530 Major C. G. Nurse on neio 



ments 2 and 3 inleiriipted medially^ a somewhat wider apical 

 hand on the filtli segment, the apex of the anterior femora, 

 and tlie tibise and tarsi of all the legs, yellow, the latter 

 sometimes yellowish red ; the clypeus, and sometimes tlie 

 scape, is covered with long silvery pubescence, which is stiff 

 on the former and hides its sculpturing ; the remainder of the 

 head and thorax, and the femora of tlie legs, are sparsely 

 covered with rather long pubescence, which is black above 

 and greyish below ; fifth abdominal segment and pygidium 

 with short stiff hairs, which in some lights appear golden in 

 tint. Wings fusco-hyaline, with a Havous tinge; nervures 

 testaceous, tegulse black. 



(J . Similar, but the scape and the first seven or eight joints 

 of the antennce are much dilated, and the formation of the 

 anterior legs is very remarkable ; the tibife are irregularly 

 widened, and the first joint of the tarsi is flattened, forming 

 a large oval excrescence, shaped like an inverted saucer, 

 smooth and shining. 



Long. 8-14 millim. 



Hab. Gulmarg, Kashmir, 8000-9000 feet; fairly common. 



This species would ccme in Binghan/s key in section B, 

 under a new sub-section. The size in both sexes varies con- 

 siderably, and the markings are frequently orange-red, many 

 of them being in some specimens quite obsolete. 



Eumenes placens, ?p. n. 



? . Clypeus with sparse shallow punctures ; remainder of 

 head, thorax and fiist abdominal segment closely and finely 

 punctured, second abdominal segment with still finer punctures; 

 clypeus broad, very convex, reaching well below the eyes, 

 its anterior margin deeply emarginate ; the carina between 

 bases of antennae grooved posteriorly ; a median longitudinal 

 impressed line at base of mesonotum, and a median longi- 

 tudinal carina on scutellum at base, ending in a hollow at 

 aj^ex ; median segment convex, nearly vertical, with a groove 

 down the middle, the groove not much broadened below; 

 petiole of abdomen about the same length as the thorax, very 

 narrow at base, increasing in width just before the centre, at 

 apex more than twice as wide as at base, having lateral 

 tubercles about the middle, and an obscure median longitudinal 

 groove along the wider portion. Head and thorax black ; 

 abdomen dark red; the mandibles, except their extreme base, 

 clypeus, except a central spot, scape below, antennal carina, 

 a narrow line from the clypeus along the inner orbits reaching 



