148 I'oMrrLiD.ii:. 



in certain lii:;lits. Tlio clyptMis with I'lianpjoablo silvery pile, its 

 anterior margin rounded. The hinder margin of the prothorax 

 rounded ; the motathorax truncate ; wings fuscous, and with a 

 slight violet iridescence, llieir apex witli a darker border beyond 

 the enclosed cells ; the tliird submarginal cell petiolated ; the pos- 

 terior tibia) bright ferruginous. 



llah. Trebizond. 



27. Pompilus mitis. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Head, thorax, and coxfc black ; legs and 

 alxloinen ferruginous. The mandil)les, clypous, and a line at the 

 inn^r orbits of the eyes white; the scape white beneath, the iia- 

 gellum ferruginous beneath. The posterior margin of the pro- 

 thorax and the tubercles white ; the sides of the tborax, the pectus, 

 cox.T, and femora Ijeneath with silvery pile, bright only in cei'tain 

 lights ; wings hyaline, with a broad fuscous cloud crossing the an- 

 terior pair beyond the stigma, leaving the tip of the wings white. 

 Abdomen smooth and shining, the extreme base black. 



Hah. Bombay district. 



28. Pompilus ephippiatus. 



Female. Length 5 lines. — Black, with the pro- and mesothorax and 

 scutollnm ferruginous ; wings fusco-by aline, the hinder pair palest, 

 the anterior pair bordered with dark fuscous beyond the marginal 

 cell. The clypeiis with silvery pile ; a narrow pale line at the 

 inner orbits of the eyes, also an abbreviated one behind them, the 

 margin of the vertex ferruginous. The metathorax, the sides 

 beneath, and also the legs with a changeable silvery pile. The 

 apical margin of the abdominal segments with narrow fascia) of 

 silvery^ pile, which on the second, third, and fourth segments is 

 produced into an angular shape in the middle. 



Hah. Bombay Presidency. 



29. Pompilus multipictus. 



Male. Length 6^ lines. — Variegated with black, yellow, and ferru- 

 ginous. Head black on the vertex, and with a broad stripe down 

 to the antennae ; the face otherwise yellow, as well as the man- 

 dibles and a broad line behind the eyes ; the antennae ferruginous, 

 with the scape yellow in front. The prothorax, mesothorax, and 

 the pectus black : the metathorax and legs ferruginous ; the hinder 

 and lateral margins of the prothorax broadly yellow ; a bifurcate 

 mark on the mesothorax, the tegula», and a narrow line over them, 

 the scutellum, anterior and intermediate coxa> beneath, as well as 

 the tarsi and anterior tibia; in front and the posterior pair above. 



