Indian Aculeate Ifijmenoptera. 517 



constricted, apical segment notched, but without teeth. 

 Black ; tibial claws rufous at base, calcaria testaceous ; 

 ])ubescence greyish, inclining to fulvous on the front and to 

 rufous on the inside of the tarsi ; on the head it is long and 

 thick, on the thorax and first abdominal segment it is long 

 and rather sparse, and on the remainder of the abdomen it is 

 short, forming thin, trequently interrupted bands on the 

 margins of the segments; on the posterior tibi<B and tarsi it 

 is short and somewhat sparse. Wings subhjaliue, nervures 

 and tegulaj black. 



Long. 10 millim. 



Hah. Kashmir, 5000-GOOO feet. 



Nearest to M. katinka (Nurse), but it is a larger and more 

 stoutly built insect. 



Anthidium conciliatum. 



sp. 



? . Head and tliorax closely and somewhat coarsely punc- 

 tured, granular; abdomen much more finely punctured, the 

 bases of segments more sparsely so than the apices; clypeus 

 transverse anteriorly, with an irregular, median, longitudinal 

 carina; median segment with a median, longitudinal, im- 

 pressed line at base ; scutellum lunate, deeply notched poste- 

 riorly ; the lateral margins of abdominal segments 5 and 6 

 produced into teeth; intermediate tibiae with a short tooth 

 above and a similar but smaller one on anterior tibioe. Black ; 

 a large spot on each side of the clypeus, another on each side 

 of the front below the base of antennse, a small spot on the 

 vertex behind each eye, and elongate lateral spots on abdo- 

 minal segments 1-6 yellow ; the spots wide apart on first 

 segment, but becoming gradually nearer and broader on each 

 of the other segments successively ; all tiie tibiae with yellow 

 spots at base, the tarsi tending to testaceous, the anterior 

 tarsi yellowish white above, calcaria testaceous, tarsal claws 

 uiiidcnfate, the tooth long and acute; pubescence white, 

 dusky grey on head and thorax above, where it is sparse, on 

 the inside of tibiae and tarsi it is almost fulvous ; scopa wliite. 

 Wings hyaline at base, subfuscous at apex ; nervures and 

 tegulse blackish. 



Long. 10 millim. 



Hah. Kashmir; one specimen obtained on the path leading 

 from Baramoola to Gulmarg, between 6000 and 8000 feet. 



This species would come into Bingham's key under a new 

 subsection — " h. V. P. c\ Head variegated with yellow, 

 thorax immaculate," — in which would also come A. desidio- 

 sum (Bingh.). The latter is, however, easily distinguishable 



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