outer margins pale fuscous, a 

 transparent ocellus with a dark nucleus or centre at the base of the 

 2nd discoidal cell; nervures and tegulae ferruginous; legs, the coxae 

 trochanters and upper half of the femora brown ; the apical half of 

 the femora, the tibiae and tarsi ferruginous ; the tibiae and tarsi of 

 the intermediate and posterior legs strongly ciliated and spined ; the 

 posterior tibiae flattened and longitudinally grooved above. Abdo- 

 men, the 1st segment dark brown at base, its dorsal surface turning 

 to bright ferruginous in the middle ; the 2nd to the 4th segments 

 clothed with short silky ferruginous pubescence at base, the posterior 

 margins with broad dark brown bands which are continued on the 

 under surface, the apical segments ferruginous. 



This very handsome species was originally received from Silhet ; 

 it probably occurs throughout the Himalayas. The specimens in my 

 collection I owe to the kindness of Miss A. Brooke. 



10. Ferreola fenestrata, Smith. 



Ferreola fenestrate Smith. Cat. Hym. Ins. Brit. Mus., III., 1699. 

 Habitat: India (Madras); Burma. 

 Female : Length 7 lines : expanse 12 lines. 

 Male : Length 5 lines : expanse 8 lines. 



Description: 9 and $ alike. Head black with a silvery 

 sericeous pile in freshly-captured specimens, a narrow yellow line 

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