SCOLIA. 8T 



little produced posteriorly aud sparsely punctured ; legs densely 



pubescent aud spinose ; abdomen smooth and shining, the 



punctures fine and scattered, the apical 



margins of the segments ciliated above and 



below with stiff hairs, the apical segment 



densely and finely punctured and pubescent. 



Variegated with black and yellow, the 



pubescence above and below whitish, the cilia 



on the segments of the abdomen above black; 



two spots on the front above the base of the 



antennae, the lateral angles of the pronotum, a 



-p. ,|, ., ,. spot on the mesopleune beneath the wings, 



{DilfoliafdeJidiom, ^li^ scutelhim and postscutellum in the middle, 



2. \. the posterior lateral angles of the median 



segment, and large irregular markings on 



each side of segments 1-4 of the abdomen, chrome-yellow ; 



the rest of the head, thorax, aud abdomen black ; the 2ud segment 



has a black circular spot on each side within the yellow maculae, 



the maculae on the 3rd segment nearly coalesce, those on the 4th 



are generally united by a narrow line ; wings fusco-hyaline, with a 



distinctly yellow wash, iridescent, somewhat dai'ker along the 



costal margin : nervures testaceous brown ; tegulae black. 



(S similar, but smaller and slighter ; the clypeus is yellow, 

 there are no yellow spots on the front ; there is a yellow line on 

 all the tibiae above, and the apical margins of segments 1-5 are 

 yellow, with the anterior margins of these bands on segments 

 1-4 emarginate anteriorly ; beneath, ventral segments 2-4 have 

 a longish yellow spot laterally ; wings much lighter than in 

 the 2- 



Hah. Sikhim ; Tenasserim. 5 • Length 21 ; exp. 36 mm. 

 S • Lenritli 18 ; exp. 32 mm. 



186. Scolia vivida. Smith, Cat. iii, p. 89, d" ; Saus^s. Sf Sick. Cat. Scol. 

 p. 123; Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, p. 107. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen with fine and close but shallow 

 punctures, and a thin short pubescence : clypeus vertically suboval, 

 its anterior margin rounded, posterior truncate ; median segment 

 very short, concavo-triincate ; abdomen long, basal segment very 

 slightly constricted at margin. Black, with cinereous pubescence ; 

 the clypeus, a spot above it, the mandibles, outer orbits of the eyes, 

 the sides of the pronotum, a patch under the wings, a narrow 

 stripe on the pectus, the scutelhim, postscutellum, and abdomen 

 yellow ; the median segment laterally deep red ; the base and 

 posterior margin of the 1st abdominal segment, and the base of 

 the 2nd-4th with the whole of the apical three segments, black ; legs 

 black variegated with yellow ; wings hyaline, the fore wing rufescent 

 fulvous along the costal margin, with the apex fuscous anteriorly. 



Nab. Madras; Poona. ^. Lemjth 15; exp. 25mm. $ un- 

 known. 



