2S2 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIV. 

 POMPILUS ALOACUS, sp. nOV. 



Niger, abdominis basi late, tibiis femoribusque posterioribus rufis ; 

 alis hyalinis, apice fumatis. $ 



Long : 6-7 m. m. 



Habitat : Deesa. 



Front and vertex shining, aciculated, almost bare ; the face and 

 clypeus densely covered with silvery pubescence ; the apex of clypeus 

 broadly transverse. Mandibles broadly rufous at the base. Antennae short 

 and thick. Thorax densely pruinose which gives it a white appearance. 

 The pronotum is fully longer than the head. The median segment is 

 more densely pruinose than the rest of the thorax ; it has no longitudinal 

 furrow. Abdomen smooth and shining ; the basal three segments are 

 entirely ferruginous. Wings hyaline, fuscous from the apex of the 

 radial cellule. Radial cellule short and wide ; there are three curves 

 in the radius ; the apical one being the larger and is itself slightly 

 obliquely curved towards the apex ; the second cubital cellule is large, the 

 third small, narrow ; at the top hardly one-fourth of the upper side of 

 the second ; it is narrowed at the top ; the first recurrent nervure is 

 received shortly beyond the apex of the basal third of the cellule ; the 

 second is almost united with the second transverse cubital. The trans- 

 verse median nervure is received beyond the transverse basal, clearly 

 separated from it. In the hind wings the apical nervures are faint, 

 almost obliterated ; the anal cellule is appendiculated. 



Comes nearest, through its general colouration and alar neuration, 

 to P. zeus, Cam. That species is larger (8-9 m. m.) ; the apical abscissa of 

 the radius is rounded and is broadly curved downwards, the apex of the 

 cellule thus not being acutely pointed and the median nervure is 

 interstitial. 



PoMPiLUs (Planicbps) caroli, sp. nov, 



Niger, dense pruinoso • alis hyalinis, apice fumatis. $ . 



Long : 7-8 m. m. 



Habitat : Deesa. 



The entire body densely covered with a silvery pile, which gives it a 

 greyish appearance. Antennae short ; the scape covered with silvery 

 pubescence. Head transverse behind ; the eyes reach to the hinder 

 edo-e • in front it is slightly rounded ; the ocelli are in a curve ( *.• ), not 

 formino- a triangle; the hinder are separated from each other by a 

 slightly greater distance than they are from the eyes. Clypeus broadly 



