306 SPHEGID^. 



Bah. Throughout India, Ceylon, Eurma, and Tenasserim. 

 Common. 5- Length d-11 ; e.zy. 18-22 mm. J. Length S-10; 

 ex£). 17-20 mm. 



5-47. Cerceris flavopicta, Smith, Cat. iv, p. 451, cJ 2 ; Schlef.t. Zool. 

 Jahrh. 185;7, p. 492 ; Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iii, 1890, 

 p. 249. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen rather sparsely and coarsely 

 punctured, on the vertex of the head and the basal portions of the 

 abdominal segments the punctures are somewhat closer ; clypeiis 

 porrect, its anterior margin transverse ; median segment with the 

 enclosed space at base smooth and shining, not divided by the 

 usual medial furrow, which runs from the apex of the enclosed 

 space onlv to the apex of the segment. Tellow ; the vertex of the 

 head, with a stripe leading to the base of each antenna, a broad 

 curved stripe on the occiput, the mesonotum, the enclosed space 

 at the base of the median segment, a broad medial stripe down to 

 the apex of the latter, the metapleuraB, and the base and apical 

 margin very narrowly of abdominal segments 1-5 black, the black 

 at the base and apex of each segment connected by a broad 

 black medial stripe narrowing posteriorly ; the flagellum of the 

 antenniE fulvous, the intermediate femora and tibiae with reddish 

 stains above ; wings hyaline, the apex broadly fuscous; nervures 

 pale testaceous, tegulae yellow. 



S similar, but the clypeus not porrect, and the medial stripes on 

 the abdominal segments very narrow, obsolete on the 5th setrment. 



Hah. North- West Provinces ; Barrackpore ; Tirhoot ; Madras ; 

 Assam. 5 c? . Length 9-11 ; ea:p. 18-20 mm. Type in coll, 

 British Museum. 



*548. Cerceris wroughtoni, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iii, 

 1890, p. 258. 

 $ . " Black, shining, thorax and head punctured, the abdomen 

 impunctate, smootli ; the clypeus, the cheeks to above the base of 

 the antenna?, the antennal ridge, the scape beneath, a large broad 

 line behind the eyes, a line on the pronotum, scutellum, metanotum, 

 two small marks on the middle of the median segment, the petiole 

 except a broad stripe down the centre, the base of the second and 

 third segments all round, the edge of the fourth and a large mark 

 in its centre, a similar mark on the fifth, and the basal three ventral 

 segments for the greater part, clear yellow ; the flagellum beneath 

 and a large mark on either side of the median segment rufo-fulvous ; 

 legs fulvous, the anterior four in front and the hinder femora in 

 part pale yellow. Wings fuscous, the apex much darker; the 

 stifma fulvous . . . Clypeus flat, the apex black, roundly and broadly 

 incised, its sides and the cheeks bearing a silvery pubescence. .... 

 The pubescence ou the head is longish and pale, the punctuation 

 moderately strong, and all the punctures deeply separated. Thorax 

 moderately strongly punctured, covered with a pale pubescence 



