340 EUMENID^. 



succeeding segments punctured, shining ; clypeus entirely yellow ; 

 the yellow band on the pronotum narrow. 



Hah. Kumaun ; Sikhim ; Burma ; Tenasserim. $ . Length 13 ; 

 exp. 2Q mm. <S . Length 11 ; eArp. 20 mm. 



603. Eumenes affinissima, Sanss. Mon. GuCq). Sol. p. 37, S ; Smith, 



Cat. V, p. 21. 

 Einneues mainpuriensis, Smith, Trcms. Zool. Soc. vii, p. 189, (^ , 

 pi. XX, tigs. 3, 3 a. 



2 c? . Head, thorax, and petiole of abdomen coarsely punctured, 

 rugulose ; clypeus coffin-shaped, the apex deeply incised, the 

 antennal carina short ; the front with an indistinct furrow below 

 the anterior ocellus ; median segment roundly truncate posteriorly, 

 deeply furrowed down the middle. Black ; the clypeus, the pos- 

 terior margin of the pronotum, the teguloe, the postscutellum, the 

 apices of the femora, the tibiae and tarsi of the legs, a transverse 

 band on the posterior margins of abdominal segments 1-5 in 

 female, 1-6 in male, and a spot on each side of the 2nd segment, 

 yellow ; wings hyaline, lightly fuscescent along the costal margin 

 of the fore wing. 



Var. A line on the cheeks behind the eyes at the top, two spots 

 on each side of the median segment, and a spot on each side of the 

 petiole in the middle yellow. 



Hab. Mainpuri, N.W.P. (Home) ; Tenasserim. $ . Length 10- 

 11 ; exp. 20-22 mm. J • Length 10 ; exp. 19 mm. I have followed 

 Saussure in separating this species from the European E. pomi- 

 formis, but the two are very closely allied, if not identical. 



604. Eumenes Circinalis, Fabr. Si/st. Piez. p. 286 ; Snuss. Mon. Guep. 



Sol. p. 47, pi. X, fig. 7,26; Smith, Cat. v, p. 22. 



2 . Head and thorax closely punctured, abdomen smooth, the 

 petiole shining ; clypeus long, pyriform, lightly emarginate at apex ; 

 antennal carina well-marked, branching into a narrow fork above 

 the base of the antennfe ; median segment furrowed down the 

 middle, the furrow broad at apex ; petiole not particularly long, 

 the medial lateral tubercles well developed, almost spinose. Black ; 

 the clypeus, the inner orbits, the antennae, the pronotum except its 

 posterior angles, two oval spots on the mesonotum anteriorly, a 

 spot on the mesopleurae at base, the sides of the median segment, 

 a V-shaped mark on the petiole, the sides of the petiole at apex, and 

 the apical four ventral segments, red ; legs red variegated with 

 black ; wings deep flavo- or f ulvo-hyaline, darkening towards the 

 base. 



S similar, clypeus yellow. 



Var. The petiole, except for a subai)ical band, and a spot on each 

 side of the base of the 2nd segment red. 



Hah. India (Sanssure and Smith) ; Burma ; Tenasserim. $> . 

 Length 2.5 ; ex2y. 50 mm. d • Length 23 ; exj). 45 mm. 



