DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW SPECIES OF POMPILIDA. 181 
Eyes converging below; the hinder ocelli separated from each other 
by a distinctly less distance than they are from the eyes. Temples 
almost obsolete, the occiput transverse. Apex of clypeus transverse, 
with the sides oblique. Pronotum longer than mesonotum. The 
tibial spines are few in number; the tarsal are more numerous and 
shorter. Abdomen sessile, as long as the thorax. 
Pompilus properans, sp. nov. 
Black, the calearia white; densely covered with silvery pile; 
wings hyaline, a triangular cloud along the transverse basal and 
transverse median nervures, the narrowed end above and the lower 
wider on the outer than on the inner side; a cloud filling entirely the 
radial cellule, the second and third cubital cellules and the space 
behind the first transverse cubital and beyond the third, the clouds 
at these obliquely narrowed in front, the apical part more irregularly 
than the basal; the cloud extends into the discoidal cellule along the 
second recurrent nervure, more widely behind than in front; the 
second abscissa of radius one-third longer than the third; the re- 
current nervures received near the base of the apical fourth of the 
cellules; the accessory nervure in hind wings received distinctly 
behind the cubitus. The long spur of the hind tibize extends beyond 
the middle of metatarsus. Claws bifid, the inner claw thicker than 
the outer. @. Length, 6 mm. 
Kuching, Borneo (John Hewitt, B.A.). 
Head distinctly wider than the thorax; the temples short; eyes 
converging above; the hind ocelli separated from each other by a 
very slightly greater distance than they are from the eyes. Tibial 
and tarsal spines longish. 
Pompilus parvispinosus, sp. nov. 
Black, smooth, shining, covered with a white primrose pile, the 
basal three abdominal segments red, the extreme base of the first, an 
indistinct transverse line shortly beyond the middle of the second, 
and a distinct one across the middle of the third, black; the apices 
of the fourth and fifth segments dark rufous; the palpi, mandibles 
except the teeth, the apex of the anterior coxe below and the whole 
under side of the four posterior, the under side of the four anterior 
trochanters, and the apex of the posterior whitish-yellow; wings 
fuscous-violaceous, the posterior pair paler than the anterior, the 
nervures black; the second abscissa of the radius about one-third 
longer than the third, which is as long as the fourth; the first 
recurrent nervure is received shortly beyond the middle, the second 
at the apex of the basal fourth of the cellule; the accessory nervure 
in the hind wings is received shortly beyond the cubitus. Eyes 
converging above, separated there by the length of the third antennal 
joint. Hinder ocelli separated from the eyes by almost double the 
distance they are from each other. Apex of clypeus transverse, the 
sides obliquely narrowed. There is a narrow keel down the middle 
of the face. Temples almost obsolete, the occiput transverse. ?. 
Length, 13 mm. 
Matang, Sarawak, Borneo, December (John Hewitt, B.A.). 
