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towards the apex ; the second and third segments sparsely and shal- 

 lowly punctured : the fourth much more coarsely and closely ; the fifth 

 rugosely punctured ; the pygidium coarsely longitudinally striated, 

 intermixed with some coarse punctures ; its apex finely, closely, longi- 

 tudinally striated. The basal ventral segment punctured at the base ; 

 the second coarsely, the others more finely and closely punctured ; the 

 second smooth ; the third and fourth aciculated at the base ; the last 

 rugosely punctured. Wings fusco-hyaline ; the nervures and stigma 

 deep black. 



POMPILID.E. 



Salius himalayensis, sp. nov. 

 Niger, capite thoraceque dense aureo pilosis ; pleuris brunneis ; 

 apice abdominis late rufis ; pedibus rufis, coxis trochanteribusque 

 brunneis; alis flavo-hyalinis. ? . Long. 15 mm. 



liab. Khasia (coll. Eothney). 



A species closely related to S. flavus. The differences between 

 the two may be best shown in synoptical form : — 

 Second cubital cellule at the top distinctly shorter than 

 the first ; the pleurae and median segment black ; the 

 femora broadly black at the base ... ... ... flavus. 



Second cubital cellule equal in length to the first ; the 

 pleurae and median segment brownish ; the femora 

 without black ... ... ... ... ... ... Jdmalayensis. 



Antennfe pale fulvous, the scape darker in tint. Head dark ferru- 

 ginous ; the vertex, front, and face densely covered with golden 

 pubescence, the face bearing also some long rufous hairs. The apex 

 of the clypeus is broadly rounded, closely punctured, except on the 

 extreme apex. Mandibles dark ferruginous, the teeth black, the 

 extreme base covered with depressed golden pubescence. The greater 

 part of the protliorax and the mesonotum densely covered with de- 

 pressed golden pile ; scutelluui minutely punctured, and covered with 

 rufous hair. Median segment irregularly tran^sversely striated, sparsely 

 covered with black hair ; the base and apex black ; the middle with a 

 wide shallow furrow. The proplearte are of a brighter colour than the 

 meso- ; the metapleur^ darker ; the mesopleural furrow is narrow ; 

 the metapleurfe irregularly obliquely striated. Legs ferruginous ; the 

 coxae blackish behind ; the tarsi are paler ; the hinder femora darker. 

 Wings yellowish hyaline ; the apex slightly infuscated ; the first and 

 second cubital cellules are equal in length on the top. Abdomen 

 black, shining ; the apical two segments ferruginous, and thickly 

 covered with long rufous hairs. 



POMPILUS SETABIS, Sp. nOV. 



Black, the under side of the scape white, of the basal joints of the 

 flagellum brown ; the apex of the median segment densely covered 

 with white pubescence ; wings hyaline, the apex smoky ; the third 

 cubital cellule petiolated. <? . Long. 8 ram. 



Hab. Borneo. 



Antennffi stout ; the apical joints of the flagellum roundly dilated ; 

 the basal three joints brownish ; the scape for the greater part white 



