162 pompilidj:. 



*319. Pompilus zebra, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891, 

 pp. 400 & 475, pi. iii, tig. 27. 



" Black, the mandibles, apex of clypeus, inner orbits of the 

 eyes to near the top broadly, the outer narrowly, a bi-oad band on 

 tiie pronotum, tegulae, the abdomen with a band on the base of 

 the 2nd segment, the 3rd entirely, on the others except a band on 

 the base of the 4th, the apex of the femora broadly, the tibiae and 

 tarsi, and the antennae dull ferruginous ; the head and thorax 

 bearing long white hairs. Head a little w'ider than the thorax ; 

 the eyes arcuate above, the rest parallel ; ocelli in a triangle, sepa- 

 rated' from each other by about the same distance that they are 

 from the eyes. Clypeus short, rounded at the apex. Prothorax a 

 little longer than the head, narrowed gradually towards the base. 

 Median segment about as long as the prothox-ax, gradually rounded 

 to the apex ; the apical half bearing a dense covering of white 

 hair. Abdomen seraisessile, a little longer than the head and 

 thorax united ; its apex moderately acute ; the apical segment 

 aciculate. Legs densely pruinose, stout, the tibiae with reddish 

 spines widely separated, the three middle being the longest ; 

 the long white spur of the hind tibiae reaches beyond the 

 middle of the metatarsus. Claws with a thick basal tooth. There 

 is no apparent sculpture on the body ; there is a narrow furrow 

 in the centre of the front ; the occiput convex. The stigma is 

 obscure testaceous ; the hind wings are only infuscated at the 

 apex. 



''Length 10-11 mm. 



''Eab. Shillong." 



*320. Pompilus comptllS, Lejyel. Hym. iii, p. 425, $ ; Smith, Cat. 

 iii, p. 144 ; Cain. Mem. Manch' L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891, p. 457. 



" Antennae blackish, tinted with red below. Head black, base 

 of the mandibles reddish ; the clypeus and front almost up to the 

 anteunse covered with a silky, silvery pile ; above this the orbits 

 of the eyes up to the vertex reddish. Thorax black, the pro- 

 thorax, the metatborax above, and scutellum reddish. Abdomen 

 black, with silvery pile ; 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th segments with an 

 oval black mark on each side, these spots nearly meeting above. 

 Legs black, clothed with silvery pile. Wings somewhat fuscous, 

 chieily at the apex and along the posterior margin. The whole 

 insect is covered with this silvery pile, but only such portions 

 have been noted as are conspicuous, from the density of the 

 pile. Prothorax rather long, nearly square, its posterior border 

 angularly emarginate. Metatborax rather long, bearing a longi- 

 tudinally impressed line, squarely truncate posteriorly, with two 

 large and semicircular fosettes. Third cubital cell narrowed 

 towards the radial, smaller than the second. Pemale. 

 ''Hah. India." 



