ELIS. 99 



abdomen black, covered with erect cinereous pubescence ; the 

 clypeus, except a spot in the middle, the posterior margin ot" the 

 pronotum broadls', the scutellum and postscutellum, the posterior 

 margins of the dorsal abdominal segments 1-5 and ventral 2-5, 

 yellow ; the legs variegated with yellow ; the wings as in the $ . 



Hah. Tranquebar (Saussure) : Calcutta. 2 • Length 10 ; exp. 

 16 mm. cJ . Lemjth 9 ; exp. 15 mm. 



207. Ells thoracica. 



Tiphia thoracica, Fahr. Ent. St/st. Suppl. p. 254. 

 Sphex albicoUis, Christ, Naturg. Ins. p. 260, pi. 26, fig. 1, $ . 

 Sphex flavifrons, Christ, Nalurrj. Ins. p. 261, pi. 26, tig. 2, j. 

 Campsomeris aureicollis, Lepel. Hym. iii, p. 499, $ . 

 ? Scolia aureicollis. Smith, Cat. iii, p. 101. 

 ? Elis azurea, Sauss. Stettin eyit. Zeit. 1859, p. 267, S ■ 

 Elia thoracica, Sauss. Sf Sich. Cat. Scot. p. 188, $ ; Cam. Mem. 

 Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, p. 108. 



2 . Head smooth, the front between the antennae and a little 

 above their bases pubescent, closely and finely punctured ; back of 

 the head and pronotum with erect bushy pubescence ; mesonotum 

 with a thin covering of scattered hairs ; the thorax anteriorly rather 

 coarsely, and the scutellum, postscntellum, and median segment 

 above less coarsely punctured ; median segment projecting above in 

 the middle posteriorly, concave below the projection, subtuberculate, 

 the sides smooth ; abdomen opaque, with a velvety pruinosity, the 

 posterior margins of the segments fimbriated. Black, the pubescence 

 on the occiput and pronotum hoary white, sometimes rich fulvous 

 (var. aureicollis'), rest of the pubescence black ; wings from light to 

 dark fuscous brown, with a purple eflPulgence. 



? c? . Slighter, sparsely punctured, the vertex of the head smooth, 

 the basal segment of the abdomen constricted, the pubescence 

 cinereous or fulvous. Black, the clypeus yellow with a central 

 black mark ; the segments of the abdomen posteriorly fimbriated 

 with cinereous pubescence, above suffused with blue and violet 

 tints ; wings flavo-hyaline. 



Hah. Kumaun ; Sikhim ; Bangalore; Madras; Burma; Tenas- 

 serim ; China ; Java. 6 ? . Length 18-21 ; exp. 32-38 mm. 



208. Elis fimbriata. 



Scolia thoracica, Kluq [nee Fabr.). Weber u. Mohr, Beitr. Naturk. 



i, p. 33. 

 Campsomeris coUaris, Lepel. {nee Fabr.) Hym. iii, p. 498. 

 Scolia fimbriata, Burm. Ahh. Nat. Ges. Kalle,\, pt. 4, p. 25; Smith, 



Cat. iii, p. 100. 

 Elis fimbriata, Saiiss. ^ Sich. Cat. Scot. p. 189, 5 ; Cam. Mem, 



Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, p. 109. 



$ . Very closely resembles E. thoracica, Fabr.. but is alwavs 

 nuich larger, and has the mesonotum, scutellum, and postscutelhun 

 much more closely punctured. Like K. </tor«c<m, there is a variety 

 with fulvous-red pubescence on the occiput and thorax in front. 



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