MOXOGEAFH OF TRE WASPS OF BRITISH INDIA. 797 



towards the clypeus; posterior ocelli a little further from the eyes than from 

 each other, and further from the posterior margin of the head than from 

 the eyes. Mesopleuree with two stout teeth placed close together ; first 

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

 area at the base ; fifth ventral segment widely emarginate at the apex ; 

 pygjdial area ovate, twice as long as the greatest breadth. Eather deeply 

 punctured ; more closely and finely on the head ; enclosed area at the base 

 of the median segment smooth and shining, with very few large punctures 

 and a well marked median groove. First recurrent nervure received just 

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



Habitat. — Barrackpore {Rothney). According to Bingham also from 

 Poona . 



Cerceris quettaensis Cam. 



Cerceris quettaensis Cam. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. XX,, p. 85., 1907. 



5 . Nigra ; clypeo, f route, scapo, macula post oculos, rapronoto utrinque, 

 mesopleuris maculis duabus, tegulis, postscutello, segmento mediano utrinque 

 pedibus, segmento secundo dorsali fascia basali tertio quintoqiie fere totis, 

 quarto fascia antice late emarginata, segmentisque ventralibus 2-5 flavis ; 

 clypeo dimidio apicali impresso, apice truncato ; mesopleviris spinis duobus 

 acutis ; segmento mediano area basali nitido ; alis hyalinis, apice leviter 

 infuscatis ; segmento ventrali secundo area basali elevata. 



Long. 13 mm. 



S . Feminse similis ; clypeo latitudine pauUo longiore, apice truncato, 

 mesopleuris tuberculatis. 



Long. 12 mm. 



5 . Clyj)eus a little broader than long, broadly truncate at the apex, the 

 apical half very slightly concave. Antennae inserted fully half as far again 

 from the anterior ocellus as from the base of the clypeus ; the second joint 

 of the flagellum nearly half as long again as the third. Mesoplevirae with 

 two acute spines ; first abdominal segment as long as broad ; second ventral 

 segment with a raised area at the base ; pygidial area broadest at the base, 

 half as long again as the greatest breadth, rather narrowly rounded at the 

 apex. Coarsely punctured, the space at the base of the median segment 

 smooth and shining, with very short striee at the sides, divided by a deep 

 longitudinal groove. First recurrent nervure received before one-third 

 from the base of the second cubital cell. 



(S . Clypeus a little longer than broad, truncate at the apex. Antennse 

 inserted as far fi'om the base of the clypeus as from the anterior ocellus,, 

 the apical joint not curved and no longer than the penultimate. Meso- 

 pleuree with two tubercles, the posterior one acute, but not as long as in 

 the female. First abdominal segment longer than broad. 



Habitat, — Quetta {Xurse). May. 



