170 pompiudjE. 



337. Pompilns cameronii, Binyh. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Sac viii, 1893, 



p. .')7S, pi. i, fig. 6. 

 Ferreola fenestrata, Bingh. {nee Smith) Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. 

 V, 1890, p. 239, 2 J ; Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 

 1891, p. 400. 



2. Pruinose; the head convex in front; the clypeus oval, its 

 sides oblique, its anterior margin transverse in the middle ; pro- 

 thorax long, anteriorly sharply truncate, its 

 posterior margin transverse above ; median seg- 

 ment with the middle and sides raised, sulcated 

 between the raised portions and also bearing a 

 medial longitudinally impressed line, its posterior 

 margin deeply eraarginate, the emargination 

 longitudinally striate ; legs with the tibiae and 

 tarsi slightly spinose ; abdomen smooth, pruinose. 

 -p. Q» *73 -7 Black, an abbreviated line along the inner orbits 

 cameronii,^. \ ^t the eyes yellow; the pro- and mesonotnm 

 brick-red ; the median segment, legs, and abdo- 

 men with a beautiful iridescent pile, vivid purple and blue in certain 

 lights ; wings fuscous, the base of the fore wing and the hind 

 wing for more than half its length hyaline. 



S similar, but with the anterior margin of the clypeus broadly 

 yellow. 



Hah. Burma (Rangoon; Pegu); Tenasserim. $. Lerigth 17; 

 exp. 26 mm. S • Length 11 ; exj). 17 mm. 



338. Pompilns circe, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891, 

 p. 457. 

 Ferreola fenestrata. Smith, Cat. iii, p. 169, $ {nee Smith, Pompilns 

 fenestratus, Cat. iii, p. 144). 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen pruinose ; head sessile, convex 

 in front, concave posteriorly ; clypeus small, almost crescentic ; 

 the base of the antennae very low down on the face immediately 

 above the clypeus ; the flagellum thick, subfusiform, porrect ; 

 pronotum very long, cylindrical, its posterior margin transverse ; 

 scutellum large and prominent ; median segment long, the sides 

 flattened above, nearly level, only slightly convex, the apex 

 depressed and deeply concave, the sides forming tubercular pro- 

 jections ; legs with the tibiae and tarsi slightly pruinose ; abdomen 

 vertically flattened. Black, the thorax posteriorly and the 

 abdomen with obscure purple tints in certain hghts ; the clypeus 

 and front Avith silvery pile ; the pronotum ferruginous red : wings 

 hyaline at base for half their length ; beyond fuscous, with a 

 purple efltulgence. 



cJ similar but smaller, and with the prothorax and median 

 segment longer in proportion. 



Hah. India; Burma; Tenasserim. $. LengtJi 13: exp. 20 mm. 

 cJ . Length 11 ; exp. 20 mm. 



