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  Mr. 
  Cameron 
  on 
  

  

  female 
  agrees 
  in 
  coloration, 
  punctuation, 
  and 
  clothing 
  with 
  

   the 
  male. 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  A. 
  nigripes 
  in 
  being 
  longer, 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  

   hair 
  on 
  the 
  thorax 
  less 
  dense 
  and 
  shorter, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  more 
  

   rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  with 
  the 
  central 
  furrow 
  

   less 
  distinct, 
  the 
  wings 
  darker, 
  and 
  with 
  black 
  nervures. 
  

  

  Barrackpore 
  — 
  common. 
  

  

  B. 
  mesonotiiui 
  punctured. 
  

  

  f^- 
  Ammophila 
  Vischu, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  nitida, 
  punctata; 
  apice 
  petioli, 
  abdominisqiie 
  

   segmentis 
  i 
  — 
  2, 
  rufis 
  ; 
  alls 
  fnscis. 
  Long. 
  22 
  — 
  24 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout, 
  microscopically 
  pilose. 
  Face 
  and 
  

   clypeus 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  silvery 
  white 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  

   and 
  vertex 
  bear 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hair. 
  Clypeus 
  broad, 
  flat, 
  the 
  

   apex 
  margined, 
  truncated 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  punctured. 
  Front 
  

   depressed 
  ; 
  a 
  distinct 
  furrow 
  down 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  rather 
  

   strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  with 
  the 
  punctures 
  more 
  

   widely 
  separated. 
  Thorax 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  pleural 
  

   and 
  metanotum 
  rugose 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  the 
  punctures 
  

   larger 
  and 
  closer 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  ; 
  post-scutellum 
  

   rugose. 
  Mesonotum 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  furrow, 
  which 
  becomes 
  

   wider 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  nearly 
  filled 
  up 
  by 
  a 
  

   keel. 
  The 
  pubescence 
  is 
  long 
  and 
  cinereous, 
  long 
  and 
  dense 
  

   on 
  the 
  pleurae 
  ; 
  sparser 
  above. 
  The 
  tubercles, 
  an 
  oblique 
  

   stripe 
  on 
  the 
  pleurae 
  and 
  the 
  middle 
  segment 
  laterally, 
  

   densely 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubescence. 
  Second 
  segment 
  

   of 
  petiole 
  stout 
  ; 
  the 
  extreme 
  base 
  black. 
  Second 
  segment 
  

   above 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  space 
  bounded 
  by 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  

   and 
  first 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervures 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  cellule 
  much 
  

   narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  usually 
  there 
  not 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  bottom. 
  Tcguke 
  black. 
  

  

  The 
  male 
  has 
  the 
  clypeus 
  produced 
  and 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  and 
  is, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  face, 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   silvery 
  pubescence. 
  

  

  