418 AVIBJE. 



white pubescence, the clypeus transverse anteriorly ; the antennae 

 submoniliform, piceous black. 



Bab. Western India, d . LengtJi 11-12 ; ea'p, 20 mm. $ un- 

 known. 



721. Sphecodes montanus, S7?iith, New Sp. Hym. B. M. p. 27, $ J; 



Dull. Ton: Cat. x, p. 8. 



$ . Head very finely and closely, thorax more strongly and 

 coarsely punctured, the punctures on the latter beneath and on 

 the sides confluent ; abdomen smooth and shining, with very 

 minute punctures at the base of the 2nd and 3rd segments ; 

 clypeus transverse anteriorly ; the enclosed space at the base of 

 the median segment subtriangular, projecting backwards and longi- 

 tudinally rugose ; beneath, the segment is truncate posteriorly 

 and coarsely punctured. Head, thorax, and apical half of the 3rd 

 and following abdominal segments black, the basal two segments and 

 base of the 3rd rich ferruginous red ; the flagellum of the antenna) 

 at apex beneath piceous ; clypeus and legs with a very thin silvery- 

 white glittering pubescence ; wings hyaline and iridescent. 



d" similar, the head and the disc of the mesonotum especially 

 much less closely punctured ; the antennae moniliform and, with 

 the apex of the median segment, dull castaneous ; legs castaneous 

 brown ; apical half of the 5th, the whole 6th and 7th abdominal 

 segments black, the rest of the abdomen ferruginous red. 



Hab. Northern India ; Mussooree. $ cS • Length 8-9 ; exj). 

 16 mm. 



722. Sphecodes crassicornis, S^nith, Neio Sp. Hym. B. M. p. 28, d" ; 



Dull. Ton: Cat. x, p. 2. 

 Sphecodes sodalis, Smith, t. c. p. 28, (S . 



S . Head and thorax regularly and strongly, abdomen very 

 minutely and densely punctured ; the head very flat, transverse, 

 the vertex above coming almost to a sharp transverse ridge ; 

 clypeus transverse, emarginate anteriorly ; median segment shining, 

 truncate posteriorly, with a medial vertical carina, the space at 

 base concave, coarsely longitudinally striate, and punctate between 

 the stride. Head, thorax, basal two-thii-ds of the 1st abdominal 

 segment and the whole of the apical three black, the apical margin 

 of the 1st and the whole of segments 2-4 ferruginous red; clypeus 

 and face with dense white pubescence ; the antennre and legs 

 obscurely rufo-piceous ; wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures 

 ferruginous, the tegular pale rufo-testaceous. 



Bab. Calcutta, d- Length Q; exp. 11 mm. 5 unknown. 



723. Sphecodes iridipennis, Smith, Neio Sp. Bym. B. M. p. 27, $ ; 



Ball. Tort: Cat. x, p. 7. 

 5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth, brilliantly polished and 

 shining, the head and thorax finely and not very closely punctured ; 

 the. front very broad proportionately ; the clypeus convex, trans- 



