^■iO POMPII.ID.T. 



d" . Head, thorax, and abdomen densely pruinose ; the head, pro- 

 thorax in front, tlie anterior coxae in front, and the sides of the 

 median segment sparsely pubescent; the clypeus somewhat convex, 

 the sides rounded, widely emarginate anteriorly ; front slightly 

 convex ; an impressed vertical line from the anterior ocellus to the 

 base of the antenna;, and a transverse furrow on each side of the 

 posterior two ocelli; median segment short,, truncate posteriorly, 

 with its apex margined, recurved and slightly produced at the 

 sides; abdomen vertically compressed. Black, with the dense 

 velvety pile giving it a purple bloom in cfertain lights ; the flagellum 

 of the antenna) beneath and the anterior tibise and tarsi fulvous 

 brown ; wings very dark fuscous brown with a rich purple efful- 

 gence. 



Bab. Barrackpore. d . Length 14-16 ; exp. 32-35 mm. 



276, Salius properus, Bingh. P. Z. 8. 1896, p. 436, pi. xv, fig. 7, 2 . 



2 . Pruinose ; head very little broader than the thorax ; clypeus 

 transverse, markedly convex, its anterior margin broadly emar- 

 ginate ; the antennae long, filiform, and slender ; the front and 

 vertex slightly but closely punctured ; thorax laterally compressed ; 

 pronotum short, square, almost transverse anteriorly; median 

 segment long, rounded, lightly transversely striate posteriorly, the 

 apex with a steep slope ; legs long, the tibiae and tarsi spinose, 

 the posterior tibiae strongly serrate; abdomen long, as long as the 

 head and thorax united, stout and massive, its apical segment 

 studded with long hairs. Black, the pronotum anteriorly, the 

 sides and apex of the median segment, and broad bands above at 

 the base of abdominal segments 2-5 with silvery pile ; wings 

 f usco-hyaline, the posterior pair paler ; nervures and tegulae dark 

 brown. 



Hah. Ceylon. 5. Length 12; exp. 25 mm. 



277. Salius crinitus. 



Priocnemis crinitus, Binqh. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. v, 1890, 



p. 238. 

 Salius crinitus, Cam. Mem. Munch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891, p. 451 ; 



Bingh. P. Z. S. 1896, p. 436. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen with dense long pubescence, 

 the head and thorax under the pubescence smooth but shining ; 

 the median segment finely transversely striate; the abdomen 

 where the pubescence is abraded brilliantly polished and shining ; 

 clypeus boldly convex, broader thnn high, its anterior margin 

 truncate ; median segment short, with a steep slope to the apex ; 

 abdomen pseudosessile, not so long as the liead and thorax united ; 

 legs long, spinose, the posterior tibiae serrate. A rich castaneoiis 

 black, the pubescence glittering ferruginous golden ; the scape 

 and basal three joints of the flagellum of the antenna? and the legs 

 brownish yellow, the apical portions of the antennae and the claw- 

 joints of the tarsi fuscous black : wings flavo-hyaline, with a golden 



