Hymenoptera Orientalis. 105 



abdominal segments. Clypeus impunctate, except a row 

 of pustules round the apex ; the space above and between 

 the antenna very strongly and coarsely punctured ; the 

 vertex with groups of punctures round the ocelli, above these 

 and almost impunctate to near the edge, which is closely 

 and finely punctured. Thorax closely covered with long 

 black hair and strongly and coarsely punctured all over, 

 except the edges of the pleurae. Apex of median segment 

 transverse with a sharply oblique slope. Abdomen covered 

 all over with widely separated punctures ; the ventral 

 segments with the punctures stronger, but with the base 

 impunctate ; the hair thick, longish and black. The $ is 

 similar but not quite so strongly punctured ; the third 

 joint of the antennae is shorter than the fourth, and the 

 yellow marks are on the third and fourth abdominal 

 segments. 



Length, 25mm. 



Hab. Poona ( Wroughton). 



Comes near to 4-pustulata ; but that species has the 

 antennae black ; the marks on the abdomen red, not yellow ; 

 and the thorax is not punctured all over. 



In one example of bengalcnsis there is, in the 9, two 

 small marks on the fourth abdominal segment. 



32. SCOLIA BILUNATA. 



Scolia bihmata, Sauss., Ann. Ent. Fr., 1858, 212, 20; 

 Sauss. and Sichel, Cat. Scol., 115, 109. 

 Hab. Nepaul. 1 



23. SCOLIA BIOCULATA. 



Scolia bioculata, Sauss., Stctt. Ent. Zeit., 1859, 189; 

 Sauss. and Sichel, Cat. ISco/., 115, no.' 

 Hab. Java, Sumatra. 1 



