HYMENOPTEHA. 
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above; the posterior margin of the protborax angulated; the metathorax smooth and shining, 
with a central impressed line not quite extending to the apex; wings fuscous, clearer towards 
their base; legs entirely black, as are also the spines and calcaria that arm the tibise at their 
apex; tibise only very slightly spinose. Abdomen smooth and shining; the three basal segments 
ferruginous. Eemale, length 3|- lines. 
Sab. —Murree, Punjab hills. 
40. POMPILUS DIVISUS. 
Mas.—P. nigery abdominis segmento secundo tertiogue ferrugineis ; alis subhyalinis. 
Black; the head and thorax slightly pubescent, shining and punctured; the antennae 
obscurely fulvous beneath beyond the third or fourth joints. The posterior margin of the 
prothorax rounded; the metathorax, with four longitudinal carinse, two lateral and two approxi¬ 
mating in the middle, strongly punctured; wings fulvo-hyahne, the nervures ferruginous; 
the tibiae and tarsi ferruginous, the former slightly fuscous above, as are also the apical joints 
of the posterior tarsi. Abdomen shining, the second and third segments ferruginous, and more 
distinctly punctured than the following ones, which are very smooth and shining; the apex 
rufo-fuscous. Male, length 4 lines. 
Sab .—Sind valley, Kaslnnir, Taken in August. 
41. Peiocnemis eepo-eemoeattjs. 
Eemina.—P. niger, abdominis basi rufo; femoribus posticis rubris ; alis apicibus fuscis, 
puncto albo ornatis. 
Black; the head slightly shining, and, as well as the mesothorax, very finely and very 
closely punctured; the metathorax with a central longitudinal impressed line not quite 
extending to the apex, and having a fine transverse striation; the wings fusco-hyaline, darkest 
in the middle of the anterior wings, which have beyond the tliird submarginal cell a large 
hyaline spot; the posterior margin of the prothorax angular; the posterior femora bright 
ferruginous, the tibiae serrated exteriorly. Abdomen bright ferruginous to the apex of the 
third segment; the rest black. Eemale, length 4 lines. 
Sab. —Bras, Kargil, and Leh, in Ladak. 
This species in general aspect exactly resembles JPriocnemis agilis of Europe, but its 
transversely striated metathorax distinguishes it from that species. 
42. Mtgnimia alecto. 
Eemina.— M. nigra^ alis nigro-fuscis molaoeoque splendide micantibus. 
Black; the abdomen shining, covered with a changeable violet and purple pile observable 
in certain lights; the clypeus emarginate; the mandibles shining, their apex rufo-piceous. 
Thorax; the posterior margin of the prothorax arched; the sides of the metathorax rounded. 
