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femora except at apex, base of the tibiae, basal joint of the tarsi 

 of the posterior legs, and petiole of abdomen yellow ; wiugs light 

 flavo-hyaline. 



c? similar. 



Var. The posterior tibiae and tarsi entirely black. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; Celebes. $ d" . Length 

 27-30 ; exp. 43-45 mm. 



446. Sceliphron spinolae. 



Pelopceus spiuolae, Lepel. Hym. iii, p. 307, $ ; Smith, Cat. iv, 

 p. 281 ; Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, p. 102. 



5 . Head and thorax pubescent ; the head finely but not very 

 closely punctured, the mesonotum finely obliquely striate, scu- 

 tellum and postscutellum longitudinally striate ; median segment 

 long, the enclosed space at the base raised, obliquely striate, 

 with a broad furrow down the middle, the sides of the median 

 segment obliquely striate ; petiole and succeeding segment of the 

 abdomen smooth, the rest of the segments with minute longitudinal 

 striae. Black, with black pubescence ; the apex of the femora, the 

 tibiae, and basal two or three joints of the tarsi of the anterior and 

 intermediate legs reddish yellow ; the trochanters, femora, tibia?, 

 basal two or three joints of the tarsi of the posterior legs, and the 

 petiole of the abdomen clear straw-yellow ; the apical joints of the 

 tarsi fuscous brown or black ; wings deep flavo-hyaline at base, 

 clearer towards the apex. 



J similar, with a longer petiole. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Southern India ; Bombay ; Bengal. $ J . Length 

 27-30 ; e.rp. 40-44 mm. 



447. Sceliphron madraspatanum. (PL I, fig. 7.) 

 Sphex madraspatanus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii, p. 204. 



Pelopceus madraspatanus, Fabr. Syst. Fiiz. p. 203 ; Smith, Cat. iv, 



p. 231 ; Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, p. 102. 

 Pelopceus separatus, Smith, A. M. N. H. (2) ix, 1852, p. 47. 



2 . Head finely and closely punctured ; pronotum in front, 

 mesonotum, and median segment finely and transversely, and 

 scutellum and postscutellum longitudinally striate, the pronotum 

 bituberculate and smooth posteriorly ; median segment with the 

 enclosed portion at base raised and bearing a broad shallow 

 medial longitudinal furrow; petiole and abdomen smooth. Black, 

 the clypeus and sides of the face in front covered with a short fine 

 silvery pile ; a spot on the apex of the scape of the antennae, a 

 line on the pronotum (often absent), a spot on the tegulae, another 

 on the postscutellum, the apex of the femora and the tibia? of the 

 anterior four legs, the trochanters, bases of the femora and of the 

 tibiae of the posterior legs, and the petiole of the abdomen, yellow ; 

 wings hyaline and iridescent, with a brownish tint. 



cS similar but slighter, with com])aratively a longer petiole. 



Var, Th(; scutellum and postscutellum both yellow. 



Hab. Throughout India, Burma, Tenasserim, and Ceylon. $ , 

 Length 20-22 ; exp. 28 mm. J . Length 10-18 ; exp. 24-27 nnu. 



