232 SPHEGID^. 



smooth, with a few fine scattered punctures ; median segment 

 coarsely punctured, rugose down the middle above, the sides 

 transversely striate ; the head in front and the sides of the thorax 

 pruinose ; the abdomen smooth, obscurely pruinose. Black, with 

 the clypeus, the sides of the face, the tubercles, and the sides of 

 median segment covered with glistening silvery pile ; the legs, the 

 petiole, and basal segment of the abdomen with the basal two- 

 thirds of the 2nd segment red ; the coxfc and trochanters of all 

 the legs, and the femora above, tibiae at apex, and tarsi of the 

 posterior legs black, the basal two segments of the abdomen 

 also touched with black ; wings hyaline with a yellowish tinge, 

 nervures testaceous, tegulae reddish. 



Hah. Guzerat; Madras; Bangalore; Ceylon. 5. Length 20; 

 exp. 24 mm. 



435. Amtnophila elegans, Smith. Cat. iv. p. 216, $ c? ; Cam. Mem. 

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



$. Head and thorax densely pruinose; legs and abdomen 

 smooth ; head, pro- and mesonotura very closely and finely 

 punctured under the thick pilose coating : the median segment 

 finely transversely striolate. Black ; the clypeus, apex oi the 

 coxae, the trochanters, femora, and tarsi of the legs, and the 

 abdomen pale red ; the head and thorax co\'ered with a dense 

 glistening silvery pile ; the posterior coxae, trochanters, and 

 femora above, the basal segment of the abdomen above, except at 

 apex, and a spot above at the bases of the 2nd and 3rd segments, 

 black ; wings clear hyaline. 



S similar, but has the whole abdomen shaded with black spots 

 above. 



Hab. Punjab ; Bombay. 5 . Length 22 ; exp. 28 mm. c? . 

 Length 21 ; exp. 26 mm. 



*436. Ammophila smithii, Bnly, MS. teste Smith, Cat. iv, p. 217, 5; 

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



2 . " Black, the head and thorax covered with silvery pile, 

 which is very dense on the face, cheeks, and thorax beneath, the 

 coxae and sides of the metathorax ; the scape, anterior margin of 

 the clypeus, and the mandibles ferruginous, the latter black at 

 their tips ; the legs red, the intermediate and posterior tarsi fusco- 

 ferruginous. The first joint of the petiole fusco-ferruginous, the 

 second with a black spot at its base above ; the abdomen red, the 

 fourth segment having a large black spot in the centre of its apex, 

 and the fifth and sixth segments being entirely black. 

 ''Bab. India. 5. Length 10^ lines ( = 2l'mm.)." 



437. AmmopMla brevipennis, n. sp. 



2 . Head and thorax in front smooth and shining, the clypeus 

 flat, semicircular, and pilose, the head and thorax sparsely covered 

 with long hairs ; the pro- and mesonotum, scutellum, and post- 

 scutellum marked by scattered punctures; mesonotum markedly 



