Sfl ATIHJ;. 



nlong the ni{irj2:iri of tlie vertex, pale yellow. Thorax with the 

 tTihcrclos jvml a lino on the mesothorax over the tegnltip, ajul con- 

 tinned alonj;; the posterior margin of tlie scutelluni, pale yellow ; 

 win-^s hyaline and iridescent, tej^uloD rufo-testaceous ; the first joint 

 of tlie posterior tarsi ])ale yellow, the lihitc having a dusky strii)e. 

 Abdomen with the first to fifth segments with a transverse jjale 

 yellowish-white fascia, the first very widely interrupted, reduced 

 to a lateral spot, the second much less interrupted, the others very 

 slightly so ; the apical segment with a heart-shaped macula ; 

 clothed beneath with pale fulvous pubcsceucc. 



Hah. Bombay district. 



7. Antliidium japonicuin. 



Female. Length 6 lines. — Black, closely punctured ; the abdomen 

 shining, and spotted with yellow. The face with a little whitish 

 pubescence at the insertion of the antennae ; two small ovate yellow 

 spots at the posterior margin of the vertex. Thorax with a minute 

 yellow spot on the scutellum laterally ; on the sides and beneath 

 there is thin cinereous pubescence ; the tarsi with cinereous pubes- 

 cence above, and with fulvous beneath ; the posterior tibiae with a 

 narrow whitish line on their upper margin ; the calcaria pale fer- 

 ruginous ; wings subhyaline, their apex fuscous. Abdomen with 

 the first to fifth segments with an oblong-(]uadj'ate macula on each 

 side ; the sixth segment immaculate ; clothed beneath with pale 

 pubescence. 



Ilab. Yokohama. 



8. Anthidium ordinatum. 



Female. Length 4|-oi lines. — Black ; the head and thorax opaque, 

 and very closely pimcturcd ; abdomen shining, finely punctured, and 

 having four rows of yellowish- white maculae. The clypeus, with 

 the sides anteriorly and the face on each side as high as the base 

 of the clypeus, as well as the base of the mandibles, yellowish 

 white ; the anterior margin of the clypeus with two short blunt 

 teeth. The thorax and legs without maculae ; their pubescence 

 white, except that on the disk of the thorax, which is short and 

 dark brown ; wings subhyaline, the nervures black. The abdomen 

 with four longitudinal rows of irregular-shaped whitish spots; the 

 two inner rows pear-shaped, and placed obliquely ; clothed beneath 

 with white pubescence. 



Male. Length 6-7 hues. — Closely resembling the female ; but with 

 the clypeus, sides of the face, mandibles, and scape in front 

 yellowish white ; also a narrow intenupted line on the posterior 

 margin of the vertex. Thorax with the pubescence above fulvous, 

 beneath it is white ; the outer margin of the tcgulac, a line on the 

 intermediate and anterior tibiai above, and a spot at the base of the 



