■814 JOUHyAL, BOMBAl' yATCHAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXI. 



NOTES OX SOME ASIATIC SPECIES NOT OCCUIMMNG 

 WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF INDIA. 



CevcerU pedetea Kohl . 



iCcrcf'ri-s pedetes Kohl. Zool. Jahrb. II, p, 449, 1S87. $ . 



Cerccrix hicormita Sm. Cat. Hym. B. M. IV, p. 4oO, ]8.")t). 2 . (^uee. 

 <Tuerin). 



Cerceris smithii D. T. Wien eutom. Zeitg. IX, p. 199, 1890. 



C hlcorniita Sm. is the eastern representative of C.ferreri, and 1 think 

 ds undoubtedly identical with C. pedetes. 



Habitat. — N, China (Smith) ; Korea (Kohl). 



Cerceris Imna sp. n. 



$ . Nigra ; capite longe nigro hirsuto ; clypei lamina, margine interiore 

 ■uculorum late, macula parva pone oculos, pronoto, tegulis, poatscutello, 

 segmentisque dorsalibus 1- — o fascia late apicali emarginata lacteis ; alis 

 •subhyalinis, margine costali infumato, venis nigris ; clypeo lamina libera, 

 •porrecta, apice truncata ; mesopleuris bituberculatis : segmento mediano 

 ;area basali nitida ; abdomine nitido impunctato ; segmento ventrali 

 ,-secundo area basali elevata nulla. 



Long. 14 mm. 



9 . Mandibles with a strong tooth oii the inner margin nearer to the 

 ifbase than to the apex. Clypeus rather short with a prominent lamina 

 ifrom the base, the lamina longer than broad, slightly arched, >nd truncate 

 at the apex ; the apical margin of the clypeus below the lamina deeply 

 .-semicircularly emarginate. Antennj© inserted low down, almost touching 

 sthe base of the clypeus ; the second joint of the flagellum as long as the 

 first and third combined, the carina between the anteunse rather low. 

 Posterior ocelli nearly twice as far from the eyes as from each other ; the 

 ..eyes diverging towards the clypeus ; cheeks very broad, nearly half as 

 fbroad again as the eyes. Mesopleurte bituberculate, the posterior tubercle, 

 ithe largest ; first abdominal segment nearly twice as broad as long ; the 

 segments scarcely constricted, second ventral segment without a raised 

 .area at the base ; pygidial area with parallel sides, subtruncate at the apex 

 and about two and a half times as long as broad, the surface rugulose at 

 the base. Head and thorax sparsely punctured ; closely punctured rugu- 

 lose on the front ; mesopleurse and median segment closely punctured ; 

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

 with the usual median groove ; abdomen smooth and shining. First 

 recurrent nervure received at about one-quarter from the base of the 

 second cubital cell ; second close to the base of the third cubital cell. 



Habitat.— Qcy&ngt&e, Tibet, 13,000 ft., June 1904 {II. J. Walton). 



Described from twelve specimens in the British Museum. 



