112 POMPJLID^. 



Hah. Sikhiin, Assam, Burma, aud Tenasserim. $. Length 

 17-25 ; exp. 36-41 mm. S • Length 12-15 ; exp. 29-32 mm. 



222. Pseudagenia ariel, Cam. Mem. Munch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891, 



pp. 430 & 439 



5 . Pruinose ; head convex in front, eyes slightly converging 

 beneath ; clypeus convex, subtriangular, toothed in the middle, an 

 indistinct vertical furrow on the front; the pronotum short, 

 broad, rounded anteriorly ; median segment with a rather steep 

 slope to apex, transversely striate ; legs long, the tibiae and tarsi 

 nearly smooth ; abdomen petiolate, the petiole short. Black, with 

 deep blue tints in certain lights; the antennae, tibiae, and tarsi 

 opaque black ; the clypeus, front of the head, and sides of the 

 median segment with dense silvery pile and some long white 

 hairs ; wings subhyaline, slightly suffused with fuscous. 



Hah. Barrackpore, Bengal ; Tenasserim. 2 • Length 9 ; exp. 

 20 mm. 



223. Pseudagenia concolor. 



Agenia concolor, Sauss. Novara Reise, Hym. p. 54, S ■ 

 Pseudagenia concolor, Cam. Mem. Munch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 

 1891, p. 437. 



S . Eesembles P. insularis, Sauss., but is more slender in form, 

 with the thorax strongly compressed, narrower, and longer; 

 clypeus long, transversely truncate ; labrum transverse and 

 siibemarginate ; postscutellum obsoletely striate on both sides, 

 metanotum with no median sulca and not transversely striate ; 

 abdomen slender, fusiform, vertically compressed, nearly as long as 

 the head and thorax put together. Black, the head, thorax, and 

 coxae with silvery pile ; the apex of the mandibles and the palpi 

 ferruginous; legs and abdomen red, the coxae and tarsi pubescent ; 

 wings obscurely fuscous, with a violet and purple effulgence, the 

 apical margin slightly darker. 



Hab. Ceylon, d" • Length 14 ; exp. 27 mm. 



224. Pseudagenia pedunculata. 



Pompilus peclunculatus, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 145, 9 • 

 Salius pedunculatus, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891 

 p. 452. 



5 . Head, thorax in front, and abdomen smooth, median 

 segment transversely striate; clypeus transversely oval, its anterior 

 margin rounded and toothed in the middle ; front with an obscure 

 impressed line from the anterior ocellus to between the base of the 

 antennae ; pronotum short, rounded in front, and considerably 

 narrowed towards the head ; median segment rounded and promi- 

 nent, with an obscure impressed line longitudinally down the 

 middle ; legs long, rather stout, the tibiae and tarsi with minute 

 spines ; abdomen shorter than the thorax, petiolate. Head 

 thorax, and the coxae of the legs black ; the trochanters, femora 



