SCELII'HROIS". 239 



2 . Head very finely and closely punctured ; front and clypeus 

 densely pruinose, the former slightly concave, the latter flat, 

 produced anteriorly into two blunt teeth in the middle ; ])roTiotnm 

 anteriorly, mesonotum and median segment finely transversely 

 striate; the posterior margin of the pronotum, scutelluin, post- 

 scntellnm, the legs, and the abdomen smooth and shining, the 

 apical five segments of the last shghtly pruinose. Black ; a spot 

 on the middle of the clypeus, the scape and basal four joints of the 

 flagellum of the antenmc below, the posterior margin of the pro- 

 notum, the tegulae, a line beneath the wings, the scutellum and 

 postscutelhim in the middle, two large spots laterally at the 

 base, and the apical two-thirds of the median segment, the greater 

 part of the femora, the tibiae and basal three joints of the tarsi 

 of the anterior and intermediate legs, the greater part of the 

 femora and basal two joints of the tarsi of the posterior legs, 

 and the petiole, with a large spot above on the succeeding segment 

 of the abdomen, yellow ; the black on the median segment produced 

 back in a narrow line almost to the apex of the segment ; apical 

 joints of the tarsi reddish ; clypeus and front with dense silvery 

 pile ; wings flavo-hyaliue, nervures yellow, the apex of the wings 

 lightly fuscescent. 



c? similar, with a longer petiole. 



Var. The yellow on the posterior portion of the median segmeut 

 reduced to two broad lines. 



Hah. Western India. $ d • Length 16-19 ; exj). 30-33 mm. 



451. Sceliphron javanum. 



Pelopoeus javanus, Lepel. Hym. iii, p. 309, $ ; Smith, Cut. iv, 

 p. 231 ; Cam. J/em. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, p. 101. 



2 . Head, pro- and mesonotum very finely and closely punctured ; 

 scutellum and abdomen finely longitudinally striate, the striae on 

 the latter exceedingly fine and minute ; median segment rounded 

 above posteriorly, abruptly sloped to the apex, transversely striate, 

 with a medial longitudinal furrow ending at the margin of the steep 

 slope ; head and thorax pubescent. Black, with black pubesct-nce ; 

 the anterior four legs yellowish ferruginous, with the coxae, tro- 

 chanters, and base of the femora black ; the posterior \\\o black, 

 with the trochanters and the basal half of the femora vellow ; the 

 petiole of the abdomen yellow ; wings fulvo- or rufo-hyaline, the 

 nervures testaceous, the tegulae black. 



S similar, with a comparatively longer petiole. 



H(ih. yikhim ; Burma ; Ceylon ; Java. 2 S . Length 30-30 ; 

 exp. 46-50 mm. 



452. Sceliphron formosum. 



Pelopoeus formosu«, Smith, Cat. iv, p. 230, 2 • 

 Pelopctus deformis, Smith, Cat. iv, p. 231, J. 



Pelopoeus curvatus, Smith, Tram. Zool. Soc. vii, p. 187, $ ; Cam. 

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



2 . Head punctured on the front and vertex, densely pruinose 



