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apices of the latter 3 tinged with fulvous-orange. Antenna? reddish orange, 

 the scape black above, yellow below. Wings fuscous-hyaline, the costa and 

 stigma reddish fulvous, the nervures black. $ 

 Total length 14 mm. 

 Quetta. March, April and May. 



Clypeus smooth, slightly but distinctly longer than broad, the apex broadly 

 rounded. Malar space distinct, twice the length of the antennal scape. Tem- 

 ples nearly as long as the top of the eyes, roundly narrowed. Occiput only 

 thinly margined on upper half. Head, pro- and mesonotum without a distinct 

 puncturation ; the propleurse finely closely striated. Ocelli in a triangle, the 

 hinder separated from the eyes by double the distance they are from each 

 other. The yellow colour is paler than with any European specimen I have seen. 

 As the specimens taken by Col. Nurse are uniform in colouration, I have 

 given a description of them, as they may form a local race. The species is 

 found at the opposite end of the Himalayas at G-ilgit. The chief distinction, as 

 compared with normal examples, lies in the much greater extension of the 

 yellow on the pro- and metanotum. 



Eumenes affinissima, Saus., race quettaensis, n. 

 An Eumenes taken at Quetta from May to July appears to form a distinct 

 race of affinissima or of promifomis ; if affinissima is not distinct from the latter. 

 The Quetta race has a total length of 13 mm. ; its head, thorax and abdominal 

 petiole are densely covered with long pale hair, the 2nd segment with pale pile. 

 The following marks are bright yellow : clypeus, apex of labrum, underside of 

 antennal scape, antennal, keel (it is wide and long), a short narrow line behind 

 the eyes, the base of pronotum, the mark occupying the basal half of the sides 

 of pleurae, a conical mark below the tegulse, tegulse, basal half of scutellum, the 

 mark varying in size and united or divided, post-scutellum, sides of metanotum 

 broadly, 2 small marks beyond the middle of petiole, a line on its apex, a large 

 oblique, broad spot on the sides of the 2nd segment at the base, a broad band 

 on its apex, broadly, roundly dilated in the centre, and with an incision, dilated 

 at the apex, in its centre, the apices of the other segments broadly (the black 

 basal bands with 3 dilatations), a greater or a smaller, somewhat semicircular 

 mark on the apex of the 2nd ventral and the apices of the others. Puncturation 

 strong and close ; the 1st abdominal segment is coarsely closely punctured 

 above, the sides are more shining and only weakly, sparsely punctured ; the 2nd 

 is closely less strongly, more uniformly punctured ; its apex is slightly broadly 

 depressed. The black part of the 2nd segment may have, in the centre, a short 

 triangular projection, with a separated black spot near the apex ; or this spot 

 may be united to the basal projection. Clypeus slightly longer than wide, its 

 apex with a distinct, but not very deep rounded, incision. Sides of metanotum 

 broadly rounded, the central furrow shallow ; the apex of post-scutellum 

 gradually broadly rounded. 



I have not a typical example of affinissima for comparison, but as regards 

 punetatus, Sauss, apart from the difference in colouration, there is a well marked 



