ELIS. 97 



Hah. Throughout Eastern aud Southern India (Calcutta, 

 Sikhim, Kumaun, North- West Provinces, Madras) ; Ceylon ; 

 Burma ; Tenasserim ; Java ; China ; Japan ; and the Malayan 

 subregion. $ . Length 17-22 ; exp. 35-42 mm. c? . Lenyth 

 16-21 ; exp. 32-40 mm. 



203. Elis grossa. 



Tiphia grossa, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 282, $ . 



Scolia grossa. Burin. Abh. Nat. Ges. Halle, i, pt. 4, p. 23, J (S ; 



Smith, Cat. iii, p. 99. 

 Elis grossa, Sauss. 4" Sich. Cat. Scol. p. 199, $ (S; Cam. Metn. 



Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, p. 111. 



2 . Head from a little beneath the anterior ocellus to the base 

 of the clypeus very closely and not coarseh^ punctured, vertex and 

 lower part of clypeus smooth, back of the 

 head and pronotum densely pubescent ; 

 mesonotum anteriorly, scutellum moder- 

 ^^Tj-^~i^j,,^^\^^ ately, and postscutellum and median seg- 

 ^^ ^ — ±^^^^.' ment very finely and densely punctured, 

 the last short, concave -truncate posteriorly, 

 and pubescent above in the middle ; abdo- 

 men smooth, opaque; segments 1-4 above 

 fimbriated and with a few scattered punc- 

 tures, 5th aud 6th closely and coarsely 

 puuctu)-ed and set with stiff hairs. Black, 

 Fig. 19. the pubescence on the head and thorax 



Elisgros6a,S. \. fulvous, the fimbriae on the abdomen hoary 

 white, the hairs on the apical two segments 

 black, the hairs and spines on the legs mixed black and hoary 

 white ; wings light fusco-hyaline with a slight purple effulgence. 



cJ . Slighter, the basal segment of the abdomen narrower than 

 the 2nd ; the whole head, thorax, and abdomen moderately 

 punctured and covered with a thin cinereo-fulvous pubescence, 

 the abdomen with iridescent tints in certain lights. Black ; the 

 clypeus except its narrow anterior margin and a spot in the 

 middle, a bror.d band on the posterior border of the pronotum, two 

 large confluent spots on the scutellum and two on the post- 

 scutellum, a short line on the anterior femora below and on the 

 tibiae above, a lengthened spot on the intermediate tibiae above, 

 and broad transverse bands on the posterior margins of the 1st to 

 4th abdominal segments above, yellow; wings a lighter fusco-hyaline 

 than in the 5 . 



Huh. Northern India ; Sikhim ; Madras ; Assam ; Burma ; Ten- 

 asserim ; Java. $ . Lemjth 25-30 ; exp. 46-52 mm. c? . Lemjth 

 23 ; e.vp. 44 mm. 



204. Elis habrocoma. 



Scolia liabrocoma, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 100, 2- 



Elis habrocoma, Sauss. i^- Sich. Cat. Scol. p. 198, 2 ; Cavi. Mem 

 Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, p. 111. 



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