SALIUS. 131 



? Mygnimia iclineumoniformis, Smith, Jour. Zinn. Soc. vi (1862), 

 p. 55; ule>n, xi (1867), p. S^S. 



d . Head and tliorax pruinose, abdomen finely longitudinally 

 aeiculate ; clypeus transversely convex, its anterior margin slightly 

 arched ; front concave, with a medial vertically impressed line ; 

 pronotura rounded in front, arched posteriorly ; scutellum and 

 postscutellum laterally compressed ; median segment rounded above 

 and coarsely transversely striate, posteriorly truncate, face of 

 truncation smooth ; abdomen vertically flattened, longer than the 

 head and thorax together, A rich ferruginous brown, with two 

 parallel longitudinal black stripes on the mesonotum, and some 

 indistinct black marks on the basal two segments of the abdomen 

 above ; the clypeus, the coxae and femora of the legs, and the 

 apical three segments of the abdomen with dense ferruginous 

 pile : wings ferruginous brown, nervures and tegulte ferruginous. 



ffah. New Guinea ; Ceram ; Amboyna ; and, within our limits, 

 Sikhim ; Sylhet. In Smith's Catalogue, Brazil is given as a locality, 

 but there is no doubt this is a mistake, c? • Length 20-24; exp. 42- 

 46 ram. Guerin's description of the 2 ■> of which I have not seen 

 a specimen, corresponds well with the above ; he gives the length 

 as 22 mm. 



256. Saliiis sycophanta. 



Hemipepsis sycophanta, Gribodo, Ann. Miis. Civ. Gen. (2*) i, 1884, 



p. 359, $; Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891, p. 480. 



Salius severus, Biw/h. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. viii, 1893, p. 871 ; 



id. X, 1896, p. 215, pi. ii, fig. 2, $ (nee Sphex severus, Druri/^ 



III. Exot. Ins. iii, t. 42, fig. 4). 



2 . Head and thorax densely pruinose ; abdomen smooth and 

 shining, in certain lights with a slight pruinose bloom, having the 

 appearance of fine longitudinal aeiculate striae ; clypeus slightly 

 convex, broader than high, posteriorly triemarginate, anterior margin 

 transverse, oblique at the sides ; median segment subcylindrical, 

 somewhat truncate posteriorly, the truncation with a projecting 

 margin which is ligbtly waved ; above, the median segment is 

 irregularly and deeply striate, the pleurae smooth ; abdomen 

 pseudosessile. Black with a castaneous hue ; the clypeus, antennae, 

 apex of the femora, the tibiae and tarsi of the legs with dense 

 golden ferruginous pile ; wings deep reddish yellow, infuscate at 

 base and more narrowly at apex. 



Var. ? " With the head, the prothorax, the tegulse, and scu- 

 tellum fusco-fulvous ; antennae yellow. $ . Length 28 millim." 

 (Gribodo.) 



Hah. Southern India ; Ceylon ? ; Burma ; Tenasserim. $ . Lenjth 

 42-52 ; exp. 80-96 ram. S unknown. 



Note. — Salius (Sphex) severus, Drury, must be removed from the 

 Indian list; it is an African species. 



257. Salius ducalis. 



Mygniniia ducalis, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. 1858, p. 98, 9- 

 Salius ducalis, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891, p. 443. 



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