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as far from the anterior ocellus as from the base of theclypeus, second 

 joint of the flagellum half as long again as the third. Head large, the 

 cheeks broader than the greatest breadth of the eyes. Pygidial area half 

 as broad again at the base as at the apex, gradvially narrowed, truncate 

 at the apex, about twice as long as the greatest breadth. First recurrent 

 nervure received at the middle of the second cubital cell. Closely but 

 not coarsely punctured. 



S . Clypeus half as long again as broad, truncate at the apex, a 

 depressed longitudinal groove from near the middle to the apex. Apical 

 joint of the flagellum strongly curved, longer than the penultimate ; 

 antennae inserted less than twice as far from the anterior ocellus as from 

 the base of the clypeus. Pygidial area truncate at the apex, slightly 

 narrow from base, less than twice as long as the greatest breadth. 

 Habitat — Bengal ; Madras ; Central Provinces ; Deesa. 



Cereeris saussurei Rad. 



Cerceris saussurei Rad. Fedtschenko : Turkestan Sphegid, p. 60, 1877, 

 S var. cJirysothemis var. n. 



$ . Ferruginea, clypeo, fronte, et abdomine segmentis 3-5 flavis ; alis 

 subhyalinis, apice infuscatis ; clypeo lamina libera, longitudine duplo 

 latiore, apice emarginata, mesopleuris bituberculatis ; segmento mediano 

 area basali nitida. 



Long. 19 mm. 



S . Flavus ; vertice, mesothorace, area basali segmenti mediani, seg- 

 mentisque abdominalibus 3-6 basi nigris ; antennis, segmento mediano, 

 abdominis segmento primo, secundoque basi f errugineis ; clypeo latitudine 

 fere duplo longiore, apice truncato. 



Long. 15 mm. 



$ . Clypeus with a free lamina from the base, the lamina short, twice 

 as broad as long, widely and shallowly emarginate at the apex ; the apical 

 margin of the clypeus below the lamina widely emarginate and clothed 

 with long hairs. Antennse inserted fully twice as far from the anterior 

 ocellus as from the base of the clypeus, the second joint of the flagellum 

 nearly as long as the first and third combined. Posterior ocelli further 

 from the eyes than from each other ; cheeks a little broader than the 

 greatest breadth of the eyes. Pronotum strongly depressed in the middle, 

 rounded at the angles. Mesopleurse armed with two small tubercles. 

 First abdominal segment nearly twice as broad as long, slightly constricted 

 at the apex, second ventral segment without a raised area at the base. 

 Pygidial area elongate ovate, twice as long as the greatest breadth, 

 rounded at the apex. Rather sparsely punctured, closely and coarsely 

 on the median segment and mesopleurse ; very sparsely on the apical 

 segments of the abdomen ; the enclosed space at the base of the median 



