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which in some lights has a golden tinge ; pygidium without pubescence 

 (possibly abraded) ; wings hyaline, nervures testaceous, tegulae red. 



Long. 5-6 mm. 



Habitat : Deesa ; three specimens. 



Of the four Indian species hitherto described, three, viz., G. rothneyij 

 G. wrougldoni, and G. nifitarsis can be at once distinguished from 

 the present species by their much larger size ; G. binghami has the legs 

 more or less yellow ; G. Waltlii from Egypt has the abdomen chiefly 

 black, and is much larger. 



Trypoxylon mediator, n. sp, 



$ Head, thorax, and abdomen impunctate, median segment with 

 the basal half somewhat coarsely reticulate ; clypeus much produced an- 

 teriorly, its margin rounded, and reaching well below the lower mar- 

 gin of the eyes ; anteunae close together at base, inserted some distance 

 above the posterior margin of clypeus ; the second joint of thoflagellum 

 the longest, slightly longer than the apical joint ; emargination of the 

 eyes deep but narrow, distance of eyes apart at posterior margin of cly- 

 peus only half their distance apart at vertex ; a deep furrow from an- 

 terior ocellus to base of antennae, the portion of the front on either side 

 of it and just in front of anterior ocellus much raised ; median furrow 

 of median segment not conspicuous, no lateral furrows ; first abdomi- 

 nal segment very long, slightly longer than second and third united, 

 the two latter subequal. Black; the mandibles, base of the tibiae, cal- 

 caria, and the tarsi more or less rufo-testaceous ; pubescence silvery, 

 very thick on clypeus and front ; wings hyaline, nervures black, tegu- 

 l?e testaceous ; the radial cell conspicuously long. 



$ Similar, smaller, the antennas longer, their apical joint curved 

 and pointed ; the intermediate and posterior tarsi rufo-testaceous only 

 at the bases of the joints. 



Long. 7-LO mm. 



Habitat : Quetta ; several males and one female. The latter I 

 found nesting in a hole in the trellis work of my verandah. 



Of the ludian species the present is nearest to T. cognatum, but may 

 be distinguished by the median segment being reticulate and not 

 striate. 



Ammophila bolanica, n. sp. 

 9 Head, prouotnm, mesonotum, and scutellum posteriorly some- 

 what sparsely punctured, scutellum posteriorly finely but obscurely 



