STizus. 279 



segment closely and finely punctured, tlie posterior lialf of the 

 segment densely pubescent ; abdomen smooth, slightly shining, 

 the base densely pilose, the apical segineut above with short stiff 

 hairs. Black, the pile on the head and at the base of the abdomen, 

 and the long pubescence on the median segment silvery ; the 2nd, 

 3rd, and base of the 4th abdominal segment red : wings dark 

 fuscous, with a purple effulgence, silvery hyaline at base up to 

 the line of the basal nt^rvure of fore wing, and at apex of the fore 

 wing from beyond the 3rd cubital cell. 



Hab. Bombay. 5 • Length 19 ; exj). 30 mm. 



507. Stizus blandinus. 



Larra blandina, Smith, Cat. iv, p. 340, $ S • 



Stizus blandinus, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iii, 1890, p. 244 ; 

 Handl. Sitzunffsb. Akad. Wiss. Wieii, ci, 1892, p. 107. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen very finely and closely punctured ; 

 clypeus convex, broad, the anterior border emarginate in the 

 middle, oblique at the sides ; median segment convex medially at 

 base and slightly pubescent. Black, the 2nd and following 

 segments of the abdomen red ; wings dark fuscous with a purple 

 effulgence, the apex of the fore wing broadly hyaline ; the clypeus, 

 front of the face, and legs with silvery pile. 



S similar, more pubescent, the pubescence silvery on the 

 median segment, fulvous on the apical three abdominal segments. 



Hab. Calcutta ; North India (Smith) ; Allahabad. $ cS . Length 

 16-20 ; e.rp. 35-38 mm. 



508. Stizus biclipeatus. 



Vespa biclipeata, Christ, Naturg. d. Ins. p. 223, tab. xix, fig. G, J . 

 Larra cin^ulata, Fnbr. Ent. Syst. Stip2)l. p. 253. 

 Larra nubilipennis, Smith, Cat. iv, p. 347, 5- 



Stizus biclipeatus, Handl. Sifzimy'ib. Akad. Wiss. Wien, ci, 1892, 

 p. 137, pi. ii, fig. 15. 



5 . Head and thorax opaque, finely and very closely punctured, 

 the punctures shallow ; the clypeus and front abo\e the base of 

 the antenna? thinly pilose ; median segment densely pubescent, the 

 front between the antennse raised, convex, with a medial impressed 

 line running up to the anterior ocellus ; eyes moderately divergent 

 at top ; median segment short, steeply sloped from base and 

 concavo-truncate at apex, the sides not produced back ; abdomen 

 smooth, slightly shining. Honey-yellow ; a transverse stripe on 

 the vertex between the eyes, a spot surrounding the anterior 

 ocellus, the mesonotum (in the majority of specimens), the meso- 

 and the metapleurae, a crescentic mark on the median segment 

 above, one or two oblique stripes on the truncated portion, and 

 a transverse band on the apical margins of the basal two abdominal 

 segments black, with some indistinct fuscous and ferruginous 

 marks on the remaining segments ; the mesonotum anteriorly with 

 two abbreviated longitudinal lateral stripes yellow ; wings fulvo- 

 hyaline, a subapical fuscous cloud occupying the radial and 2nd and 

 3rd cubital cells of fore wing. 



