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with a very fine light yellow pubescence ; the metathorax posteriorly 

 gently arched and declivous, transversely striate, with conspicuous 

 obliquely placed stigmata. The pubescence on the abdomen has a 

 greyish appearance, the apical segment on its dorsal and partly on its 

 ventral side also clothed with decumbent bristly yellow hairs. The 

 legs by reason of the pubescence are of a reddish-yellow, the coxae 

 chiefly on account of the same appear of a like tint. The posterior 

 tibiae are strongly spinous, and, having regard to their size, but feebly 

 serrated, while the pubescence is prolonged into a like-coloured silky 

 stripe. The claws have in their middle a short rather strong tooth. 

 The wings at the base through their pubesecnce are likewise of a 

 dusky yellow without a trace of a blackish tint, but towards the 

 posterior margin they become lighter, at least in the only example 

 obtained, the apex of the hindwing is whitish. The submedial cell 

 of the forewing has its outer margin oblique, and the 1st recurrent 

 nervure is received close to the outer angle of the 2nd cubital cell, 

 which, bounded outwardly by the 2nd transverse cubital nervure, 

 has this latter angled and imperfect. The anal cell of the hind- 

 wing extends beyond the origin of the cubital nervure." 



In the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, vol. viii, 

 p. 372, I described a large Salius under the name elizabethce. At that 

 time I was certain, it was previously undescribed, as I had 

 compared it with the descriptions of all nearly allied species, including 

 Priocnemis gigas of Taschenberg. However, after further careful 

 comparison, I am not happy about Salius elizabethce^ and I think it is 

 very probably identical with Salius {Priocnemis) gigas^ Taschenberg. 



Finally, there is my Salius {Hemipepsis) convexus, described in 

 Journal Bombay Natural History Society, vol. v, p. 237, which in a 

 way resembles Salius (Hemipepsis) intermedius, but is very consider- 

 ably smaller, and differs in the colouring of the wings and abdomen. 



To sum up. Lbelieve the following closely allied species of the 

 genus Salius exist, all having the yellow and black type of colouring. 



Priocnemis Group. 



1— SALIUS FLAVUS, Fabricius, PI. II, Fig. 1, $. 



Sphox flava, Fahr. EnU Srjst.'W, p. 217, 80. 



Pompilua flavuSj Fahr» Sijst. Piez, p. 197, 52 ; Lepel, Hym, iii, p. 

 430, 21. 



