MONOGRAPH OF THE WASFS OF BRITISH INDIA. 813; 



to this species, and marked /e^^f-?^^• by Smith in Kothney's collection, is- 

 undoubtedly dolosa, and I have no doubt that Cameron's description of 

 the female is correct, and Bingham's erroneous. 



Cerceris funerca Costa var. pallidojncta Rad. 



Cerceri.s paUidopicta Had. Fedtsch. Turkestan Sphegid, p. 59, 1877. $. 



Cercei'is funerea var palNdopicta Ed. Andre Spec. Hym. Eur. III., p. 272.. 

 1889. 



5 . Nigra ; mandibulis, clypeo, fronte, pronoto, tegulis, postscutello,. 

 segmento dorsali secundo macula apicali nigra, tertio macula basali nigra, 

 quinto macula parv^a utrinque, pedibusque pallide flavis ; flagello, femoribus- 

 segmentisque ventralibus primo secundoque testaceis ; clj'-peo dimidio' 

 apicali depresso, apice late truncata ; mesopleuris haud tuberculatis :. 

 segmento mediano area basali nitida : segmento ventrali secundo area 

 basali elevata ; segmento ventrali quinto late emarginata, anguiis apica- 

 libus dentato. 



Long. 12 mm. 



5 . Middle lobe of the clypeus a little longer than broad, the apical 

 half flattened, broadly truncate at the apex. Antennte inserted a little 

 nearer to the base of the clypeus than to the anterior ocellus, second joint 

 of the flagellum nearly half as long again as the third ; the frontal carina 

 short and low, separated by its own length from the base of the clypeus. 

 Eyes slightly diverging towards the clypeus ; posterior ocelli nearly as 

 far from each other as from the eyes. First abdominal segment almost 

 quadrate ; pygidial area elongate ovate, twice as long as the greatest 

 breadth^ narrower at the apex than at the base. Closely and rather" 

 coarsely punctured ; the enclosed ai'ea at the base of the median segment 

 smooth and shining, with a median groove. Wings hyaline, with a very 

 faint fuscous cloud at the apex. 



Habitat. — Quetta {Nurse). June. 



A single female in Colonel Nurse's collection corresponds well with the 

 brief description and excellent figure given by Eadoszkowski. The species 

 is easily distinguished by the stout spines at the apical angles of the fifth 

 ventral segment. The typical form oi funerea is from S. E. Europe. 



Two Fabrician species, which I have been unable to identifj^, doubtless 

 belong to Cerceris, and are probably identical with subsequently described 

 species ; but I have not been able to consult the types, which are at 

 Copenhagen. These are : 



1. Philanthus interstinetus Fabr. 

 Philantkus interstinctus Fabr. Ent. Syst. SuppL, p. 269, 1798. 



2. Philanthus dissectus Fabr. 

 Philanthus dissectus Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl., p. 269, 1798, 



