218 Mr. P. Cameron on new 



XXVr. — Descriptions of new Species of Sphegidse and Cero- 

 -paWdx from the K/iasia Hills, Assam. By P. Cameron. 



Sphegidae. 



Crahro himalayensis, sp. n. 



Length 10 mm. ? . 



Belongs to Bingliam's (Fauna of Brit. India, Plymcn. i. 

 p. 322) division " B. Abdomen non-pctiolate " and to a 

 new section " Enclosed space at base of median segment 

 punctured." 



Black ; the antenual scape beneath, two broad lines on 

 the top of the pronotum, and marks on the sides of the 

 abdominal segments, yellow ; wings almost hyaline, the 

 stigma fuscous, the ncrvures darker in colour. Vertex 

 sparsely, the front more strongly and closely punctured and 

 thickly covered with longish black hair; the lower part of 

 the front, face, and clypeus covered with silvery pile. Meso- 

 notum closely, the scutellum more sparsely puuctured, its 

 base in the centre smooth. Metanotal area distinctly punc- 

 tured, the sides with a few indistinct striae, the middle with 

 a broad and deep longitudinal furrow, which has a few 

 transverse striae ; the apical slope has, on the top, some 

 minute scattered punctures, its apex and sides finely and 

 closely transversely striated ; the middle furrow is deep ; 

 the furrow^ bounding the enclosed space striated. Upper 

 part of propleurae indistinctly striated, the lower with two 

 distinct divisions of curved striae. Mesopleural furrow deep, 

 crenulated, the part at its base striated. Basal half of 

 metapleurae closely, minutely, obliquely striated. ]\[cso- 

 steruum covered with longish, soft, white hair. 



Crabro tnonozonus, sp. n. 



Black ; a broad yellow line on the pronotum, one on the 

 apex of the second abdominal segment, the apex of the 

 anterior femora broadly, the fore tarsi and the anterior tibiae 

 in front, yellow. Wings smoky fuscous, the nervurcs and 

 stigma black. ? . 



Length 9 mm, 



Metanotal area obliquely striated, but not strongly, and 

 with a narrow furrow down the centre. Front and vertex 

 opaque, closely and distinctly j)uncturcd and covered with 

 long blackish hair; there is no furrow below the ocelli. 

 Face and clypeus thickly covered with silvery pubescence; 



