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half as long again as the first. Posterior ocelli nearly half as far again 

 from the eyes as from each other. Pygidial area ovate, almost pointed at 

 the base, rather broadly truncate at the apex ; first abdominal segment 

 as long as broad. First recurrent nervure received close to the 

 middle of the second cubital cell. Closely but not very deeply punctured, 

 sparsely and shallowly on the abdomen, the enclosed area at the base of 

 the median segment longitudinally rugose. 



Habitat. — Kangra Valley, 4,500 ft. {Dudgeon). 



This differs considerably in colour from the typical form. The clypeus, 

 however, corresponds well with Radosskowski's figure, and I have little 

 doubt that it is identical, though the original description is too insuflicient 

 for certainty. 



Cerceris hilaris Sm. 



Cerceris hilaris Sm., Oat. Hym. B. M. IV., p. 452, 1866. $ . 



Cerceris himalayensis Bingh. Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. XII, p. 120, 

 1898, cJ. (nee Cameron, 1905). 

 - ■'■Cerceris simlaensis Cam. Entomologist, p. 8.3, 1905, S • 



2 . Nigra, clypeo in medio, margine interiore oculorum, macula post 

 oculos, pronoto in medio interrupto, scutello macula utrinque, postscutello, 

 segmento mediano fascia longitudinali utrinque, segmento dorsali primo 

 apice late, segmentis 2-5 fascia angusta apicali flavis ; antennis basi, 

 segmento abdominali secundo, pedibusque rufo-testaceis ; alis subhyalinis, 

 apice infuscatis ; clypeo lamina libera, porrecta, longitudine latiore, apice 

 late emarginata ; mesopleuris haud tuberculatis, segmento mediano area 

 basali longitudinaliter striata ; segmento ventrali secundo area elevata 

 basali nulla. 



cJ /Niger ; clypeo, fronte, macula post oculos, pronoto utrinque, tegulis, 

 postscutello, segmento mediano angulis basalibus flavo-lineato, segmentis 

 abdominalibus 1-6 fascia angusta apicali, pedibusque flavis ; flagello basi 

 testaceo ; clypeo latitudine longiore, margine apicali truncato, in medio 

 valde impresso, segmentis ventralibus 5-6 apice utrinque spino longo 

 armatis. 



Long. $, 14 mm. ; (S , 10-11 mm. 



^. Lamina of the clypeus porrect and free, broadened from the base, 

 twice as broad at the apex as long, and widely emarginate. Antennae 

 inserted twice as far from the anterior ocellus as from the base of the 

 clypeus, second joint of the flagellum half as long again as the third. 

 Eyes almost parallel, the posterior ocelli further from the eyes than from 

 each other. First abdominal segment more than half as broad again as 

 long ; second ventral segment without a raised area at the base ; pygidial 

 area narrowed from the base, twice as broad at the base as at the apex, 

 twice as long as the greatest breadth, truncate at the apex. Fifth ventral 



