90 SCOLIID.I. 



tivo recurrent nervures received separately by the 2n(l cubital cell. 

 lu this genus there is often a very considerable difference in the 

 style of coloration in the two sexes of the same species. 



Subgen. Trielis : with 3 cubital cells and 2 recurrent nervures. 

 Key to the Species. 



a. Head red above, abdomen variegated with red . E. litigiom, p. 90. 



b. Head, thorax, and abdomen wholly black E. orientdlis, p. 90. 



191. Elis litigiosa. 



Scolia litigiosa, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 113,$. 



Elis litigiosa, >SV/?«.s. ^- Sich. Cat. Scol. p. 158 ; Cam. Mem,. Manch. L. 

 Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, p. 112. 



2 . Head smooth, with a few coarse punctures ; clypeus 

 vertically striate ; front between and above the base of the antennae 

 strongly convex, a deeply impressed transverse line level with the 

 emargination of the eyes, receiving in the middle an inter-antennal 

 vertically impressed line starting from the base of the clypeus ; 

 thorax with the pronotum truncate in front, and the median 

 segment concavo-truncate posteriorly, sparsely and coarsely 

 punctured on the pro- and mesouotum, scutellum and post- 

 scutellum, and densely on the middle above and posterior face of 

 the median segment ; abdomen sparsely punctured, the base of 

 the 3rd and middle of the 4th segment above smooth and shining. 

 Black, the head except the apex of tbe clypeus and the antennse, 

 the pronotum, and the 3rd and 4th segments ot the abdomen above 

 red ; apex of the clypeus, the antennae, the pronotum in the 

 middle anteriorly, and a central obscure line down the middle of 

 the 3rd and 4th abdominal segments, rufo-piceous ; wings dark 

 fuscous with green reflections. 



Bab. India. § . Length 22 ; cap. 38 mm. c? unknown. 



192. Elis orientalis, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, 



p. 112. 



5 . The clypeus and the front and head above, the mesonotum 

 and the abdomen above sparingly punctured, the rest of the head 

 and thorax densely and coarsely punctured ; the space above the 

 antennoe finely and closely punctured ; the pronotum and median 

 segment very short, the latter abruptly truncate posteriorly and 

 with a central longitudinal carina ending at the edge of the 

 truncation ; the parapsidal furro\A"s well marked and continued 

 down the face of the truncation, which is smooth and shining 

 between the furrows ; legs stout, studded with spiiies and stiff 

 hairs ; abdomen massive and long, much longer than the head and 

 thorax put togetlusr, basal segment slightly constricted, the segments 

 above and beneath with long scattered pubescence ; the ventral 

 segments smooth at base, with subapical broad bands of punctuz'es. 



