10 p. Cameron. 



F III ]) i I i d a e. 

 1. Salins F. 



S. aCnClIS, Sp. IIOV. 9- ^''Vi'«-; aiUantiis, ca/>/'(.<u proiioto, 

 sciitcllo, abdondne pedibwr/uc jeri'ii(ihi''.i.s ; alii fm^co nolacc.is; 

 abdoinirui '/lù/ro-baUedto. — Loui^ : 20 mm. 



Hab. Sikkiin. 



Claws witli 1 small toiitb. Anteunae short, thick, ferrn- 

 ginous. He.'ul ferrugiuous; the greriter part of the occiput, 

 the ocellar rogiou, aliuedowii the front aud the part betweeii 

 antennae aiul clypeus black. Front and vertex sparscly punc- 

 to red ; tlie front furrovvcd down the centre. The apex of the 

 clypaus is depressed, smootli and shiniiig. Maudibles dark 

 rufous, darker coloured at the a[)ex. Tliorax black ; tlie ])ro- 

 uotiini, the top and bottom of the proplenrae, a large mark 

 on the centre of the mesonotum on the apical half and the 

 scutelluui, ferruginous. Median segment stoutly, irregularly 

 transversely striated; its apical slope is depressed in the ct^ntre. 

 Wings uiiiformly fuscous-vi(daceous ; the nervures and stigma 

 are black ; the 2»'^ cubital cellule on the top is distinctly 

 shorter, on the lovver, if any thing, longer tliau the o'tl; the 

 Si'"^! transverse cubitale nervure is roundly curved, its top 

 slightly oblique. Abdomen ferruginous; the basai 4 segments 

 black at the base aud apex. Legs coluured like the abdomen; 

 the fore coxae eutirely and the 4 hinder black at the base. 



Comes uear to S. indiens Cam. which is a larger species 

 and may be kuown from the présent by the head and tho ax 

 being eutirely black. 



Pseuduf/imia nniia (Saiis.s.) Bhujlniin. This species is a 

 Pompilii.'i (cf. Kohi. P^ut. Nachtr. vol. Il, p. 104). There ))eing 

 an earlier Pouip/'lns nanns, the Ceylonese iiaima has beeu 

 named, 1. c. iiuvarae by Kold. 



Spliegidae. 



1. Nyssoii Latr. 



\'. viola(Ci|lClinis Sj». IIOV. cf- Black the basai fîve seg- 

 ments of the abdomen red ; the head, thorax aud legs thickly 

 covered with silvery pnbescence, the nervures and stigma black. 

 — Long: 10 mm. 



Ilab. Sikkim. 



Front rugosely punctnred, most strongly on the sides; 

 the vertex sparsely pnnctured; the silvery prbesceuce is very 

 dense on the face and clypeus aud on the lower inner and 

 onter orbits. Anteunae stt)ut, covered witli a pale microscopic 

 pile; the last joint is not much curved, Prothovax tliickl^^ 



