158 pompiliDjE. 



approximate spots on the scutellum, a spot on the mesopleurag, 

 the apex of the anterior coxa), a spot above them on the prothorax, 

 the greater ])art of the femora, tibia?, and tarsi, and large lateral 

 spots at the base of the 2ud, 3rd, 4th, and 6th abdominal segments 

 above, yellow ; the antennae beneath and the posterior femora 

 sometimes reddish yellow ; the tibial spurs long, whitish, the 

 pubescence silvery white ; wings hyaline, the apex of fore wing 

 beyond the radial cell fuscous, the nervures pale testaceous- 



Hah. Bengal; Burma; Tenasserim. S • Length ^-10; e.rp, 19mm. 

 $ unknown. 



I have examined the type in Mr. Eothney's collection and it is 

 a true Fompilus, the fore tibiae and tarsi being ciliated. 



310. Pompilus multipictus, Smith, Neio Sjx Ilyvi. B. M. p. 148. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth, slightly pruinose, 

 especially so on the median segment; clypeus 

 subconvex, broader than high, its anterior 

 margin arched, from its centre a short well- 

 marked perpendicular carina runs up to 

 between the antennae, on each side of which 

 the face is hollowed slightly ; the scutellum 

 very large and prominent; the median seg- 

 ment with a gently rounded slope to its apex ; 

 legs with stout scattered spines, the anterior 

 tibise and tarsi feebly ciliated on the outer 

 side, claws bifid. Black, variegated with 

 yellow and ferruginous brown ; wings flavo- 

 P . . 7 hyaline, their apex broadly fuscous, tegulae 



multifictus^^S^! T ^^^ nervures testaceous yellow ; the clypeus, 

 except a spot at its base above, a broad 

 stripe along the inner and outer margin of the eyes, not meeting 

 on the vertex, the scape of the antennae, the prothorax, except 

 an irregular brown mark in front, a V-shaped mark on the meso- 

 notum, a large spot on each side of the scutellum, the apex of 

 the median segment, a line on the mesopleurae beneath the wings, 

 the coxae in front, the apex of the femora, the tibiae and tarsi of 

 the anterior legs, the bases of the tibiae, and of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd 

 joints of the intermediate and posterior tarsi, and the base, above 

 and below, of all except the 1st and apical segments of the abdomen, 

 yellow. A variety has the yellow markings on the face and 

 abdomen more or less ferruginous. 



Hah. Malabar ; Sikhim ; Tenasserim ; Japan. ^ . Length 15-18 ; 

 exp. 28-35 mm. $ unknown. 



311. Pompilus infestus, Bingh. Jow. Linn. Soc. 1896, p. 430. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth ; the clypeus convex, 

 transversely rectangular, its sides rounded ; the front of the face 

 flat, with an abbreviated impressed line running from the anterior 

 ocellus to between the antennae ; median segment short, rounded 



