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Sikkim. 



Face strongly but not closely punctured ; the clypeus more finely and 

 closely punctured ; there is a short keel in the centre of the latter, with a 

 fovea on either side. Front and vertex strongly, somewhat closely punc- 

 tured. Middle of pronotum closely punctured, the sides almost smooth ; 

 mesonotum somewhat strongly but not closely punctured ; the scutellum 

 is more strongly but not so closely punctured as the latter. Postscxitellum 

 smooth. Metanotum strongly punctured, the punctures clearly separated ;: 

 the area shining, smooth. Head and thorax densely covered with white 

 pubescence. First abdominal segment of equal width, about four times as 

 long as wide, longer than the second ; the segments strongly punctured ; 

 the pygidium strongly but not very closely punctured ; the sides rounded,, 

 narrowed at the base and apex, the latter slightly rounded inwardly. 

 The whole abdomen covered with longish white pubescence. Hypopygium 

 depressed at the apex ; the latter has a slight rounded incision. 



Allied to C. lepclici Cam." 



Cerceris elhabetha- Bingh 



Cerceris elhabethce Bingh. Fauna Brit. India, Hymen I., p. 312, 1897, 9 - 



$ . Nigra, rugose punctata, segmento mediano area basali oblique 

 striata ; mandibulis basi flavis ; segmentis abdominalibus primo toto^ 

 secundo basi rufotestaceis ; antennis, tibiis tarsisque fusco-ferrugineis ; 

 clypeo apice lamina libera truncata ; mesopleuris bituberculatis ; segmento- 

 ventrali secundo area basali elevata nulla ; alls hyalinis, apice infumatis,. 

 venis testaceis. 



Long. 11 mm. 



2 . The lamina of the clypeus is porrect at the apex, the apical margin 

 transverse ; the clypeus short and broad. Antennee inserted more than- 

 half as far again from the anterior ocellus as from the base of the clypeus, 

 the second joint of the flagellum half as long again as the third posterior 

 ocelli further from the eyes than from each other ; the eyes diverging 

 towards the clypeus. Mesopleurse armed with two acute tubercles ; first 

 abdominal segment a little longer than broad ; pygidial area more than 

 twice as long as the greatest breadth, narrowed towards the rounded 

 aj)ex. First recurrent nervure received at the middle of the second cubi- 

 tal cell. 



Habitat — ^Thaungyin Valley, Tenasserim {Bin(/ham). May. 



Cerceris e'plii'pinum sp. n. 



O . Nigra, luxuriose fiavovariegata, clypeo subconcavo, late emarginato 

 prope angulos acute marginato, genis dente armatis, segmento mediano 

 area basalis oblique striata, area pygidiali apice truncata, segmentC" 

 ventrali quinto apice crasse elevato. 



Long. 13 mm. 



