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Hah. Tn the Palsearctie region this species is found in Chifu, 

 China ; in the Ethiopian region in Ashanti ; and in the Oriental 

 in India, Burma, Ceylon, Sumatra, Java. 5 . Length 24-3U ; 

 exp. 46-50 mm. cf- Loujth 22-25; exp. 40-44 mm. 



4fJ7. Sphex maia, Binifh. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Sac. viii, p. 379, $ S- 



2 . Head and thorax pruinose, abdomen smooth ; clypeus long, 

 slightly convex, distinctly carinate down the middle, its anterior 

 margin waved, transverse ; eyes parallel, inner orbits outwardly 

 arched ; occiput transverse, mesonotum indented in the middle 

 anteriorly, postscutellum not indented; median segment rugulose; 

 legs stout, pruinose, the tibiae smooth, the tarsi with line short 

 spinose hairs ; petiole long, curved, rest of the abdomen short, 

 broad, somewhat vertically compressed. Black ; the clypeus anil 

 sides of the face with dense silvery pile; the thorax v\ith soft 

 scattered greyish pubescence, the inside of the posterior tibiae with 

 fine silky ferruginous pile ; the 2nd segment of the abdomen red ; 

 the succeeding segments narrowly margined with testaceous ; 

 wings hyaline, slightly iridescent, the extreme apex of the fore 

 wing fuscous, uervures testaceous, tegfulae black. 



c? similar, but with the petiole longer and the wings broader. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Bengal ; Burma ; Tenasserim. $ . Length 1(5-18 ; 

 exp. 26-28 mm. J. Length 16-17; exp). 29-30 mm. 



This species is closely allied to S. splendichdus., A. Costa, but 

 differs in the form of the clypeus and sculpture of the thorax. 



468. Sphex nigellus, Smith, Cat. iv, p. 255, 5 <S ; Kohl, Ann. Natur- 

 hist. Hofmus. Wien, v, 1890, p. 379, $ J. 



5 J . Head and thorax in front smooth, with scattered 

 punctures ; the clypeus and front of the face with dense close 

 pile and scattered pubescence ; median 

 segment finely granular, rounded pos- 

 teriorly, and sparsely pubescent ; legs 

 long, the tibiae and tarsi spinose ; petiole 

 of abdomen long, about as long as the 

 posterior tibiae, rest of the abdomen 

 short, subglobular, vertically compressed. 

 Black ; the petiole and abdomen polished 

 and shining ; the clypeus and sides of 

 ■^^'^Z;^*' o the face with silvery pile, the pubescence 



Sphex myellus, Z. ,. ^^ ^^^ ^^^^,^^ greyish; wings subhya- 



line, the apical margin fuscescent. — The clypeus in the female has 

 its anterior margin waved, almost transverse, with two short teeth 

 in the middle. In the male the clypeus is emarginate anteriorly 

 and destitute of teeth. 



Hah. Sind ; Ahmedabad ; Bengal ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; China ; 

 Siberia ; Swan liiver, Australia. $ . Length 17-lU; &t'p. 34-36 mm. 

 cJ . Length 15-18 ; exp. 30-33 mm. 



