MONOGRAPH OF THE WASP>S OF BRITISH INDIA. 805 



•iipex, twice as long as the greatest breadth. Coarsely punctured ; the 

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

 sx broad, transversely striated median groove, and a few striations at the 

 ■apex. 



c? . Olypeus very broadly rounded at the apex, almost truncate, slightly 

 rtjonvex. Autennee inserted as near to the anterior ocellus as to the base of 

 the clypeus, the apical joint no longer than the penultimate, not curved. 

 Pygidial area about half as long again as broad. 



Habitat. — The whole of India, Burma and Ceylon ; but not extending 

 beyond the eastern edge of the Rajputana desert in a Korth-westerly 

 direction. 



As I have not seen specimens of pictiventris from Java, I think it safer to 

 use Saussure's name for this species, though it will very likely prove that 

 it is identical with picttventris. Specimens from Sarawak have the pygi- 

 dial area of the female broader than in novarae, and the abdomen in both 

 sexes is a little broader in proportion ; these will probably prove to be nearer 

 ifche typical f(3rm. 



Cerceris boijd sp. n. 



2 .. Nigra ; clypeo, fronte, scapo, pronoto in medio interru^jto, tegulis, 

 macula pone oculos, mesopleuris macula, scutello, postscutello, segmento 

 unidiano macula apicali utrinque, segmentis dorsalibus :?-3, macula trans- 

 versa magna utrinque, ventralibus 2-3 fascia lata, dorsalibus 4-5 fascia 

 sfipicali, pedibusque eburneis ; alis hyalinis, apice infumatis ; stigmate 

 testaceo ; clypeo subquadrato, apice truncato, dentibus binis minutissimis 

 armato ; mesopleuris haud tuberculatis ; segmento mediano area basali 

 nitida ; segmento ventrali secundo area basali elevata. 



Long. 6 (Mm. 



5 . Olypeus slightly convex, as long as broad, truncate at the apex, with 

 a very minute tootli -on each side. Antennae inserted about one-quarter 

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

 second joint of the flagellum half as long again as the third. Eyes parallel, 

 posterior ocelli half as far again from the eyes as from each other. Pro- 

 notum slightly depressed in the middle ; mesopleuree without tubercles ; 

 first abdominal segment subquadrate ; second ventral segment with a 

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

 the apex, nearly twice as long as the greatest breadth and narrowly trun- 

 .cate at the apex. Punctured, coarsely, but not very closely on the 

 axbdomen, more linely on the head and thorax ; the enclosed area at the 

 base of the median segment smooth, with one or two large punctures and a 

 deep median groove^ First recurrent nervure received at one-sixth from 

 ifche base of the second cubital cell. 



Hisibitat .—InAia, (Boi/s)^ 



