116 POMPILID^. 



232. Pseudagenia tincta. 



Pompilus tinctus, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 145, 2 • 



Agenia tincta, Smith, Jou): Linn. Soc. 1867, p. 354. 



Ageuia mutabilis, Smith, Trans. Zool. Soc. vii, 1870, p. 18G, J. 



Pseudageuia tincta, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4") iv, 1891, 



pp. 437, 441. 

 Pseudagenia mutabilis, Cam. t. c. p. 437. 



5 . Pruiuose ; clypeus transversely oval, convex, its anterior 

 margin boldly arched ; pronotum short, its posterior margin widely 

 arched ; median segment broad, rounded, rather steep at apex, with 

 a central longitudinally impressed line; legs smooth, the tibiae 

 and tarsi unarmed ; abdomen distinctly petiolate, the petiole short. 

 Black, with soft, thin, rather longish silvery white pile, most dense 

 on the clypeus, the sides of the face, and apex of the median 

 segment ; the legs obscurely testaceous, the posterior femora except 

 at apex pale red ; posterior margins of the segments of the abdomen 

 narrowly testaceous. The colour of the legs varies ; in some 

 specimens it is black with the posterior, or posterior and inter- 

 mediate, or all the femora more or less red. 



d similar ; differs in having the median segment and the petiole 

 of the abdomen comparatively much longer. Both sexes have the 

 wings hyaline and iridescent, and the nervures and tegulae 

 testaceous. 



Hab. North-West Provinces, Sikhim, and Barrackpore in 

 India ; Burma and Tenasserim. 2 • Length 9-11 ; ea-2y. 14 rum. 

 (5 . Length 7-9 ; exjy. 14 mm. 



233. Pseudagenia bipennis. 



Agenia bipennis, Sauss. Novara Reise, Hym. 



p. 52, S: 

 Pseudagenia bipennis. Cam. Mem. Manch. 



L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891, p. 436. 



c? . Resembles P. alaris, Sauss., but is smaller 

 and more slender ; the head is not so wide in 

 proportion to the thorax, and the anterior and 

 intermediate coxae in front, the labrum, apex of 

 the mandibles, sides of the clypeus, and the inner 

 orbits of the eyes are yellowish white, and the 

 posterior femora dull orange-red. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; Ceylon. 

 Fig. 'in.— Pseud- ^ . Length 9 ; exp. 17 mm. 

 agenia bipennis, 



234. Pseudagenia hypsipyle, Bit)ffh. Joum. Bomb. N. H. Soc, 1893, 

 p. 370. 



Head, thorax in front, and abdomen pruinose, smooth but not 

 shining ; clypeus transverse, its anterior margin slightly arcuate, 

 its posterior bisinuate ; thorax long, the median segment trans- 

 versely striate ; the legs unarmed, almost smooth ; abdomen sub- 



