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above ; the posterior margin of the prothorax angulated ; the metathorax smooth and shining, 

 with a central impressed line not quite extending to the apex ; wings fuscous, clearer towards 

 their base ; legs entirely black, as are also the spines and calcaria that arm the tibiae at their 

 apex ; tibiae only very slightly spinose. Abdomen smooth and shining ; the three basal segments 

 ferruginous. Female, length 3J lines. 

 Hab. Murree, Punjab hills. 



40. POMPILUS DIVISTJS. 



Mas. P. niger, abdominis segmento secundo tertioque ferrugineis ; alls subhyalinis. 



Black ; the head and thorax slightly pubescent, shining and punctured ; the antennae 

 obscurely fulvous beneath beyond the third or fourth joints. The posterior margin of the 

 prothorax rounded ; the metathorax, with four longitudinal carinae, two lateral and two approxi- 

 mating in the middle, strongly punctured ; wings fulvo-hy aline, the nervures ferruginous ; 

 the tibiae and tarsi ferruginous, the former slightly fuscous above, as are also the apical joints 

 of the posterior tarsi. Abdomen shining, the second and third segments ferruginous, and more 

 distinctly punctured than the following ones, which are very smooth and shining ; the apex 

 rufo-fuscous. Male, length 4 lines. 



Sab. Sind valley, Kashmir. Taken in August. 



41. PBIOCNEMIS RTJFO-FEMOKATUS. 



Femina. P. niger, abdominis basi rufo ; femoribus posticis rubris ; alls apicibus fuscis, 

 puncto albo ornatis. 



Black ; the head slightly shining, and, as well as the mesothorax, very finely and very 

 closely punctured ; the metathorax with a central longitudinal impressed line not quite 

 extending to the apex, and having a fine transverse striation ; the wings fusco-hyaline, darkest 

 in the middle of the anterior wings, which have beyond the third submarginal cell a large 

 hyaline spot ; the posterior margin of the prothorax angular ; the posterior femora bright 

 ferruginous, the tibiae serrated exteriorly. Abdomen bright ferruginous to the apex of the 

 third segment ; the rest black. Female, length 4 lines. 



Sab. Dras, Kargil, and Leh, in Ladak. 



This species in general aspect exactly resembles Priocnemis agilis of Europe, but its 

 transversely striated metathorax distinguishes it from that species. 



42. MYGNIMIA ALECTO. 

 Femina. M. nigra, alls nigro-fuscis violaceoque splendide micantibm. 



Black ; the abdomen shining, covered with a changeable violet and purple pile observable 

 in certain lights ; the clypeus emarginate ; the mandibles shining, their apex rufo-piceous. 

 Thorax ; the posterior margin of the prothorax arched ; the sides of the metathorax rounded, 



