CCELTOXYS. 511 



furnished with six teeth, one on each side at base, thin and 

 acute, four apical, two above and two below, stouter, subequal. 



Hah. Egypt ; Aden ; Punjab ; JSTorth-West Provinces ; Bengal ; 

 Southern India; Burma; Tenasserim, $. Length 11-12; exp. 

 22-25 mm. d. Length 10-11; exy. 20-22 mm. ' 



901. Ccelioxys fuscipennis, Smith, Cat. ii, p. 266, $; Dull. Ton: Cat. 



X, p. 487. 



5 . Head and thorax very closely punctured, cribrate ; basal 

 abdominal segments finely and closely punctured, 2nd and 3rd 

 segment with a deep transverse groove in the middle above, the 

 sides of the groove smooth and shining, the base of the segments 

 coarsely and the apical margins finely punctured ; segments 3-6 

 finely and closely punctured ; clypeus subtriangular, transverse 

 anteriorly, thinly pubescent; scutellum broadly rounded posteriorly, 

 the lateral teeth narrow and acute ; apical segment sligbtly flat- 

 tened, the dorsal plate subacute, rounded posteriorly, with a inedial 

 longitudinal carina, and a broad shallow depression along the 

 lateral and apical margins ; ventral plate acutely spoon-shaped, 

 slightly longer than the dorsal plate. Black : the sides of the face, 

 the front, cheeks, and transverse bands on the apical margins of 

 segments 1-5 of the abdomen with dense, the clypeus and legs 

 W'ith thin snow-white pubescence ; the transverse bands on the 

 abdomen broadening greatly on the sides and beneath ; wings 

 fuscous, subhyaline towards their base. 



Hah. India (Smith) ; Burma ; Tenasserim. 5 • Length 12-13 ; 

 exjy. 21-23 mm. cS unknown. 



902. Ccelioxys angulatus, Smith, Trans. Zool. Soc. vii, p. 192, §; 



Dall. Tort: Cat. x, p. 482. 



2 . Head, thorax, and basal abdominal segment strongly and 

 closely, the rest of the abdomen more sparsely and lightly punc- 

 tured ; the punctures on the head and thorax coarse but distinct, 

 not confluent ; the apical abdominal segment smooth, almost im- 

 punctate above ; clypeus broad, transverse anteriorly, the front 

 above the antenna3 with a broad but not well-marked vertical 

 carina ; the scutelluni broadly rounded posteriorly, the lateral 

 teeth acute and bent downwards ; abdomen broad, conical, the 

 apical segment comparatively broad, rounded posteriorly : the 

 ventral plate not or scarcely projecting beyond the dorsal plate. 

 Black, with white pubescence, dense and short on the clypeus 

 anteriorly, the sides of the face, the sides of the thorax, and legs ; 

 on the median segment it is slightly longer ; abdomen with broad 

 lateral patches of snow-white short pubescence, and fine transverse 

 bands of the same along the apical margins of segments 1-5 ; 

 wings fusco-hyaline, clearer towards the base. 



Hah. Mainpuri, N.W.P. ? . Length 11-13; e.rp. 24 mm. 



