94 Mr. G. Meade- Waldo on 



For the sake of convenience a short key to those species 

 of* which the British Museum has the types is appended : — 



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1. f Head or head and thorax with some pale 



pubescence 2. 



■{ Head and thorax with entirely black pubes- 

 cence. L. 13 mm. (St. Vincent, W. 

 ^ Indies.) imperiale, Ashm. 



2. f Head and thorax with pule pubescence. ... 3. 

 | A tuft of white pubescence on outer side of 



< each antenna and a white fringe on 

 occiput. L. 17j mm. (Orizaba, S. 

 [ Mexico.) msigne, Sm. 



3. (" Large size. Wings dark fuscous. A fringe 



of pale pubescence on prothorax and 

 J along the inner side of the tegulee. L. 



19 mm. (Brazil, Santarem.) regale, Sm. 



j Small size (13-14 mm.). Wings sub- 

 [ hyaline, fuscous apically 4. 



4. r Head and mesothorax for the most part 

 clothed with a short, glittering, emerald- 

 green pubescence ; face on each side and 

 occiput covered with a long white pile. 

 Abdomen unicolorous, green. L. 14 mm. [itubina, Ducke). 



<( (Brazil.) deeoratum, Sm. ( = ita- 



Head and mesothorax black ; face covered 

 with a short silvery-white pubescence. 

 Abdomen green, laterally with white 



markings. L. 13 mm. (Brazil, San- [lata, Friese). 



(. tarem.) asteria, Sm. (=macu- 



Epeolus, Latr. 



Epeolus natalensis, Smith, from Natal, appears to be very 

 near E. militaris, Gerst., but is distinct. The type (a male) 

 is not in very good condition and has the apical segments of 

 the abdomen telescoped. The axillar teeth are broader and 

 blunter than in E. militaris. The most distinctive character 

 is the presence of a rich brown pubescence on the fifth 

 tergite. 



The genus was omitted by Bingham in ' Fauna of British 

 India, Hymenoptera.' At the time of publication (1897) 

 only one species (E. fervidus, Smith) was recorded from 

 India, though Cockerell has since added another from the 

 same part of India (Bombay), while a third species from 

 Assam is here described for the first time. 



Epeolus assamensis, sp. n. 



6 . Niger ; facie, pleuris, sterno, pedibus, segmentisque abdo- 

 minalibus apice fasciis medio-interruptis griseo-pubescentibus ; 



