P0MPILTJ3. 155 



303. Pompilus herbigradus, n. sp. 



2 ' Head, thorax, and abdomen pruinose, smooth, but not 

 shining ; clypeus transverse, subporrect, its anterior margin very 

 slightly arched, nearly straight ; pronotum rounded anteriorly ; 

 postscutellum and median segment steeply sloped, rounded 

 posteriorly ; legs long, spinose, the tibiae and tarsi with long 

 spines ; the abdomen pseudosessile, curved, not so long as the 

 head and thorax united. Black, the clypeus, the sides of the 

 face, the thorax more or less, especially at the apex of the 

 median segment, and the base of the segments of the abdomen 

 with silvery pile, which is most dense on the clypeus and on the 

 1st and 2nd segments of the abdomen ; the apical two segments 

 of the latter studded with stiff black hairs ; wings hyaline, inf us- 

 cated at apex, nervures and tegulae piceous. 



c? similar but slighter, with porrect antennae ; the clypeus is 

 longer and more rounded anteriorly, the abdomen vertically com- 

 pressed. Varies in the wings being fuscescent for half their 

 length at apex, and the antennte and anterior legs being piceous. 



IJab. Sikhim ; Tenasserim. 5 . Length 9-12 ; e.vp. 16-20 mm. 

 S . Length 8-12 ; exj). 17-21 mm. 



304. Pompilus maculipes, Simth, Trans. Zool. Soc. vii (1870), p. 18(5, 



2 ; Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891, p. 459. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth, covered with a thin 

 sericeous silvery grey pile ; the clypeus large, subconvex, its 

 anterior margin arched, posterior bisinuate ; eyes wide apart, their 

 inner margins parallel ; scutellum very large and prominent, 

 compressed at the sides ; median segment declivous ; legs with 

 stout scattered spines, anterior tibiae and tarsi ciliated on the 

 outer side, claws bifid. Black ; wings clear hyaline, a pale fuscous 

 spot at the apex, and a fuscous fascia occupying the radial, 2nd 

 and 3rd cubital, and apex of the 2nd discoidal cell in the fore 

 wing, the apical border of the hind wing also fuscous, nervures 

 and tegulae brown; legs with a white spot at the base of the 

 posterior tibiae above. 



Hab. Mainpuri (N.W. Provinces), Kumaun, Sikhim, Burma, 

 and Tenasserim. $ . Length 8-11 ; exp. 19-22 mm. 



305. Pompilus mitis, Stnith, New Sp. Hym. B. M. p. 148. 

 rompilus buddha, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891, 



pp. 457 & 471, pi. iii, fig. 20. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth ; clypeus transversely 

 ovate, its anterior and posterior margins arched ; scutellum pro- 

 minent, compressed at the sides ; median segment with a steep 

 slope to its apex ; legs with stout scattered spines, anterior tibia 

 and femora sparingly ciliated on the outer side, claws bifid. Head, 

 thorax, and coxae black, the rest of the legs and the abdomen 

 ferruginous ; the mandibles, clypeus, a line along the inner margin 

 of the eyes, the scape in front, the posterior margin of the 

 pronotum, and the tubercles yellowish white ; the flagellum of 



