﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orientalis, 
  19 
  

  

  19. 
  Sphex 
  zanthoptera, 
  Cam., 
  infra. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore, 
  Mussourie 
  Hills 
  {Eothney). 
  

  

  Sphex 
  splendida, 
  Fab. 
  

  

  Rufa, 
  ahdoniine 
  negro-cceruleo 
  ; 
  alls 
  fiavo-hyalinis, 
  apice 
  

   fiunatis, 
  nervis 
  nifo-testaceis. 
  Long. 
  17 
  mm. 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  on 
  lower 
  side 
  bearing 
  short 
  black, 
  

   bristly 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  curved 
  inwardly 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  

   side 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  thin, 
  more 
  than 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   fourth. 
  Head 
  almost 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  black 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  

   clypeus 
  more 
  shining, 
  imperceptibly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  labrum 
  

   and 
  clypeus 
  fringed 
  with 
  short 
  black 
  hairs, 
  the 
  latter 
  with 
  

   two 
  short 
  stumpy 
  teeth 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  a 
  thin 
  

   furrow 
  runs 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  vertex 
  to 
  the 
  ocelli 
  ; 
  the 
  central 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  vertex 
  slightly 
  raised, 
  but 
  not 
  forming 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   field. 
  Mandibles 
  bearing 
  long 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  and 
  some 
  stout 
  

   furrows 
  towards 
  the 
  middle 
  tooth 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  black. 
  

   Palpi 
  reddish. 
  Thorax 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  short 
  

   black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  pronotum 
  strongly 
  striolated 
  ; 
  the 
  top 
  

   shining, 
  impunctate, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  wide 
  and 
  deep 
  furrow 
  in 
  the 
  

   centre. 
  Mesonotum 
  with 
  scutellum 
  very 
  shining, 
  almost 
  

   glabrous, 
  sparsely 
  and 
  minutely 
  punctured. 
  Median 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  striolated, 
  depressed 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  furrow 
  

   along 
  the 
  sides 
  above; 
  the 
  apex 
  rounded,semi-perpendicular, 
  

   and 
  bearing 
  long 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  oblique 
  furrow 
  on 
  pleura 
  

   is 
  wide 
  and 
  deep, 
  and 
  is 
  divided 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  by 
  an 
  oblique 
  

   raised 
  projecting 
  part. 
  Abdomen 
  shining 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  pygidial 
  area 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hairs. 
  Legs 
  

   longish 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  row 
  of 
  spines 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  black 
  ; 
  

   the 
  others 
  reddish, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  tuft 
  of 
  black 
  spiny 
  hair 
  on 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  femora. 
  Tarsal 
  spines 
  thick 
  and 
  

   stout 
  ; 
  metatarsal 
  brush 
  short, 
  thick, 
  reddish. 
  There 
  are 
  

   some 
  stiff 
  black 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  hinder 
  tarsi 
  before 
  the 
  claws. 
  

   Second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  a 
  little 
  wider 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  than 
  at 
  

  

  