﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  yy 
  

  

  vous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  closely, 
  longitudinally 
  

   striated 
  ; 
  the 
  petiole 
  is 
  rufous 
  beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  keel 
  is 
  

   indistinct. 
  

  

  Comes 
  near 
  to 
  M. 
  ardescens 
  Smith 
  ; 
  that 
  species 
  may 
  

   be 
  separated 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  ferruginous 
  antennae 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  

   tips 
  of 
  the 
  femora 
  only 
  being 
  darker 
  ; 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  

   the 
  thorax 
  being 
  " 
  rugose-punctate." 
  

  

  In 
  working 
  through 
  the 
  Khasia 
  Hymenoptera 
  I 
  have 
  noticed 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  omissions 
  from 
  the 
  " 
  Fauna 
  of 
  British 
  India." 
  

  

  Muti/la 
  intermedia 
  Saussure, 
  Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Ft:, 
  Tome 
  vii. 
  (1S67), 
  

   354. 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  Gorytes 
  fea 
  Handlirsch, 
  Sitzgunsb. 
  K. 
  Akad. 
  Wiss. 
  Wein, 
  Bd. 
  104, 
  

   Abth. 
  1, 
  p. 
  890(1895). 
  1895-90. 
  Pegu. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  Nicobar 
  Islands 
  are 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  scope 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  (and 
  they 
  

   are 
  quite 
  as 
  much 
  part 
  of 
  "British 
  India," 
  politically 
  and 
  zoologically, 
  as 
  

   Ceylon), 
  the 
  undernoted 
  species 
  should 
  also 
  be 
  included 
  : 
  

  

  Polistcs 
  novarce 
  Saussure, 
  Reise 
  der 
  Novara, 
  Hymen, 
  p. 
  19, 
  f. 
  13, 
  14. 
  

  

  Larrada 
  insularis 
  Saussure, 
  ibid. 
  p. 
  73, 
  f. 
  43. 
  

  

  POMPILID^E. 
  

  

  POMPILUS 
  CEYLONENSIS, 
  Sp. 
  flOV. 
  

  

  Long, 
  fere 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  This 
  Ceylonese 
  species 
  comes 
  near 
  to 
  P. 
  taprobancs, 
  

   but 
  is 
  smaller, 
  is 
  more 
  slenderly 
  built, 
  and 
  more 
  densely 
  

   pruinose 
  all 
  over 
  ; 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  darker 
  coloured 
  all 
  over; 
  

   the 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  abscissa 
  of 
  the 
  radius 
  has 
  a 
  

   much 
  more 
  distinct 
  angle, 
  the 
  upper 
  and 
  lower 
  halves 
  

   being 
  more 
  distinctly 
  defined 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  

   at 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  longer 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  first, 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  

   recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  distinctly 
  behind 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   white 
  pubescence. 
  Head 
  densely 
  pruinose 
  all 
  over, 
  which 
  

   gives 
  it 
  a 
  white 
  appearance 
  ; 
  the 
  eyes 
  hardly 
  converge 
  at 
  

   the 
  top 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  ocelli 
  are 
  separated 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  

   by 
  a 
  slightly 
  greater 
  distance. 
  Apex 
  of 
  clypeus 
  trans- 
  

  

  