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the apex, gradually narrowed towards the base, in the centre of the 1st abdo- 

 minal SRgment, a narrower, less distinct one on the centre of the 3rd, and 

 irregular, small spots on the sides of the segments, black ; antenna? blackish 

 above. Wings hyaline, the apical and outer margin narrowly violaceous, the 

 costa and stigma narrowly yellowish testaceous, the nervures black. 9 



Total length 1 3 mm. 



Habitat. — Deesa (July). 



Head and thorax closely, regularly and somewhat strongly punctured all 

 over ; the clypeus strongly closely punctured like the vertex ; it is longer than 

 wide, transverse in the middle above, the sides broadly rounded, the apex 

 broad and transverse. Base of thorax almost transverse ; the sides of the 

 apex broadly rounded, reticulated, the edge serrate, ending. below in a distinct 

 tooth, the centre broadly, but not deeply, hollowed. Scutellum large, qua- 

 drate, transverse at base and apex ; the top of post-scutellum is alnn st on a 

 level with it, its apex at the top almost serrate, the apical slope steep, its apex 

 bluntly, broadly rounded, clearly separated by a furrow. Abdomen smooth, 

 almost impunctate, the 1st segment cup-shaped, not quite so long as it is wide 

 at the apex. 



The above is the description of the lighter coloured form ; the black 

 markings may be much more distinct, longer and broader, on the hsad, 

 abdomen and thorax, the lateral lines on the mesonotum may be united 

 by a narrower line to the scutellar one ; there may be a row of 4 black 

 marks on the base of the 1st abdominal segment, its black central mark 

 is in the shape of an elongate triangle and, in addition to the lateral 

 spots on the other segments, there is an outer one in the centre of the 

 2nd ; there may also be spots on the ventral segments. The palpi are 

 sparsely covered with long, stiff hairs. 



Eumenes fulvipennis , Cam.* 



This appears to be a variable species, as shown by some specimens taken 

 by Col. Nurse at Deesa from July to October. The black line across the 

 ocelli may be broad or very narrow, the mesonotum may be rufous, or pale 

 yellow, with 3 black or rufous lines, of which the central extends from the 

 base to the apex, the lateral commencing near the middle, and there may be 

 also a stripe across the apex ; the size of both the reddish and black lines 

 varies. 1 he size of the abdominal lines varies, and they may be either black 

 or red. There may be a black line on the base and near the apex of the 1st 

 abdominal segment ; in all the specimens there is a black or transverse line 

 before the middle of the 2nd segment, which varies in width, and it may be 

 united to the base of the segment by a longitudinal one down the middle. 

 The occiput may be for the greater black. The clypeus in the $ is broader, 

 though the eyes not converging so much ; it is not much longer than its 

 greatest width ; the lower narrowed part is almost as long as the upper, while 

 in the $ it is distinctly shorter ; the antennae, too, are more widely separated 

 * Manchr. Mem.,XLII, IV, p. 39 ; pi. 4, f. 3a, 3b. 



