NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN HYMENOPTERA. 87 



and femora, black ; a little greyish pnbescenoe on head and thorax and 

 on abdomen below. 



Length 8 — 10; exp. 15 — 18 mm. 



Habitat : Ferozepore. 



This species, which is very variable as regards the amount of yellow 

 in different specimens, is nearest to P. sulijlmreus (Smith). 



PhiLANTHAS 8CEUTAT0E, n. Sp. 



9 $ Head and thorax closely, abdomen sparsely, punctured ; cly^peus 

 arched anteriorly, oyes sub-emorginate, the bases of the antennfe 

 situated in hollows, a very faint impressed line from between them 

 to the anterior ocellus, median segment with a median longitudinal 

 line. Black ; the clypeus, except a large spot in the centre anteriorly, 

 the labrum, a broad mark along the inner orbits of the eyes below 

 their emarginations, a narrower line along the outer orbits, not 

 reaching the vertex, spots behind the base of antennae, a narrow line 

 from the anterior ocellus reaching about half way to the base of 

 antenna, a line on the pronotum posteriorly, narrowly interrupted 

 above, a spot on the tegulffi, another below the base of the wings, the 

 postscutellum, irregular oval s}^ots on the lateral margins of first abdo- 

 minal segment, narrow subapical bands on the second, third, and fourth 

 segments above, and tvvo large irregular maculae on each below, pale 

 yellow ; flagellum of antennse at base, and base of first abdominal 

 segment, red ; logs red, except the coxa3 and the tibia) above, which 

 are pale yellow ; wings hyaline, with a faint fuscous spot at apex, 

 tegulse red, nervures testaceous. 



Length 9 ; exp. 16 nmi. 



Habitat : Deesa. 



This species would come in " A" section of Bingham's Key, after P. 

 avidus (Bingh.) 



Crabro pulveris, n. sp. 



9 Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth, opaque ; enclosed space at 

 base of median segment with divergent striae ; head very large, an 

 impressed line from the base of antenuse to anterior ocellus, a longitu- 

 dinal line bisecting the pronotnm posteriorly, and continued on to 

 the mesonotum, petiole of about the same length as reinainder of 

 abdomen ; clypeus, front, and cheeks with silvery pile, thorax with 

 very sparse greyish pubescence. Black ; the juandibles, except 



