POMPILTTS. 



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certain lights. The hiuder margin of the prothorax angulated and 

 with a fascia of bright pile ; wings dark brown, and with violet 

 iridescence ; the third submarginal cell longer than the second, and 

 much narrowed towards the marginal ; the second snbquadrate ; 

 the tibiaB and tarsi rather strongly spinose. The obscure fasciae on 

 the second segment of the abdomen much broader than those on 

 the other segments. 



Hab. Sumatra. 



23. Pompilus familiaris. 



Female. Length 5^ lines. — Black, with the first and second seg- 

 ments of the abdomen and the base of the third ferruginous. The 

 mandibles ferruginous in the middle ; the anterior margin of the 

 clypeus rounded. The wings fusco-hyaline, their apical margins 

 bordered with darker fuscous ; the third submarginal cell petio- 

 lated ; the metathorax smooth, and having a slight purple pile, and 

 gradually rounded from base to apex. Abdomen smooth and 

 shining. 



Hab. Sumatra. 



24. Pompilus pruinosus. 



Female. Length 5 lines. — Black, with the head, thorax, antennae, 

 and legs densely covered with frosted silvery pile ; the basal seg- 

 ment of the abdomen covered with similar pile, and the apical 

 margins of the following segments with broad bands of the same. 

 The wings hyaline ; the apex of the anterior pair beyond the mar- 

 ginal cell dark fuscous ; the metathorax gradually declivous from 

 the base to the apex. 



Hab. India. 



25. Pompilus capitosus. 



Female. Length 4^ lines. — Black ; the head wider than the thorax ; 

 wings hyaline, the anterior pair with a dark fuscous cloud beyond 

 the middle of the marginal cell ; the posterior tibiae bright ferru- 

 ginous. A pale yellow line at the inner margin of the eyes, and a 

 broader one on the margin of the clypeus ; the mandibles yellow in 

 the middle. Thorax with a narrow white line on the hinder margin 

 of the prothorax, and a short transverse one on the mesothorax, at 

 the margin of the scuteUum ; also a pale spot on the tegulae ; the 

 metathorax with a little white pubescence at its apex. Abdomen 

 with a triangular white macula at the lateral basal margin of the 

 second segment. 



Hab. Burmah. 



26. Pompilus pullatus. 



Female. Length 6^ lines. — Opaque black, with a slight purple tinge 



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