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coarsely punctured, the mandibles ferruginous. Thorax strongly 

 punctured ; the metathorax truncate and rugose at tho base ; wings 

 fuscous, with a violet iridescence ; legs and abdomen ferruginous, 

 the latter shining and finely punctured, the apical margins of the 

 segments narrowly impunctate. 



Ilab. Natal. 



3. Sphecodes albifrons. 



Male. Length 5 lines. — Head and thorax black ; the face below the 

 antennas densely covered with short white downy pubescenco ; the 

 abdomen ferruginous. The antenna? submoniliform : the head and 

 thorax very strongly punctured: the metathorax truncate and 

 rugose at the base ; wings fuscous, palest at their base : the legs 

 with a glittering hoary pile : the apical joints of the tarsi ferrugi- 

 nous. Abdomen ferruginous, shining, and finely punctured. 



Hub. Bombay district. 



4. Sphecodes montanus. 



Female. Length 3| lines. — Head and thorax black; abdomen red, 

 with the apex black. Head transverse, very closely punctured : 

 antennae obscurely fulvous towards their apex. Thorax strongly 

 punctured, the punctures confluent on the sides and beneath ; the 

 metathorax truncate, the enclosed space at its base longitudinally 

 rugose : wings subhyaline and iridescent. Abdomen with the three 

 basal segments red, the apical margin of the third, and the follow- 

 ing segments entirely, black ; base of the abdomen smooth and 

 shining, impunctate ; the second and third segments with a few 

 tine punctures at their base. 



Male. The size of the female. — Head wider than the thorax, the 

 face with short white pubescence ; the antennas submoniliform, 

 rufo-piceous beneath. The thorax above with strong distant punc- 

 tures ; on the sides, beneath, and on the metathorax the punctures 

 are confluent ; wings as in the female ; legs obscurely rufo-piceous ; 

 the metathorax truncate, the truncation coarsely rugose. Abdo- 

 men with the three basal segments red, shining, and with fine 

 distant punctures. 



Hub. Northern India, Masuri, at an elevation of 7000 feet. 



5. Sphecodes iridipennis. 



Female. Length 2^ lines. — Head and thorax black ; the first, second, 

 and the base of the third segment of the abdomen red ; the other 

 segments black. Head subglobose, shining, and very finely punc- 



