hymenoptera. 231 



16. Pelopceus Javanus. B.M. 



Pelopccus Javanus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 309. 6. 

 Hab. Java. 



17. Pelopceus Madraspatanus. B.M. 



Sphex Madraspatana, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 204. 25. 

 Pelopceus Madraspatanus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 203. 3. 

 Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 22. 3. 



Hab. Malabar ; Madras ; Nepaul ; Bengal. 



18. Pelopceus Solieri. 



Pelopceus Solieri, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 318. 18. 

 Hab. India. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



19. Pelopceus Spinol^e. B.M. 

 Pelopceus Spinolse, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 307. 4. 



Hab. Bombay; Ceylon. 



20. Pelopceus deformis. B.M. 



Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : the clypeus and scape in 

 front yellow ; the anterior margin of the clypeus and the man- 

 dibles ferruginous ; the face covered with golden pile, the head 

 thinly covered with long pale pubescence. Thorax : the poste- 

 rior margin of the prothorax, the tegulas, a stripe beneath the 

 wings and another on the scutellum, a small spot on each side 

 of the metathorax at the base and a larger spot at its apex, yel- 

 low ; the meso- and metathorax transversely striated ; the ante- 

 rior and intermediate tibioe yellow in front ; the posterior tibiae 

 within and all the femora beneath ferrusjinous. Abdomen : the 

 petiole black ; the first segment entirely and the apical margins 

 of the following segments of a reddish-yellow : the wings sub- 

 hyaline, their nervures ferruginous. 



Hab. North China.* (Coll. R. Fortune, Esq.) 



21. Pelopceus Coromandelicus. B.M. 



Pelopceus Coromandelicus, .S^ Farg. Hym. iii. 306. 2. 

 Pelopceus fuscus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 311. 9 (var.). 



Hab. Coromandel; Central India. 



22. Pelopceus pictus. 



Male. Length Ji lines. — Black : the face clothed with short 

 silvery pubescence ; the scape in front and the tips yellow. Tho- 



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