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This species comes nearest to P. detedus, Cam. ; that is a larger spe- 

 cies ; its head is not so largely developed behind the eyes, and is not so 

 distinctly obliquely narrowed there ; the second cubital cellule is differ- 

 ently formed, it being much more narrowed at the top, the nervures 

 meeting there ; the transverse basal uervure is interstitial, this being 

 also the case with the anal nervure in the hind wings. 



Bingham (Fauna of India, Hymen., p. 159) sinks detectus, Cam., as a 

 synonym of rejlexus^ Sm., and familiarisj Sm. I cannot agree with this 

 without an examination of Smith's types, the description not being 

 precise enough for exact determination. Refiexus is from Japan and 

 familiaris from Sumatra. 



The species is not unlike P. eanes here described, but it is a larger 

 and more robust species ; the third transverse cubital nervure is more 

 distinctly angled above ; the transverse median nervure is received 

 nearer the transverse basal, and the hinder ocelli are separated from 

 each other by the same distance they are from the eyes ; in eanes they 

 are separated from them by a distinctly greater distance. 



POMPILUS EANES, Sp. nOV. 



Long : 7-8 m.m. 



Habitat : Simla. 



This species has the colouration of P. caryatis and reflexus. It is a 

 more slender species than caryatis ; its wings want the distinct viola- 

 ceous tint of that species ; the head is not so strongly built and is not 

 so well developed behind the eyes ; the second cubital cellule is wider 

 at the top, being there more than half the width of its lower part, 

 whereas in caryatis it is not half its length ; the second cubital ner- 

 vure is not broadly rounded, bat is more oblique and straight ; the 

 second recurrent nervure is received nearer the middle of the cellule, 

 and the head and thorax are more densely pilose. 



Antennae stout, as long as the abdomen ; the scape sparsely pilose. 

 Head as wide as the thorax ; the space behind the eyes as long as the 

 second antennal joint ; the hinder ocelli are separated from each other 

 by about the same space as they are from the eyes. The pronotum is 

 not quite so long as the head. There is an indistinct, impressed line 

 on the centre of the median segment. Wings hyaline, the apex 

 smoky ; the radial cellule is as long as the lowerside of the second 

 and third cubital cellules united ; the second cubital cellule at the top 

 is twice the length of the third j the first transverse cubital i^ervure is 



