330 SPHEGIUiE. 



Wings hyaline at base, remainder fuscous ; the nervures, stigma, and 

 tegulse black. 



"■Hah. India." No measurements are given. I have failed to 

 identify this species. 



592. Crabro nanus, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc (4) iii, 1890, 



pp. 270 & 274. 



$ . Head and thorax minutely but sparsely punctured, shining ; 

 clypeus and tbe sinus of the eyes densely pilose ; the front above 

 the base of the antennae enclosed by two lateral slightly divergent 

 and one transverse furrow midway between the anterior ocellus 

 and the base of the antennae ; a minute depression between the 

 posterior ocelli ; mesouotum anteriorly with two medial parallel, 

 longitudinally impressed, short lines, and a deep circular small 

 fovea on each side of them ; median segment with a well-marked 

 enclosed triangular space, the apex of the triaugle reaching to 

 the apex of the segment ; the enclosure rugose, coarsely above and 

 finely at the apex ; abdomen smooth, shining, slightly pruinose. 

 Black, the pile on the clypeus and face silvery ; the scape of the 

 antennae in front, the posterior margin of the pronotum, the 

 tubercles, and the apex of the femora, the tibiae and tarsi of the 

 legs bright yellow ; wings hyaline, nervures testaceous. 



Hah. Barrackpore, Bengal. $ . Length 3| ; exp. about 6 mm. 

 S unknown. Type in coll. Rothney. 



593. Crabro nitidus. 



Oxvbelus nitidus, Ca7n. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. f4) iii, 1890, 

 pp. 276 & 281. ' 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth and shining ; clypeus 

 broadly convex ; the front excavate, glabrous, a shallow depression 

 from the posterior ocelli to the eyes on each side; eyes hairy; 

 median segment with a few short stout longitudinal cariuae at base 

 enclosed by two convergent carinae, which are continued as a single 

 carina to the apex of the segment ; mesopleural furrow crenulate ; 

 metapleurae excavate at base. Black, the clypeus and cheeks 

 covered with dense silvery pile; the thorax and the pygidial 

 area on the apical segment with a thin soft pale pubescence ; 

 the mandibles at base, clypeus, scape of the antennae, a line on 

 the pronotum, the tubercles, tegulae, a spot at each lateral augle 

 of the scutellum, a line on the postscutellum, and a lateral spot 

 on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th abdominal segments yellow, the spots 

 on the 2ud and 4th segments large ; legs variegated with yellow ; 

 wings hyaline. 



Hah. Barrackpore, Bengal. $. Length 7; eap. 12 mm. 

 d unknown. Type in coll. Eothney. 



