(50 Mr. P. C; 



mcron on new 



yellow on the peuultiiuate sognicut. The quantity of yellow 

 on the tibiie and on the femora in the male varies. 



Crabro melanotarsis, sp. n. 



Niger, scapo antcnnariim, linea pronoti, scutellu, postscutcllo, 

 femoribiis, tibiis liiieaqxie basi abdominis scgmenti 3' liavis. 5 . 

 Long. 12 mm. 



Scape of antennae yellow; the flagellum covered with a pale 

 down. Front and vertex alutaceous, sparsely covered with 

 longish fuscous hair and with a golden down. Ocelli . • . 

 Face and clypeus thickly covered with golden-silvery pu- 

 bescence, keeled in the middle ; the apex of the clypeus 

 transverse. Mandibles black. Thorax alutaceous, neither 

 punctured nor striated; a broad band on the pronotum, 

 the tubercles, the scutellum, and postscutellum yellow ; 

 there is a longitudinal furrow above the middle of the mcso- 

 pleurse. The " enclosed spot ^' on the median segment is 

 alutaceous, there are a few striaj outside it; the middle 

 furrow is narrow, but distinct. Legs black ; the femora 

 and tibite yellow. Wings smoky ; the stigma fulvous ; the 

 nervvircs darker. Abdomen black, except for a yellow band 

 near the base of the third segment ; the pygidium is shining, 

 its base bears large deep punctures ; the middle is almost 

 bare, the apex has a few small punctures ; the penultimate 

 segment bears a golden down. 



Belongs to Bingham^s Section B, in which it might form 

 a new division /. " Mesonotum opaque, alutaceous," not 

 distinctly punctured as in c. 



Crabro fulvopilosdhis , sp. n. 



Niger, flagello antennarum subtus testacco ; abdomhie flavo macu- 

 late, medio dense fulvo piloso ; alis fusco-hyalinis. $ , 

 Long. 14 mm. 



Scape of antennae lemon-yellow ; the base of the flagellum 

 rufo-testaceous, the rest of it testaceous, black above. The 

 front is closely punctured ; the vertex less closely and not 

 quite so distinctly ; the front is densely covered with golden 

 pubescence ; the vertex is sparsely covered with pale fuscous, 

 behind Avith golden, pubescence ; the outer orbits densely 

 with silvery pubescence. Ocelli ••• ; below them is a shallow 

 furrow. Clypeus keeled in the middle, densely covered with 

 pale golden pubescence ; its sides are waved ; beloAv the 

 eyes the pile is of a brighter golden colour. On the pro- 

 notum is an interrupted yellow band; there is a yelloAv mark 



