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band on the base of the second segment, the third entirely 

 on the others, except a band on the base of the fourth, the apex 

 of the femora broadly, the tibiae and tarsi and the antennae 

 dull ferruginous ; the head and thorax bearing long white 

 hairs. Head a little wider than the thorax ; the eyes arcuate 

 above, the rest parallel ; ocelli in a triangle, separated from 

 each other by about the same distance they are from the 

 eyes. Clypeus short, rounded at the apex. Prothorax a 

 little longer than the head, narrowed gradually towards 

 the base. Median segment about as long as the prothorax, 

 gradually rounded to the apex ; the apical half bearing 

 a dense covering of white hair. Abdomen semisessile, 

 a little longer than the head and thorax united ; its apex 

 moderately acute; the apical segment aciculate. Legs 

 densely pruinose, stout ; the tibiae with reddish spines, widely 

 separated ; the three middle being the longest ; the long 

 white spur of the hind tibiae reaches beyond the middle of 

 the metatarsus. Claws with a thick basal tooth. There is no 

 apparent sculpture on the body ; there is a narrow furrow in 

 the centre of the front ; the occiput convex. The stigma is 

 obscure testaceous ; the hind wings are only infuscated at 

 the apex. 



Length, lo — ii mm. 



Hab. Shillong. 



POMPILUS PARENTHOPE, Sp. nov. 



Black ; the wings fusco-violaceous. Eyes almost parallel. 

 Ocelli separated from the eyes by a distinctly greater 

 distance than they are from each other. Clypeus with the 

 sides rounded ; the middle slightly waved and margined. 

 Head moderately well developed behind the eyes ; the 

 occiput a little concave. Pronotum hardly so long as the 

 head ; the sides rounded. Median segments a little longer 

 than the prothorax, having a gradually rounded slope to 

 the apex ; the middle with a wide shallow furrow ; aluta- 



