146 POMPILID^. 



hyaline, the apex of the fore wing beyond the radial cell and the 

 anterior margin of the hind wing at apex lightl_y fuscescent. 

 Hah. Mussooree, N.W. India. $ . Lenrjth 12 ; exp. 21 mm. 



2S9. Salius electus, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891, 

 Ijp. 458 & 470. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth and shining, the clypeus, 

 and face in front pruiuose, the latter sUghtly convex ; the 

 pronotum short, somewhat square in front ; scutellum large and 

 prominent ; median segment short, well below the level of the 

 scutellum and postscutellum, and with a slightly rounded steep 

 slope to the apex ; legs long, the tibiae and tarsi spinose, the 

 posterior tibiae strongly serrate ; abdomen petiolate, the apex 

 densely villose. Black, the anterior and intermediate tibiae and 

 tarsi, and the posterior tibife at base, with the basal three segments 

 of the abdomen, ferruginous red ; the clypeus, sides of the face, 

 median segment, and coxae on the outside margined with a thin 

 silvery pile visible only in certain lights ; wings hyaline, the basal 

 nervure, on the outside narrowly, the basal two-thirds of the radial, 

 the 2nd and 3rd cubital, and apex of the 2nd discoidal cell fuscous. 



Hah. Barrackpore, Bengal. $ . Length 8 ; exp. 18 mm. 



290. Salius rothneyi, Cam. Mem. Munich. L. Ph. Soc (4) iv, 1891, 

 pp. 45-2 & 453. 



5 . Head and thorax in front very closely and finely punctured, 

 somewhat shining, the median segment very finely transversely 

 striate ; abdomen smooth, polished and shining ; clypeus large, 

 rounded anteriorly ; two short, well-raised parallel carinse above 

 the base of the antennae, with a deep shining fovea between them ; 

 pronotum short, steep, considerably narrowed towards the head, 

 subangular posteriorly ; median segment rounded posteriorly and 

 divided down the middle by a well-marked furrow, not reaching 

 the apex ; legs long, the tibiae and tarsi spinose, the posterior 

 tibiae serrate ; abdomen petiolate, broadly fusiform, as long as the 

 head and thorax united. Jet-black, the clypeus and front with 

 silvery pile, seen only in certain lights, the apical segment of 

 the abdomen studded with short, not veiw close fulvous pubes- 

 cence : wings hyaline, infuscated along the basal nervure of the 

 fore wing, with a broad fuscous cloud from the radial descending 

 into the 2nd discoidal cell, and the apex of the fore wing fuscescent ; 

 nervures and tegulae black. 



Hab. Darjeeling; Barrackpore. 2 . Length 9-10; exj). 18-20 mm. 



*291. Salius COtesi, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Sue. (4) iv, 1891, 

 pp. 451 & 454. 



" Similar in coloration of the body to S. rothneyi, as also in 

 havinc in the wings three clouds, but abundantly distinct in 

 structure. The clypeus at apex is shining and transverse in the 

 middle ; the elongated ridges above the antennaj so prominent 



