442 LT.-COL. C. T. BIISTGHAM ON EXOTIC FOSSOEIAL 



head and thorax Mack, abdomen dark chestnut-red ; the mandibles 

 except at their apex, the clypeus, two spots above it, the inner 

 margin of the eyes broadly but diminishing in width upwards, 

 two large spots behind the eyes, a line on the pronotum, a spot 

 before the tegulse, a Hue on the postscutellum anteriorly, and 

 large triangular lateral subapical spots on segments 1-4 of 

 the abdomen, with an irregular line interrupted in the middle on 

 the 5th segment above, yellow ; legs rufo-piceous, the anterior 

 femora, tibiae, and tarsi, and the apex of the femora, the tibiae and 

 tarsi o£ the intermediate legs with a deep fulvous tinge ; wings 

 fusco-hyaline and iridescent, the nervures and tegulse testaceous. 

 Pubescence fulvous. 



c? . Length 13 millim. ; exp. 24 millim. 



Hdb. India. 



A large and very distinct species, unlike any other known 

 to me. 



Div. 2. Abdomen petiolate. 



Philanthus concinnus, sp. nov. 



$ . Head and thorax finely and closely punctured, abdomen 

 smooth but not shining ; head broad, broader than the thorax, 

 obscurely subpubescent ; mesonotura broad convex ; scutellum 

 prominent, divided longitudinally by a broad shallow furrow ; 

 median segment rounded and steeply sloped posteriorly ; legs stout, 

 the tibiae and tarsi of the intermediate and posterior legs thickly 

 spinose, the anterior tarsi ciliated on the outside ; abdomen long, 

 as long as the head and thorax together, the petiole constricted 

 at apex. Black ; the base of the mandibles, the clypeus, a cres- 

 centic mark above it, the inner margin of the eyes as high as 

 the insertion of the antennae, a spot on the scape in front, a 

 narrow line sloping obliquely back behind the eyes, an abbrevi- 

 ated line on the pronotum broadly interrupted in the middle, a 

 spot on the teguJae in front, two minute, obliquely placed spots 

 in the centre of the postscutellum, and an irregular waved sub- 

 apical line, continued on the ventral side, on the posterior margins 

 of segments 2-4 of the abdomen, with a transverse spot on 

 the apical margin of the 5th, yellow. The line on the 2nd seg- 

 ment is narrowly interrupted in the middle, and there is a large 

 lateral red spot coalescing in the middle at the base of the same 

 segment. Legs variegated with yellow ; wings lightly fusco- 

 hyaline and iridescent, nervures and tegulae testaceous. The 



