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Show 1896.] HYMENOPTERA OF CEYLON; 433 unidentate at their base below; the abdomen subsessile, broad opaque black. In certain lights the sides of the metathorax, the cox*, and the basal segment of the abdomen are seen to be covered with a thin silvery pile. Pundaloya (Green coll.). This well-marked little species might, at first sight, be mistaken for Pseudagenia aegina, Smith ; but, beyond the difference of genus, it can be distinguished by its red head, black metathorax, and non-fasciated wings. 199. POMPILUS ROTHNEYI, Cameron. Pompilus roihnegi, Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc ser. 4, iv. (1891), 460, 32 & 463. Pundaloya (Green coll.). Forms, as noted by Mr. Cameron, a transition to the Ferreola group of the genus Pompilus. Originally described from Bengal, it occurs also in Burma. 200. POMPILUS MIRANDUS (Saussure). Ferreola miranda, Sauss. Hym. d. Novara-Beise, 49, 5 2 • Pompilus miranda, Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc. ser. 4, iv. (1891), 459, 28. 201. POMPILUS DIMIDIATIPENNIS (Saussure). Ferreola dimidiatipennis, Sauss. Hym. d. Novara-Beise, 46, 1 Pompilus dimidiatipennis, Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc. ser. 4, iv. (1891), 458, 13. 202. POMPILUS GREENII (Bingham). Ferreola greenii, Bingh. Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. v. (1890), 240, 11 2 • Pompilus greenii, Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc. ser. 4, iv. (1891), 458, 18. Pundaloya (Green coll.). This species closely resembles the preceding, and may be identical with it, but I have provisionally kept it distinct, as the shape of the front of the head seems to distinguish it from P. dimidiatipennis. Genus PSEUDAGENIA, Kohl. 203. PSEUDAGENIA BLAND A (Guerin). Pompilus blandus, Guerin, Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. pt. 2,260 ; Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. iii. 143, 125. Pompilus cyaneus, Lepel. Hym. iii. 446, 7. Agenia blanda, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 354, 1. Pseudagenia blanda, Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc. ser. 4, iv. (1891), 436, 6; Bingh. Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. (1893), 369, 6. Pundaloya (Green coll.). PBOC. ZOOL. Soc-1896, No. XXVIII. 28 |
