206 sPHEGiD-i:. 



b' . More slenderly made, of comparatively 



small size. L. 16-18 mm L. nit/ripfinina, p. 20fi. 



b. Wings flavo-livaline, apex fuscous L. hceniorrhoidalis, p. 207. 



c. Winf^s fusco-hyaline, fore wing niuc-h 



darker than hind wing L. aiirata, p. 200. 



395. Liris aurata. 



Sphex aurata, Fabr. Ent. Si/st. ii, p. 213. 



Ponipilus auratus, Fabr. E)it. Syst. Suppl. p. 2oO. 



Liris aurata, Fabr. Syst. Fiez. p. 228 ; Kohl, Vprh. zool.-bot. Ges. 



Wien, 1884, p. 241 ; Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Fh. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, 



p. 131. 

 Tachyles opnlenta, Lepel. Hym. iii, p. 240, 5 S • 

 Larrada aurulenta, Smith, Cat. iv, p. 276, pi. vii, fig. ■'). 



2 . Head and thorax densely pruinose a' ove ; abdomen dull 

 and opaque, with wide transverse pruinose bands on the posterior 

 margins of segments 1-5 above ; head, pro- and mesonotum 

 very minutely and closely punctured ; median segment long, as 

 long as the rest of the thorax and the head united, transversely 

 striate, and with a fine medial longitudinal carina not reaching 

 the verge of the trnncated posterior portion ; the face of the 

 truncation itself with a short medial vertical carina, broad at top. 

 Black, the scape and basal joint of the flagelkim of the antenrije, 

 and the apical half or two-thirds of the femora, tibiae, and tarsi of 

 the legs a pale orange-red ; the silky pile on the face, pro- and 

 mesonotum dense and golden ferruginous ; on the sides of the 

 scutellum, postscutellum, and median segment yellowish ; the 

 transverse bands on the abdomen thin and of a cinereous silvery 

 colour ; wings fusco-hyaline, suffused with a purplish tint, the 

 posterior wings lighter. 



Hah. Africa, the Cape, and Gambia ; throughout India, Burma, 

 Tenasserim, and Ceylon ; Borneo ; Java ; Sumatra ; Celebes ; 

 China ; Japan. 5 • Length 17-21 ; ea'^J. 30-36 mm. J • Length 

 15-19 ; ex23. 28-31 mm. 



396. Liris nigripennis, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, 



p. 131, 2 6. 



2 . Head and thorax dull, opaque, very minutely punctured, 

 and densely pruinose, less so on the vertex and disc of the meso- 

 notum ; median segment as long as the rest of the thorax, sub- 

 cylindrical above, narrowing and abruptly truncate posteriorly, 

 very finely transversely striate, and delicately pruinose, the 

 truncated apex with a deep vertical furrow ; abdomen long, 

 the posterior margins of segments 1-4 broadly transversely 

 pruinose. Black, the head and thorax with golden pile, the delicate 

 pile on the median segment and the bands on the posterior 

 margins of the abdominal segments white ; wings dark fuscous 

 with a purple effulgence, conspicuously paler across the cubital 

 cells. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Bangalore : Poona ; Tenasserim. $ . Length 

 16-18 ; e,vp. 29-34 mm. cJ . Length 12-15 ; ewp. 24-28 mm. 



