152 C. G. Nurse — New specie^ of Indian Hymenoptera. [No. 2, 



d* . Similar ; subapical segment with two, and apical segment with 

 four teeth : a line on all the femora, and the whole of the posterior 

 trochanters, black. 



Hah, Deesa. 



Length 8-9 mm. ; Exp. 16-18 mm. 



16. Anthidium viaticum, n. sp. 



$ . Head, thorax and abdomen closely and finely, the sides of the 

 clypeus and the face below the base of the antennae more sparsely and 

 shallowly punctured ; clypeus hexagonal, the anterior margin tranverse 

 and dentate, eyes slightly convergent below. Black ; two spots near 

 the apical angles of the clypeus, the sides of the face below the base of 

 the antennae, an elongate spot on each side of the face behind the eyes, 

 a similar spot on the basal margin of the mesonotum, the margins of 

 the scutellum, four irregularly-quadrate spots on abdominal segments 

 1-4 and two similar spots on abdominal segments five and six, 

 yellow ; legs variegated black and yellow ; pubescence sparse, greyish 

 white, pollen-brush white with a fuscous tinge ; wings subfuscous, 

 tegulae very large, testaceous-red with dull yellow margin3,nervures black. 



d*. Similar, larger; clypeus; entirely pale yellow, with shallow 

 punctures, its apical margin non-dentate, the four quadrate spots on 

 abdominal segments 1-5, sixth segment with a single coronet- shaped 

 spot ; apical abdominal segment with five teeth. 



Hah. Matheran. 



Length $ 7-8 mm., d* 9 mm. ; Exp. 9 14-15 mm., 6 18 mm. 



17. Ceratina cerea, n. sp. 



9 $ . Smooth and impunctate ; eyes slightly emarginate, distinctly 

 converging below, median segment somewhat long, anterior portion 

 almost flat, apical portion steeply sloped ; abdomen longer than the head 

 and thorax united, basal segment constricted. Black : the clypeus, scape 

 of the antennae in front, the sides of tlie pronotum, two elongate spots 

 on second and third abdominal segments, the whole of the tarsi and the 

 greater part of the tibiae of all the legs, bright yellow ; antennae 

 reddish-brown ; wings clear hyaline, tegulae yellow, nervures very pale 

 testaceous, except the postcostal nervure and that enclosing the radial 

 cell, which are dark-brown. 



jffa6. Deesa. 



Length 5-6 mm.; Exp. 10-11 mm. 



18. Ceratina muscatella, n. sp. 



9 ^ . Smooth and shining, a few scattered punctures on the posterior 

 margins of the head and on th e mesonotum, third and following 



