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Cerceiis comberi sp. n. 



2 . Flavii ; vertice, mesonoto, areaque triangulari segmenti median 

 nigi'is ; flagello, segmeuto florsali primo, secundo apice quartoque basi rulis 

 alls leviter infuscatis ; clypeo apice fere trausverso, ante apicem transverse 

 impresso, segmento ventrali secundo area basali elevata. 



Long. 12 mm. 



Clypeus concave, broadly truncate or subemarginate at the apex, with 

 a transverse depressed line before the apex. Anteunie inserted more 

 than half as far again from the anterior ocellus as from the base of the 

 <jlypeus, the third joint of tlie flagellum as long as the second. Head 

 broad, the cheeks broader than the greatest breadth of the eyes, without 

 a spine. Eyes diverging towards the clypeus. Pronotum not depressed 

 in the middle, the posterior angles prominent ; mesopleurfe without spines. 

 First abdominal segment almost quadrate, second ventral segment with a 

 small raised area at the base ; fifth ventral segment raised broadly on the 

 iipical margin, with a deep depression before the raised space ; pygidial 

 iirea broad, less than twice as long as the greatest breadth, slightly 

 broadened to the middle and rather broadly truncate at the apex. Closely 

 but not very deeply punctured : the enclosed area at the base of the 

 median segment obliquely striated at the sides, almost smooth in the 

 middle, the median groove broad and transversely striated. First recur- 

 rent nervure received a little before the middle of the second cubital cell. 



Yellow; the vertex, ocellar region, mesonotum, extreme apex of the 

 scutellum and the enclosed area at the base of the median segment black ; 

 an (oblique yellow band on each side on the vertex ; flagellvim, first dorsal 

 segment, apex of secjond segment broadly and the base of the fourth 

 segment more obscurely pale rufo-ferruginous. Wings dusky fulvo-hy aline 

 stained with fuscous at the apex. 



(S . The ferruginous colour on the second and fourth dorsal segments is 

 replaced by black, which is sometimes also the case in the female ; the 

 ■clypeus is longer than broad, convex at the baSe, truncate at the apex ; 

 first abdominal segment nearly twice as long as broad. 



Habitat. — Karachi {Comber). October. Mysoore (sic) Oxford University 

 Museum, ex. coll. West wood. 



This seems to be very near Idstnonica Klug, but the petiole of the male 

 is longer in the present species according to King's figure. 



Cerceris albopicta Sm. 



Cercerk albopicta Sm. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) XII, p. 412, 1873. 



$ . Nigra ; clypeo, fronte, scapo, pronoto utrinque, tegulis, postscutello, 

 niesopleuris maculis duabus, segmento dorsali secundo basi macula utrin- 

 que, ventrali macula utrinque apice, segmentis tertio quintoque fascia 

 apicali emarginata, pedibusque albidis ; flagello segmentisque abdominalibus 



