DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW SPECIES OF POMPILID^. 181 



Eyes converging below ; the hinder oceUi separated from each other 

 by a distinctly less distance than they are from the eyes. Temples 

 almost obsolete, the occiput transverse. Apex of clypeus transverse, 

 with the sides oblique. Pronotum longer than mesonotum. The 

 tibial spines are few in number ; the tarsal are more numerous and 

 shorter. Abdomen sessile, as long as the thorax. 



Pompilus 'properans, sp. nov. 

 Black, the calcaria white ; densely covered with silvery pile ; 

 wings hyaline, a triangular cloud along the transverse basal and 

 transverse median nervures, the narrowed end above and the lower 

 wider on the outer than on the inner side ; a cloud filling entirely the 

 radial cellule, the second and third cubital cellules and the space 

 behind the first transverse cubital and beyond the third, the clouds 

 at these obliquely narrowed in front, the apical part more irregularly 

 than the basal ; the cloud extends into the discoidal cellule along the 

 second recurrent nervure, more widely behind than in front ; the 

 second abscissa of radius one-third longer than the third ; the re- 

 current nervures received near the base of the apical fourth of the 

 cellules ; the accessory nervure in hind wings received distinctly 

 behind the cubitus. The long spur of the hind tibiae extends beyond 

 the middle of metatarsus. Claws bifid, the inner claw thicker than 

 the outer. ? . Length, 6 mm. 



Kuching, Borneo (John Hewitt, B.A.). 



Head distinctly wider than the thorax ; the temples short ; eyes 

 converging above ; the hind ocelli separated from each other by a 

 very slightly greater distance than they are from the eyes. Tibial 

 and tarsal spines longish. 



Pompilus parvispinosus, sp. nov. 

 Black, smooth, shining, covered wnth a white primrose pile, the 

 basal three abdominal segments red, the extreme base of the first, an 

 indistinct transverse line shortly beyond the middle of the second, 

 and a distinct one across the middle of the third, black ; the apices 

 of the fourth and fifth segments dark rufous ; the palpi, mandibles 

 except the teeth, the apex of the anterior coxae below and the whole 

 under side of the four posterior, the under side of the four anterior 

 trochanters, and the apex of the posterior whitish-yellow ; wings 

 fuscous-violaceous, the posterior pair paler than the anterior, the 

 nervures black ; the second abscissa of the radius about one-third 

 longer than the third, which is as long as the fourth ; the first 

 recurrent nervure is received shortly beyond the middle, the second 

 at the apex of the basal fourth of the cellule ; the accessory nervure 

 in the hind wings is received shortly beyond the cubitus. Eyes 

 converging above, separated there by the length of the third antennal 

 joint. Hinder ocelli separated from the eyes by almost double the 

 distance they are from each other. Apex of clypeu^ transverse, the 

 sides obliquely narrowed. There is a narrow keel down the middle 

 of the face. Temples almost obsolete, the occiput transverse. ? . 

 Length, 13 mm. 



Matang, Sarawak, Borneo, December (John Hewitt, B.A.). 



