PSEUDAGENIA. 121 



hyaline, the apical margins from the middle of the radial cell in 

 the fore wing lightly fuscous ; nervures and tegulae testaceous. 

 Hah. Bangalore, S. India. $ . Length 10-12 ; exp. 18-21 mm. 



*244, Pseudagenia nana. 



Ageiiia uaua, Satiss. Novara Reise, Hym. p. 55, $ . 



Pseudagenia nana, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4)iv,1891,p. 438. 



5 . Small and slender ; the head a little wider than the thorax, 

 the eyes convergent above ; pronotum posteriorly angular ; 

 scuteUum subconvex ; median segment posteriorly rounded, the 

 apex vertically truncate, with an obscure furrow ; legs slightly 

 spinose, the anterior tarsi pectinate. Black with greyish-white 

 pile, the head in front, thorax beneath and on the sides with silvery 

 pile; the posterior margin of the pronotum, a spot at the base of 

 the posterior tibiae above, and the tibial calcaria white ; the apex 

 of the abdomen fuscesceut ; wings hyaline, the apex lightly fuscous, 

 the nervures subfuscous. 



Hab. Ceylon. $ . Length 8; exp. 15 mm. 



This species is unknown to me, but, from the fact that the 

 anterior tarsi are said to be pectinated, I should say it is more 

 likely to be a Pomjnlus than a Pseudagenia. 



245. Pseudagenia juno. 



Salius juno, Ca7n. Metn. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891, pp.451, 

 456. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth, opaque ; clypeus slightly 

 convex, much broader than high, anteriorly rounded and produced 

 into a tooth in the middle ; head broader than the thorax, eyes 

 converging above: pronotum rather long, square anteriorly, with 

 the anterior lateral angles a little produced, posterior margin 

 angular; median segment long, with a rather steep slope to the 

 apex, posteriorly rounded and lightly transversely striate : legs 

 long, the tibiae smooth, slightly pruinose, the tarsi with minute 

 spines ; abdomen petiolate, suddenly widened beyond the petiole, 

 subglobular. Black, the clypeus, front, and coxae of the legs 

 anteriorly with silvery pile ; the abdomen red, the base of the 

 petiole black : wings hyaline, apex of the fore wing broadly fuscous ; 

 the nervures, tegulae, the knees, and front tarsi testaceous. 



JJah. Barrackpore, Bengal. J. Length 8 ; exp. 15 mm. 



Eesembles P. pedimculata, Smith, but that has the pronotum 

 anteriorly narrowed, not square, and posteriorly arched, not 

 angular. 



246. Pseudagenia caerulea. 



Pompilus caTiileus, Smith, ('at. iii, p. 147, $. 

 Agenia cserulea, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. 1867, p. 355. 

 Pseudagenia cajrulea, Ccon. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1801, 

 pp. 436, 438. 



2 . Head, mesonotum, scutellum, and sides of the thorax 

 finely punctured, the pronotum auteriorly with scattered distant 



