﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orient 
  alis. 
  473 
  

  

  tibiae 
  reaches 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  metatarsus. 
  Wings 
  

   two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  body. 
  For 
  nervures 
  see 
  

   ri. 
  III. 
  fig. 
  21. 
  

  

  Length, 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  The 
  third 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  is 
  shorter 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  

   Indian 
  species 
  I 
  have 
  seen. 
  

  

  '^POMPILUS 
  BEATUS, 
  Sp. 
  IIOV. 
  (PI. 
  III. 
  f. 
  22). 
  

  

  Black, 
  the 
  pronotum 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  yellow 
  band 
  ; 
  the 
  

   three 
  basal 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  except 
  the 
  apex 
  

   laterally 
  of 
  the 
  third, 
  red 
  ; 
  wings 
  fusco-violaceous. 
  Head 
  

   small, 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  convex 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  to 
  a 
  less 
  

   e.xtent 
  behind. 
  Eyes 
  sharply 
  arcuate 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  reaching 
  well 
  

   back 
  behind 
  laterally; 
  converging 
  a 
  little 
  below. 
  Ocelli 
  in 
  a 
  

   curve, 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  eyes 
  by 
  a 
  less 
  distance 
  than 
  they 
  

   are 
  from 
  each 
  other. 
  Head 
  longish 
  from 
  the 
  front 
  view, 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  being 
  produced 
  below 
  the 
  eye 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  transverse. 
  

   Clypeus 
  and 
  cheeks 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  dense 
  silvery 
  

   pubescence. 
  A 
  narrow 
  furrow 
  on 
  the 
  front. 
  Prothorax 
  a 
  

   little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  broadly 
  arcuate 
  behind, 
  narrowed 
  

   a 
  little 
  towards 
  the 
  head. 
  Median 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  gradual 
  

   slope, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  transverse 
  ridge 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Abdomen 
  

   sessile, 
  very 
  gradually 
  and 
  slightly 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  pruinose 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  apical 
  segments 
  densely 
  covered 
  

   with 
  silvery 
  pubescence. 
  Legs 
  stout, 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  with 
  

   the 
  spines 
  of 
  moderate 
  thickness 
  and 
  length 
  ; 
  the 
  long 
  spur 
  

   of 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  reaching 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  metatarsus. 
  

   Antennae 
  short, 
  stout, 
  tapering 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  Second 
  

   cubital 
  cellule 
  sub-petiolate. 
  For 
  neuration 
  see 
  pi. 
  III. 
  fig. 
  22. 
  

  

  Length, 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Bangalore, 
  South 
  India 
  (Mjis. 
  Ca/.). 
  

  

  POMPILUS 
  VAGABONDUS, 
  Sm. 
  (PI. 
  III. 
  f 
  23). 
  

   Eyes 
  arcuate 
  above, 
  parallel, 
  not 
  converging 
  beneath. 
  

   Ocelli 
  in 
  a 
  curve, 
  separated 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  by 
  a 
  greater 
  

  

  