NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN HYMENOPTERA. 89 



terminating in a slight incision at its apex; enclosed space at base 

 of median segment smooth and shining, with a broad median furrow ; 

 abdomen petiolate, clypeus with dense silvery pile, thorax and median 

 seo-ment below with sparse greyish pubescence. Black ; the scape of 

 the antennae below yellow ; a line on the pronotum posteriorly, 

 the lateral angles of the soutellura, and ovate lateral spots on the 

 first, third, and fifth abdominal segments, red ; the mandibles rufo- 

 ferrugineous, the " knees " of all the legs more or less red ; wings 

 fusoo-hy aline, nervures and tegulae black. 



Length 11 ; exp. 22 mm. 



Habitat : Simla. 



Ckabro eques, n. sp. 



9 Head with minute scattered punctures, thorax opaque, smooth, 

 median segment longitudinally striate at base, abdomen smooth and 

 shining ; vertex of head large, almost flat, the front steeply sloped 

 from the vertex, and forming an angle with it : an impressed line 

 from base of antennse to anterior ocellus, and another along the 

 centre of pronotum and mesonotum ; median segment rounded and 

 steeply sloped at apex, with a medial groove, abdomen subpetiolate, 

 first segment about half the length of the remainder of abdomen, 

 second segment narrower than the third ; posterior tibi^ very much 

 dilated ; clypeus with somewhat dense, cheeks and median segment 

 with sparse, silvery pile. Black ; the anterior tibiae above, base of 

 intermediate tibiae, first two joints of intermediate tarsi, and a spot on 

 posterior tibiae at base above, yellow ; anterior tarsi testaceous ; wings 

 hyaline, nervures and tegulae]_black. 



Length 7 ; exp. 12 mm. 



Habitat : Simla. 



Crabro simlabnsis, n. sp. 



9 Head and thorax minutely and closely punctured, abdomen 

 smooth and shining, clypeus bisinuate anteriorly, the central portion 

 projecting, a median impressed line from the base of antenna) to 

 anterior ocellus ; median segment rounded, somewhat steeply sloped 

 at apex, longitudinally striate at base and sides, leaving a central 

 portion, divided into two parts by a median groove, smooth and 

 shining ; abdomen sub-petiolate, increasing in width to the third 

 segment, first segment less than half the length of the remainder of 

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