MONOGRAPH OF THE iVASPS 01 BRITISH INDIA. 801 



Long. $ , 12 mm. ; (5,9 mm. 



2 . Clypeus broader than long, broadly truncate at the apex, a concave 

 depression reaching from the apex to beyond the middle, the apical margin 

 slightly recurved. Antennae inserted about half as far again from the 

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

 of the flagellum very slightly longer than the third. Eyes slightly 

 diverging towards the clypeus ; posterior ocelli further from the 

 eyes than from each other. Mesopleurse without tubercles ; first 

 abdominal segment broader than long ; second ventral segment with a 

 raised area at the base ; pygidial area elongate ovate, broader at the 

 base than at the apex. Closely and rather coarsely punctured ; the 

 enclosed area at the base of the median segment opaque, striated in the 

 corners and divided by a median groove. First recurrent nervure received 

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



S. Clypeus longer than broad, rather narrowly truncate at the apex.. 

 First abdominal segment longer than broad. 



Habitat. — Kashmir 5 — 6,000 ft, (Nurse). May and June. Simla {Nurse).. 

 August and September. 



The male from Simla has the apex of the clypeus black. C.fortinata Cam- 

 is very near this species, 



Cerceris fortinata Cam. 



Cerceris fortinata Cam. Ann, and Mag. Nat. Hist. X., p. 57, 1902. c? • 



Cerceris unifasciata Bingh. $ (nee c? , nee Smith), Fauna Brit. India. 

 Hym. I., p, 310, 1897. 



Cerceris aureoharha Cam. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) XV, p. 221,. 

 1905. S . 



5 . Nigra ; clypeo et f route flavis ; pronoto utrinque, tegulis, post- 

 scuteUo, tibiis, tarsis, segmentis dorsalibus tertio quintoque fascia apicali 

 ochraceis ; clypeo apice truncate, dimidio apicali piano ; segmento 

 mediano area basali longitudinaliter striata : segmento ventrali secundo 

 area basali elavata. 



Long. 9- — 12 mm, 



S . Feminse similis ; clypeo convexo, apice truncate, margine apicalii 

 late nigro. 



Long. 8 — 9 mm. 



$ . Clypeus broader than long, broadly truncate at the apex, the apical 

 half flattened, but not concave. Antennse inserted more than half as far- 

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

 joint of the flagellum only slightly longer than the third. Eyes parallel on 

 the inner margin, posterior ocelli nearly twice as far from the eyes as from 

 each other. Pronotum not impressed in the middle ; mesopleurse without 

 tubercles : first abdominal segment longer than broad ; second ventral 

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