Hymenoptcra Orientalis. 109 



5. Elis fimbriata. 

 Elis fimbriate Burmeister, Scol., 25, 6 ; Sauss. and Sich., 



189, 198. 



Scolia thoracica, Klug, Weber, and Mohr, I., 33, 24. 

 Campsomcris collaris, Lepel., Hym., III., 498, 5. 

 Hab. Java. 



6. Elis Asiatica. 

 Elis Asiatica, Saussure, Ann. 80c. Ent. Er., 1858, 231, 

 34; 1 Ent. Zeit, 1859, 266 ; Sauss. and Sichel, Cat., 190,200. 

 Had. Java, East Indies. 1 



7. Elis reticulata, sp. nov. 



Black, the wings fusco-violaceous. Clypeus coarsely 

 punctured at the base ; the space above and between the 

 antennae coarsely and closely punctured ; the vertex with a 

 few scattered punctures, behind the ocelli with the punctures 

 closer together and more numerous. The entire head 

 thickly covered with long black hairs. Thorax closely and 

 strongly punctured all over, except the apex of the scutellum 

 and the apex of the mesopleurse, and the base of the meta- 

 pleurse : the pronotum transverse in front ; the apex of the 

 median segment, almost transverse ; without furrows and 

 with an oblique slope, and punctured closely all over ; the 

 entire thorax bearing long black hair. Abdomen shining, 

 having a bluish tinge, sparsely punctured and densely black 

 haired all over ; the apex of the anal segment impunctate ; 

 the ventral segments sparsely punctured all over. Antennae 

 dull black; the third and fourth joints subequal; the apical 

 joints dilated beneath. $ . 



Length 19 mm. 



Hab. Poona ( Wroughton). 



Comes near to Javana but that species has in the $ the 

 abdominal segments cinereo-ciliated, and the mesonotum 

 impunctate in the middle. 



