IMONOGIIAFH 01< THE WASI'.S Oh BRITISH INDIA, 803 



This common species is found throughout Central and Southern Europe 

 itmd Turkestan. 



Cercerif compta sp. n. 



5 . Xigra ; flagello subtus testaceo ; segmento abdominal! primo nifo- 

 jferrugineo ; clypeo, fronte, scapo, pronoto, tegulis, mesopleuris, scutello, 

 fpostscutello, segmento mediano utrinque plus minus maculato, segmento 

 Klorsali secundo dimidio basali, tertio antice emarginato, quinto, ventralibus 

 :> — 5, pedibusque flavis; alis hyalinis, apice vix infiunatis; clypeo basi modice 

 .convexo, dimidio apicali leviter impresso, apice late truncate ; mesopleuris 

 haud tuberculatis ; segmento mediano area basali nitida, lateribus punc- 

 ttata ; segmento ventrali secundo area basali elevata. 



Long. 8 mm. 



5 . Olypeus broadly truncate at the apex ; a little convex at the base, 

 tthe apical half slightly impressed. Antennae inserted about one-quarter 

 tfurther from the anterior ocellus than from the base of the clypeus, the 

 -second joint of the flagellum nearly half as long again as the third. Eyes 

 parallel ; j)osterior ocelli nearly as far from each other as from the eyes. 

 First abdominal segment about as broad at the base as long, narrowed at 

 ithe apex ; second ventral segment with a raised area at the base ; pygidial 

 .area ovate, narrower at the apex than at the base, rather more than haK 

 as long again as the greatest breadth. Closely but not coarsely punctured ; 

 the enclosed area at the base of the median segment smooth and shining, 

 with a median groove, sometimes with a few punctures on the sides. First 

 recurrent nervure received at one-third from the base of the second cubital 

 .cell. 



Habitat. — Karachi {Comber). October. 



In colour this resembles rufo-nodis Rad,, which has been given, whether 

 irightly or not I do not know, as a synonym of rubida Jur. The scheme of 

 -colouring seems to be common to several species in Western Asia, and the 

 garesent species is undoubtedly distinct from rubida. 



Cerceris protea sp. n. 



Cerceris protea Nurse m. s. 



S . Nigra ; clypeo, fronte, scapo, genis, pronoto, tegulis, mesopleuries, 

 ^•scutello, postscutello, segmento mediano utrinque, segmento secundo basi, 

 tertio macula nigra basali quarto quintoque fascia lata emarginata, pedi- 

 busque flavis ; segmento primo, flagelloque ferrugineis ; alis hyalinis, apice 

 'infuscatis ; clypeo piano, apice late truncato ; mesopleuris haud dentatis ; 

 segmento mediano area basali nitida, lateribus obscure striata ; segmento 

 ventrali secundo area basali elevata, 



S . Feminte similis ; genis nigris, flavomaculatis ; clypeo latitudine 

 Hongiore, apice truncato. 



Long, 5 , 10 mm ; 3 , 7-9 mm. 



