SPHECODES. 417 



and more sparsely punctured, the punctures closer along the bases 

 of the segments, the apical margins nearly 

 im punctate ; clypeus subtriangular, very convex, 

 the anterior margin transverse, a deep medial 

 vertical groove anteriorly, not reaching the base 

 of the clypeus ; median segment truncate pos- 

 teriorly, with the space at base concave, coarsely 

 longitudinally striate and strongly punc^^urrd 

 ^. ^„„ between the striae; abdomen shining, the apica^ 



Sphecodes apica- niargin of the basal segment constricted. Head, 

 tus, 2 • f • thorax, legs, and apical abdominal segment black, 



basal five segments blood-red ; sides of the face 

 and the clypeus with silvery pubescence, thin and sparse on the 

 latter ; antenna) piceous beneath ; wings light fuscous, slightly 

 hyaline towards the base. 



Hah. India (Smith) ; Pegu Hills, Burma. $ . Length S-9 ; 

 e.v^j. 17-18 mm. 



719. Sphecodes fumipennis. (PI. Ill, fig. 6.) 



Smith, Cat. i, p. 30, §; JDalL Torr. Cat. x, p. 4. 



5 . Head and thorax densely coarsely cribrate ; abdomen shining, 

 much more finely and sparsely punctured ; clypeus convex, trans- 

 verse anteriorly, the margin hidden by a fringe of stiff hairs ; 

 median segment truncate posteriorly, with the deep cribrate 

 punctures confluent and larger than on the mesonotum, the space 

 at base very coarsely longitudinally rugose ; apical margin of basal 

 abdominal segment constricted. Head, thorax, and legs with the 

 apical two segments of the abdomen sometimes black, rest of the 

 abdomen, generally the entire abdomen, ferruginous red; the 

 clypeus, the sides of the face, the cheeks, and the legs ^^•ith sparse 

 silvery white pubescence ; wings fuscous, slightly paler towards 

 the base. 



S precisely similar ; the punctures on the head and thoi'ax 

 deeper, closer, and coarser, 



Hab. Northern India ; Assam. $ J • Length 11-12 ; eajy- 22- 

 23 mm. 



720. Sphecodes alhifrons, Smith, New Sp. Hym. B. M. p. 27 ; Ball. 

 Torr. Cat. x, p. 1. 



d • Head, mesonotum, and scutellum closely and regularly, but 

 not coarsely punctured, shining ; postscutellum and the lunate 

 space at the base of the median segment, which is remarkable iu 

 being prominent and i-aised, coarsely longitudinally rugose ; rest 

 of the median segment reticulate ; the face truncate posteriorly ; 

 abdomen, except the apical margins of segments 2-(j, finely, 

 regularly, and closely punctured, the apical margins of the same 

 segments narrowly smooth and of segments 1-5 strongly con- 

 stricted. Head, thorax, and legs black ; abdomen shining ferru- 

 ginous ; the clypeus and face in front covered with dense short 



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