PSEUDAGENIA. 



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F, Wings hyaline or flavo-hyaline, the apex 



fuscous. 



a. Abdomen black, or black with grey or 



silvery pile, 

 a' . Wings with a decided yellow tinge ; 



posterior tibiie immaculate P. rava, p. 120. 



b' . Wings hyaline without any yellow tinge; 



posterior tibise with a yellow spot at 



base above P. nana, p. 121. 



b. Abdomen red P.Juno, p. 121. 



G . Wings hyaline, the disc of the fore wing with 



faint fuscous spots or clouds P. ccerulea, p. 121. 



U16. Pseudagenia honesta. 



Pompilus honestus, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 144, 5 [nee Agenia honesta, 

 Smith, Jour. Linn. Sue. 1861, p. 80) ; Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. 

 Soc. (4) iv, 1891, p. 459. 



5 J . Head, thorax, and abdomen densely pruinose ; antenntc and 

 legs except the coxae bare and smooth ; clypeus convex, o\al, its 

 anterior margin toothed in the middle ; eyes converging at the 



vertex ; median segment with a 

 rounded slope posteriorly, trans- 

 versely striate and with a shallow 

 medial longitudinal furrow at apex ; 

 legs long, the tibiae nearly smooth 

 K^^^^-'T^dil^m with only a few minute spines : 



abdomen subpetiolate. Head, thorax, 

 and abdomen black, but in fresh 

 specimens so densely covered with a 

 thick golden pile intermixed with 

 long golden hairs, that none of the 

 ground-colour shows through ; an- 

 Fig. 2i\— Pseudagenia honesta, tenna) and legs ferruginous ; wings 

 $. }. flavo-hyaline, the apex of the fore 



wing beyond the 2nd cubital cell 

 fuscous, nervures and tegulse ferruginous. 



Bab. India, Burma, and Tenasserim. $. Leiigth 17-22; 

 eap. 32-38 mm. S • Length 14-16 ; exp. 32-36 mm. 



217. Pseudagenia atalanta. 



Agenia atalanta, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. 1858, p. 94, J • 

 Pseudagenia atalanta, Ca7n. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 

 1891, p. 436. 



d . Head, thorax in front, and abdomen smooth, median segment 

 with a thin, short, scanty pubescence ; clypeus large, convex, its 

 anterior margin transverse, oblique at the sides ; front with a deep 

 vertically impressed line from the anterior ocellus to between the 

 base of the antennae ; scutellum and postscutellum very prominent, 

 laterally compressed and tuberculate ; median segment with a steep 

 slope, rounded posteriorly, lightly transversely striate above, and 

 with a short subtriangular deeply impressed furrow at apex ; 



