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a broad stripe on the sides of the face along the lower half of the 

 inner orbits, and a large spot behind the eyes, yellow. Thorax : a 

 line on the pronotum, a spot on the tegulae anteriorly, the tubercles, 

 a spot on the mesopleurse in front, a transverse oval mark on 

 the scutellum, a similar smaller mark on the postscutellum, and a 

 spot on either side of the median segment at apex, yellow. lyCgs : 

 the apex of the femora and the tibiae in front and the basal joints 

 of the tarsi of the anterior and intermediate legs, and the knees 

 and basal joints of the tarsi of the posterior legs yellow. Abdo- 

 men : a large oval spot edged anteriorly with dark red on either 

 side of the second segment at apical margin, and a waved line on the 

 apical margins of the third, fourth and fifth segments, with a trans- 

 verse medial spot on the apical margin of the sixth segment, yellow ; 

 ventrally there are short, yellow, lateral lines on the apical margins 

 of the second and third segments. Head, thorax, and base of first 

 abdominal segment densely punctured, granular ; rest of the abdo- 

 men with a few very fine scattered punctures. Head broader than 

 the thorax; mandibles stout, longitudinally grooved ; clypeus and 

 face in front slightly convex ; antennae short, opaque; second joint 

 of flagellum four times as long as the third. Thorax oval ; mesono- 

 tum large, convex ; median segment rounded posteriorly, medially 

 furrowed from base, the furrow not reaching the apex ; legs slender, 

 the tibiae with a few minute spines ; wings clear hyaline ; nervures 

 brown. Abdomen : the basal segment petiolate, long, about half 

 the length of the rest of the abdomen, convexly swollen at apex. 



Length. — & , 11 ; exp. 20 mm. 



Hah. — Nepal : Katmandu. 



This form is nearest to P. funjabensis , Nurse, but can be dis- 

 tinguished as follows : — 



{a) Head sparsely punctured ; clypeus 

 bisinuate ; first and second abdo- 

 minal segment with broad, oval, 

 lateral, yellow spots . . P. punjahensis. 



(b) Head closely punctured, granular ; 

 clypeus arched, not bisinuate 

 anteriorly ; only second segment 

 with broad, oval, lateral, yellow 

 spots . . . . . . P. nepalensis. 



Cerceris pictiventris , Dahlbom. 



Cerceris pictiventris, Dahlb., Hym. Eur., i, 1845, p. 498; 

 Bingh., Faun. Brit. Ind. Hym., i, 1897, p. 305. 



Var. Cerceris ferorus. Smith, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), xii, 

 1873, p. 411. 



Hab — Central India : Mhow. 



Found throughout India, Assam, Ceylon, Burma and Tenas- 

 serim, extending as far as Java in the Malayan region. The speci- 

 men is var. ferorus, Smith. 



