Hymenoptera Orientalis. 461 



POMPILUS CIRCE, Cam. (PI. Ill f. 5). 



This is the most conspicuous species of the section. 

 The collar is more elongated, is transverse at the apex in 

 the middle, but curves round to the tegulae at the sides ; the 

 clypeus is rounded ; the ocelli small, in a curve, and 

 separated from each other by a much greater distance than 

 they are from the eyes. 



POMPILUS PEDALIS, Sp. nov. 



Black, the basal two segments entirely, and the basal 

 two-thirds of the third, red ; the head and thorax densely 

 covered with grey pile ; the wings fusco-violaceous, the base 

 to the transverse basal nervure subhyaline. Eyes arcuate, 

 distinctly converging beneath. Ocelli large, in a curve, 

 separated from each other by a much greater distance than 

 they are from the eyes ; the anterior in a pit ; and an 

 oblique short furrow runs from the posterior. Clypeus 

 short, subarcuate. The head almost hoary with a greyish- 

 white pubescence ; on the top it is shorter, convex in front, 

 concave behind. Occiput convex. Prothorax longer than 

 the head, longer than broad, narrowed towards the head ; 

 at apex angled in the centre. Median segment as long as 

 the prothorax ; with a very slight slope above, the sides at 

 the apex projecting into a longish sharp triangular tooth. 

 Abdomen sessile, longer than the head and thorax united ; 

 pruinose, the apical segment impunctate. Antennae short, 

 about as long as the thorax, stout. Legs densely pruinose ; 

 the hinder tibiae sparsely spined ; the hind tibiae not much 

 longer than the metatarsus ; the long spur of the hind 

 tibiae reaches to the middle of the latter. For wings see 

 fig 6, pi. III. Claws bifid at apex ; the tarsi without a brush. 

 This species differs from the other species here noticed, 

 in the eyes being more arcuate at the top and converging 

 much more at the bottom. 



