296 SPHEGIDyT. 



side near the apex on the 2nd ventral segment, and two triangular 

 lateral spots on the 3rd ventral segment yellow ; wings liavo- 

 hjallne, slightly iiifuscated at apex, nerviires ferruginous. 



cJ similar, but with the scutellum, postscutellum, and a spot 

 on each side on the median segment yellow. 



Var. — 2 (S • With the yellow markings more developed, the 

 apical four abdominal segments fusco-ferrugiuous. 



Hab. Barrack pore ; North- West Proviuces. $ J. Length 

 13-15 ; e.vp. 23-27 mm. 



632, Philanthus basalis, Smith, Cat. iv, p. 473, $ ; Cam. Mem. 

 Mundi. L. Ph. i>uc. (4) iii, 1890, p. 248. 



5 . Head, thorax (pronotum excepted), and basal segment of 

 abdomen closely and not very coarsely punctiu-ed ; the pronotum 

 finely transversely striate anteriorly, posteriorly smooth ; 2nd and 

 following segments of abdomen smooth, opaque ; clypeus broad, 

 its anterior margin waved and fringed with stiff hairs ; median 

 segment truncate posteriorly, with a fovea at its apex above ; 

 pygidial area lightly and finely punctured. Black, the clypeus, 

 the sides of the face anteriorly, a spot above the base of each 

 antenna, a short vertical line below the anterior ocellus, a broad 

 line on the cheeks, a very narrow one on the pronotum posteriorly, 

 the postscutellum, a large oval spot on the apical margin of the 

 1st abdominal segment, a narrow medially-interrupted line on the 

 apical margins of segments 2-4, and two minute spots on the 

 apical margin of the 5th yellowish white, base of the 1st segment 

 red ; legs rufo-fuscous, the anterior and intermediate tibiae with 

 a stripe of yellow on the outside ; wings light fusco-hyaline, the 

 apex of the fore wing slightly more fuscescent, nervures and tegulae 

 dai'k fusco-testaceous. 



Hub. Ceylon {SmitJi). 2- Length 12; exjj. 24 mm. c? un- 

 known. Type in coll. British Museum. 



533. Philantlius ordinarius, Bmgh. Jour. Linn. Soc. 1896, p. 441. 



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

 smooth, opaque ; head slightly broader than the thorax, flattened 

 in front, mesonotum convex, smooth and shining in the middle ; 

 scutellum large, prominent, impunctate in the middle ; median 

 segment rounded posteriorly, with a narrow medial longitudinal 

 furrow, the apex and sides pLibescent ; legs with the tibise and 

 tarsi, especially of the posterior pair, strongly spinose; abdomen 

 broad, about as long as the head and thorax united ; the dorsal 

 plate of the anal segment incised at apes. Black, the mandibles, 

 except at the apex, the clypeus, a crescentic spot above it, the 

 inner orbits as high as the emargination of the eyes, a line along 

 the outer orbits not reaching the vertex, a line on the pro- 

 notum, the tegulae, a line on the posterior margin of the post- 

 scutellum, two small spots, one on each side, on the median 

 segment, the femora, tibia?, and tarsi of the anterior legs, the apex 



