NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN BYMENOPTERA. 85 



and outer orbits of the eyes, the posterior margin of the pronotum and 

 sometimes a spot on the scutellum, pale yellow ; head and thorax 

 covered with sparse silvery pile, first abdominal segment with golden 

 pile ; wings hyaline, infuscated at apex, tegute red, nervm'es black. 



Length 8 ; exp. 14 mm. 



Habitat: Deesa. _ , 



Nearest to P. acceptus (Bingh,). 



POMPILUS CERTATOR, n. Sp, 



9 Head and thorax pruinose, giving it the appearance of being 

 very minutely striate, abdomen smooth ; clypeus transverse anteriorly, 

 head about twice as broad as pronotum, thorax narrow, median 

 segment long, depressed and roundly truncate posteriorly, first abdo- 

 minal segment subpetiolate, second ventral segment with a transverse 

 furrow, legs extremely long and slender, almost destitute of spines. 

 Black, the basal three abdominal segments red ; wings hyaline, forewing 

 narrowly infuscated at apex, tegul^ black, nervures testaceous. The 

 wings when seen in certain lights have a bluish tinge. 



$ Similar, the sides of the clypeus and front, a line on the pronotum 

 a spot on the scutellum, and the apex of the median segment, yellowish 

 white ; anterior tibise and tarsi, and intermediate tibise red. 



Length 8 ; exp. 13 mm. .- 



Habitat : Deesa. 

 ; This species, having a ventral furrow on the second segment, comes 

 into the Ferreola group of Pompilidse, near to P. pedestris (Smith). 



POMPILUS ARRESTUS, n. sp. 



$ Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth ; clypeus transverse anteriorly 

 its sides rounded, pronotum nmch depressed anteriorly, median 

 segment rather short, roundly truncate posteriorly ; legs moderately 

 stout, hut not very long. Black, the base of the mandibles, sides of the 

 clypeus and front, a line behind the eyes, the apex of the pronotum, 

 a quadrate spot on the mesonotum, a smaller one on the scutellum, 

 and a band at base of second, third, and fourth abdominal segments 

 yellowish white ; the antennae and legs more or less red, tibial calcaria 

 of intermediate and posterior legs, and base of posterior tibias wh'tish. 

 Wings hyaline, narrowly infuscated at apex, tegulee red, nervures 

 blackish. This species seems somewhat variable. One of my speci- 

 mens has the median segment covered with silvery, and the first 



