MOXOGIiAFM OF THE WASFS OF BlUTISH IXDIA. 60T 



closely punctured, more coarsely on the abdomen than on the thorax, the- 

 enclosed space at the base of the median segment smooth and shinmg, 

 the median groove indistinct. Wings hyaline, with a fuscous cloud at the- 

 apex ; first recurrent nervure received at one-third from the base of the- 

 second cubital cell. 



c? . Olypeus very feebly bisinuate at the apex ; apical joint of the 

 flagellum feebly curved, shorter than the penultimate; first abdominal 

 segment a little broader than long ; pygidial area narrowed from the base 

 to the truncated apex. The yellow bands on the abdomen are only very 

 narrowly interrupted and there is no ferruginous colour at the base of 

 the abdomen either on the dorsal or ventral surface. The flagellum is 

 ferruginous . 



Habitat — Western India, from Poona to Karachi ; Deesa ; Abu {Nzose)-.. 

 Karachi (^Comber). 



Cerceris doimesivora sp. n. 

 5 . Nigra ; clypeo in medio, fronte, scapo, linea post oculos, pronotO' 

 utrinque, tegulis, postocutello, segmento mediano fascia longitudinali 

 utrinque, segmentis 2 — 5 fascia angusta apicali, tibiis tarsisque anteri- 

 oribus et intermediis flavis ; alls subhyalinis, apice obscuris ; clypeo- 

 latitudine longiore, apice obtuse quadridentato ; mesopleuris baud 

 tuberculatis, segmento ventrali secundo area basalt elevata nulla ; seo-- 

 mento mediano area basali nitida. 

 Long, $ , 9 mm. 



5 . Middle lobe of the clypeus longer than broad, flat, broadest near- 

 the base, the apical margin armed with four stout, blunt, short teeth. 

 Antennce inserted fully half as far again from the anterior ocellus as from 

 the base of the clypeus, the second and third joints of the flagellum of 

 equal length. Eyes parallel on the inner margin ; the posterior ocelli 

 further from the eyes than from each other. Mesopleurre without tuber- 

 cles ; first abdominal segment nearly twice as broad as long ; second 

 ventral segment without a raised area at the base ; pj^gidial area elongate 

 ovate, almost pointed at the base, narrowly truncate at the apex, nearly 

 three times as long as the greatest breadth. Closely, but not very deeply 

 punctured ; the enclosed area at the base of the median segment smooth 

 and shining, the median groove very indistinct. First recurrent nervure 

 received a little before the middle of the second cubital cell. 

 Habitat — Pegu Hills [Bingham), April. 



" Stores its nest with Doimesia brettingliami " {Bingliam) . 

 Nearly allied to C. tetradonta Cam., but has the middle lobe of 

 the clypeus much narrower than in that species and is more closely 

 punctured. 



The note about Doicnesia is referred by Bingham (Fauna Brit. India 



