CEABRO. 323 



576. Crabro opifex, n. sp. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen opaque, with dense, extremely 

 fine punctures, the posterior margin of the mesonotum, posterior 

 margin of the scutellum, and the enclosed portion at the base of 

 the median segment longitudinally striate, the apex of the petiole 

 and extreme base of the 2ud segment of the abdomen polished and 

 shining. Black, the clypeus and the cheeks behind the eyes with 

 silvery pile, the sides and apex of the median segment with soft 

 downy white pubescence ; the scape of the antennae in front, a 

 broad line on the pronotum narrowly interrupted in the middle, 

 the tubercles, two spots on the scutellum laterally, a line on the 

 postscutellum, the anterior tibiae, the apex of the intermediate 

 tibiae, and the posterior tibiae above yellow ; the tarsi fusco- 

 ferruginons ; wings hyaline and iridescent, nervures and tegulae 

 testaceous. 



Hah. Tenasserim. $ . Length 11 ; cA'p. 20 mm. 



577. Crabro brookii, Bingh. Joiir. Linn. Soc. 1896, p. 444. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen opaque, very finely and densely 



punctured ; head large, square, a little broader than the thorax, 



with a medial longitudinally impressed line before and behind the 



anterior ocellus ; the enclosed triangular space at 



the base of the median segment finely obliquely 



striate ; on the postei'ior face of the median 



segment the striae become coarser. Black, the 



clypeus and sides of the face witb dense silvery 



pile ; the scape of the antennae, a line on the 



pronotum, the tubercles, a spot behind the tegula 



Fit; 90^^ adjoining a lateral spot on the scutellum, the tibiae 



Crabro hrookii, ^nd basal joint of the tarsi above, yellow ; a lateral 



5. |. diagonal line at the base of the 3rd segment of 



the abdomen, with a lateral spot at the base of the 



4th greenish yellow ; the tarsi reddish ; wings hyaline and iridescent, 



nervures and tegulae testaceous. 



Hah. Kumaun, and probably throughout Northern India. 

 $ . Length 12 ; exp. 20 mm. 



578. Crabro buddha. 



Khopalum baddha, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, p. 18. 

 Crabro buddha, Ca7n. Mem. Manch. L. Lh. Soc. (4) iii, 1890, p. L>70. 



S . Head moderately finely, closely, and strongly punctured, 

 pro- and mesonotum and scutellum with sparser and shallower 

 punctures; abdomen dull and opaque, the basal half of the pcjtiole 

 and the extreme base of the 2nd segment polished shining ; 

 clypeus, the frontal hollow, and the cheeks densely pilose ; pro- 

 notum notched in the middle ; apex of the mesonotum, posterior 

 margin of scutellum, anterior and posterior margins of post- 

 scutellum, and the sutures between the pleurae ci'enulate ; median 

 segment with the medial portion up to the apex enclosed by 



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