Fossorial Jlijinenoptera from the Khasi'a IliUs. 05 



raucli shorter than the second, by the lower half of the first 

 transverse cnbital nervure being ronndly curved, and by the 

 lower part of the second recurrent nervure being angled. 



Philanthus dentatus, sp. n. 



Niger, clypeo, basi mandibularum maculisque duabus metanoti 



flavis ; alis hyaliuis, nervis stigmateque testaceis, 5 . 

 Long. 13-14 mm. 



Antennse black, the a[)ex brownish beneath; the base of 

 the flagcUum distinctly narrowed, shining. Head black ; 

 the clypeus, a curved mark Ijetween the antennoe, the inner 

 orbits broadly from the incision^ the mandibles, except at 

 the apex, the maxillse, and a small mark in the middle 

 behind the eyes, yellow. The clypeus is broadly and shal- 

 lowly depressed in the middle; the apex is slightly depressed; 

 black, marked with some indistinct striae and roundly pro- 

 jecting; the sides above in the centre armed with stout 

 black teeth. The vertex bears shallow punctures, which are 

 more widely separated in the middle; the front is closely 

 longitudinally punctured ; the front ocellus aiiteriorly and 

 the hinder ocelli laterally are bordered by a smooth shining- 

 depression; the outer orbits, except at the top, are impunc- 

 tate. Thorax black, a small spot on the edge of the pronotum, 

 the apex of the tubercles, a small mai-k behind them, and 

 two small spots on the apex of the median segment, yellow. 

 The pronotum above is transverse, raised and projects trian- 

 gularly at the sides, and finely rugose. Mesonotum strongly 

 and closely punctured. Scutellum shining, smooth, the 

 sides and apex punctured. Postscutellum closely punctured. 

 Median segment closely punctured ; the base more closely 

 than the apex ; the base with a shallow indistinct furrow in 

 the middle ; the apex with a much wider deeper depression, 

 which is smooth and shining, especially at the apex. Pleurie 

 closely punctured ; the mesosternura less strongly punctured 

 and more shining. Legs black ; the apex of the femora, 

 tibi?e, and the tarsi yellow in front, the posterior femora at 

 the base yellow all round; the spines on the tibiae and tarsi 

 are numerous, stout, and sharp. On the apex of the petiole 

 are two rufous marks with a small yellow mark on their 

 outer side ; the second segment is rufous, with a wedge- 

 shaped mark in the middle, the narrow end being at the 

 base, and at the apex, on the sides, is a yellow mark ; the 

 third, fourth, and fifth segments are lined with yellow at the 



Ann. d* Mag. N. Hist. her. 7. Vol. x. " o 



