Indian Aculeate TTymenoptera. 525 



punctured ; abdomen somewhat coarsely punctured, the 

 punctures very deep and distinct in the middle of each seg- 

 ment, less so at the base and apex ; head wider than thorax, 

 clypeus sliglitly concave anteriorly, convex posteriorly, its 

 anterior margin transverse in the centre, emarginate on each 

 side ; a short carina between the antennse, which are set in a 

 hollow ; first abdominal segment forming a petiole, which is 

 about as broad as long, second segment about twice as broad, 

 and equal in length to the first ; third and fourth somewhat 

 shorter than the second, but equal to it in breadth, fifth rather 

 narrower than the second, third, and fourth ; pygidial area 

 finely punctured. Black; the mandibles, except their tips, 

 the clypeus, except its anterior margin narrowly, the front 

 above the base of antennae, but not including the liollows in 

 which the base of antennae are placed, or the antennal carina, 

 a spot on each side of the pronotum posteriorly, the tegulae, 

 postscutellum, a broad band at the base of second abdominal 

 segment, and the apical margins of the third, fourth, and fifth 

 segments, yellow ; the third ventral segment has a large, 

 irregular, yellowish macula oti each side, and there is a trace 

 of similar markings on the fourth ventral segment; legs with 

 the coxse almost entirely black, anterior trochanters black, 

 intermediate and posterior yellowish red ; femora black at 

 base above, remainder, as well as the whole of the tibiae and 

 tarsi, yellowish red ; scape of antennae yellow or red below, 

 flagellum red below ; wings fusco-hyaline, nervures dark 

 testaceous. 



Long. 8-12 millim. 



Hab. Kashmir, 5000-6000 feet ; fairly common. 



Would come into Bingham's key after G. pentadonta. 



Cerceris dolosa^ sp. n. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen closely and regularly, but 

 somewhat coarsely puncture!, the punctures on clypeus and 

 front being shallower than elsewhere ; clypeus excavate 

 anteriorly, its margin subporrect, antennal carina rather 

 long ; the triangular space at the base of median segment 

 longitudinally striate at base, obliquely at the sides, its median 

 furrow transversely striate; first abdominal segment slightly 

 longer than broad, less than half the width of second segment, 

 the whole abdomen as long or slightly longer than head and 

 thorax united. Black ; the base of the mandibles, a central 

 spot on the clypeus, the sides of the eyes as far as the base 

 of the antennae, the scape in front^ a narrow band on the 



