Indian Aculeate ITymenoptera. 531 



their cmavgination, a narrow line along the outer orbits 

 reaching the vertex, the greater part of the pronotum, two 

 lateral spots narrowed posteriorly on the mesouotum, a large 

 mark on the mesopleurEe, a spot behind the tegulaj, the 

 pcutellum, the posterior half of the postscutellum, large 

 sublateral maciilas on the median segment, two sublateral 

 spots about the middle and the apical margin narrowly of the 

 first abdominal segment, a narrow subbasal band, medially 

 interrupted, and a somewhat wider apical band, widest above 

 but medially interrupted, on the second segment, the apices of 

 the following segments (which are, as usual, withdrawn 

 telescopically in the type specimen), and the greater part of 

 the anterior legs below, yellow ; the yellow markings on tlie 

 abdomen are not very clearly defined ; antetuire and legs 

 light red. Wings hyaline, the costal margin of fore wing with 

 a flavous tinge ; nervures black, except at the base of the 

 wings, wiiere they are testaceou-; ; tegu!?e yellow. 



Long, (to end of second abdominal segment) 12 millim. 



Hab. Murree-Kashmir road, about 4000 feet; a single 

 specimen. 



This species would come into Bingham's key in group B 

 on p. 335. 



Eumenes viatrix, sp. n. 



^ . Clypeus and front smooth, vertex of head and thorax 

 closely but shallowly punctured, first abdominal segment 

 somewhat sparsely punctured above ; clypeus long, slightly 

 convex, its anterior margin transverse and reaching below the 

 lower portion of eyes ; the front between the bases of an- 

 tennae slightly raised ; a well-marked longitudinal impressed 

 line terminating at the anterior ocellus; a similar line on the 

 mesonotum, not reaching its apex; scutellum slightly notched ; 

 median segment with a central groove, widening at apex into 

 a deep hollow ; first abdominal segment with small lateral 

 tubercles. Head and thorax black; abdomen red; the man- 

 dibles, clypeus, and front as far as the base of antennae, the 

 emarginaiions of the eyes, a narrow line on the outer orbits, 

 the pronotum except its posterior lateral margin, two short 

 longitudinal lines on the mesonotum, a large mark on the 

 metapleurge, two large spots on the scutellum, a median trans- 

 verse line on the postscutellum, the sides of the median 

 seoment, two obscure sublateral spots on the petiole and a 

 band at its apex, somewhat obscure narrow apical bands on 

 segments 2 to 6, the greater portion of the anterior legs, the 

 coxae and femora below, and the tibise above of the inter- 

 mediate and posterior legs, yellow ; the remainder of the 



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