358 C, T. Bingham: Aculeate Hymcnoptera. [Voi,. II, 



Cerceris tetradonta, Cameron. 



Cerceris tetradonta, Cam., Mem. Manch. lyit. and Phil. Soc. (4), 

 iii, 1890, pp. 250, 261, pi. 10, fig. 12; Bingh., Faun. Brit. Ind. 

 Hym., i, 1897, P- 304- 



Hab. — Purneah. 



Originally described from Poona. 



Cerceris hilar is, Smith. 



Cerceris hilaris. Smith, Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., iv, 1856, p. 452, 

 $ ; Bingh., Faun. Brit. Ind. Hym., i, 1897, p. 311. 

 Hah. — Himalayas : Mussoorie. 

 Probably found throughout Continental India. 



■ ■ • • .. Cerceris vigilans, Smith. 



Cerceris vigilans, Smith, Cat. Hym, Brit. Mus., iv, 1856, 

 p. 454 ; Bingh., Faun. Brit. Ind. Hym., i, 1897, p. 308. 

 Hab. — Calcutta. 

 Common. 



Crabro annandali, form nov. 



$ . Black, a short streak anteriorly near apex of scape of 



antennae, a transverse band on the pronotum, the tegulse of the 



wings anteriorly, the apices of all the femora, broad transverse 



bands along the bases of abdominal segments 2 and 5, and 



small lateral spots at the bases of segments 3 and 4, red. 



The band on the second abdominal segment posteriorly emarginate 



in the middle, the lateral spots on the fourth segment very small. 



Pubescence, erect, black on the head and thorax anteriorly, soft and 



whitish on the median segment and base of the abdomen ; clypeus 



covered with dense silvery short pile. Head large, quadrate, 



broader than the thorax, very densely and minutely punctured, 



opaque ; clypeus convex, transverse, shining, with a few scattered 



punctures ; eyes very broad anteriorly, suddenly and strongly 



narrowed towards the vertex ; seen from the front the inner orbits 



are widely divergent towards the vertex ; antennae comparatively 



short and robust ; a deep fovea between the e\^es above the base 



of the antennae, which is continued as a shallow impressed line 



almost to the anterior ocellus ; ocelli in an equilateral triangle ; 



vertex and the cheeks behind the eyes very broad, the former 



almost flat. Thorax : pronotum transversely impressed in the 



middle , deep transverse sulci between the mesonotum and 



scutellum, between the scutellum and postscutellum, and between 



the last and the median segment, which last sulcus is margined 



anteriorly by a slender shining carina, the ends of which are 



turned downwards ; median segment convex, steeply sloped, 



marked by a deep and comparatively broad medial furrow from 



base to near apex, crossed about midway by a transverse narrower 



furrow. The thorax anteriorly densely punctured like the head, 



