DESCRIPTIONS OP NEW HYMENOPTERA. 283 



convex ; its apex in the middle transverse and with a distinct depressed 

 margin. The pronotum is shortly, but distinctly, longer than the 

 head ; the median segment has a gradually rounded slope. The 

 mandibles are broadly rufous at the base. Legs long ; the hinder tarsi 

 and spurs have a brownish hue ; the spines are stout. W ings clear 

 hyaline ; the apex from near the end of the radial cellule is smoky ; 

 the middle (second) cubital cellule is on the lower side longer than the 

 others ; the first recurrent uervure is received opposite the end of the 

 first abscissa of the radius ; the second at a less distance from the end. 

 The anal nervure in the hind wings is almost, if not quite, interstitial, 

 as is also the transverse basal. 



PoMPiLUs (Planiceps) halys, sp. nov. 



Long : fere 6 m. m. ^. 



Habitat; Deesa. 



This species agrees closely with P. earoli here described, but may be 

 readily separated from it by the difference in the alar neuration ; its 

 radial cellule is distinctly shorter and does not reach half way between 

 the end of the stigma and the apex of the wing, whereas in caroU it is 

 distinctly longer, it extending beyond the middle ; the middle cubital 

 cellule is also much shorter, it being not half the length of the apical, 

 whereas in caroU it is longer than it. 



Antennae short and thick, the joints clearly separated, the apical 

 slightly dilated on the underside. Eyes slightly converging below, the 

 hinder ocelli are separated from each other by a distinctly greater 

 distance than they are from the eyes. Clypeus broadly convex • its apex 

 transverse, the sides oblique. Occiput transverse. Pronotum slightly 

 larger than the head. Legs black, the spines long and black. Wings 

 hyaline, smoky from near the second transverse cubital nervure. Radial 

 cellule short, scarcely longer than the middle cellule, its apex acutely 

 pointed ; the middle cellule is about one-half the length of the apical • 

 the recurrent nervures are received about the same distance from the base 

 and apex; the transverse median nervure is received on the outer side of 

 the transverse basal and clearly separately from it ; the anal nervure 

 in the hind wings is received behind the cubital. The entire body is 

 densely pruinose. 



PoMPiLUs (Planiceps) simlaensis, sp. nov. 



Long : 6 m. m. $. 



Habitat : Simla. 



