42' 



FASCICULI MALATENSES 



88. Salius javanus 



Calicurgus javanus, Lepel, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. iii, 1845, p. 408. 

 Pompilus javanus, Smith, Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus. iii, 1855, p. 146. 



9- Gedong. 9th January, 1902. 



Spread through the Malayan sub-region. 



89. Salius sericosoma 



Pompilus sericosoma, Smith, Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus. iii, 1855, p. 146, 



Salius (Priocnemis) sericosoma, Kohl., Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien. xxxiv (1 884), 



P- 45- 



$. Bukit Besar. 2,500 feet. 

 Described originally from Sumatra. Common in Tenasserim. 



HemipepSiS, Dahlb. (Tarsal claws bidentate) 

 90. Salius ducalis 



Mygnimia ducalis, Smith, Journ. Linn. Soc, 1857, p. 98, $. 



Salius ducalis, Kohl., Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien. xxxiv (1884), p. 45. 



A single % of this magnificent species, which seems to be confined to 

 Siam and the Malay peninsula, was procured in the Batang Padang district. 

 In Borneo the very closely allied form S. princeps, Smith, is mimicked by 

 Nothopeus fasciatipennis, Waterhouse, a longicorn beetle with remarkably 

 short elytra (see Trans. Ent. Soc, 1885, p. 369, pi. x, figs, n and 12. 



91. Salius ceylonicus 



Hemipepsis flava, £ var., Dahlb., Hym. Eur. i, 1843, p. 462 (nec. Priocuemis 



flavus, Dhlb. t.c, p. 457). 

 Mygnimia ceylonica, Sauss., Novara Reise Hym. (1867), p. 64, 

 Salius ceylonica, Cam. Mem. Manch. Lit. and Phil. Soc. x (1896), p. 215, 



pi. ii, figs. 3 and 4. 



A single 9 from Telom. 4,000 feet. 



Found also in India, Burma, and Ceylon. 



92. Salius aureosericeus 



Pompilus aureosericeus, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii, pt. 11, 1830, p. 256, %. 

 Mygnimia aureosericea, Smith, Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus. iii, 1855, p. 182. 

 Salius aureosericeus, Kohl., Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wein. xxxiv (1884), p. 45. 



A single $ taken at Biserat. 



Recorded also from Southern India, Tenasserim, and Java. There is 

 great variation in size in this form, and also in venation. 



