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431. Ammophila basalis, Smifh, Cat. iv, p. 214, $ ; Cam. Mem. 



Manch. L. Ph. >'Soc. (4) ii, 1889, p. 93. 

 Aiumophila orieutalis, Cam. Metn. Manch. L. Ph. Sue. (4) ii, 1889, 

 pp. 93 & 96. 



2 . Closely allied to A. atripes. Smith, but a much smaller and 

 slighter insect, and differing in having the median segment both at 

 the sides and above very tlnely transxersely striate, not reticulate, 

 and in colour in having the basal segment, and basal half, two- 

 thirds, or whole of the following segment of the abdomen red. 

 This coloration is constant in all the specimens I have seen. 



Hah. The Punjab ; N.W. India. $ . Length 20-22 ; exp. 28- 

 30 mm. c^ unknown. 



432. Ammophila vagabunda, Smith, Cat. iv, p. 218, 2 ; Cam. Mem. 



Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, p. 94. 

 Ammophila spiuipes. Smith, 2nd Yark. Miss., Hym. p. 16. 



$ . Head smooth, with a few scattered shallow punctures, the 

 front deeply concave ; the clypeus depressed ; pro- and mesonotum, 

 scutellum and postscutellum strongly punctured, the mesunotum 

 raised in the middle, with a shallow broad furrow on each side 

 and a longitudinally impressed medial line anteriorly, the punc- 

 tures running into striae in the lateral furrows and at the apex 

 of the mesonotum ; median segment transversely striate ; abdomen 

 smooth. Black ; the apical half of the 2nd joint of the petiole 

 and the succeeding abdominal segment red, the rest of the abdomen 

 blue-back ; wings light f usco-hyaline and iridescent. 



Hah. Northern India; North China; Sumatra. 2. Length 

 22 ; ex p. 25 mm. 



The three specimens, all I have seen, in the British Museum 

 are all iemales. It is possible that A. nigripes, Smith, is the 

 male. However, the sculpture of the thorax is sufficiently 

 different to keep them apart for the present. 



433. Ammophila nigripes, Smith, Cat. iv, p. 215, j ; Cam. Mem. 



Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, p. 93. 



S . Head smooth, the clypeus and front pruinose ; the pro- 

 and mesoiiolum and median segment transversely striate, the 

 sides of the last covered with soft, white, rather thin pubescence ; 

 scutellum and postscutellum longitudinally striate ; the legs and 

 abdomen smooth, slightly pruinose, the bases of the segments of 

 the latter densely so. Black ; the basal segment of the abdomen 

 red, fuscous at base above, the remaining segments blue-black, the 

 apical two with a green effulgence; wings hyaline, with a brownish 

 iridescent effulgence; the clypeus and face in front with glistening 

 silvery pile. 



Hah. Madras ; Southern India. J . Length 16 ; e.vp. 24 mm. 



434. Ammophila laevigata, Sinith, Cat. iv, p. 215, $ ; Cam. Mem. 



Manch. L. Ph. Sue. (4) li, 1889, p. 93 ; Bimjh. P. Z. S. 1896, p. 437. 



$ . Head, pro- and mesonotum, scutellum, and postscutellum 



