100 SCOLIID^. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Burma ; Tenasserim : Ceylon ; Java. ^ . Length 

 24-28 ; exp. 42-50 mm. 



*209. Elis asiatica, Savss. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 18-j8, p. 231 ; Sauss. ^■ 

 Sich. Cat. Scot. p. 190, 5 J; Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 

 1SV2, p. 109. 



$ . Of medium size or large, stoutly built, punctured, head and 

 thorax pubescent, the disc oi: the mesonotum often glabrous, the 

 pleurse pruiuose. Black, the pubescence on the head and thorax 

 fulvous or cinereous, on the legs and base of the abdomen cinereous, 

 and segments 1-3 fimbriated u'ith cinereous pubescence ; the 

 rest of the pubescence black, the pleurae with silvery pile ; wings 

 fuscous suffused with violet. 



Var. The tegulse sometimes ferruginous ; the thorax beneath 

 with cinereous pubescence ; the abdomen iridesceiit ; or the 4th 

 abdominal segment also fimbriated with cinereous hairs. 



c? . Of the same size as the female ; thorax pruinose, with silky 

 pile, and covered with cinereous hairs ; abdomen bluish, segments 

 1-4 with white or yellow margins ; the wings fusco-hyaline, the 

 costal margin fuscous. 



Bab. India; Java (Sauss.). 2 • Length 24-32; wing 18-24 mm. 



*210, Elis reticulata. Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, 

 p. 109, d . 



c? . " Head, thorax, and abdomen covered with long hairs ; the 

 clypeus at base, the front and space between the anteunse, and the 

 thorax closely and coarsely punctured ; the head above and the 

 abdomen with scattered punctures ; the apex of the scutellum, the 

 apex of the mesopleurae, and the base of the metapleura^ smooth : 

 the pronotum anteriorly, and the apex of the median segment 

 transverse. Black, the pubescence black ; the abdomen shining 

 and sulf used with a bluish tinge ; wings fusco-violaceous. 



*■' Hah. Poona ; Bombay. S • Length 19 mm." 



*211. Elis cyanea, Sauss. Sf Sick. Cat. Scol. p. 323 ; Cam. Mem. Manch. 

 L. Ph. Sue. (4) V, 1892, p. 112. 



(S . " Head and thorax sparsely, the metanotum densely punc- 

 tured and pruiuose ; abdomen narrow, the 1st segment very long, 

 its base petiolate. Slender ; black, with cinereous pubescence ; the 

 metanotum with silvery pile ; abdomen shot with violet tints ; 

 the mandibles, lateral stripes on the clypeus, the inner orbits, a 

 line on the pronotum, and narrow fasci;© on the margins of 

 abdominal segments 1-4 yellow ; wing ferruginous hyaline, suffused 

 with a golden effulgence, nervures fusco-ferruginous, the apex 

 beyond the cells slightly fuscous, the tegulae fuscous. 



'•'' Hah. JVicobars. (5. Length 15; iving 11^ mm." 



