MONOGRAPH OF THE WASPS OF BRITISH INDIA. 795 



apicalem subimpresso, apice truncato, mesopleuris tuberculo aciito, seg- 

 mento ventrali secundo area basali baud valde elevata, aegmento mediano 

 area basali nitido ; alls hyalinis, apice leviter infumatis. 



S . Feminse similis ; abdomine incisuris nigris, clj^peo latitudine fere 

 sesqui longiore, apice truncato. 



Long. $ 7 mm., J 6 mm. 



2 . Clypeus flattened or feebly impressed from before the middle to 

 the apex, the apical margin broadly truncate. Antennee inserted almost 

 as far from the base of the clypeus as from the anterior ocellus, the second 

 joint of the flagellum less than half as long again as the third. Posterior 

 ocelli further from the ej^es than from each other, the eyes slightly diver- 

 gent towards the clypeus, Mesopleurpe with an acute tubercle ; first ab- 

 dominal segment as long as broad ; second ventral segment with a feebly 

 raised area at the base. Pygidial area nearly twice as long as the greatest 

 breadth, rounded at the apex, the sides almost parallel. Head and thorax 

 finely and sparsel}^ punctured ; the enclosed area at the base of the 

 median segment shining, divided by a longitudinal groove ; the sides of 

 the median segment, mesopleurse and abdomen coarsely and rather closely 

 punctured. First recurrent nervure received before one-third from the 

 base of the second cubital cell. 



(S . Clypeus nearly half as long again as broad, truncate at the apex ; 

 mesopleuree without a spine ; first abdominal segment longer than broad ; 

 pygidial area nearly half as long again as broad. 



Habitat. — Quetta {Nurse). July. 



Cerceris pulcJiella Klug. 



Cevccris 'pidchella 'Klvig. ^jvah. Physic, 1845. c? ; Schlett. Zool, Jahrb, 

 11, p. 391,1887. d, ?. 



9 . Flava, macula circa ocellos, mesonotoque nigris ; fiagello, pygidio, 

 segmentisque dorsalibus basi pallide ferrr.gineis ; alis hyalinis, apice 

 infuscatis ; clypeo convexo, apicem versus triangulariter truncato, meso- 

 pleuris tuberculatis, segmento ventrali secundo area basali elevata, area 

 basali segmenti mediani nitida. 



Long. 10 mm. 



c?. Flavus, vertice, mesonoto, area basali segmenti mediani, segmentis- 

 que abdominalibus basi nigris ; fiagello pallide ferrugineo ; clypeo latitu- 

 dine sesqui longiore, apice truncato. 



$ . Clypeus convex, with a small oblique triangular truncation at the 

 apex, the middle lobe as long as broad and truncate at the apex. An- 

 tennse inserted high up on the front, as far from the base of the' clypeus 

 as from the anterior ocellus, the second joint of the flagellum less than 

 half as long again as the third. Cheeks not quite as broad as the 

 greatest breadth of the eye. Mesopleurse with a distinct tubercle ; first 



