238 SPHEGID.E. 



448. Sceliphi'on coromandelicum. 



Pelopn'iis onroniandclicus, Lepel. Hym. iii, p. 306, $ ; Smith, Cat. 



iv, p. 2:31 ; Cam. Mem. Munch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1880, p. 101. 

 PPelopceus fuscus, Lepel. Hym. iii, p. 311. 



$ . Head and thorax pubescent, head with a few very fine 

 punctures ; the clypeus, sides of the face, and behind the eyes 

 pilose ; thorax very finely transversely striate, the posterior 

 margin of the pronotum and the scutelliim smooth, the latter with 

 indications of tine divergent longitudinal stria? ; median segment 

 rounded above, posteriorlv steeply sloped, the sides above with 

 well-marked furrows which unite posteriorly and are continued as 

 one furrow almost to the apex of the median segment ; petiole 

 and abdomen smooth. Black with black pubescence, the pile on 

 the face and cheeks silvery ; the basal joints 2-4 of the flagellum of 

 the antenna? and the scape beneath yellowish, in some specimens 

 entirely black ; the posterior margin of the pronotum, the apical 

 two-thirds of the femora, the tibise and tarsi of the four anterior 

 legs, and the whole of the femora, the tibiae and tarsi of the posterior 

 pair, with the petiole of the abdomen, ferruginous yellow ; wings 

 light flavo-hyaline, f uscescent at apex ; nervures light brown ; 

 tegulse and a spot below them yellow^. 



S similar, with a longer petiole. 



Hah. Bombay ; Central and Southern India ; Burma. $ c? • 

 Lenfjtli 19-21 { exp. 32-34 mm. 



*449. Sceliphron solieri, 



Pelopceiis solieri, Lepel. Hym. iii, p. 318, $ ; Smith, Cat. iv, p. 231 ; 

 Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Fh. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, p. 102. 



$ . " Head black, veiled in front with black pubescence over 

 silvery pile ; antennae black, the first joint yellow. Prothorax 

 black with a yellow fascia above. Mesothorax black ; a fascia under 

 the wings yellow. Metathorax black, canaliculated on both sides 

 above and with a large yellow spot posteriorly. The sciitellum 

 and postscutellum with a yellow fascia. Thorax covered all over 

 with black pubescence. Abdomen with the petiole black, the first 

 segment bearing on the dilated apical portion a yellow bar. Anal 

 segment with black pubescence. T^egs — the four anterior yellow, 

 the coxae, trochanters, and base of the femora black ; the two 

 posterior legs black, the tibiae and base of the tarsi yellow. Wings 

 rufo-fnscous, the apex darker ; the nervures, the stigma, and 

 tuhercules fusco-ferruginous ; the tegulae yellow." 



Hah. India (Smith) ; Guadeloupe ! (Lepel.). § . Length 10 lines 

 (21 mm.). 



Unknown to me, but closely allied apparently to S. bilineatum. 

 Smith, from which, so far as the description goes, it differs in the 

 colour of the wings and in having a black petiole to the abdomen, 



450. Sceliphron bilineatum. 



Pelopceus bilineatus, Smith, A. M. N. H. (2) ix, 1852, p. 47 ; Cam. 



Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, p. 101. 

 ? Pelopceus pictus, Smith, Cat. iv, p. 231. 



