POMPILUS. 165 



convergent, above about half the width apart that they are belo\N', 

 the front with an impressed line from the anterior ocellus to 

 between the antennae ; mesonotum with a longitudinal short 

 furrow close to each tegula ; median segment with a rounded 

 slope posteriorly, its apical margin recurved ; legs with the tibiae 

 and tarsi thickly spinose, claws uuidentate at base below ; abdomen 

 pseudosessile. Velvety black ; wings fuscous, with a broad dark 

 apical margin ; the middle of the wings obliquely subhyaline, with 

 a yellowish tint, nervures fuscous ; tegulae ferruginous ; head 

 (except a fuscous mark round and below the ocelK), a broad stripe 

 on the posterior margin of the pronotum, a spot on the scutellum, 

 and the apical half of the femora, with the tibiae and tarsi, ferru- 

 ginous ; the apex of the antennae and the last two joints of the 

 tarsi fuscous ; abdomen covered with a short, dense, soft, velvety 

 pile. The J differs in haviug less of the ferruginous colour about 

 it, and in the tibiae and tarsi being less spinose. 



Hah. Sikhim; Burma; Tenasserim ; Japan. $. Length lQ-1% ; 

 ex]^. 28-35 mm. J somewhat smaller. 



326. Pompilus daedalus, Bingh. Jour. Linn. Soe. 1896, p. 429, 



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

 convex, subtriangular, its anterior margin very slightly rounded, 

 nearly transverse ; the inner margin of the eyes distinctly curved 

 outwards ; a well-marked impressed line from the anterior ocellus 

 to between the bases of the antennae ; the occiput transverse, 

 almost eraarginate ; the sides of the mesonotum raised, and a short 

 shallow longitudinal furrow on each side above the tegulae ; the 

 scutellum prominent ; the median segment short, truncated at 

 apex, the truncation with obscure transverse striae; legs stout; 

 the tibiae and tarsi spinose ; abdomen pseudosessile, obscurely 

 pruinose. Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; the antennae, and 

 the tibiae and tarsi of all the legs piceous brown ; wings fuscous 

 brown, the apex of the radial cell in the fore wing acutely angled, 

 the 2nd and 3rd cubital cells subequal, the posterior margins 

 of the segments of the abdomen narrowly testaceous. 



Hah. ISikhim ; Tenasserim. $ . Length 15-19 ; exp. 28-36 mm. 



327. Pompilus canifrons, S^nith, Cat. ill, p. 146,2. 

 Priocnemis canifrons, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. 1867, p. 354. 

 Pompilus atropos, Smith, New Sp. liym. B. M. p. 146. 



Salius canifrons, Cam. Metn. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891, 

 p. 450. 



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

 transverse, its anterior margin slightly arched and curved down- 

 wards ; the scutellum large, compressed at the sides ; the median 

 segment short, with a steep, slightly rounded slope to its apex, 

 bearing an obscure longitudinal medial furrow, which does not 

 extend to the apex ; legs stout, the tibiae aud tarsi spinose, the 



