AMMOPHILA. 233 



elevated in the middle, with a longitudinal broad, rather shallow 

 furrow on each side above the tegulae ; median segment finely 

 transversely striate ; petiole short ; abdomen broad, somewhat 

 vertically flattened and subfusiform, the basal segment (i. e., 2nd 

 joint of the petiole) nearly cylindrical, very little broadened 

 towards the apex, the following segment campanulate. Intensely 

 black, the clypeus with short black pile ; the petiole, the basal two 

 segments of the abdomen and the base of the 3rd bright vermilion- 

 red ; wings flavo-hyaline, the apical margins beyond the cells 

 broadly fuscescent. 



Hab. Bombay. 5. Length 23; ex2}. 22 mm, c5' unknown. 

 Type in the British Museum. 



438. Ammophila punctata, Smith, Cat, iv, p. 218, 5 ; Cam. Mem. 



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

 Ammophila vischu (Pvishnu), Ca7n. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. 

 (4) ii, 1889, pp. 94 & 98. 



2 . Head, pro- and mesonotum punctured; scutellum, post-scu- 

 tellum, and median segment coarsely rugose, the last transversely 

 striate at the sides and above and with an obscure fine medial 

 longitudinal carina ; the face in front, the tubercles, and sides of 

 the thorax with glistening silvery pile; abdomen smooth, opaque. 

 Black, the apex of the 1st and the two following segments of the 

 abdomen red : wings light fusco-hyaline, with the apical margins 

 slightly darker ; nervures testaceous, tegulae black. 



c? similar, but with the red portion of the abdomen shaded 

 with black. 



Hab. Northern India ; Mussooree ; Sikhim; Burma. $. Length 

 18; exp. 25 mm. cj" . Length 17; exj). 26 mm. 



B. Petiole of abdomen one-jointed. 



439. Ammophila fuscipennis, Sjm'th, Trans. Zool. Soc. vii, p. 187, 



cJ ; Cain. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, p. 93. 



S . Head and thorax with a short sparse pubescence, the face 

 in front densely pilose ; the clypeus large, subtriangular, with a 

 shallow furrow down the middle, the anterior margin recurved, 

 slightly projecting, transverse in the middle, with the sides oblique ; 

 head closely punctured, the pro- and mesonotum, scutellum, post- 

 scutelluin, and the enclosed space on the median segment above 

 coarsely and closely punctured, the punctures running into oblique 

 strife at the apex of the mesonotum and into longitudinal stria^ on 

 the scutellum and postscutellum ; the median segment at apex 

 transversely and on the sides finely obliquely striate ; petiole and 

 abdomen smooth. Black ; the scape of the antennae, the trochanters, 

 femora, tibiae, and tarsi (except the apical joint, which is fuscous 

 black) of the legs, and the petiole red ; wings fusco-hyaline. 



/fab. North- West Provinces. c^ . Length 22; e.vp. 34 mm. 

 5 unknown. Type in the British Museum. 



