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the base of the second joint of the petiole; the abdomen has 

 only a dark stain on the sixth segment. 



43. Ammophila atripes. B.M. 



Ammophila atripes, Smith, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. ix. 46 



(1852). 



Hab. India (Khandala) ; Sumatra; China (Shanghai). 



This species is frequently more highly coloured than the spe- 

 cimens described from Khandala, the first segment of the abdo- 

 men being red, with merely the base of the second joint black ; 

 the three basal joints of the tarsi are also ferruginous ; the wings 

 hyaline, and yellowish towards their base. 



44. Ammophila simillima. B.M. 



Female. Length 11 lines. — Black: the face densely covered 

 with silvery pile ; the scape ferruginous, slightly fuscous above. 

 Thorax : the tubercles and apex of the metathorax covered with 

 silvery pile ; the pro- and metathorax transversely deeply striate ; 

 the scutellum and post-scutellum longitudinally striate; the 

 metathorax rugose, the sides of the enclosed space obliquely 

 striated ; the tibiae and femora ferruginous, the intermediate and 

 posterior femora having a black stripe above, which sometimes 

 extends from their base to their apex ; one or two of the basal 

 joints of the anterior and intermediate tarsi ferruginous or fusco- 

 ferruginous; the wings yellowish, their nervures black. Abdo- 

 men : the second joint of the petiole ferruginous towards its 

 apex ; the abdomen blue. 



Hab. China (Hong Kong). 



This species closely resembles A. atripes, of which it may 

 prove to be an extreme variety. 



45. Ammophila Smithii. 



Ammophila Smithii, Baly, MSS. 



Female. Length 10^ lines. — Black: the head and thorax 

 covered with silvery pile, which is very dense on the face, cheeks, 

 thorax beneath, the coxae, and sides of the metathorax; the 

 scape, anterior margin of the clypeus and the mandibles ferru- 

 ginous, the latter black at their tips ; the legs red, the inter- 

 mediate and posterior tarsi fusco-ferruginous ; wings hyaline, the 

 tegulae and nervures ferruginous. The first joint of the petiole 

 fusco-ferruginous, the second with a black spot at its base above ; 

 the abdomen red, the fourth segment having a large black spot 



