POMPILUS. 163 



*321. Pompilus mcestus. 



Pompilus aiTogaiis, Smith, '2nd Yark. Miss., Hym. 1878, p. 14, $ 

 {nee Smith, Ti-ans. Ent. Soc. 1873, p. 187, $ ). 



" $ . P. ater, abdominis basi rufo-ferruginea, alis anticis fiiscis. 



" Black, the head subopaque and finely longitudinally rugulose ; 

 the anterior margin of the clypeus slightly rounded, the mandibles 

 rufo-piceous at their apex. Thorax slightly shining above, and 

 having a thin grey sericeous pile ; the metathorax concave iu the 

 middle posteriorly : the anterior wings fuscous, palest at their 

 base ; the posterior pair hyaline, with the apex slightly clouded ; 

 the second submarginal cell subquadrate, the third longer than 

 the second and slightly narrowed towai'ds the marginal cell ; the 

 tarsi thickly spinose, the tibice with a few scattered spines ; the 

 tips of the claws of the tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen : the three 

 basal segments ferruginous, the apical margin of the third and the 

 following segments black. Female, length 6 lines. 



" Jlab. Dras, Kargil, and Leh in Ladak. Taken iu August and 

 September." 



*322. Pompilus atripes, S7nith, 2nd Yark. Miss., Hym. p. 14, c^ 



" 2 , P. uiger ; abdomine ferrugineo, apice nigro ; ahs fuscis ; 

 antennis crassis. 



" Black ; the head smooth and shining, very finely punctured ; 

 the autennfB much thicker in the middle than is usual in the 

 genus. Thorax finely pilose, shining, and finely punctured above ; 

 the posterior margin of the prothorax angulated ; the metathorax 

 smooth and shining, with a central impressed line not quire ex- 

 tending to the apex ; wings fuscous, clearer towards their base ; 

 legs entirely black, as are also the spines and calcaria that arm the 

 tibiae at their apex ; tibiae only very slightly spinose. Abdomen 

 smooth and shining; the three basal segments ferruginous. 

 Female, length 3;^ lines (7 mm.). 



" Hah. Murree, Punjab hills." 



Unknown to me, but, so far as the description goes, very close 

 to the same author's P. reflexus, if not identical with it. 



Note. — Pom^nlus divisus, Smith, described in the same work as 

 coming from the Sind valley, Kashmir, proved when set out to 

 be not a Pom-pHits at all but an ichneumon (see Waterhouse's 

 ' Aid,' ii, pi. 1G9, fig. 2). 



*323. Pompilus pedalis. Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891, 

 pp. 459 & 4()1, pi. iii, fig. 6. 



" Black, the basal two segments entirely and the basal two- 

 thirds of the third red ; the head and thorax densely covered with 

 grey pile ; the wings fusco-violaceous, the base to the transverse 

 basal nervure subhyaline. Eyes arcuate, distinctly converging 



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