Indian Aculeate Hymenoplera, 519 



of the other ocelli; pronotum rather long, the sides rounded 

 posteriorly,; mesonotum and scutellum much raised, the 

 former with a median longitudinal line, the latter notched. 

 Head, thorax, fifth segment above, and the whole of the 

 sixth and seventh abdominal segments black ; the mandibles, 

 except their tips, the anterior margin of clypeus_, scape of 

 antennae, legs, and abdominal segments 1-4 red; head and 

 thorax covered with a somewhat sparse white pubescence, 

 which hides most of the sculpturing ; wings subhyaline, 

 nervures testaceous, tegulae red. 



$ . Similar, smaller; scape of antenn£e, legs, and segments 

 1-4 of abdomen shaded with fuscous, especially the pos- 

 terior legs, which are in some specimens almost black. 



Long., $ 19-21, $ 14-15 millim. 



Hah. Deesa, Ferozepore; common. 



AmmopJdla pMlomela, sp. n. 



? . Slenderly built; pronotum and mesonotum trans- 

 versely, scutellum and postscutellum somewhat coarsely 

 longitudinally, median segment in the centre above finely 

 longitudinally striate ; abdomen smooth ; head covered with 

 fine silvery pubescence which hides the sculpturing ; pro- 

 notum very long, gradually widening towards apex ; the 

 striation of the median segment does not show up clearly in 

 all specimens, as the whole of the thorax is covered with a 

 short but rather thick whitish pubescence, which gives it a 

 frosted appearance ; abdomen and legs prainose, petiole of 

 abdomen two-jointed. Hed; the flagellum of the antennae 

 and the tips of the mandibles more or less black ; the head 

 and median segment appear dark, but their colour is difficult 

 to determine owing to their being covered by pubescence ; 

 apical tv;o or three segments blackish above ; wings hyaline, 

 nervures dark testaceous, tegul^e red. 



Long. 18 millim. 



Hah. Deesa ; common. 



This species would come into Bingham's key under 

 " A. a. a','' new section c^. " Median segment finely longi- 

 tudinally striate along the middle.^' 



Ammophila darga, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax closely punctured, except in the 

 region of the ocelli, where the punctures are somewhat sparse; 

 abdomen and legs smooth and pruinose; clypeus much 

 produced, its apex bisinuate, the sides rounded; an impressed 



