234 SPHEGID.^. 



440. Ammophila laata, n. sp. 



$. Head— the vertex and front coarsely but slightly rugose; 

 clypeus boldly convex, its anterior margin arched ; pronotum, 

 mesonotum, scutelliim, and postscutellum coarsely punctured ; 

 median segment finely and very closely punctured, the punctures 

 running into transverse striae; petiole and abdomen smooth and 

 shining, the latter subfusiform, acute at apex. Black, the basal 

 three segments of the abdomen red, the head and thorax ia front 

 covered \\ith sparsely scattered black hairs ; the median segment 

 with a soft, yellowish-white, rather thin pubescence ; wings f usco- 

 hyaline, the apical margins broadly darker. 



Hab. Chaman, South Afghanistan. J . Length 19 ; exj). 28 mm. 

 (S unknown. Type in the British Museum. 



*441. Ammophila hirticeps, Ca)n. Mem. 3Ianch. L. Ph. Soc (4) ii, 



1889, pp. 94 & 99. 



" $ . Head and thorax sparsely punctured and densely pubescent; 

 anterior margin of clypeus broadly rounded, almost sinuate in the 

 middle; scutellum indistinctly longitudinally striate; the median 

 segment obliquely striate, with a central longitudinal furrow, which 

 has a carina down the middle ; petiole of abdomen pubescent. 

 Black, with long black hair and silvery pubescence on the clypeus 

 and face in front ; abdomen with segments 2-4 and the base 

 of the 5th red ; wings nearly hyaliTie, the apex inf uscate." 



Hab. Gilgit. $ . Length 15 mm. Type in the Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta. 



442. Ammophila apicata, n. sp. 



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

 smooth, shining, with a few scattered fine punctures ; head densely 

 pruinose in front and thinly pubescent ; median segment finely 

 transversely striate ; legs pruinose ; abdomen smooth and shining, 

 the apex of the 4th and all the 5th segment abo\ e with transverse 

 crenulated folds. Black ; the clypeus, face in front, sides of the 

 thorax, and the legs with dense silvery pile, and some long whitish 

 pubescence on the head and thorax ; the basal three segments of 

 the abdomen and basal half of the 4th deep red ; wings hyaline and 

 iridescent, broadly light fuseescent along the apical margin, with a 

 dark fuscous spot at the extreme apex of the front wing; nervures 

 testaceous brown, tegulse black. 



Hab. Bombay. $ . Length 23 ; exp. 33 mm. Type in the 

 British Museum. 



443, Ammophila mandihulata, Kirhy, Trans. Limi. Soc. v, p. 134, 



pi. xiv, fig. 18. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth and shining; the head, 

 pro- and mesonotum, scutellum, and postscutellum with a few 

 very fine scattered punctures ; median segment delicately trans- 

 versely striate; abdomen long, polished and impunctate; mandibles 



