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abdominal segment as long as broad ; second ventral segment with a raised 

 area at the base ; pygidial area pyriform, much narrowed at the 

 apex. Head and thorax finely punctured, thorax and median segment 

 shining and very sparsely punctured ; the triangular area at the base of 

 the median segment smooth and shining, with a shallow median groove ; 

 abdomen more strongly punctured. First recurrent nervure received just 

 beyond one-third from the base of the second cubital cell. 



S . Middle lobe of the clypeus about half as long again as broad, trun- 

 cate at the apex, slightly convex. Antennae inserted a little nearer to the 

 anterior ocellus than to the base of the clypeus. First abdominal segment 

 longer than broad by about one quarter ; pygidial area as broad at the base 

 as long, narrowed to the apex, where it is not more than two-thirds of the 

 breadth at the base, the apical margin truncate. More strongly punctured 

 than the female, especially on the thorax and median segment ; the 

 triangular area at the base of the median segment as in the female. The 

 first recurrent nervure is received just before one-third from the base of 

 the second cubital cell. 



Habitat. — Quetta {Nurse). 



Originally described from Egypt. 



I feel confident that this is the species described as indchella by 

 Schletterer, but do not consider that his identification is beyond doubt. 

 A specimen in the Oxford University Museum, collected by Captain Boys, 

 seems to be identical in structure and sculpture but differs remarkably in 

 colour ; the ground colour being black without any ferruginous marking3, 

 and the yellow bands on the abdomen are reduced in size and differ in 

 shape. 



Cefceris dentata Cam. 



Cerceris dentata Cam. Mem. Manchester Lit. Phil. Soc. (4) III, p. 260, 

 1890. $. 



5 . Nigra ; clypeo, fronte, scapo, macula pone oculos, j)ronoto, tegulis, 

 mesopleuris macula, scutello utrinque, postscutello, segment© mediano linea 

 lata utrinque, segmento abdominali primo macula parva utrinque, segmen- 

 tis secundo tertioque fascia angusta apicali, quinto fascia lata tibiis 

 tarsisque flavis ; segmento abdominali primo f emoribusque f errugineis ; alis 

 hyalinis, apice vix infumatis ; clypeo concavo, apice late truncato ; meso- 

 pleuris dentibus binis approximatis armatis ; segmento mediano area basali 

 nitida, sparsissime punctata ; segmento ventrali secundo area basali elevata. 



Long. 8 mm. 



5 . Clypeus broad, concave on the apical two-thirds, broadly truncate at 

 the apex. Antennae inserted nearly half as far again from the anterior 

 ocellus as from the base of the clypeus, the second joint of the flagellum 

 more than half as long again as the third. Eyes diverging very slightly 



