﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orientalis. 
  469 
  

  

  antennse 
  is 
  very 
  dense 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  sparser. 
  Prothorax 
  a 
  

   little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  straight, 
  a 
  little 
  

   narrowed 
  in 
  front, 
  the 
  apex 
  acutely 
  incised 
  against 
  the 
  

   mesonotum. 
  Median 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  gentle 
  slope 
  to 
  

   the 
  apex 
  which 
  is 
  rounded. 
  Abdomen 
  sessile. 
  Legs 
  long, 
  

   densely 
  pruinose 
  ; 
  the 
  tibial 
  spine 
  long 
  ; 
  the 
  spurs 
  pale, 
  

   reaching 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  metatarsus 
  ; 
  claws 
  bifid. 
  

   Radial 
  cellule 
  not 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  deep, 
  narrowed 
  rather 
  

   sharply 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  first 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  

   roundly 
  elbowed 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  at 
  top 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  bottom 
  ; 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  shortly 
  pedun- 
  

   culated, 
  subtriangular 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  received 
  

   near 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  second 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle. 
  

   Antennae 
  stout, 
  the 
  apical 
  joints 
  dilated 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scape 
  yellow, 
  joints 
  three 
  and 
  four 
  brownish 
  beneath. 
  

  

  Length, 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  {Rot/mey). 
  

  

  ^^ 
  POMPILUS 
  VISCHNU, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Identical 
  in 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  wings 
  to 
  P. 
  vivax 
  ; 
  

   differing 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  not 
  being 
  petiolate 
  ; 
  

   the 
  scutellum 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  median 
  segment 
  not 
  bearing 
  a 
  

   dense 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  ocelli 
  forming 
  a 
  triangle 
  and 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  being, 
  if 
  anything, 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  eyes 
  by 
  a 
  

   somewhat 
  greater 
  distance 
  than 
  they 
  are 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  ; 
  

   in 
  the 
  clypeus 
  being 
  rounded 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  occiput 
  being 
  slightly 
  

   convex 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  being 
  widely 
  and 
  deeply 
  

   furrowed 
  down 
  the 
  centre, 
  in 
  the 
  spurs 
  being 
  shorter 
  (three- 
  

   fourths 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  metatarsus) 
  and 
  black. 
  The 
  

   abdominal 
  segments 
  have 
  a 
  broad 
  belt 
  of 
  greyish 
  pruinose 
  

   pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  apex. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  pruinose 
  ; 
  the 
  spines 
  

   short, 
  petiole 
  moderately 
  narrow 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  becoming 
  

   gradually 
  wider 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  Length, 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  