98 SCOLIID.I. 



$ . Closely resembles E. grossa, Fabr., but is a larger, stouter- 

 built insect ; the head and thorax are much more closely (even 

 on the vertex of the former) and coarsely punctured, and the 

 pubescence on the head, thorax, and legs, with the fimbria; on the 

 segments of the abdomen, are a rich golden fulvous, with no 

 mixture of white hairs ; wings flavo-hyaline suffused with a 

 purplish tint. 



Hah. India {Smith) ; Sikhim, Assam, and Upper Burma. 

 5 . Lewjth 34-36 ; exp. 58-62 mm. 



205. Ells prismatica. 



ScoHa prismatica, Smith, Cat, iii, p. 102, $ . 

 Elis prismatica, Sauss. 8f Sich. Cat. Scol. p. 199. 



5 . Head and thorax closely and rather coarsely punctured, the 

 clypeus, the region of the ocelli, and the disc of the mesonotum 

 smooth ; median segment posteriorly concavo-truncate, closely and 

 minutely punctured ; abdomen, the basal four segments sparsely, 

 the apical two strongly punctured ; head, thorax, and abdomen 

 pubescent, the pubescence thick and long on the head and on the 

 thorax anteriorly, on the abdomen it forms transverse fimbriae on 

 the posterior margins of segments 1-4. Black, the pubescence 

 ferruginous, the pleurae and the sides of the median segment 

 covered with dense golden pile ; the abdomen with iridescent tints 

 in certain lights ; wings flavo-hyaline, slightly fuscous beyond the 

 basal nervure, and in certain lights having a purplish effulgence. 



(S similar, but the pubescence cinereous, the abdomen with 

 brighter iridescent tints, the clypeus yellow, black in the middle, 

 and the abdomen punctured, with transverse yellow bands on 

 segments 1-4 above and on segments 2-5 on the ventral side, 

 the basal segment constricted. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; China. $ . Lengtli 20- 

 22; exp. 40-44 mm. S . Length 18-21 ; exp. 38-40 mm. 



206. Elis hirsuta, Sauss. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1858, p. 234 ; Sauss. 



4- Sich. Cat. Scol. p. 200, $ ; Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 

 1892, p. 111. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth and shining, very thinly 

 pubescent, the pubescence long on the head and thorax and 

 forming fimbriae on the posterior margins of the abdominal 

 segments above and below; the lateral angles of the prouotum, 

 the mesonotum anteriorly, the scutellum and postscutellum with 

 a few scattered punctures. Black ; the mandibles, the clypeus, 

 and flagellum of the antennae beneath rather bright castaneous, 

 the femora, tibiae, and tarsi of the legs and the pygidial area 

 obscurely castaneous, the last studded with short stiff reddish 

 liairs ; the pubescence elsewhere silvery white ; wings flavo-hyaline 

 suffused with a purpUsh iridescence. 



(^ . Slighter ; the antennae filiform and very long, about twice 

 the length of the head and thorax uuited; head, thorax, and 



