r)12 i\Ifijor C. G. Nurse on new 



Black: the abdomen, exce])t tlie extreme base of the first 

 segment, and the legs, exce])t tlie coxse, red ; pruinose, a 

 very little sparse silvery pile on the clypeus and front. Wings 

 fusco-liyaline, nervures fuscous, teguhe red ; second and third 

 cubital cells subequal at top and bottom, each more than half 

 the length of first cubital cell ; legs very long, tarsal claws 

 unidentate. 



^ . Similar, but more slenderly built; head much smaller ; 

 first abdominal segment sub-petiolate. 



Long. 10-12 millim. 



Hab. Deesa, Mt. Abu ; a single example of each sex. 



This species would come in Bingham's key on p. 149 next 

 to P. reflexus; " h' " would then stand as follows : — 



"6'." Abdomen more or less red. 



cr. Abdomen, except base of first segment, red vetiefiatus. 



b^. Only first, second, and third segments red reflexus. 



Pompilus kasJimirensi'Sj sp. n. 



$ . Smooth and shining ; head wider than pronotum, 

 clypeus slightly emarginate in the centre anteriorly, the sides 

 rounded ; an impressed line from the base of antennae to the 

 anterior ocellus ; pronotum rather short, rounded anteriorly, 

 median segment rounded posteriorly ; abdomen generally 

 shorter than the head and thorax united ; legs stout and 

 sparsely spinose, tarsal claws unidentate, the tooth long and 

 conspicuous. Jet-black : the wings fusco-hyaline or sub- 

 fuscous, second and third cubital cells measured on the 

 cubital nervure subequal ; third cubital cell subtriangular, 

 sometimes petiolate ; apical abdominal segments with a few 

 stiff fuscous hairs. 



(^ . Similar, smaller, the third cubital cell nearly always 

 petiolate. 



Long. ? 7-9, S 6-8 millim. 



IJab. Kashmir, 5000-6000 feet ; common. 



This species would come into Bingham's key on p. 119 

 next to 1\ ariadne^ from which it differs in being devoid of 

 pile, and in other respects. 



FoJiqnlus Julius, sp. n. 



? . Smooth, the abdomen somewhat shining, the median 

 segment obscurely transversely striate ; head slightly wider 

 than thorax, clypeus very convex, its anterior margin 

 rounded ; a faintly impressed line from base of antennse to 

 anterior ocellus ; pronotum short, rounded anteriorly, with a 

 median impressed line ; scutellum comi)ressed at the sides, 



