MOXOGliAPH OF THE WASPS OF BRmSH INDIA. 819 



Cerceris maculata Rad. 



Cevcerk maculata Rad. Fedtsch: Reise Turkestan, p. o7, PI. viii, tig. 2, 

 1877. ?. 



$ . Central lobe of the clypeus more than half as broad again as long, 

 convex, truncate at the apex, with two small spines near the middle of 

 the ajjical margin. Second joint Oa the flagellum distinctly longer than 

 the third. Front broad, the eyes diverging slightly towards the clypeus, 

 the cheeks less than half as broad as the eyes. Pronotum very slightly 

 depressed in the middle, rounded at the angles ; mesopleurse without spines. 

 First abdominal segment broadest in the middle, a little broader than 

 long ; second ventral segment without a raised area at the base ; pygidial 

 area elongate pyriform, very narrowly truncate at the apex. Coarsely 

 punctured ; the triangular area at the base of the median segment shining, 

 coarsely longitudinally striated at the base, the median groove trans- 

 versely striated, the sides very delicately punctured. First recurrent 

 uervure received before one-third from the base of the second cubital cell. 



Habitat.— 'Qs^svdt, S. W. Persia (Fscalera). 



