130 POMPILID.C. 



specimen from the Andamans the apical three segments are 

 reddish yellow. 



Uah. Throughout India ; Burma; Ce^'lon ; the Andamans. $ . 

 Length 20-24 ; t'.rp. ^39-43 mm. J • Length 20-21 ; exp. 37-40 mm. 



253. Salius perplexus. 



MYfj:nimia perplexa, Siuith, Cat. iii, p. 185, $. 



2 • Head and thorax in front pruinose, median segment rugose, 

 abdomen smooth and shining; olypeus convex, wedge-shaped, 

 slightly emarginate anteriorly in the middle, the sides rounded ; 

 thorax compact, stout ; median segment transversely striate, short, 

 with an abrupt slope at the apex, almost truncate; legs stout, the 

 tibiae and tarsi spinose, the posterior tibia) strongly serrate ; 

 abdomen sessile, thick at base and sharply tapering to the apex, 

 the apical segment studded with stiff hairs. Head, pro- and 

 mesonotum, seutellum, postscuteHum, apical two-thirds of the 

 femora, the tibiae and tarsi ferruginous ; the head, pro- and 

 mesonotum with a thick ferruginous pile ; the sides of the thorax, 

 the pectus, median segment, coxfe, and base of the femora, and the 

 abdomen black, the last with a little ferruginous pile on the apical 

 segment ; wings ferruginous, the apical margin of fore wing 

 broadly and darkly, and of the hind wing narrowly and lightly 

 fuscous. 



Ilab. Sikhim ; S. India ; Tenasserim. $ . Length 26-31 ; ewp. 

 48-52 mm. d somewhat slighter and smaller. 



254. Salius rubidus. 



Mvo'nimia ruhida, Binr/h. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. v, 1890, p. 238, 



Salius rubida, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891, p. 445. 

 Salius rubidus, Bitu/h. P. Z. S. 1896, p. 435, pi. xv, tig. 2. 



2 . Head and thorax densely pruinose, abdomen smooth and 

 ghining; head about as wide as the thorax; clypeus convex, 

 anteriorly widely emarginate, and studded ^ith long hairs ; front 

 subconcave, eyes convergent above ; pronotum short, transverse in 

 front, broadlv arched posteriorly; median segment long, with a 

 rather steep slope, and abruptly truncate at apex, transversely and 

 coarsely striate ; legs long, strongly spinose, the posterior tibiaj 

 serrate*; abdomen subfusiform, petiolate, about as loug as the 

 thorax. Fulvous golden red all over, the scattered pubescence and 

 thick pile with bright golden tints, the apical margins of segments 

 1-5 obscurely dusky red, the apex studded with stiff golden hairs; 

 wings rich fulvous red, the apical margins iiarrowly fuscescent, 

 nervures and tegula) fulvous red. 



(S similar but smaller, and the antennaj ])orrect and thick. 



Bal. Ceylon. $ . Length 21-35 ; exj). 48-66 mm. c5' . Length 

 14 ; exp. 27 mm. 



255. Salius ichneumoneus. 



Poinpilus ichneumoneus, Gu(^r. Voy. Coq., Zool. pt. 2, p. 258, 5 , 

 Atlas, Lis. no. 8. fig. 13 ; Smith, Cat. iii, p. 151. 



