CEABRO. 325 



furrow ; clvpeus and cheeks densely pilose ; thorax smooth, with 

 indistinct shallow tine punctures ; median segment pubescent and 

 punctured on the sides, the subcordate enclosed space at base very 

 smooth, pohshed and shining, a central longitudinal furrow from 

 base to the apex of the segment ; abdomen smooth and shining. 

 Black; the mandibles at base, the scape of the antenna?, the pro- 

 notum posteriorly, the tubercles, a small spot at the angles of the 

 scutellum, a line on the postscutellum, the petiole of the abdomen, 

 lateral spots on abdominal segments 2-4, the apex in the middle of 

 theoth, and the apical segment above, yellow- ; legs variegated with 

 yellow ; the petiole with fuscous stains ; wings hyaline, nervures 

 and tegula? testaceous. 



Hah. Northern India (Smith). $ . Length 11 ; ea^y- 22 mm. 



581. Crabro odontophorus, Cam. Mem.Mamh. L. Ph. Soe. (4) iii, 1890, 



pp. -270 & 271, pi. X, tig. 20 a, b. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth and shining, the head 

 and thorax with long sparse scattered pubescence ; the clypeus, 

 the front above the antennae, and the cheeks densely pilose; 

 clypeus subporrect, the apex broadly rounded and margined : front 

 with a shallow vertical furrow, the space on each side slightly 

 raised ; median segment with a medial longitudinal furrow, the 

 base and sides very finely rugose, the pleural furrows crenulate ; 

 abdomen, the basal segment formed into a petiole, slightly flattened 

 at base, gradually increasing in width to the apex ; base of 2ud 

 segment scarcely constricted; legs stout, the basal joint of the 

 anterior tarsi twisted, dilated at base, the expansion forming a blunt 

 tooth ; the intermediate and posterior femora greatly broadened, 

 somewhat laminate. Black, the head and thorax with a chalybeous 

 hue, the dense pile silvery, the pubescence hoary white ; mandibles, 

 outer sides (not front) of the scape of the antennae, a broad pos- 

 terior margin to the pronotum, the tubercles, a lateral subapical 

 spot on the petiole of the abdomen, and large lateral spots at the 

 base of the 3rd and -Ith segments, yellow ; the legs variegated with 

 yellow; wings light fusco-hyahue, nervures and tegula? testaceous 

 brown. 



llah. Barrackpore, Bengal. $. Length 8; exp. IG mm. Type 

 in coll. Eothney. 



582. Crabro ardens, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iii, 1890, 



pp. 270 & 273, 2 J . 



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

 clypeus, the space between the antennte, and the cheeks densely 

 pilose ; clypeus slightly porrect, cariuated down the middle ; the 

 front with a medial vertically impressed line from the anterior 

 ocellus to between the antenna? ; med\an segment with the basal 

 area finely longitudinally striate, bounded by a curved furrow, 

 the apex roundly truncate, bearing a medial broad furrow ; 

 abdomen smooth, obscurely pubescent, the pubescence soft, short, 



