LAURA. 199 



tnedlal longitudinal carina at the base, and the truncated portion 

 with a deep vertical furrow. Intense black ; vrings dark fuscous 

 brown, suffused with a ricli purple effulgence. 



Hab. Tenasserim ; Singapore. $ . Length 22 ; exp. 36 mm. 

 Eare in Tenasserim. 



384. Larra erratica, n. sp. 



$ . Head and thorax finely and very closely punctured ; the 

 clypeus transverse, much broader than long, its anterior margin 

 boldly arched ; median segment long, as long as the head and rest 

 of thorax united, truncate posteriorly ; above and on the sides 

 closely punctured, the punctures above running into transverse 

 striaj, the face of the truncation divided by a vertical furrow ; 

 abdomen smooth, shining, and impunctate. Intense black, the 

 posterior femora blood-red ; wings fuscous, the hind wing clearer, 

 especially at base, the fore wing \^ith a brilliant coppery efful- 

 gence. 



d similar, hut smaller ; the face in front with dense silvery 

 pile, the median segment with coarser punctures and a short 

 longitudinal medial carina at base above. 



Huh. Ceylon ; Tenasserim. $ . Length 15-19 : exp. 24- 

 32 mm. S . Length 17; exp. 28 mm. 



Besembles L. glahrata, Smith, from Celebes, which, however, 

 is more coarsely punctured and has all the femora red. 



385. Larra simillima. 



Larrada simillima. Smith, Cnt. iv, p, 275, J. 



Larra simillima. Kohl, Verh. zool.-hot. Ges. Wien, 1884, p. 247 ; 

 Cayyi. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Sac. (4) ii, 1889, p. 125. 



2 • Head and thorax closely and strongly punctured, thinly 

 pubescent; clypeus much broader than long, its anterior margin 

 arched, very slightly emarginate on either side of the middle : 

 median segment long, very little more coarsely punctured than the 

 mesonotum, concavo-truncate posteriorly, slightly constricted at 

 base, and gradually but perceptibly widening to the truncated 

 apex ; abdomen longer than the head and thorax together, obscurely 

 pruinose; pygidial area bare, with fine lateral grooves and a few 

 scattered punctures. Black, the basal four segments of the abdo- 

 men red ; wings dark fuscous with a slight purplish effulgence. 



Hah. India; Africa (Sjnith) ; Tirhoot, Bengal {Rothneij coll.). 

 2 . Length 20 ; e.ty. 28 mm. 



386. Larra maura. 



Spliex inanra, Fabr. Ent. Si/sf. ii, p. 2] 2. 

 Pompilus niaurus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. S/fj)pl. p. 247. 

 Liris maura, Fabr. Si/st. Piez. p. 280. 

 Larrada maura, Smith, Cat. iv, p. 277. 



Larra maura. Kohl, Verh. zool.-bot. fiex. Wien, 1884, p. 245; Cam. 

 Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, p. 125. 



