JilviniiSDHlAN ummi ^o •oil ^ c^' '^■'i;r;,iii!ilil:lil!ili .O^ "<^A '% '■^'':!^i««<,T :5,' f ^ ^ ^ ^v- % c^" ^ ^A.C > ^. c^ ^, vV ^. V > ^m ^\ % ^ ^^ -^^ o '< m a ^5: / >. .V^ ■^^^M\ ^^. -4^ :5i ^<-. ■■■'.,J'-i\'i ^y -^^ ■>'?fer ^ <^ ^'V .^^ % n; ^ ^ 107 4. ii--J| ^^^ !'"' - ■."'•ij'.i'- .0 5C3 °A, ^ m»-^^M, >A # m^o .^ > ^s 3s^ A. x- p^ ,i&^^. ^-f. ,.# ^ ^/f^ CATALOGUE ft i OF HYMENOPTEROUS INSECTS I.V THE COLLECTION OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. PART III. MUTILLIDiE AND POMPILIDiE. LONDON: PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES. 1S55. ,0, 3 PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET SI REET. CATALOGUE OF HYMENOPTERA. Div. 11. ACULEATA. Tribe 1. HETEROGYNA. Fam. 2. MUTILLID^. Genus 1. MUTILLA. Mutilla, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 966, 1766. Tiphia, pt., Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 68. Psammotherma, Latr. Fam. Nat. 1, 1825. /■■ 1. Mutilla EuROP^A. ^s^" -""^ ^"-^ B.M. Mutilla Europsea, Linn. Faun. Suec. no. 1727 ?; Syst. Nat. i. 966. 4. Sulz. Gesch. his. t. 27. f . 23 c? , 24 ? . Schrank, Ins. Aust. p. 415. 839. Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 57. 15. Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 114. 939. Christ. Hym. p. 147- t. 11. f. 1 c?, 2 ? . Don. Brit. Ins. vi. 77- t. 212. B 2 HYMENOPTERA. Mutilla Europaea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 368. 9; Syst. Piez. p. 430. 11. Latr. Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. i. 7- 2 ; Hist. Nat. Ins. xm.263. Panz. Faun. Germ. 7G- 20 c? . Shuck. Foss. Hym. p. 29. 1. St. Farg. Hym. iii. 597. 3 $ . Baer, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. xxi. 229. 2. Nyland. Ap. Boreal, p. 8. 1. Mutilla Panzeri, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 602. 11 Hah. France. 43. Mutilla differens. Mutilla differens, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 603. 12 S ■ Hob. France. 44. Mutilla distincta. -^,^,. * Mutilla distincta, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 606. 18 ? (var. M. calva?). Hah. Paris. 45. Mutilla dimidiata. Mutilla dimidiata, Latr. Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. i. 11. 11 ^ . Hab. France. 46. Mutilla grisescens. Mutilla grisescens, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 626. 47 6 • Hab. France. 47. Mutilla obliterata. B.M. Male. Length 4i lines. — Head, thorax and legs ferruginous, thinly clothed with long loose cinereous pubescence ; eyes reni- form, the head quadrate, strongly punctured. Thorax : the prothorax as well as the mesothorax covered, not very closely, wdth large deep punctures ; on the metathorax the punctures are large, close, and very shallow ; the metathorax channeled in the middle, the channel broadest at the base ; the wings subhyaline, the third submarginal, as well as the third discoidal cell obso- HYMENOPTERA. 9 lete. Abdomen petiolate, black, strongly punctured, the petiole ferruginous ; the entire abdomen thinly covered with long cine- reous pubescence. Hab. Albania. 48. MuTiLLA Halensis. ■*—«—« C B.M. Mutilla Halensis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 369. 15 ? ; Syst. Piez. p. 432. 20. Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 62. 44. St. Farg. Hytn. iii. 637. 64 . Hab. Eui'ope. 49. Mutilla cornuta. ■•«—«> Q^ Mutilla cornuta, Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 64. 55. Hab. ? 50. Mutilla vittata. Mutilla vittata, Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 64. 54. Hab. ? 51. Mutilla 8-maculata. Mutilla 8-maculata, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 2'°^^ ser. 129. 18 ?. Hab. Spain. 52. Mutilla angusticollis. Mutilla angusticollis, Spiti. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 2°^^ ser. 132. 21 ?. Hab. Spain. 53. Mutilla arenaria." "^ C- B.M. Mutilla arenaria, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 370. 16 ? ; Syst. Piez. p. 433. 22. Coqueb. Illus. Icon. Ins. p. 66. t. 16. f. 3. Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii, 61. 37. St. Farg. Hym. iii. 614. 31. Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 291. 310. Hab. Spain ; Morocco ; Algeria. B 5 10 HYMENOPTERA. s^f^"- 54. MuTiLLA Barbara. B.M. Mutilla Barbara, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 967- 7- Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 58. 17. Hab. Barbary. , 55. Mutilla Arabica. Mutilla Arabica, Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 59. 27. Mutilla Oraniense, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 287 ? Hab. Arabia. 56. Mutilla aurea. Mutilla aurea, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 13. t. 4. f. 13. Hab. Arabia. 57. Mutilla bicolor. Mutilla bicolor, Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 57. 13. Hab, Arabia. 58. Mutilla bifasciata. Mutilla bifasciata, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec, i. no, 19. t. 5. f. 6. Hab. Syria. 59. Mutilla cinerascens. Mutilla cinerascens, Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 56. 12. Hab. Persia. 60. Mutilla conjuncta. Mutilla conjuncta, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 5. t. 4. f. 5. Hab. Arabia Felix. 61. Mutilla chrysophthalma. Mutilla chrysophthalma, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 17. t. 5. f. 3. Hab. Arabia Felix. 62. Mutilla fimbrtata. Mutilla fimbriata, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 3. t. 4. f. 3. Hab, Egypt ; Arabia Felix. HYMENOPTERA. 11 63. MUTILLA FLORALIS. """•"'^"■•'""^ ^ Mutilla floralis, Klug, Symh. Phys. dec. i. no. 16. t. 5. f. 1, 2. Hab. Arabia. 64. Mutilla auiNauEFASCiATA. Mutilla quinquefasciata, Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 60. 53 $ . Hab. Persia; Arabia. 65. Mutilla testacea. Mutilla testacea, ii^k^r, Symb. Phys. dec.i. no. 18. t. 5. f. 4. Hab. Arabia Felix. 66. Mutilla tricolor. Mutilla tricolor, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 15. t. 4. f. 15. Hab. Arabia. 67. Mutilla maculosa.——*-* ^--^ B.M. Mutilla maculosa, Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 58. 17 ? • St. Farg. Hym. iii. 617- 35. Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 293. 313. Hab. Egypt ; Algeria ; Tunis ; Malaga. 68. Mutilla villosa. Mutilla villosa, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 12. t. 4. f. 12. Hab. Syria. 69. Mutilla crassa. Mutilla crassa, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 23. t. 5. f, 9. Hab. Egypt. 70. Mutilla Chiesi. Mutilla Chiesi, Spin. Ann. Soc. Eni, Fr. vii. 457- 7 ? (1838). Hab. Egypt. 71. Mutilla divisa. Mutilla interrupta, Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 62.39 (nee Latr.). Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 11. t. 4. f. 11. Hab. Egypt; Arabia. 12 HYMENOPTERA- 72. MUTILLA FASCIATA. Mutilla fasciata, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 6. t. 4. f. 6. Hab. Egypt. 73. Mutilla frontalis. Mutilla frontalis, Kluy, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 2. t. 4. f. 2. ifa6. Egypt. '74. Mutilla leucopyga. B.M. Mutilla leucopyga, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 10. t. 4. f. 10. Ha6. Egypt. 75. Mutilla Ntlotica. Mutilla Nilotica, Kluy, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 21. t. 5. f. 7. jFfa6. Egypt. 76. Mutilla nitidiventris. Mutilla nitidiventris, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. t. 4. f. 14. Hab. Egypt. 77. Mutilla ornata. B.M. Mutilla ornata, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 22. t. 5. f. 8. Savig. Descr. Egypt, t. 19. f. 23. Hab. Egypt. 78. Mutilla pedunculata. B.M. Mutilla pedunculata, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 24. t. 5. f. 10. Hab. Arabia; Egypt. '—79. Mutilla quinquepunctata. Mutilla quinquepunctata, Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 58. 22 ? . St. Farg. Hym. iii. 618. 36. Hab. Egypt. 80. Mutilla quadrinotata. Mutilla quinquepunctata, Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 58. 22"? S^. Farg. Hym. iii. 618. 36. Mutilla quadrinotata, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 4. t. 4. f. 4, Hab. Egypt. HYMENOPTERA. 13 81. MUTILLA SANGUINICOLLIS. Mutilla sanguinicollis, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 8. t. 4. f. 8. Hab. Egypt. 82. Mutilla semistriata. Mutilla semistriata, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 9. t. 4. f. 9. Hab. Egypt. 83. Mutilla sinuata. Mutilla sinuata, Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 58. 18. Hab. Egypt. 84. Mutilla signata. Mutilla signata, King, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 7- 1. 19. f. 7; Savig. Descr. Egypt, t. 4. f. 7- Hab. Egypt. 85. Mutilla continua. ' ^ p/t*-'^ B.M. Mutilla continua, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 430. 10. Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. i. no. 1. t. 4. f. 1, Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 57- 14. St. Farg. Hym. iii. 606. 17. Hab. Guinea; Egypt; France (Montpellier). 86. Mutilla Algira. Mutilla Algira, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 641. 72 $ . Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 295. 320. Hab. Algeria (Oran). 87. Mutilla spinifera. Mutilla spinifera, Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 59. 28. Hab. Africa. ^ 88. Mutilla sexpunctata. Mutilla sexpunctata, Swed. Nov. Act. Holm.v'm. 285. 43 (1787). Hab. Africa. 89. Mutilla cognata. Mutilla affinis, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alg er. iii. 292. 312 (nee Westw.). Hab. Algeria. 14 HYMENOPTERA. 90. MUTILLA DISPAR. B.M. Mutilla bipunctata, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 642. 73 $ (nee Latr.). Hob. Algeria (Oran). 91. Mutilla dorsalis. B.M. Mutilla dorsalis, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 288. 305. t. 15. f. 11. Hab. Algeria. 92. Mutilla Hottentotta. Mutilla Hottentotta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 370. 17 ; Syst. Piez. p. 433. 24 ? . Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 58. 21. Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 295. 321. Mutilla Barbara, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 370. 17 ? Hab. Algeria ; Barbary. 93. Mutilla luctuosa. Mutilla luctuosa, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 291. 311. t. 16. f. 1. Hab. Algeria. 94. Mutilla Lucasii. Mutilla bicolor, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 289. 306 (nee Oliv.). Hab. Algeria. 95. Mutilla lugubris. Mutilla lugubris, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 433. 23 S . Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 62. 40. Hab. Tangier. 96. Mutilla Oraniensis. B.M. Mutilla Oraniensis, I/Mca*, ^a?p/o. Sc. Alger, iii. 287- 304. t. 15. f. 10. Hab. Algeria. 97. Mutilla quadrimaculata. B.M. Mutilla quadrimaculata, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 296. 322. Hab. Algeria. HYMENOPTERA. 16 98. MUTILLA RUBRICOLLIS. Mutilla rubricollis, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 297. 324. Hab. Algeria. 99. Mutilla rubrocincta. Mutilla rubrocincta, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 289. 306. 1. 15. f. 12. Hab. Algeria. 100. Mutilla ruficeps. —- ~ Mutilla erythrocephala, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 298. 327. t. 16. f. 6 (nee Fabr.). Hab. Algeria. 101. Mutilla Senegalensis. Mutilla Senegalensis, Guer. Mag. Zool. 1831 ; Icon. Reg. Anim. p. 429. Hab. Senegal. 102. Mutilla SpiNOLiE. ~^'- B.M. Mutilla Spinolaj, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 640. 70 ? . Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 293. 315. t. 16. f. 7. Hab. Algeria (Oran). 103. Mutilla tabida. B.M. Mutilla tabida, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 298. 326. t. 16. f. 5. Hab. Algeria. 104. Mutilla Tunensis. *—***" B.M. Mutilla Tunensis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 433. 21 $ . Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 61. 38. St. Farg. Hym. iii. 431. 71. Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 295. 319. Hab. Tunis; Algeria (Oran). 105. Mutilla unimaculata. B.M. Mutilla unimaculata, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 294. 318. t. 16. f. 3. Hab. Algeria. 56 HYMENOPTERA. 106. MUTILLA UNICINCTA. B.M. Mutilla unicincta, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 293. 317. t. 16. f. 2. Hab. Algeria. This is probably a mere variety of the M. hipunctata of St. Fargeau, which has the head sometimes red, although usually it is black. 107. Mutilla Marocana. Mutilla Marocana, Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 58. 20. Mutilla Barbara, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 434. 26. Hab. Morocco. 108. Mutilla atra. B.M. Mutilla atra, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 966. 5. Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 369. 11 ; Syst. Piez. p. 431. 14. Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 59. 2Q. Hab. Africa ; Interior of South Africa. 109. Mutilla Melicerta. B.M. Male. Length 5| lines. — Black, head small, much narrower than the thorax, the eyes ovate, the pubescence black, mixed with a few fulvous hairs on the vertex. The prothorax clothed above with bright fulvous pubescence ; the mesothorax produced on each side of the scutellum into an angular tooth ; the meta- thorax and legs thinly covered with long black pubescence ; the wings dark brown, and having a slight violet iridescence. Ab- domen : the basal segment clavate, m.uch narrower than the second ; the apical margin of the second segment having a broad fascia and the two following segments clothed with rich bright fulvous pubescence ; the base and apex of the abdomen thinly clothed with long black pubescence. Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 110. Mutilla notata. Mutilla notata, S. Farg. Hym. iii. 600. 7 ? • Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 111. Mutilla Minos. B.M. Male. Length 7 hues. — Black, the eyes notched ; the face, parts of the mouth and cheeks have a thin cinereous pubescence, HYMENOPTERA. 17 that on the vertex is black. Thorax : the mesothorax covered with confluent punctures, having a central shghtly raised carina, on each side of which is a deep elongate groove, not quite ex- tending to the anterior margin ; wings of a blackish-brown, and having a bright violet iridescence. Abdomen subpetiolate, the second segment ferruginous, shining, punctured at the base ; the sides and the margins of the four apical segments ciliated with ghttering pale pubescence ; beneath, the second segment covered with large distant punctures, the margins of the segments cili- ated with pale ghttering pubescence. Hab. West Africa (Wliydah). 112. MuTiLLA Cyparissa. B.M. Male. Length 5 hues.— Head and thorax black, eyes notched, abdomen ferrugnious ; the head and thorax above densely clothed with short bright orange pubescence ; the tegulse covered with, and a line beneath the wings of similar pubescence ; wings yellow-hyahne at the base, the apical half dark fuscous ; the four apical segments of the abdomen black ; the apical margins of all the segments ciliated with short pale glittering pubescence. Hab. West Africa (Whydah). 113. MuTiLLA Charaxus. B.M. Male. Length lo. Sc. Alger, iii. 283. t. 15. f. 8. Plesia volvulus, Latr. Gen. Cr. et Ins. iv. 112 Pompilus cingulatus. Van d. Lind. Obs. i. 308. 3. Schiodte, Dispos. 29. 10. Hab, Italy; France; Dalmatia; Portugal. 27. Pompilus ciliatus. Pompilus ciliatus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 416. 1. Hab. France (Paris). 28. Pompilus coccineus. Pompilus coccineus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 191. 18. St. Farg. ^' Serv. Ency. Meth. x. 181. 14. Van d. Lind. Obs. i. 343. 41. Hab. Germany ; France. 29. Pompilus nitens. Larra micans, Spin. Ins. Lig. fasc. i. p. 14. t. 1. f. 8 (var. P. plumbeus ? ?). Pompilus micans. Spin. Ins. Lig. fasc. ii. p. 75. Van d. Lind. Obs. i. 310. 4 (nee Fabr.). Hab. France. 128 HYMENOPTERA. 30. POMPILUS ERICETORUM. Pompilus ericetomm, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 438. 34 $ . Hab. France. 31. Pompilus gracilis. B.M. Pompilus gracilis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 420. 6. Hab. France. 32. Pompilus infuscatus. Pompilus infuscatus, Van d. hind. Obs, i. 339. 36. St. Farg. Hym. iii. 437. 32 (var. P. sepicolal), Hab. France; Belgium. 33. Pompilus Lindenii. Pompilus Lindenii, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 437. 33 $ . Hab. France (Paris). 34. Pompilus meridionalis. Pompilus australis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 431. 23 (nee Gu&.). Hab. Europe. 35. Pompilus meridianus. Pompilus meridianus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 430. 22. Hab. South of Europe. 36. Pompilus ph^opterus. Pompilus phaeopterus. Van d. hind. Obs. i. 340. 37 ? . Hab. Montpellier. 37. Pompilus pyren^eus. Pompilus pyrenseus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 429. 19. Hab. France. 38. Pompilus quadripunctatus. B.M. Sphex quadripunctata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 219. 89. Pepsis quadripunctatus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 215. 39. HYMENOPTERA. 129 Porapilus quadripunctatus, Dahlh. Hym. Europ. i. 53. 28. St. Farg. ^ Serv. Ency. Meth. x. 181. 10. Van d. hind. Obs. i. 324. 19. St. Farg. Hym. iii. 418. 4. Pompilus octopunctatus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 7^- 17. Hab. France; Germany; Spain. 39. Pompilus vicinus. Pompilus vicinus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 428. 17 ? • Hab. France (Paris). 40. Pompilus scurra. B.M. Pompilus scurra, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 400. 3 $ . Hab. South of France ; Albania ; Algeria. 41. Pompilus ambulator. B.M. Calicurgus ambulator, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 412. 21 (var. P. vul- garis ?). Hab. France. 42. Pompilus luteipennis. Pompilus luteipennis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 198. 54. Van d. hind. Obs. i. 323. 18. Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 267. Prioenemis luteipennis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 458. 13. Hab. South of Europe ; Africa. 43. Pompilus minutus. Pompilus minutus, Van d. Lind. Obs. i. 344. 42. Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 118. 59. Calicurgus minutus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 415. 27. Hab. Belgium ; Sweden. 44. Pompilus odontellus. Calicurgus odontellus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 414. 25. Hab. France. 45. Pompilus propinquus. B.M. Calicurgus propinquus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 410. 16. Hab. France ; Albania. G 6 130 HYMENOPTERA. 46. POMPILUS VULGARIS. Calicurgus vulgaris, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 411. 20. Hab. France. 47- POMPILUS RUBRICANS. Calicurgus rubricans, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 409. 16. Hab. Forest of Bondy. 48. POMPILUS H^MATOPUS. Anoplius hsematopus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 444. 5. Hab. Europe. 49. POMPILUS SANGUINOLENTUS. Sphex sanguinolenta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 211. 54. Pompilus sanguinolentus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 192. 19. St. Farg. ^ Serv. Ency. Meth. x. 180. 6. Van d. hind. Obs. 320. 14. Anoplius sanguinolentus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 455. 24. Salius sanguinolentus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. 31. 17- Hab. France ; Germany. 50. Pompilus uniocellatus. Anoplius uniocellatus, Dufour, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ii. 483. Hab. Europe. 51. Pompilus Paulinierii. Pompilus Paulinierii, Guer.Mag. Zool. 1843, t. 116.f. 1. Hab. Spain. 52. Pompilus melanarius. Pompilus melanarius. Van d. Lind. Obs. i. 321. 15. Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 46. 25. Hab. Spain. 53. Pompilus Graellsii. B.M. Pompilus Graellsii, Guer. Mag. Zool. 1843, t. 115. f. 2 c? . Hab. Spain (Barcelona). 54. Pompilus fuscipennis. Pompilus fuscipennis. Van d.Lind. Obs. i. 321. 16. Hab. Spain. HYMENOPTERA. 131 55. POMPILUS ALBIFRONS. Pompilus albifrons, Dalm. Anal. Entom. p. 97. 12. Van d. Lind. Obs. i. 335. 32. Priocnemis albifrons, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 107. 50, Hab. Sweden. 56. Pompilus abnormis. Pompilus abnormis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 67. 32. Hab. Sweden. 57. Pompilus consobrinus. Pompilus consobrinus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 79. 38. Hab. Sweden. 58. Pompilus dispar. Pompilus dispar, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 75. 36 ? (P. chalybea- tus $ ?). Hab. Sweden. 59. Pompilus fumipennis. Pompilus fumipennis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 76. 37. Hab. Sweden; Lapland. 60. Pompilus intermedius. Agenia intermedia, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 86. 41. Hab. Sweden. 61. Pompilus nudipennis. Priocnemis nudipennis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 117- 58 2 . Priocnemis minor, Zett. Ins. Lapp. p. 438. 7 S"? Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i, 116. 57. Hab. Lapland ; Sweden. 62. Pompilus sericeus. Pompilus sericeus. Van d. Lind. Obs. i. 313. 8 ? . Schiodte, Mon. Pomp. Kroy. Tidsskr. i, 334. 2. Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 40. 20. St. Farg. Hym.\n.A2S. 16? Hab. Denmark. 132 HYMENOPTERA. 63. POMPILUS AMBIGUUS. B.M. Female. Length 8^ lines. — Black : antennae, labnim, palpi, and mandibles in the middle ferruginous ; the cheeks and margin of the vertex thinly covered with long black pubescence ; the thorax has also a scattered long black pubescence, the meta- thorax transversely rugose ; the wings reddish-yellow, their ex- treme base black ; the first recurrent nervure received near the apex of the second submarginal cell ; a fuscous transverse stripe at the apex of the anterior pair, leaving the tip pale ; the tibiae, tarsi and knees ferruginous, the two former thickly spinose ex- teriorly ; the abdomen has an obscure sericeous pilosity, its ex- treme apex rufo-testaceous. Hab. Polish Ukraine. 64. POMPILUS SESQUIALTERUS. Pompilus sesquialterus, Fisch. de Wald. Mag. Zool. 1843, t. 122. f. 3. Hab. Russia (Lower Volga). 65. Pompilus alienus. Pompilus ahenus, Fisch. de Wald. Mag. Zool. {Guer.) 1843. Hab. Russia. * 66. Pompilus egregius. Cahcurgus egregius, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 402. 5 (P. variabilis, var. ?). Hab. Corsica. 67. Pompilus dichrous. Pompilus dichrous, BrulU, Hist. Nat. II. Canar. iii. .92. 58. Hab. Canary Islands ; Sicily. (Coll. F. Smith.; 68. Pompilus violaceipennis. Pompilus violaceipennis, Brulle, Hist. Nat. II. Canar. iii. .92. 59. Hab. Canary Islands. 69. Pompilus brunneus. Pompilus brunneus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 2. t. 38. f. 2. Hab. Syria. HYMENOPTERA, 133 70. POMPILUS MCESTUS. Pompilus moestus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 12. t. 38. f. 12. Hab. Syria. 71. Pompilus umbrosus. Pompilus umbrosus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 16. t. 39. f. 4. Hab. Syria. 72. Pompilus vespiformis. Pompilus vespiformis, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 3. t. 38. f. 3. Hab. Syria. 73. Pompilus nudatus. B.M. Female. Length 5 lines. — Head and antennae pale ferrugi- nous, five or six of the apical joints of the latter fuscous ; the anterior margin of the clypeus emarginate. Thorax black; the pro- and mesothorax above, and also the scutellum and te- gulse pale ferruginous ; wings fuscous ; the second submarginal cell longer than the third, the latter subquadrate and slightly narrowed towards the marginal ; the metathorax rounded be- hind, and transversely rugose-striate ; the legs pale red, the in- termediate and posterior coxse black ; the legs slightly spinose, the anterior tarsi ciliated. Abdomen pale ferruginous, its ex- treme base black. Hab. Asia Minor (Trebizond). 74. Pompilus melas. Pompilus melas, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 15. t. 39, f. 3. Hab. Arabia Felix. 75. Pompilus gentilis. Pompilus gentilis, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 14. t. 39. f. 2. Hab. Arabia Felix. 76. Pompilus festivus. Pompilus festivus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv, no. 8. t. 38. f. 8. Hab. Arabia. 134 HYMENOPTERA. 77- POMPILUS ANTICUS. B.M. Pompilus anticus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 10. t. 38. f. 10. Hab. Arabia. Specimens received from the Gambia iiave the wings subfus- cous, whilst others from the same locality are dark, and have a violet iridescence. 78. Pompilus sericans. Pompilus sericans, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 23. t. 39. f. 11 . Aporus? sericans, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. p. 443. Hab. Arabia. 79. Pompilus comparatus. B.M. Female. Length 10 lines. — Black : the head ferruginous above, the antennae, mandibles and palpi of the same colour ; the insect destitute of pubescence. Thorax : the pro- and meso- thorax as well as the scutellum ferruginous ; the wings yellow, their apical margins having a fuscous border ; the tegulse ferru- ginous; the second submarginal cell obliquely quadrate, re- ceiving the first recurrent nervure a little beyond the middle ; the metathorax transversely rugulose, having a longitudinal im- pressed line in the middle ; the apical half of the femora, the tibise and tarsi ferruginous, the two latter very spinose, the pos- terior tibifE externally serrated. Abdomen : the first segment obscurely ferruginous in the middle, the second segment ferru- ginous, its apical margin fuscous. Hab. Tunis. . This species closely resembles audax, but differs in the neura- tion of the wings, as well as other characters. 80. Pompilus antennatus. B.M. Male. Length 5-6 lines. — Black : the head with a scattered black pubescence, the mandibles rufo-piceous in the middle; the antennae very thick, tapering to a point, the joints subpecti- nate beneath. Thorax : the posterior margin of the prothorax angulated ; the metathorax having on each side a little silvery pile ; wings deep fuscous, the second and third submarginal cells of about equal length, the second submarginal cell receiving the first recm-rent nervure in the middle ; the tibiae and tarsi slightly spinose. Abdomen : the apical margin of the segments with fasciae of silvery pile ; the apical segment pale testaceous. Hab. Port Natal. HYMENOPTERA. 135 81. POMPILUS ERRANS. B.M. Female. Length 11-15 lines. — Chestnut-brown: the tips of the mandibles and a transverse line on the vertex enclosing the stemmata black ; the head and thorax beneath, the coxae, tro- chanters, and basal half of the femora, fuscous or black ; the metathorax black, rounded behind, transversely striated and having a central longitudinal impressed line ; wings yellow, the nervm'es pale ferruginous, the base of the wings fusco-ferru- ginous, the apical margins having a dark fuscous stripe ; the first recurrent nervure received by the second submarginal cell very near its apex, but not uniting with the transverse nervure. Abdomen punctured, the apical margins of the segments having fuscous fascice, which are continuous and broadest on the venter. Male. Length 10 lines. — Very closely resembling the female, but the transverse stripe on the vertex is broader and emits a broad stain, which terminates at the insertion of the antennae ; the mesothorax is fuscous anteriorly and at the sides, the basal and two or three of the apical segments of the abdomen also fuscous. Hab. Algeria; Albania. 82. POMPILUS FRATERNUS. B.M. Female. Length 10 lines. — Head, antennae, pro- and meso- thorax, scutellum and post-scutellum, ferruginous; the meta- thorax, thorax beneath, coxae, trochanters and base of the femora, black; the apical joints of the tarsi fuscous; metathorax rounded behind and transversely strongly strigose, having a central lon- gitudinal impressed line ; wings yellow, nervures pale ferruginous, the apical margins of the wings have a dark fuscous stripe ; the second submarginal cell receiving the first recurrent nervure a little beyond the middle. Abdomen impunctate, fuscous or black ; the second segment ferruginous, the first having usually a central ferruginous spot. Hab. Tunis. This species closely resembles P. erraticus, but the neuration of the wings is diff^erent, and the abdomen is not punctured ; the second submarginal cell is obliquely square. 83. POMPILUS OCHROCERUS. Entypus ochrocerus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 35. 19. Hab. Algeria. 136 HYMENOPTERA. 84. POMPILUS RUBESCENS. Female. Length 12 lines. — Obscure rufo-fuscous, destitute of pubescence ; the tips of the mandibles and anterior margin of the clypeus black. The posterior margin of the clypeus nar- rowly black ; the mesothorax smooth, and having on each side a longitudinal impressed line, not quite extending to the anterior margin ; the metathorax transversely rugose-striate ; wings ob- scure rufo-fuscous, the second submarginal cell subquadrate, receiving the first recurrent nervure at the apex ; the third sub- marginal cell about the same length as the second ; the legs thickly spinose, the posterior tibiae strongly serrated. Abdo- men shining, delicately punctured, the basal segment impunc- tate. Hab. Tripoli. 85. POMPILUS AUDAX. B.M. Female. Length 12-15 lines. — Fusco-rufous, the antennae, clypeus and mandibles pale ferruginous; a transverse fuscous line on the vertex ; the thorax beneath, the metathorax above, the coxee, trochanters, and femora black, the latter ferruginous at their tips ; the tibiae and tarsi thickly spinose, the posterior tibiffi strongly serrated ; wings yellow, slightly fuscous at their base, their apical margins having a dark fuscous border; the second submarginal cell oblong, receiving the first recurrent ner- vure nearly at its apex ; the metathorax transversely rugose. Abdomen covered with a fine sericeous pile and delicately punc- tured, the apical margins dark fuscous, the apical segment clothed with fulvous pubescence. The male is coloured the same as the female, and has the legs similarly spined. Hab. North Africa ; Albania. 86. POMPILUS CLYPEATUS. Pompilus clypeatus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 26. t. 39. f. 14 . Hab. Egypt. 87- Pompilus fumigatus. Pompilus fumigatus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 19. t. 39. f. 7- Hab. Egypt. 88. Pompilus nigritulus. Pompilus nigritulus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 20. t. 39. f. 8. Hab. Egypt. HYMENOPTERA. 137 89. POMPILUS NIGRITUS. Pompilus nigritus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 47. Hah. Africa? 90. Pompilus ornatus. Pompilus ornatus, Klug, Symh. Phys. dec. iv. no. 7. t. 38. f. 7- Hab. Egypt. 91. Pompilus rufcirus. Pompilus ruficrus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 17- 1. 39. f. 5. Hab. Egypt. 92. Pompilus sugillatus. Pompilus sugillatus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 13. t. 39. f. 1, Hab. Egypt. 93. Pompilus signatipennis. Pompilus signatipennis, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 11. t. 38. f. 11. Hab. Egypt. 94. Pompilus tibialis. Pompilus tibialis, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 18. t. 39. f. 6. Hab. Egypt. 95. Pompilus fuliginosus. Pompilus fuliginosus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 6. t. 38. f. 6. Hab. Nubia. 96. Pompilus castaneus. Pompilus castaneus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 9. t. 38. f. 9. Hab. Nubia. 97. Pompilus glabratus. B.M. Pompilus glabratus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 1. 1. 38. f. 1. Pompilus ornatus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 417- 3? Hab. Nubia; Gambia. 138 HYMENOPTERA. 98. POMPILUS MODESTUS. Porapilus modestus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 5. t. 38. f. 5. Hub. Nubia. 99. POMPILUS RUTILUS. Pompilus rutilus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 4. t. 38. f. 4. Hab. Nubia. 100. Pompilus Capensis. Pompilus Capensis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 49. Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 101. Pompilus Bretonii. B.M. Pompilus Bretonii, Guer. Mag. Zool. 1843, t. 115. f. 2. Hab, Africa; Senegal. 102. Pompilus basalis. B.M. Female. Length 9 lines. — Black: antennae ferruginous, the scape fusco-ferruginous ; the anterior margin of the clypeus, the labrum and mandibles obscure ferruginous, the tips of the latter black ; the head and thorax clothed with long black pubescence ; the tibiae, tarsi, and tips of the femora ferruginous ; the extreme base of the tarsal joints and the claw -joints black ; rather more than the basal half of the wings fuscous, the apical portion yel- low. Abdomen : the basal segment above, and the apical mar- gins of the segments beneath, fringed with long black pubes- cence ; the apex thickly villose. Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 103. Pompilus histrio. Pompilus histrio, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 440. 3/. Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 104. Pompilus ljstus. Pompilus Isetus, Bahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 55. Hab. Africa ; Cape of Good Hope. ^ 105. Pompilus sulphurescens. Pompilus sulphurescens, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 66. Hab. Africa; Cape of Good Hope. HYMENOPTERA. , 139 106. POMPILUS SUBPETIOLATUS. Priocnerais subpetiolatus, Dalilb. Hym. Europ. i. 95. Hab. Africa? 107. POMPILUS SIMILIS. Sphex similis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 209. 43. Pompilus similis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 246. 2; Syst. Piez. p. 189. 8. Hab. Africa. 108. Pompilus decipiens. B.M. Female. Length 15 lines. — Black: the mandibles and palpi dark rufo-piceous ; the antennae, tins of the femora, tibiae and tarsi, ferruginous; the two latter thickly set with short sharp spines ; the posterior tibiae strongly serrated exteriorly ; the claw-joint of the tarsi fuscous; wings yellow, their base and apex fuscous ; the second submarginal cell smaller than the third, which is narrowed towards the marginal ; the first recurrent ner- vure entering the second submarginal cell near its apex ; the head and thorax thinly clothed with black pubescence. Abdo- men smooth and shining, delicately punctured, and slightly pu- bescent at its base. Hab. Port Natal. 109. Pompilus exasperatus. B.M. ft Female. Length 8-10 lines. — Black : the flagellum yellow, the scape more or less fuscous ; the clypeus, labrum and man- dibles fusco-ferruginous, the latter black at their tips. The mesothorax has a central longitudinal elevated ridge, and its lateral margins are raised, forming an epaulet over the tegulae ; the metathorax transversely rugose-striate ; the wings have the second submarginal cell smaller than the third, both being much narrowed towards the marginal ; the wings are dark brown, and have a blue, or a blue-green, iridescence ; the tibiae and tarsi thickly spinose, the spines short and acute. Abdomen blue or blue-green. The male differs in having the legs almost destitute of spines, the posterior tibiae alone having a few very short fi^ne ones. Hab. Port Natal; Congo; Sierra Leone. 110. Pompilus farinosus. B.M. Female. Length 6i lines. — Black : the antennae obscure fer- ruginous beneath, the mandibles ferruginous at their apex ; the palpi pale testaceous. Thorax impunctate; the metathorax 140 HYMENOPTERA. truncate, with a deep longitudinal impressed line in the middle ; the wings pale yellow, the nervures ferruginous, their apex with a dark fuscous border ; the tibiae ferruginous and set with stout acute spines ; the tarsi fusco-ferrugiuous, thickly spinose. Ab- domen subsessile ; beneath, the margins of the segments rufo- piceous. Specimens in fine condition are covered with grey sericeous pile, but it is usually obscure. Hab. Port Natal. 111. POMPILUS FERUS. B.M. Female. Length 9 lines. — Black: the head and thorax covered with long black pubescence ; the anterior margin of the clypeus rounded. Thorax : the wings nearly black, with a vivid purple iridescence ; the second submarginal cell oblong, receiving the first recurrent nervure near its apex ; the third submarginal cell as long as the second, but broader at its apex, and narrowed towards the marginal cell ; the anterior and intermediate tibiae and tarsi thickly spinose, the spines short and acute ; the poste- rior tibiae strongly serrated, the tarsi thickly spinose. Hab. Port Natal. 112. POMPILUS MOROSUS. B.M. Female. Length 6 lines. — Black : the head obscure ferru- ginous, the antennae reddish-yellow beyond the three basal joints. The pro- and mesothorax, the tibiae and tarsi obscure ferrugi- nous ; the mesothorax has a central abbreviated black line, the metathorax smooth and convex, and the tibiae and tarsi spinose ; the wings yellow, with a broad fuscous border at their apex; the tegulae ferruginous. Abdomen subsessile, its extreme apex rufo- piceous; the insect entirely covered with an obscure sericeous pile. This species resembles tibialis, but differs in having the meta- thorax convex, and also longer. Hab. Port Natal, 113. POMPILUS OBSCURUS. B.M. Female. Length 10 lines — Black : the head and thorax clothed with short black pubescence, intermixed with long black hairs ; the legs thickly spinose, the posterior tibiae strongly ser- rate ; the wings very dark brown, with a brilliant metallic-blue iridescence ; the base of the abdomen smooth and shining, the following segments covered with obscure sericeous pile. Hab. Port Natal. HYMENOPTERA. 141 114. POMPILUS OPTIMUS. B.M. Female. Length 1 1 lines. — Black : the head and thorax clothed with short black pubescence, intermixed with longer erect black hairs ; the metathorax has on each side at its base an ele- vated tubercle, its lateral margins are elevated, and it is trans- versely rugose-striate ; wings dark brown, with bright shades of violet and purple iridescence ; the legs ferruginous, the coxae, trochanters, and extreme base of the tibia3 black ; the tibiae and tarsi spinose, the posterior tibiae strongly serrated ; the claw- joiut of the tarsi black. Abdomen : the basal segment shining, and thinly covered with long black pubescence ; the second and following segments covered with an obscure sericeous pile. Hab. Port Natal. 115. POMPILUS PRUINOSUS. B.M. Female. Length 6| lines. — Black : entirely covered with a fine grey pile ; on the face, coxae and metathorax it is bright and silvery ; the labrum, mandibles in the middle, and the palpi fer- ruginous. The posterior margin of the prothorax arcuate ; a fuscous stain traverses the nervure at the apex of the externo- and interno-medial cells ; a similar fascia, half the width of the marginal cell, passes across the wing and terminates in the middle of the third discoidal cell; the wings have a narrow fuscous cloud at their apical margins ; the tibiae and tarsi externally spi- nose ; the basal margins of the second and thu'd segments of the abdomen are destitute of silvery pile. Hab. Port Natal. 116. POMPILUS RUFO-CINCTUS. B.M. Female. Length 4 lines. — Black : the clypeus, palpi, man- dibles, and antennae ferruginous ; five or six of the apical joints of the flagellum fuscous ; the face has a fine silvery pile. Tho- rax : the sides beneath and the metathorax covered with a fine silvery pile ; the posterior margin of the prothorax arcuate ; the metathorax transversely and finely rugose; wings hyaline and iridescent ; a fuscous stain traverses the externo-medial nervure, and an irregular fascia runs from the base of the marginal cell to the middle of the third discoidal cell ; the extreme apex of the superior wings fuscous ; the tegulae and legs ferruginous. Ab- domen : the apical margins of the three basal segments ferru- ginous, the following segments entirely so. Hab. Port Natal. 142 HYMENOPTERA. 117. POMPILUS VITRIPENNIS. B.M. Female. Length 9 lines. — Black : the flagellum fulvous ; the mandibles, palpi and clypeus dark rufo-piceous, the anterior margin of the latter rounded ; the head and thorax thinly sprinkled with erect black pubescence ; the posterior margin of the prothorax arcuate ; the metathorax rounded and finely trans- versely rugose ; wings deep fuscous, with a brilliant violet iri- descence ; the legs without spines ; the second submarginal cell receiving the first recurrent nervure a little beyond the mid- dle. Abdomen with an obscure tinge of blue. Hah. Port Natal. 118. POMPILUS VINDICATUS. B.M. Female. Length 12 lines. — Black : the flagellum, except the basal joint, yellow ; the anterior margin of the clypeus rounded, narrowly rufo-piceous ; the head and thorax covered with short black pubescence, most dense on the metathorax, which is rounded behind ; wings deep brown, with a bright violet iri- descence ; the second submarginal cell quadrate, the transverse nervure which separates it from the third submarginal, waved ; the latter subquadrate and slightly narrowed towai-ds the mar- ginal cell ; the anterior tibiae and tarsi have exteriorly a row of stout sharp spines ; the intermediate tibiae and tarsi have shorter spines, which are more scattered. Abdomen having a green tinge, longitudinally aciculate ; beneath, of the same colour, and similarly sculptured. Hab. Port Natal ; Congo. Specimens from Congo, and some from Port Natal, have the antennae black, except one, two or three of the apical joints; no other difference has been detected. 119. POMPILUS IGNITUS. B.M. Female. Length 10 lines. — Black : the head, mandibles and antennae ferruginous ; the posterior margin of the prothorax ar- cuate, the mesothorax having on each side a longitudinal im- pressed line ; the metathorax short and rounded, with a slightly impressed line in the centre ; wings yellow, their extreme base and apex fuscous ; the anterior femora, the apex of the inter- mediate and posterior pairs, the tibiae and tarsi, reddish-yellow ; the anterior tarsi strongly ciliated externally, the tibiae sparingly and the tarsi thickly spinose ; the three apical segments of the abdomen red. Hah. Interior of South Africa. (Dr. Andrew Smith.) HYMENOPTERA. 143 120. POMPILUS L^VIGATUS. B.M. Female. Length 5 lines. — Reddish-yellow, impunctate ; a fuscous stain in front of the stemraata ; the thorax beneath, and three apical segments of the abdomen, black ; the ajjex of the wings with a broad fuscous cloud, the second submarginal cell restricted towards the marginal, the third submarginal cell quad- rate ; the legs without spines or ciha. Hab. Africa (the Gambia). 121. POMPILUS SUBVIRIDIS. B.M. Male. Length 12 lines. — Black : the antennae, tips of the femora, tibiae and tarsi ferruginous ; the head and thorax thinly clothed with black pubescence ; the wings yellow, their base and apex fuscous ; the tibiae and tarsi furnished with numerous short spines, the tips of the tarsi black. Abdomen clothed with short iridescent green pile. Hab. Interior of South Africa. 122. PoMPiLus Tamisieri. B.M. Pompilus Tamisieri, Guer. Voy. Abyss. Lefeb. vi. 356. t. 8. f. 4. Pompilus Combesii, idem, p. 355. t. 8. f. 2 var. Hab. Senegal ; Abyssinia ; Port Natal. 123. Pompilus h^morrhoidalis. Pompilus haemorrhoidalis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 198. 55. Hab. Guinea. 124. Pompilus analis. B.M. Sphex anahs, Fabr, Ent. Syst. ii. 209. 42 ; Mus. Dorn. Banks. Pompilus analis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 209. 42. Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 47. St. Farg. Hym. iii. 439. 35. Hab. India; Java; Ceylon. 125. Pompilus blandus. B.M. Pompilus blandus, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. pt. 2. p. 260. Anoplius cyaneus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 446. 7. Hab. Bengal; N. India. 144 HYMENOPTERA. 126. POMPILUS COMPTUS. Pompilus comptuSj St. Farg. Hym. iii. 425. 13. Hab. India. 127. Pompilus fulvipennis. B.M. Sphex fulvipennis, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 218. 84. Pompilus fulvipennis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 198. 57. Hemipepsis fulvipennis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 462. 2. Hab. India. 128. Pompilus fenestratus. B.M. Female. Length 3^-4 lines. — Head and thorax black ; the face densely clothed with fine silvery pile ; the mandibles rufo- piceous, the palpi testaceous. Thorax : the sides, beneath, and the metathorax entirely covered with bright silvery pile ; wings dark fuscous, their base hyaline ; the second submarginal cell wider than the third, which is narrowed towards the marginal ; the legs spinose. Abdomen : the three basal segments and the base of the fourth ferruginous. Hab. India (Bengal). 129. Pompilus honestus. B.M. Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : head, thorax, and abdo- raon densely clothed with bright golden pile ; the antennae and legs ferruginous ; the coxse black and covered with golden pile ; legs without spines, or merely a few very short fine ones on the tarsal joints ; wings yellow, subhyaline, their nervures and the tegulse ferruginous ; the metathorax rounded behind and trans- versely striated ; the apex of the anterior wings with a dark fuscous cloud extending to the base of the third submarginal cell. Abdomen subpetiolate. Hab. East India. 130. Pompilus Madraspatanus. B.M. Female. Length 12 lines. — Head and thorax black, the ab- domen deep blue, with tints of green ; the head and thorax densely clothed with a short velvety black pubescence ; wings deep fuscous ; the second submarginal cell oblong, receiving the first recurrent nervure near its apex ; the metathorax has on each sidC;, at its base, a large obtuse tubercle, its disk transversely rugose, and having a central longitudinal impressed line; the legs thickly spinose, the spines short and acute. Abdomen : HYMENOPTERA. 145 the base of the second segment thickly punctured, beneath it is rugose. Hub. India. 131. POMPILUS PEDUNCULATUS. B.M. Female. Length 5^ lines. — Head and thorax black, the face densely clothed with silvery pile, the labrum, mandibles and palpi ferruginous. Thorax : the posterior margin of the pro- thorax rounded; the metathorax finely transverse-striate and having a central longitudinal faintly impressed line ; wings fuscous, a subhyaline spot in the second discoidal cell ; the legs ferruginous, the coxae black, the tibiae and tarsi very slightly spinose. Abdomen ferruginous, the petiole black. Hah. India. 132. POMPILUS TINCTUS. B.M. Female. Length 4 lines. — Black : the head and thorax with an obscm'e green tinge ; the face covered with silvery pile. Thorax thinly covered with short hoary pile, most dense on the sides of the metathorax, the latter having a central longitudinal impressed line ; wings hyaline, the nervures testaceous ; the anterior and intermediate femora in front and the posterior pair entirely fer- ruginous ; the legs destitute of spines, the calcaria testaceous. Abdomen smooth and shining, covered with a fine, thin, hoary pile ; the apical margins of the segments narrowly testaceous. Hab. India. 133. POMPILUS UNIFASCIATUS. B.M. Female. Length 10 lines. — Black : head a little wider than the thorax, reddish-yellow, the antennae, mandibles and palpi of the same colour. Thorax : above yellow ; the mesothorax has its anterior margin more or less black; the metathorax without punctures or striae, covered with short pale silky pubescence ; the anterior and intermediate femora, except their extreme base, the apex of the posterior pair, the tibiae and tarsi, reddish-yellow ; the apical joints of the tarsi black ; wings reddish-yellow, their apical margins fuscous; the second submarginal cell a little wider than the third, which is slightly restricted towards the marginal; the first recurrent nervure received by the second submarginal cell near its apex. Abdomen : the basal margin of the second segment with a narrow yellow fascia; the apical segment reddish-yellow ; the yellow fasciae on the abdomen sometimes obscure. The male closely resembles the female, but has the head larger, H 146 HYMENOPTERA. and the meta- and meso-thorax black, the latter having a quatbate yellow spot ; the scutellum and post-seutellum yellow ; all the legs spinose as in the other sex. Hab. East India ; Sumatra ; North China. 134. POMPILUS DORSALIS. B.M. Calieurgus dorsalis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 407. 13. Hab. Java; India. 135. PoMPiLUS Javanus. Calieurgus Javanus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 408. 15. Hab. Java. 136. POMPILUS SPECULIFER. Anophus speculifer, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 422. 1. Hab. Java. 137. POMPILUS SERICOSOMA. B.M. Female. Length 8-10 lines. — Head and thorax yellow ; the sides, or sometimes the entire metathorax, fuscous ; a silken gold-coloured pile covers the entire insect ; that on the abdo- men, which is black, is very thin, and frequently obliterated on the basal segment ; wings yellow, palest at their apical margins ; the second and third submarginal cells of about equal width, the former receiving the first recurrent nervure near its apex, the latter slightly restricted towards the marginal ; the legs spinose, the posterior tibiae serrated. Abdomen : the second and third segments have their apical margins yellow-testaceous, the three apical segments entirely so. Hab. Sumatra. 138. POMPILUS CANIFRONS. B.M. Female. Length 6-8 lines. — Black : the face densely clothed with cinereous pile ; the posterior margin of the prothorax having a cinereous band ; the sides of the thorax, the legs and meta- thorax covered with glittering cinereous pile ; the metathorax smooth, rounded behind; the tibiae and tarsi sparingly armed with stout acute spines ; wings dark fuscous ; the second sub- marginal cell quadrate, smaller than the third, which is restricted towards the marginal. Abdomen : the basal margins of the segments with fasciae of cinereous pile. Hab. Sumatra. HYMENOPTERA. 147 139. POMPILUS PEDESTRIS. B.M. Female. Length 7 lines. — Black : the head covered with cine- reous pile, that on the face and clypeus very dense and silvery- white. Thorax thinly covered with cinereous pile ; the anterior and posterior margins of the prothorax have bands of dense cine- reous pile ; that on the metathorax, sides of the thorax, and on the coxae is very dense and silvery ; the metathorax truncate posteriorly, the lateral angles slightly produced, forming obtuse tubercles ; the wings fusco-hyaline, their apical margins having a darker fuscous cloud, the third submarginal cell subtriangular ; the legs covered with scattered long sharp spines ; the posterior tibise and femora ferruginous, the latter black at their base. Abdomen : the base, of all the segments, has a broad cinereous band. Hab. Sumatra. 140. POMPILUS PERPLEXUS. B.M. Female. Length 6 lines. — Black : the head and thorax opake ; the posterior margin of the prothorax angulated, the metathorax smooth and impunctate ; the wings deep fuscous, with a violet iridescence ; the second and third submarginal cells of about equal length, the former receiving the first recurrent nervure near its apex ; the legs sparingly spinose. Abdomen smooth and shining, and having an obscure chalybeous tinge. Hab. Sumatra. 141. POMPILUS C^RULEUS. B.M. Female. Length 5-7 lines. — Bright shining blue: the an- tennae, mandibles and palpi black ; the face covered with fine silvery pile, the head having a thin scattered hoary pubescence; the thorax has a similar pubescence to that on the head ; the pro- and meso-thorax finely rugose, the metathorax coarsely so, and having a central deeply impressed line, extending from the base to the apex ; wings subhyaline, the nervures black ; a fus- cous cloud traversing the externo-medial nervure, a faint cloud also occupies the second submarginal cell ; legs obscurely blue, without spines, the posterior femora bright red. Abdomen sub- petiolate, smooth and shining. Hab. Northern India; Sumatra. This species resembles P. blandus, Guerin, but differs in the sculpture of the thorax, colour of the legs, and also materially in size. h2 148 HYMENOPTERA. 142. PoMPiLus Sinensis. B.M. Female. Length 7 lines. — Head, antennae, mandibles and palpi, reddish-yellow ; the prothorax and mesothorax above, the scutellum and tegulaj, yellow ; the thorax beneath, the sides and the metathorax, as well as the coxae and trochanters at their base, black ; the femora, tibiae and tarsi, reddish-yellow, the two latter slightly spinose ; wings deep fuscous, with a bright purple iridescence ; the second submarginal cell about the same length as the third, but much narrower, receiving the first recurrent nervure near its apex. Abdomen reddish-yellow, with the basal segment black ; the apical margin of the second, and sometimes also of the third, fuscous. The male has the head and thorax black, the antennae fuscous above and obscurely yellow beneath, the labrum, mandibles and palpi yellow ; the scape compressed beneath ; the abdomen slightly fuscous at the base. Hah. North China. 143. POMPILUS GRAPHICUS. B.M. Female. Length A\ lines. — Obscure blue : the clypeus densely covered with silvery pile ; the antennae and mandibles black, the palpi testaceous ; the head and thorax have a thinly scattered hoary pubescence ; wings subhyaline, a faint cloud occupies the region of the second and third submarginal cells ; the legs black, and covered with a fine hoary pile ; the tibiae and tarsi spinose, the posterior tibiae serrated; the metathorax smooth and opake. Abdomen smooth and shining. Hah. Philippine Islands. 144. POMPILUS AMETHYSTINUS. Sphex amethystina, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 210. 49. Pepsis amethystinus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 215. 41. Pompilus amethystinus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 48. Schomh. Faun, et Flo. Brit. Guiana, iii. Sinn. Gay's Chili, vi. 382. 8. Hah. Brazil ; Guiana. 145. Pompilus auripennis. B.M. Pompilus auripennis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 192. 24. Pompilus bifasciatus. Gray, Grijf. An. Kingd. xv. 515. 2. t. 7^. f. 2 (nee Fabr.). Hah. South America ; Brazil (Para; Tapajos). HYMENOPTERA. N9 146. POMPILUS iESTIVUS. B.M. Female. Length 8 lines. — Head and thorax densely clothed with short changeable pile reflecting shades of purple and blue ; the anterior margin of the clypeus rounded, smooth and shining ; the mandibles polished at their apex and armed with four acute teeth ; wings dark fuscous, with a bright violet iridescence ; the legs have an obscure iridescence, the tibiae have a few scattered spines, the anterior tarsi ciliated ; the metathorax rounded, and having a central longitudinal impressed line. Abdomen blue, with purple iridescence, the apex thinly covered with black pubescence. Hab. Brazil (Para). (Coll. H. W. Bates.) 14/. POMPILUS BITUBERCULATUS. B.M. Pompilus bituberculatus, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. pt. 2. p. 258. Hah. Brazil. 148. Pompilus chlorosoma. B.M. Female. Length 5 lines. — Metallic green, varied with coppery and blue shades : the femora and tibiae red, the extreme apex of the latter and the tarsi fuscous ; the calcaria fuscous at the tips, the tarsi more or less red at their base ; the face covered with a dense silvery pile; the entire insect has a thin changeable silvery pile, most dense on the prothorax, coxae, and sides of the metathorax, the latter having also a thin hoary pubes- cence, and a slightly impressed longitudinal line in the middle ; wings hyaline, iridescent, the nervures fuscous, stigma black ; the tegulae have their outer margins rufo-testaceous. Abdomen petiolate, the extreme apex rufo-piceous. Hah. Brazil (Para). (Coll. H. W. Bates.) 149. Pompilus Croesus. B.M. Female. Length 15 lines. — Black, covered with rich golden pile ; the antennae ferruginous, the scape and base of the first joint of the flagellum, fuscous ; wings yellow, the nervures fer- ruginous, the apex of the superior wings pale ; the coxae covered with golden pile, the femora, tibiae and tarsi, black ; the meta- thorax black, rounded, and transversely rugose-striate, having a central longitudinal impressed line. Abdomen subpetiolate. Hah. Brazil. 150 HYMENOPTERA. 150. POMPILUS CYANEUS. Calicurgus cyaneus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 405. 10. Hab. Brazil. 151. POMPILUS DUMOSUS. Pompilus dumosus, Spiii. Gay's Chili, vi. 376. 1. Hab. Chili ; Brazil, 152. Pompilus erraticus. Pompilus erraticus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 60. Hab. Brazil. 153. Pompilus familiaris. B.M. Female. Length 6 lines. — Head black : the hinder margin of the vertex has a narrow yellow line, slightly interrupted in the middle, the line continued along the outer orbits of the eyes ; the clypeus yellow, with a triangular black spot in the middle of its base, a yellow stripe on each side of the face, and a third be- tween the antennae running up half-way towards the anterior ocellus ; the antennae black above and fulvous beneath, the scape yellow in front ; the thorax varied with yellow markings as in P. Polistoides ; the legs red, the femora having a dark stripe above, and the intermediate tibise a dark stripe behind, the posterior pair are fuscous above ; wings as in the preceding species. Abdomen dark fuscous, with two yellow spots at the base above ; the base beneath yellow, the apical margins of the segments obscurely so. Hab. Brazil. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) The form and general aspect of this insect induce me to think it possible that it may be only a differently-coloured form of the preceding species. 154. Pompilus gracillimus. B.M. Male. Length 4 lines. — Black : head wider than the thorax ; the clypeus, mandibles and palpi white, the face covered with short silvery pile ; the coxae, trochanters and femora red, the tibiae and tarsi black, the anterior tibiae in front and the tarsi pale rufo testaceous, a white spot at the base of the inter- mediate and posterior tibiae, the calcaria white, the legs much elongated; wings hyaline, the nervures black, a fuscous cloud occupies the marginal, a portion of the second and the whole of HYMENOPTERA. 151 the third submarginal cells ; the thorax covered with a fine silvery pile, the posterior margin of the prothorax white. The abdomen petiolate, compressed, much narrower than the thorax, the second segment white at its base above, having a narrow white stripe on each side beneath, the basal margins of both segments are broadly white ; a white spot at the apex of the abdomen, which is acute. Hab. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. H. W. Bates.) This species has very much the appearance of an Ichneumon. 155. POMPILUS ICHNEUMONEUS. Pompilus ichneumoneus, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. pt. 2, p. 258 ; Atlas, Ins. no. 8. f. 13. Hah. Brazil. 156. Pompilus luteicornis. B.M. Calicurgus luteicornis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 404. Hab. Brazil. 157. Pompilus micans. B.M. Pompilus micans, Fahr. Syst. Piez. p. 192. 23. Agenia micans, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 455. 2, ^ type sp. Miis. Kiel. Hab. South America; Brazil (Santarem and Para). 158. Pompilus pectoralis. B.M. Female. Length 9 lines. — Head and thorax black, densely clothed with a changeable velvety pubescence, partaking of shades of purple, violet and blue ; anterior margin of the clypeus widely emarginate ; wings dark fuscous, with a brilliant violet iri- descence; the metathorax rounded, not channeled down the middle; the pectus broad, transverse posteriorly, the lateral angles acute ; tibiae slightly spinose. Abdomen subpetiolate, iri- descent blue, black at the base. Hab. Brazil (Para). (Coll. H. W. Bates.) 159. Pompilus phaleratus. Pompilus phaleratus, Perty, Del. An. Art. p. 143. t. 27. f. 20. Hab. Brazil (Rio. Amazons), 152 HYMENOPTERA. 160. POMPILUS POLISTOIDES. B.M. Female. Length 6 lines. — Head yellow: a transverse black line crosses the vertex immediately behind the posterior ocelli and passes over the vertex of the eyes ; a black line runs from each posterior ocellus to the base of each antenna, which is ful- vous, the scape being yellow in front, and five or six of the apical joints fuscous. The prothorax, sides of the thorax, and also the coxae beneath, yellow ; the legs fulvous, varied with yellow, strongly spinose ; the mesothorax black, having two longitudinal yellow stripes ; the scutellum brov»'n-black, with a large half- circular yellow spot on each side ; the metathorax reddish-yellow, the basal margin black, having a central broad black stripe, not extending to the apex, and a mvich shorter one on each side ; wings hyaline, the superior pair having a broad fuscous cloud on their anterior margin. Abdomen reddish-yellow, the basal mar- gins of the segments yellow and covered with a white pile ; be- neath yellow. Hab. Brazil (Para). (Coll. H.W. Bates.) The resemblance of this insect to a PoUstes is so great, that it may at first sight be easily mistaken for a species of that genus. 161. POMPILUS REGIUS. B.M. Pompilus regius, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 199. 58. Anoplius regius, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 450. 14. Hab. Brazil (Para). 162, Pompilus semicinctus. Pompilus semicinctus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 61. Hab. Brazil. 163. Pompilus turcicus. B.M. Sphex turcica, Fabr.Ent. Syst. ii. 216. 7G. Pompilus turcicus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 197- 47, and type in Mus. Dom. Banks. Pompilus rufiventris, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. pt. 2. p. 260. Hab. Brazil. M. Guerin was misled by the description of Fabricius in the Syst. Piez. : having examined the type, we correct that por- tion which appears to be necessary : — Black : the posterior mar- gin of the prothorax yellow ; the face, scutellum, sides of the HYMENOPTERA. 153 metathorax and of the prothorax maculated with patches of golden pile; the wings dark fuscous; abdomen ferruginous, covered with fine hoary pile. 164. POMPILUS VARIUS. Pompilus varius, Fahr. Syst. Piez. p. 189. 7. Hab. South America. 165. Pompilus rusticus. Pompilus rusticus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 199. 59. Hab. South America, 166. Pompilus pulvillatus. Female. Length 6| hues.— Black, with a fine thin sericeous pile, which is most dense on the metathorax, coxse, and sides of the thorax, and has a pale golden brilliancy; it is very dense on the face and silvery-bright ; the clypeus marginate, and having a transverse row of punctures; the mandibles dark rufo-piceous towards their apex, the palpi fuscous ; the antennae slender ; the intermediate and posterior tibiae serrate exteriorly ; the tarsi have the pulvillus very large and much produced ; wings hyaline, the superior pair having a narrow dark fascia crossing at the base of the first and second discoidal cells, and a much broader one towards their apex enclosmg the second and third submarginal cells ; the metathorax rounded. Abdomen subpetiolate. Hab. South America. (Coll. W.W. Saunders, Esq.) 167. Pompilus militaris. Pompilus militaris, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 199. 62. Hab. South America. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 168. Pompilus femoratus. Pompilus femoratus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 190. 13. Hab. South America. 169. Pompilus capitatus. Pompilus capitatus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 188. 5. Pompilus seniUs, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 189. 6. var. ? Hab. South America. h5 154 HYMENOPTERA, 170. POMPILUS CAPTIVUS. Pompilus captivus, Fahr. Syst. Piez. p. 199. 61. Agenia captiva, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 456. 10. Hab. South America. 171. Pompilus xanthopus. Agenia xanthopus. Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 385. 2. Hab. Chili. 172. Pompilus sobrinus. Pompilus sobrinus, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 379. 5. Hab. Chili. 173. Pompilus nitidulus. B.M. Pompilus nitidulus, Guer. Voy. Coq.Zool. pt. 2. p. 261. Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 377. 3. Hab. Chih. 174. Pompilus nigro-cyaneus. Pompilus nigro-cyaneus, Chier. Voy. Coq. Zool. pt. 2. p. 259. Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 383. 9. Hab. Chili. 175. Pompilus inconspicuus. Pompilus inconspicuus. Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 378. 4. Hab. Chili. 176. Pompilus hirsutulus. Agenia? hirsutula. Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 387. 4. Hab. ChiU. 177. Pompilus hirticeps. B.M. Pompilus hirticeps, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. pt. 2. p. 259. Spin. Gay's ChiU, vi. 376. 2. Hab. ChiU. HYMENOPTERA. 155 178. PoMPiLus Gravesii. B.M. Pompilus Gravesii, Halid. Linn. Trans, xvii. 325. 38. Agenia speciosa, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 388. 5; Atlas, t. 4. f. 1, U, 1 c (? $ . Hab, Chili. 179. Pompilus gastricus. Pompilus gastricus, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 380. 6. Hab. Chili. 180. Pompilus Gayi. Agenia Gayi, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 384. 1. Hab. Chili. 181. Pompilus flavipes. Pompilus flavipes, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. pt. 2, p. 259. Agenia flavipes, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 389. 6. Hab. Chili. 182. Pompilus diphonichus. Pompilus diphonichus, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 381. 7- Hab. Chili. 183. Pompilus Chilensis. Pompilus Chilensis, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool pt. 2. p. 257 ; Atlas, Ins. no. 8. f. 12. Hab. Chili. (Coll. F. Smith.) 184. Pompilus argenteo-signata. Agenia argenteo-signata. Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 386. 3. Hab. Chili ; S. America. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 185. Pompilus flammipennis. B.M. Female. Length 6 lines. — Blue : the metathorax and legs obscurely so; antennse bright yellow; wings ferruginous, the superior pair bright red towards their anterior margins ; legs spinose, the posterior tibiae serrated ; metathorax rounded behind. 156 HYMENOPTERA. having a slight longitudinal channel, and being transversely striated. Hab. St. Domingo. The male differs in having the apical margins of the wings dark fuscous ; in the female they are faintly so. 186. POMPILUS CORUSCUS. B.M. Female. Length 4-5 lines. — Head, thorax and legs black, thinly covered with glittering silvery pile, that on the vertex, pro- and meso-thorax with a purple shade in certain lights ; the clypeus and sides of the face have a dense silvery pile ; the meta- thorax rounded ; the wings fuscous, with a violet iridescence ; the third submarginal cell petiolated or angular ; the legs spinose. Abdomen subsessile, bright ferruginous, with the apical seg- ment black, the posterior margins of the fourth and fifth seg- ments fuscous. Hab. St. Domingo. 187. POMPILUS ERYTHRUS. B.M. Female. Length 10 lines. — Brick-red : the apical joints of the antennae and tarsi, fuscous ; the clypeus emarginate, rounded at the sides; wings dark fuscous and iridescent; the tibiae have a few scattered sharp spines, the tarsi slightly spinose, the ante- rior tarsi ciliated outside. Abdomen smooth, shining, and im- punctate ; the pectus with black stains, the rest of the body of a brighter red than above. The first recurrent nervure received by the second submarginal cell near its apex. Hab. Jamaica. 188. POMPILUS RiCHARDI. Anoplius Richardi, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 447. 9. Hab. Cayenne. 189. POMPILUS NOBILIS. * B.M. Sphex nobilis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 218. 85 $ . Pompilus nobilis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 199. 58. St. Farg. Sf Serv. Ency. Meth. x. 180. 5. Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 47. Anoplius nobilis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 449. 12. Pompilus splendidulus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 193. 25 S . Hab. Cayenne; Brazil (Para) ; Venezuela. HYMENOPTERA, 167 190. POMPILUS FLAVIPENNIS. Calicurgus flavipennis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 407. 14. Hab. Cayenne. 191. PoMPiLus Americanus.- — " B.M. Pompilus Amerieanus, Palis, de Beauv.Ins. Afric. et Am^r. p. 117- t. 3. f. 6. Pompilus trifasciatus, Palis, de Beauv. Ins. Afric. et Amer. p. 118. t. 3. f. 6. Pompilus plebejuS;, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 60. Hab. North America. This species is very closely allied to P. viaticus, of which it may be considered the American form ; it differs in having the posterior margin of the prothorax angulated, and in the basal segment gradually declining to its base. 192. Pompilus atramentarius. —""""^ B.M. Pompilus atramentarius, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 48. Hab. North America. 193. Pompilus atrox.**'"*'''*^ Pompilus atrox, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 63. Hab. South Carolina. 194. Pompilus architectus. — «—•> B.M. Pompilus (Agenia) architectus. Say, Bost. Journ. i, 303. 2 $ . Hab. United States (Ohio) j Hudson's Bay. 195. Pompilus apiculatus. B.M. Female. Length A\ lines. — Head, thorax and legs black ; the abdomen red ; the entire insect covered with a fine white silky pile, most dense on the face, cheeks, coxae and metathorax ; the clypeus rounded at its anterior margin. Thorax : the posterior margin of the prothorax having a band of silver}' pile, a spot of the same on each side of the scutellum and post- scutellum ; the metathorax rounded, and having a longitudinal slightly impressed line ; wings fusco-hyaline, the first recurrent nervure entering the second submarginal cell in the middle, the third submarginal cell subpetiolate ; the tibiae and tarsi have a 158 HYMENOPTERA. few scattered sharp spines, tlie anterior tarsi ciliated exteriorly ; the tarsi obscurely rufo-piceous. Abdomen : the apical ventral segment having an elongate-ovate fuscous spot. Hab. Mexico (Vera Cruz). 196. POMPILUS ALGIDUS. ' B.M. Female. Length 1 1 lines. — Black : body and legs covered with purple iridescent pile ; the face, clypeus, and mandibles in the middle, obscurely ferruginous ; the scape and three basal joints of the flagellum ferruginous beneath. Thorax : the pos- terior margin of the prothorax fusco-ferruginous ; wings dark fuscous, with a brilliant violet iridescence ; the anterior tibiae and tarsi strongly ciliated exteriorly, the intermediate and posterior pairs thickly spinose. Abdomen : the base of the second and third segments pale ferruginous, the former obscurely so. Hab. North America? 197. POMPILUS BIPARTITUS. B.M. Pompilus bipartitus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 439. 36 $ . Hab. North America ; Philadelphia. 198. Pompilus biguttatus. B.M. Pompilus biguttatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 249. 18 ; Syst. Piez. 193. 28. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 303. 3. Hab. North America ; Nova Scotia. 199. Pompilus calipterus. Pompilus cahpterus. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 302. 1. Hab. North America (Indiana). 200. Pompilus ephippiger. B.M. Female. Length 6-81 lines. — Black : the head thinly sprinkled with black pubescence ; the anterior margin of the clypeus emarginate ; the posterior margin of the prothorax arcuate ; the metathorax rounded, smooth, and having a fine sericeous pile of a purple tint ; wings dark fuscous, their apical margins havmg a darker border ; the tibiae and tarsi spinose. Abdomen : the second and third segments have a broad yellow fascia, the posterior margin of which is emarginate. Hab. North America. HYMENOPTERA. 15.9 201. POMPILUS ALIENATUS. Pompilus fascipennis. Say, Nar. Exped. St. Peter^s River, Ap- pend, p. 67. 1 (nee Van d. Lind.). Hab. N. America (United States). 202. Pompilus ferrugineus. - — ~- B.M. Pompilus ferrugineus, Dahlb, Hym. Europ. i. 63. Hab. North America; St. John's Bluff; East Florida; Georgia. 203. Pompilus fulvipes. -^ — • — - Agenia fulvipes, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 92. Hab. Pennsylvania ; South Carolina. 204. Pompilus funereus. «»— — B.M. Anoplius funereus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 449. 13. Hab. North America; Philadelphia; St. John's Bluff; East Florida; Hudson's Bay. 205. Pompilus lepidus. B.M. Pompilus lepidus. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 303. 4. Pompilus medius, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 423. 10? Hab. N. America ; Canada. 206. Pompilus mellipes. '"' — ' Pompilus mellipes. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 304. /• Hab. N. America (Indiana). 207. Pompilus maculipennis. — - B.M. Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : the tips of the mandibles ferruginous ; the head and thorax covered with very short velvety pubescence ; wings brown, with a purple iridescence, the ante- rior wings having a large ovate yellow macula a little beyond the middle, touching their anterior margin ; the anterior and inter- mediate tibiae and tarsi slightly spinose, the posterior tibiae ser- rated exteriorly, the tarsi spinose. Abdomen obscm-ely sericeous, the apical margins of the segments without pile, smooth and shining. Hab. North America. 160 HYMENOPTERA. 208. POMPILUS MARGINATUS. Pompilus mai'ginatus, Say, Nar. Exped. St. Peter's River, Ap- pend, p. 67. 2. Hah. North America (Missouri). 209. Pompilus nebulosus. B.M. Pompilus nebulosus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 48. Pompilus Philadelphicus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 423. 9. Pompilus atroviolaceus, Harris, Cat. Hab. N.America; Philadelphia; St. John's Bluff ; East Florida. (E. Doubleday.) 210. Pompilus petiolatus. B.M. Pompilus petiolatus. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 305. 9. Hab. North America. 211. Pompilus pallidicornis. B.M. Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : the antennae pale yellow, the scape and basal joint of the flagellum black ; the posterior margin of the prothorax angular ; the metathorax rounded be- hind and transversely striated ; wings dark brown with a violet iridescence, having a large pale yellow irregularly -formed macula on the anterior pair near their apex, the macula the same width as the marginal cell from which it emanates ; legs thickly spinose, the posterior tibiae serrated. Abdomen covered with a fine seri- ceous pile, which has a violet iridescence. Hab. St. John's Bluff; East Florida. 212. Pompilus 5-notatus. B.M. Pompilus 5-notatus, Say, Bost. Journ. i. 304. 5. Hab. N. America (Indiana) ; Hudson's Bay ; Nova Scotia. 213. Pompilus sordidus. B.M. Pompilus fuscipennis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 434. 29, nee Say. Hab. North America; Philadelphia; East Florida. HYMENOPTERA. 161 214. POMPILUS TROPICUS. B.M. Sphex tropica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 945. 27. Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 250. 23. Pompilus tropicus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 250. 23 ; Syst. Piez. p. 194. 33. St. Farg. ^ Serv. Ency. MeVi. x. 181. 11. Dahlb. Hym. Europ. p. 62. St. Farg. Hym. iii. 434. 28. Hab. N. America; St. John's Bluff; East Florida. 215. Pompilus Australis. Pompilus Australis, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. pt. 2. p. 260. Hab. New Holland; Port Jackson. 216. Pompilus aurifrons. B.M. Female. Length 12 lines. — Black: the face covered with fine short golden pubescence ; the antennae, clypeus, palpi and mandibles reddish-yellow, the tips of the femora, tibiae, tarsi and wings of the same colom- ; the first recurrent nervure entering the second submarginal cell at one-third from its apex ; the apical margins of the wings have a narrow fuscous border ; the thorax clothed above with short black velvety pubescence ; metathorax short, truncate, and transversely rugose- striate, the striation strongest at the sides ; the posterior tibiae strongly serrated ex- teriorly, the anterior pairs spinose. Abdomen : the first seg- ment and basal half of the second black, with very short black pubescence, the apical half of the second and the whole of the following segments clothed with short golden pubescence ; be- neath smooth and shining, the margins of the segments rufo- piceous. Hab. Australia. 217. Pompilus antennalis. B.M. Male. Length 6 lines. — Black : the antennae orange-yellow above, fuscous beneath, the scape black ; a narrow cream-coloured line at the inner orbits of the eyes, not extending to their vertex ; the head has a thinly scattered griseous pubescence intermixed with fuscous on the vertex. Thorax : beneath, the sides, as well as the legs have a short hoary pile ; the tibiae have the spurs at their apex white ; wings fuscous, irregularly clouded, their apical margins having a dark border ; the metathorax short, truncate 162 HYMENOPTERA. behind. Abdomen sessile, the apical margins of the segments having a narrow fascia of fine white pubescence. Hab. Australia (Adelaide). 218. POMPILUS CARBONARIUS. B.M. Female. Length 4 lines. — Black, smooth, and impunctate ; the abdomen glossy black ; the face covered with short silvery pubescence ; the legs and sides of the thorax thinly covered with hoary pile ; the metathorax rounded ; wings fusco-hyaline, the nervures black, the apical segment slightly roughened and sprinkled with long hairs, the extreme apex rufo-piceous. Hab. New Zealand. 219. POMPILUS CINEREUS. B.M. Sphex cinerea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 213. 61. Pompilus cinereus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 250. 22 ; Syst. Piez. p. 194. 31. Hab. New Holland. 220. Pompilus collaris. B.M. Sphex collaris, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 208. 40; Mus. Dom. Banks. Pompilus collaris, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 188. 2. Hab. New Holland. 221. Pompilus erythrostethus. B.M. Female. Length 5^ lines. — The head, legs and abdomen black, the latter very smooth and shining ; the thorax blood-red, finely shagreened, the metathorax rounded and more coarsely rugose; the anterior tibiae ferruginous at the base, the tarsi having exteriorly a row of long cilia; the intermediate and pos- terior tibiae and tarsi thickly spinose ; wings hyaline, having a transverse fuscous fascia on the anterior wings, crossing at the base of the first and second discoidal cells, enclosing the trans- verso-medial nervure ; fuscous beyond the first submarginal cell ; the apex of the posterior wings fuscous ; the basal margins of the abdominal segments covered with fine silvery pile. Hab. New Holland. HYMENOPTERA. * 163 222. POMPILUS FASCIATUS. B.M. Sphex fasciata, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 213. 60. Pompilus fasciatus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 194. 30, Sf Mus. Bom. Banks. Hah. New Holland (Moreton Bay, Hunter River, Port Essing- ton) ; Van Diemen's Land. 223. Pompilus fugax. B.M. Sphex fugax, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 213. 63. Pompilus fugax, Fahr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 250. 24 ; Syst. Piez. p. 194. 35, c^ Cah. Dom. Bariks. Sphex nitida, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 214. 65. Pompilus nitidus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 250. 26 ; Syst. Piez. p. 195. 36, <^- Cab. Dom. Banks. Hah. New Zealand ; New Holland ? On comparison, these insects in the Banksian Collection will be found to be the same ; the fascia on the wings appears to be most frequent in the males, but in this species it is a very incon- stant character, being frequently obsolete ; the locality of New Holland given by Fabricius is possibly erroneous. 224. Pompilus frontalis. Sphex frontalis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 209. 41 ; Mus. Dom. Banks. Pompilus frontalis, Fahr. Syst. Piez. p. 188. 3. Hah. New Holland. 225. Pompilus flavicornis. B.M. Female. Length 10 lines. — Black : the antennae yellow, two or three of the apical joints fuscous. Thorax oblong-quadrate, of the same width as the head, the sides nearly parallel, the me- tathorax rounded posteriorly and transversely rugose-striate, and having a longitudinal impressed line down the middle ; the pro- thorax, mesothorax and scutellum smooth ; wings dark fuscous, the third submarginal cell one-third wider than the second, which receives the first recurrent nervure about one-third from its apex ; legs scarcely spinose, having only a few very short spines on the tibiae, the tarsi being cihated with short distant spines. Abdomen smooth, subopake, slightly shining at the base. Hah. New Holland (Port Stephen). 164 HYMENOPTERA. 226. POMPILUS LUNATUS. B.M. Female. Length 8i lines. — Bkck, adorned with a change- able silvery pile, very dense on the body and legs beneath, also on the elypeus, pro- and meta-thorax, as well as on the apical margins of the segments of the abdomen laterally ; the head of the same width as the thorax, the vertex transverse-quadrate. Thorax oblong, slightly rounded at the collar, and abruptly trun- cate posteriorly ; the truncation, as well as the entire thorax above, smooth ; the metathorax slightly roughened at the margin of the truncation ; wings fuscous, the anterior pair having a slightly irregular half-moon-shaped yellow spot at their apex, nearly occupying their entire width ; at the base of the wings are a few narrow hyaline streaks. Abdomen sessile, elongate- ovate, pointed at the apex ; the legs shorter and stouter than is usual in this genus, and thickly set with stout spines exteriorly. Hab. New Holland (Sydney). 227. POMPILUS MORIO. B.M. Sphex morio, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 208.39 ; Syst. Piez. p. 187- 1, Sf Mus. Dom. Banks. Hab. New Holland. 228. POMPILUS MONACHUS. B.M. Pompilus monachus. White, ZooL Erebus and Terror, Faun. New Zeal. Female Length 6^-9 lines. — Jet-black : shining, head and thorax thinly scattered over with black pubescence ; wings smoky-hyaline, splendidly iridescent, the third submarginal cell elongate, widest at its apex, twice the width of the second cell. Hab. New Zealand. 229. Pompilus nubilipennis. B.M. Female. Length 5 lines. — Black : the face below the inser- tion of the antennae covered with fine short cinereous pubes- cence ; the sides of the thorax and the entire insect beneath, the legs and sides of the metathorax, covered with fine cinereous pile ; the metathorax rounded behind, and having a longitudinal impressed • line in the middle ; wings subhyaline, irregularly clouded with fuscous, leaving a variety of subhyaline spaces ; the intermediate and posterior tibiae strongly serrated exte- riorly, the calcaria pale testaceous. Abdomen subsessile, the HYMENOPTERA. 165 apical margins of the segmeDts having narrow fasciae of white pubescence. Hah. New Holland. 230. POMPILUS ORNATIPENNIS. B.M. Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : the antennae, palpi, and mandibles in the middle ferruginous, the scape fuscous above ; the legs ferruginous, coxae fuscous ; wings yellow, their apical margins having a fuscous stripe uniting with a transverse band which emanates from the marginal cell, a fuscous oblong stain occupies the apex of the interno-medial and base of the first discoidal cell ; metathorax short and rounded, transversely striated posteriorly ; the first segment and basal half of the second seg- ment of tiie abdomen ferruginous. Hah. New Holland. 231. PoMPiLUS Pelterii. B.M. Pompilus Pelterii, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. pt. 2. p. 257 ; Atlas, Ins. no. 9. f. 2. Hah. Amboyna. 232. Pompilus pictifrgns. B.M. Male. Length 5-6 lines. — Black : an abbreviated Hue at the inner orbits of the eyes, not extending to their vertex, the maxil- lary palpi, mandibles in the middle, a line on each side of the labrum, a spot above, and the clypeus, yellow, the latter having a black bell-shaped spot in the centre ; a minute yellow spot on the scape, the flagellum bright fulvous beneath, the tibiae, tarsi, and tips of the femora bright fulvous ; wings subhyaline, tinged with yellow, having a pale transverse fuscous fascia on the supe- rior pair, crossing from, but not so wide as, the marginal cell ; the apical margins of the wings have a narrow fuscous cloud, the nervures ferruginous, towards the apex of the wings they be- come fuscous; the metathorax rounded behind and shghtly roughened. Hah. Australia (Adelaide). * 233. Pompilus pictipennis. B.M. Female. Length 8 lines. — Black, covered with a fine seri- ceous silvery pile ; the antennae ferruginous, the scape and two or three of the apical joints above more or less fuscous ; the tibia; and tarsi ferruginous, the claws rufo-piceous ; wings sub- \(i6 HYMENOPTERA. hyaline, the anterior pair having an irregular dark fascia cross- ing at the trausverso-medial nervure; a second broader fascia crosses the wing at the stigma, enclosing the second submarginal cell ; the apical margins of the wings have a paler narrow stripe which unites with the second transverse fascia, the enclosed spaces on each side of the second fascia yellow ; the metathorax rounded behind, having a central longitudinal impressed line, the posterior lateral angles subtuberculate, and the apical por- tion of the metathorax transversely striated. Abdomen smooth and shining, beautifully adorned with changeable silvery pile, which is most dense at the basal margins of the segments, Hab. New Holland. 234. POMPILUS SEMILUCTUOSUS. B.M. Female. Length 6-8 lines. — Black : the head behind, the face, mandibles towards their base, and the sides of the clypeus, covered with a short cinereous pile ; the coxae and femora be- neath, the anterior tibiae behind, and the intermediate and poste- rior tibiae at their base and apex above, covered with short cine- reous pile ; a spot at the base of the abdomen and the apical margins of the segments have a fascia of the same colour ; the posterior margin of the prothorax having a narrow band, a trans- verse line at the base of the scutellum, a spot on each side of the latter, another on each side of the post-scutellum, a spot on each side of the base of the metathorax, a waved stripe on each side of its apex, of cinereous pile ; the sides of the thorax irre- gularly spotted with similar pile ; wings fuscous, their apical margins having a darker border ; the second submarginal cell receiving the first recurrent nervure near its apex, the third sub- marginal ceil much narrowed towards the marginal cell ; the tibiae having a few scattered spines exteriorly, the anterior tarsi furnished with a row of long cilia behind. Hab. New Holland. 235. POMPILUS TUBERCULATUS. B.M. Female. Length 12 lines. — Black : the head, antennae, tibiae, tarsi, and tips of the femora, orange-yellow ; the palpi, labrum and mandibles yellow, tips of the mandibles black. Thorax covered with a short velvety black pubescence, the scutellum compressed, the post-scutellum elevated, forming a conical tubercle ; the me- tathorax rounded and transversely rugose towards the apex, the intermediate and posterior tibiae serrated ; wings yellow, their apical margins having a narrow dark border, their extreme base HYMENOPTERA. 167 black. Abdomen yellow, the basal segment black, sometimes the base of the second black. Hab. New Holland (Houtman's Abrolhos, "W. Coast). 236. POMPILUS VIDUATUS. Female. Length 6-7 lines. — Black : the face with a fine short cinereous pubescence, the vertex impunctate, the cheeks with long cinereous pubescence. Thorax smooth, slightly shining ; the metathorax opake, truncate behind ; the sides of the thorax and the legs have a changeable hoary pile ; the interme- diate and posterior tibiae thickly set with short stout spines, the calcaria white ; wings fusco-hyaline, irregularly clouded, the nervures fuscous. Abdomen sessile, the apical margins of the segments have narrow fasciae of fine white pubescence. Hab. New Holland. Genus 2. CTENOCERUS. Ctenocerus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 456. 23-24 (1843). Clavelia, Lucas, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. new ser. (1852). I. Ctenocerus Klugii. ' B.M. Ctenocerus Klugii, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 456. 23-24 S . Clavelia pompiliformis, Lucas, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. new ser. (1852). Hab. Algeria. Genus 3. FERREOLA. Sphex, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 209 (1/93). Pompilus, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 188 (1804). Salius, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 441 (1843), Ferreola, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 468 (1845). This can only be regarded as a subgenus, established by St. Fargeau for the reception of the Pompilus dimidiatus of Fabri- cius; the species included in it have the antennae short, thick- ened, and gradually tapering to a point ; the head narrower than the thorax, the prothorax longer than in Pompilus, in the males nearly as long as the meso- and meta-thorax combined ; the ab- domen sessile and as wide as the thorax. The genus Salius of Fabricius appears to be founded on the male of an ordinary Pompilus, but between it and its female 168 HYMENOPTERA. there exists a remarkable disparity ; specimens believed to be male and female have been received from Albania, and also from Portugal. Dahlbom has placed the species included in the genus Ferreola in that of Salius, the true species of Salius being ap- parently removed into a new genus, Homotus. The species of the extensive genus Pompilus present so many phases of difference, that without types of every described species, it becomes impossible in a catalogue to arrange them in any more satisfactory order than that of locality ; in arranging those belonging to the fauna of any particular country, the armature of the legs appears to afford the most constant character, and is one especially desirable, since it is a clue to habit. 18.9. 10. 1. Ferreola dimidiata. B.M. Sphex dimidiata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 209. 45. Pompilus dimidiatus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. Van d. hind. Hym. d'Eur. 322. 1/. Ferreola Algira, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 468. 1. t. 36. f. 1 $ . Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii, 269. t. 14. f. 4. Hab. Algeria ; Barbary. 2. Ferreola Humboldti. Salius Humboldti, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 441. Hab. Egypt. 3. Ferreola Schiodtei. B.M. Salius Schiodtei, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 441. Hab. Egypt; Cape of Good Hope ; Port Natal. 4. Ferreola bicolor. B.M. Female. Length 7 lines. — Head, prothorax, mesothorax, scu- tellum and tegular ferruginous ; the face fuscous ; the meta- thorax truncate, deeply excavated, and receiving the base of the abdomen ; the legs, metathorax and abdomen cyaneous ; wings deep fuscous, the third submarginal cell much nai'rowed towards the maro;inal. Hab. Port Natal. This species closely resembles F. Schiodtei, but the prothorax is longer and the metathorax much more deeply excavated. hymenoptera. 169 5. Ferreola collaris. B.M. Sphex collaris, Fabr. Ent. Sysf. ii, 208. 40, Sf Mus. Dom. Banks. Pompilus collaris, Fabr. Syst. Fiez. p. 188. 2. Salius collaris, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 441. Hab. Australia. 6. Ferreola frontalis. Sphex frontalis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 209. 41. Pompilus frontalis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 188. 3, 4* Mus. Dom. Banks. Hab. Australia. 7. Ferreola distincta. B.M. Female. Length 10 lines. — Black, covered with iridescent pile, which has a mixture of violet and blue shades ; the meta- thorax sanguineous, truncate, and having a central longitudinal impressed line ; the legs spinose ; the wings dark fuscous ; the third submarginal cell a little wider than the second and slightly narrowed towards the marginal. Var. /3. A sanguineous spot on each side of the first and second segments of the abdomen, those on the second largest. Hab. Albania. 8. Ferreola fasciata. Male. Length 5 hues. — Black : the metathorax has a central longitudinal impressed line, and is covered with short silvery pubescence ; truncate posteriorly ; wings subhyaline, the neura- tion as in F. distincta ; the second segment of the abdomen has a broad red fascia which is covered with silvery pile ; legs slightly spinose. Hab. Albania. (Coll. W.W. Saunders, Esq.) Notwithstanding the difference in the colour of the wings, there are strong reasons for suspecting this species to be the male of F. distincta. 9. Ferreola fenestrata. B.M. Female. Length 6 lines. — Black : a narrow pale testaceous line along the orbits of the eyes, slightly interrupted at their vertex. The thorax and legs with a fine sericeous silvery pile ; the pro- thorax ferruginous; wings dark fuscous, with a violet irides- cence ; their base, to the extent of one-third of their length, clear hyaline. Abdomen covered with a violet iridescent pile. I 170 HYMENOPTERA. Male. — Resembles the female, but has the prothorax propor- tionably longer, nearly equal to the length of the meso- and meta-thorax ; the abdomen has the basal half of its segments covered mth a grey or silvery pile, the apical half with violet, Hab. India (Madras). 10. Ferreola unicolor. B.M. Female. Length 6i lines. — Black: prothorax twice the length of the mesothorax ; the metathorax truncate posteriorly and shghtly excavated ; wings dark fuscous, the third submarginal cell much narrowed towards the marginal ; the legs spinose. Abdomen sessile, and having, as well as the thorax, an obscure violet bloom or pile. Hah. South America (Napo River). 11. Ferreola sanguinea. B.M. Female. Length 9 lines. — Thorax and abdomen ferruginous ; head, antennae, legs, and three apical segments of the abdomen, black ; the scape of the antennae ferruginous beneath ; wings dark fuscous, the third submarginal cell narrowed towards the marginal, of the same width as the second submarginal ; the legs spinose. Hah. Georgia. ^.^/' $, Genus 4. MAURILLUS. Head quadrate, wider than the thorax; eyes elongate -ovate ; mandibles short, stout and bidentate, the inner tooth minute ; clypeus transverse, truncated anteriorly ; antennae short and con- volute ; the scape short, very thick, and obliquely truncate at the apex ; ocelli three, placed forward on the \ ertex. Thorax oblong, its sides parallel, rounded anteriorly and truncated pos- teriorly ; the anterior wings having one marginal and three sub- marginal cells, the second and third of equal width, the former receiving the first recurrent nervure a little beyond the middle ; the legs short and spinose. Abdomen wider than the thorax, sessile, the base truncated, with the lateral angles rounded. 1. Maurillus Australis. B.M. Female. Length 9 lines. — Black : head quadrate, the vertex densely clothed with golden pubescence ; a smooth shining naked space above the insertion of the antennae, which are placed in HYMENOVTERA. 171 deep fossulets on each side of the face ; the fossulets, as well as the clypeus, adorned with bright silvery pile. The thorax and abdomen are covered with a short changeable pubescence, having in some lights shades of purple and ^dolet, in others appearing black ; the posterior margin of the prothorax arcuate ; the sides of the metathorax laterally, and the truncation, rugose; the lateral posterior angles have a spot of white pubescence ; wings dark fuscous, with a transverse subhyaline stripe near their apex. Abdomen : a lateral ovate spot of silvery-white pubescence near the apical margins of all the segments ; there is also a spot on the segments laterally, beneath. Hab. North-west Coast of Australia. Genus 5. SALIUS. Salius, Fahr. Syst. Piez. p. 124 (1804). 1. Salius bicolor. B.M. Salius bicolor, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 124. 1 c? . St. Farg. Hym. iii. 393. 1. t. 31. f. 5 ? . Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 267. Calicurgus scurra, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 400. 3 ? Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : the vertex, antennse, and the face on each side above the clypeus, broadly yellow ; the pro- thorax and a spot in the centre of the mesothorax yellow ; the tibiae, tarsi, and tips of the femora reddish-yellow ; wings yellow, their tips fuscous ; the second segment of the abdomen has an ovate yellow spot on each side, about the middle ; the third and fourth segments have on each side, at their base, an oblong macula. Hab. Algeria; Albania. The head and prothorax of the ordinary form of Pompilus : the mandibles bidentate. The female described has been received on several occasions together with the Salius bicolor, and will in all probabihty prove to be the female of that insect. 2. Salius dissimilis. Male. Length 8 lines. — Head and antennae ferruginous, with a black stripe across the vertex enclosing the stemmata; the prothorax, mesothorax, scutellum, post-seutellum, and tegular ferruginous ; the metathorax and abdomen black ; legs black, i2 172 HYMENOPTERA. the tibiae, tarsi, and tips of the femora ferruginous ; wings yellow, their apical margins having a dark fuscous border. Abdomen immaculate, with an obscure violet bloom. Hab. Algeria, (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) This insect closely resembles S. hicolor in every particular, except the markings of the abdomen ; but the prothorax is shorter, as well as the metathorax : the bloom on the insect is a good characteristic, of which 5. bicolor is destitute, being smooth and shining. 3. Salius bidens. Salius bidens, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 395. 3 S • Hab. The Pyrenees. Genus 6. NOTOCYPHUS. Head as wide as the thorax; eyes large, lateral and ovate; ocelli three, in a triangle on the vertex ; antennae convolute at their apex ; the clypeus short and transverse ; the labrum elon- gate and produced. The prothorax subelongate, the metathorax elongate ; the thorax is rounded anteriorly and truncate poste- riorly. Wings narrower than in the genus Pompilus ; the ante- rior pair having one marginal and three submarginal cells ; the second submarginal cell oblique, and receiving the first recurrent nervure towards its base; the third submarginal cell about the same length as the second, much narrowed towards the marginal. Abdomen sessile, acuminate at its apex. 1. NoTOCYPHUS SiEVISSIMUS, B.M. Female. Length 5-8 lines. — Black : the face smooth, ele- vated before the insertion of the antennae ; a slightly impressed line extends from the verge of the elevation to the anterior ocel- lus ; the anterior margin of the clypeus rounded ; the labrum longer than the clypeus, narrowed anteriorly and truncate at the apex. Thorax smooth and subopake, gradually declining from the disk of the mesothorax to the anterior margin of the prothorax and the verge of the truncation of the metathorax ; wings dark fuscous ; legs without spines, the anterior coxae elon- gate. Abdomen slightly compressed, the first, second, fifth and sixth segments pale ferruginous above; sometimes the apical margins of the third and fourth segments are slightly rufo-testa- HYMENOPTERA. 173 ceous ; beneath, the segments narrowly rufo-testaceous at their apical margins. Hah. Brazil (Para and Santarem). (H. W. Bates.) 2. NOTOCYPHUS TYRANNICUS. Female. Length 11-12 lines. — Black: agreeing in form in every particular with N. scBvissimus ; the labrum elongated and narrowed anteriorly, its apex truncate. Thorax smooth and im- punctate; the metathorax truncated, having the verge of the truncation emarginate ; wings dark fuscous, with a violet irides- cence. Abdomen smooth, slightly shining, its apex acuminate. The entire insect has a covering of obscure pile, which has a slight purple tinge on the metathorax ; on the abdomen it is obscure blue. Hab. Brazil. 3. NoTOCYPHUS RIXOSUS. Female. Length 7i lines. — Black : of the same form as the two preceding species ; the labrum produced, narrowed towards its apex, which is emarginate; wings dark fuscous; the legs without spines ; the metathorax truncate, the truncation slightly concave, its verge emarginate. Abdomen : the second segment has on each side a large cream-coloured spot, the spots nearly meeting on the disk of the segment ; the two apical segments white above. Hab. Brazil. Genus 7- PLANICEPS. Pompilus, pt., Latr. Gen. Cr. et Ins. iv. 66. Planiceps, Latr. Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. (1822). 1. Planiceps Latreillii. Pompilus planiceps, Latr. Gen. Cr. et Ins. iv. 66. Planiceps Latreillii, Va7i d. Lind. Obs. i. 354. Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 36. St. Farg. Hym. iii. 391. 1. Hab. France. 2. Planiceps varipennis. B.M. Planiceps varipennis, Perty, Del. An. Art. p. 143. t. 26. f. 9. Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 371. 1 ; Atlas, t. 4. f. 4 01 54. Pepsis ocellata. Pepsis ocellata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 215, 3/. Hab. Africa. 55. Pepsis cyanea. Sphex cyanea?, Linn. Aman. Acad. vi. 412. 90: Syst. Nat. i. 941. 2. Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 201. 13 ; Syst. Piez. p. 21 1. 17. Palis, de Beauv. Ins. Afric. et Amer. p. 318. t. 1. f. 3. Hab. United States. 56. Pepsis elegans. B.M. Pepsis elegans, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 489. 33 S • Hab. Pennsylvania ; Georgia. The female is similarly coloured to the male, but is usually more brilliant in colour, the abdomen being sometimes of a rich purple, owing to the beautiful iridescence of the short pubes- cence or pile which clothes it ; the red margin of the abdominal segments of the male, as described by St. Fargeau, is attributable to the iridescence of the pile, and is most observable in sun- light. 203 EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. PLATE A.— Fig. 1. a. The costal nervure. h. The apical margin. c. The posterior margin. d. The post-costal nervure. e. The externo-medial ner- vure. The anal nervure. The transverso-medial ner- vure. 9- h. The radial nervure. i. The cubital nervure. k. The discoidal nervure. I. The subdiscoidal nervure. m. The transverse- cubital nervures. n. The recurrent nervures. 0. The stigma. PLATE A.— Fig. 2. 1. The costal cell. 8. 2. The externo-medial cell. 9. 3. The interno-medial cell. 4. The anal cell. 10. 5. The marginal cell. 11. 6. The first submarginal cell, 12. 7. The second submarginal 13. cell. 14. The third submarginal cell. The fourth submarginal cell. The first discoidal cell. The second discoidal cell. The third discoidal cell. 13. The first apical cell. The second apical cell. PLATE L Fig. 1 . Bradynohcenus Gayi. 2. Mutilla attenuata. 3. Mutilla capitata. 4. Mutilla Astarte. 5. Apterogyna Mutilloides. Fig. 6. Wing of Apterogyna Mu- tilloides. 7. Wing of Mutilla. 8. Wing of Myrmosa. 204 EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. PLATE 11. Fig. 1. Scolia pulckra. Div, I. 2. Scolia irregularis. Div. II. 3. Scolia bidens. Div. III. Fig. 4. Scolia zonata. Div. IV. 5. Epomidiopteron Julii. PLATE III. 1. Myzine sexfasciata S . 6. 2. Scleroderma cylindrica S . 3. Scleroderma cylindrica $ . 7- 4. Meria Klugii. 8. 5. Polochru7n repandum. Head of Polochrum repan- dum. Wing of Sapyga punctata. Wing of Methoca ichneu- monoides S • : 1. Pomjnlus Gravesii. 2. Ceropales longip>es. 3. Maurillus Australis. 4. Aporus hicolor. 5. Planiceps Latreillii. PLATE IV. 6. Anterior leg of Planiceps Latreillii. 7. Head of Planiceps La- treillii. PLATE V. 1 . Macromeris splendida. 2. Anterior wing of Mygnimia. 3. Anterior wing of Pepsis. 4. Posterior leg of Pepsis S . 5. Anterior wing of Pompilus niger. 6. Anterior wing of Pompilus punctum. 7. Thorax and head of Noto- cyphus $ . 8. Anterior wing of Notocy- phus $ . I, I 205 List of the typical specimens of Pompili in the Museum at Kiel, described by Fabricius in the Systema Piezatorum, referred by Professor Belm to the genera in which they appear in this Catalogue. Ceropales fasciata, Syst — — punctum, Pompilus collaris, fuscus, sanguinolentus, fuscatus, micans, splendidulus, bifasciatus, gibbus, bipunctatus, hircanus, exaltatus, Capensis, luteipennis, fulvipennis, nobilis, captivus, Pepsis gigas, grossa, cserulea, lusca, 4 -punctata, plumbea, amethystina, nigrita, flavicornis, speciosa, Liris hyalinata, Piez p. 186.4. 187.9. 188. 2. 189.11. 192. 19. 192.22. 192. 23. 193.25. 193.26. 193. 27. 195.38. 195.40. 195.41. 196.46. 198.54. 198.57. 199.58. 199.61. 213. 28. 213.32. 214.33. 214.38. 215.39. 215.40. 215.41. 216.43. 216.44. 216.45. 230.11. Pompilus rufipes. punctum. Ferreola collaris. Pompilus sepicola. Ferreola sanginolenta. Pompilus rutipes. micans. nobilis. bifasciatus. gibbus. variabilis. variegatus. exaltatus. Mygnimia Capensis. Pompilus luteipennis. Mygnimia fulvipennis. Pompilus nobilis. captivus. gigas. Pepsis grossa. caerulea. Pompilus luscus. 4-punctatus. plumbeus. amethystinus. nigritus. flavicornis. Pepsis speciosa. Pompilus hyalinatus. 206 List of the typical specimens of Fossorial Hymenoptera in the Banksian Collection, preserved in the Museum of the Linnsean Society of London, described by Fabricius in the Systema Pie- zatorum ; referred to the genera in which they appear in this Catalogue, with the size of the typical specimens in twelfths of an inch, by Frederick Smith. >5 JJ Mutilla formicr.ria, — — ~-~ aurata, ,, ,, ruficornis, „ „ collaris, „ „ Scolia globularis, Ent. S. ii. Ehs 7-cincta, S. Piez. Tiphia 5-cincta, radula, Scolia nigrita, ferruginea, 5-fasciata, bicincta, verticalis, Pompilus morio, collaris, frontalis, analis, similis, fasciatus, cinereus, fugax, nitidus, nigricornis, abdominalis, turcicus, bicolor, Liris cingulata, Pepsis cicrulea, ocellata, = nigrita. S. Pie^.p.430.7. „ „ 430.9. „ „ 431. 13. „ „ 435. 32. 237. 37. ilavicornis ).249.4. 233. 6. 235. 5. 240. 4. £41.16. 243. 28. 243. 30. 244.33. 187. 1. 188.2. 188.3. 188.4. 189.8. 194.30. 194.31. 194.35. 195. 36. 195.39. 196.45. 197.47. 198.56. 230. 9. 214.33. 215.37. 216.43. 216.44. Mutilla formicaria. aurata. ruficornis. Scolia collaris. Apterogyna globu- laris. Scolia 7-cincta. Myzine 5-cincta. Scolia radula. - nigrita. ■ ferruginea. • 5-fasciata. -,obscura. - verticalis. Pompilus morio. Ferreola collaris. frontalis. Pompilus analis. similis. fasciatus. cinereus. fugax. fugax (var.). nigricornis. Ceropales abdomi- nalis. Pompilus turcicus. bicolor. Aporus cingulatus. Pepsis cffirulea. ocellata. Pompilus nigritus. Mvffnimia flavi- cornis. Lines. / 5 10 6^ 10 11 lU 8 8 6 n 7 5 7 4i 5 4 7 7 4 5 6^ 14 14 11 10 10 eyme:^optera. PI. A. SYMEITOPTEBA. Pl.l. HYMElsTOPTEHA.. PI. 11. arYMEl-TOPTEB-A. pini. HYMEN OP TEH A. PI. IV. :hy]V[ee'optee,a. PI. 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