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HYMENOPTEROUS INSECTS

IN

THE COLLECI'ION

OF THE

WHITISH MUSEUM.

BY

FREDERICK SMITH, M.E.S.

3

PART IV. ^__

SPHEGID^, LARRID^, AND CRABRONID^.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES.

1856. [

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PRINTKD BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.

PREFACE.

The object of the present Catalogue is to give a complete
list of all the genera and species of Fossorial Hymenoptera
which have been described in works, and a description
of those in the British Museum which appear to have
been hitherto overlooked.

The letters B.M. in the margin show the species now
contained in the British Museum, and their absence indi-
cates those which are desiderata, and therefore desirable to
be procured for the Collection.

JOHN EDWARD GRAY.

12th June, 1856.

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CATALOGUE

OF

HYMENOPTERA.

Div. II. ACULEATA.

Tribe 2. FOSSORES, Latr.

Fam. 3. SPHEGIDiE.

The posterior margin of the prothorax not prolonged back-
wards to the insertion of the wings, anteriorly produced into a
neck. Abdomen petiolated.

Genus 1. AMMOPHILA.

Sphex, pt., Linn. Faun. Suec. 411 (1761).
Pompilus, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 246 (1798).
Pepsis, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 207 (1804).
Ammophila, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. iv. 195 (1804).
Psammophila, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 16 (1843).

1. Ammophila sabulosa. B.M.

Sphex sabulosa, Linn. Faun. Suec. no. 1648; Syst. Nat. i. 941. 1.
et Cab. Mus. Linn. Soc.

Scop. Ent. Cam. 770. f. 770.
Frisch, Ins. ii. t. 1. f. 6, 7, 8.
De Geer, Ins. ii. 822. t. 28. f. 7.
Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 346. 1.
Schrank, Ins. Aust. 768.
Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 60. 808.

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208 HYMENOPTEEA.

Sphex sabulosa, Christ. Hym. p. 311. t. 31. f. 2.

Pa7iz. Faun. Germ. 65. 12.

Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 292. 1 .

Spin. Ins. Lig. i. 71. 1.

Jurine, Hym. i. 128.

Zett. Ins. Lapp. 435. 1.
Ammophila vulgaris, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. iv. 195. 1.
Ammopliila sabulosa, Latr. Nouv. Diet. ed. 2. i. 450; Gen. Ins.
iv. 54.

Van d. Lind. Ohs. i. 85. 2.

BruUe, Hist. Nat. 11. Canar. iii. 61.

SkncJc. Foss. Hym. p. 75. 1.

Dahlb. Hyin. Eur op. i. 9, 10.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 376. 17-

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 69. 1.

Hah. Britain ; France ; Germany ; Italy ; Sweden ; Lapland ;
Algeria.

2. Ammophila viatica. B.M.

Sphex viatica, Linn. Faun. Suec. no. 1651 ; Syst. Nat. i. 943.
15, et Cab. Mus. Linn. Soc.

De Geer, Ins. ii. 152. t. 28. f. 16.
Sphex hirsuta, Scop. Ent. Cam. p. 77^2. f. 772.

Schrank, Ins. Aust. p. 380, 769.
Sphex arenaria, Fabr. Mantis, i. 273. 1.

Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 60. 809.

Panz. Faun. Germ. 65. 13.

Zett. Ins. Lapp. p. 435. 2.
Ammophila hirsuta, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. iv. 195. 4.

Van d. Lind. Obs. pt. 1. 89. 6.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. p. 77- 2.

BruUe, Exped. Sc. Moree, iii. 369. 812.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 364. 1.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 274. 1.
Pepsis arenaria, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 207. 1.

Illig. Ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 92. 809.
Ammophila argentea, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. iv. 195. 4 ^ .
Psammophila viatica, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 18. 12,

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 69. 1.
Ammophila viatica. Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym. 16. 2.

Hab. Britain; France; Italy; Germany; Denmark.

Ammophila lutaria. B.M.

ex lutaria, Fabr. Mantis, i. 273. 3 S •
"^mel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. pt. 5. p. 2724. 24.

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Sphex lutaria, Vill. Ent. iii. 225. 17-

Jiirine, Hym. p. 128,
Pepsis lutaria, Fair. Syst. Piez. p. 208. 2.
Ammophila affiuis, Kirby, Linn. Trans, iv. 195, 2 c? $ .

Van d. hind. Obs. i. 87. 5.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. p. 16. 6.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 36.9, 8.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 2/4.
Psammopliila affinis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 16. 11.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 70. 2.

Ha6. Britain; France; Germany; North Africa (Oran),

4. Ammophila holosericea. B.M.

Sphex holosericea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 205. 27 ; Syst. Piez.
p. 207. 4.

Illig. Ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 90. 808,

Coqueb. Illust. ii. 50, t, 12. f. 1.
Ammophila holosericea. Germ. Reise Dalm. p. 260. 345.

Van d. Lind. Obs. i. 86, 3.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 9,

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 378. 19.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 275.

Hab. Barbary; Dalraatia; France; Germany; Africa (Oran).

5. Ammophila armata.

Sphex sabulosa, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 60. 808 ; Faun. Etrus.

Mantis, ii. Append, t. 6. f. a. mas, b. fern.
Sphex armata, Illig. Ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 91.
Ammophila armata, Latr. Gen. Or. et Ins. iv. 54.

Van d. Lind. Obs. i. 85. 1.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 371. 11. t. 30. f. 4.

Leon Dufour, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 291 (1838).

Hab, South of France ; Italy.

6. Ammophila dives. B.M.
Ammophila dives, BruUe. Exped. Sc. Moree, iii. 369. 813, Atlas,

t. 50. f. 10.

Hab. The Morea.

7 4.MMOPHILA KlUGII.

Amj3ophiIa Klugii, St, Farg. Hym. iii. 367. 5.

Hab. Portugal.

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HYMEXOPTERA.

S. Ammophila Heydeni.

Psammophila Heydeni, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 4:30.

Hab. Central Europe.

i). Ammophila elongata.

Ammophila elongata, Fisch. de Waldh. Mag. Zool. {Gue'r.) 1843.

Hab. Russia.

10. Ammophila nitida.

Ammophila nitida, Fisch. de Waldh. Mag. Zool. {Quer.) 1843.
Hab. Russia.

11. Ammophila Madera. . B.M.

Psammophila Maderae, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 21 & 432.
Psammophila senihs, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 21 & 432.

Hab. Madeira; South of Europe.

12. Ammophila terminata. B.M.

Ammophila apiealis, Brulle, Hist. Nat. II. Canar. iii. pt. 2. p. 92.
62 (nee Gu&.) 1832.

Hab. Canary Islands.

13. Ammophila nigra.

Ammophila nigra, Brulle, Hist. Nat. II. Canar. ii.pt. 2. p. 92. 64,
Hab. Canary Islands.

14. Ammophila concolor.

Ammophila concolor, BrMZ/e,HisLiVa^ //. Cawar. iii, pt. 2. p. 92. 63.
Hab. Canary Islands.

15. Ammophila fera.

Ammophila fera, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 365. 2.
Hab. Rouraelia.

16. Ammophila melanopus.

Ammophila melanopus, Lucas, Exjilo. Sc. Alger, iii. 2/6, 2//.
t. 14. f. 8.

Hab. Algeria.

hymenoptera. 211

17. Ammophila nasuta. B.M.

Ammophila nasuta, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 380. 20.
Leon Dufour, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 292.
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 375. t. 14. f. 7«

Hab. Algeria (Oran) ; Portugal.

18. Ammophila argentea. B.M.

Ammophila argentea, Bridle, Hist. Nat. II. Canar. iii. ^b.
Ammophila argentata, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 366. 3. ? t. 30. f. 2.
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 274. t. 14. f. 6.

Hab. Canary Islands ; Algeria (Oran).

19. Ammophila festiva. B.M.

Female. Length 12 lines. — Black : head and thorax clothed
with silvery pile, dense and brilliant on the face and sides of the
thorax, as well as on the collar ; a broad silver stripe passes over
the tegulai and unites with a similar stripe which runs from the
collar to the middle of the disk ; the anterior legs and interme-
diate femora and tibiae ferruginous ; the femora fuscous above ;
the calcaria pale rufo-testaceous ; wings hyaline, the nervures
and margins of the tegulae ferruginous. Abdomen : thinly co-
vered with silvery pile, the petiole and first segment of the
abdomen black at the base; the apex, the second and third
segments above and the entire abdomen beneath, ferruginous.

Hab. Tunis.

20. Ammophila rubripes.

Ammophila rubripes. Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.\\i.A(db.\9 {!%?>?)),
Hab. Egypt.

21. Ammophila ebenina.

Ammophila ebenina, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 464. 18.
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 366, 4.

Hab. Eg}-pt.

22. Ammophila incana. B.M.
Ammophila incana, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 21. 423.

Hab. Africa.

23. Ammophila canescens.

Ammophila canescens, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 21 & 432.
Hab. Africa.

212 hymenoptera.

24. Ammophila ferrugineipes. B.M.

Ammophila ferrugineipes, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 383. 24.

Hab. Cape of Good Hope; Port Natal; Sierra Leone; the
Gambia.

Specimens of tins species, received from Port Natal and Sierra
Leone, have the petiole black above, as well as the posterior
femora, the prothorax being entirely red, smooth and shining.
Of an extensive series from the Gambia, some have the sides of
the thorax more or less ferruginous; others have the thorax
black, M'ith the exception of a red spot on the collar ; but several
have the thorax entirely black, and the tarsi, as well as the pos-
terior legs, fuscous.

25. Ammophila rugicollis.

Ammophila rugicollis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 373. 14.
Hab. Cape of Good Hope.

26. Ammophila rubiginosa.

Ammophila rubiginosa, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 3/2. 12.
Hab. Cape of Good Hope. (Coll. F. Smith.)

27. Ammophila Bon^-Spei. B.M.

Ammophila Bonre-Spei, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 382. 23.
Lucas, Ewplo. Sc. Alger, iii. 276.

Hab. Cape of Good Hope,

28. Ammophila tenuis. B.M.
Sphex tenuis. Pal. de Beauv. Ins. p. 48. t. 7. f. 2.

Hab. Sierra Leone.

29. Ammophila Ludovicus.

Female. Length 15 lines. — Black: the clypeus anteriorly
and the mandibles ferruginous, the latter black at their apex";
the face thinly covered with silvery pile, and having a number of
short, scattered, stiff black hairs. Thorax rugose ; the meso-
thorax posteriorly, the scutellum and post-scutellum longitudi-
nally striated ; the enclosed portion of the metathorax coarsely
rugose, but having on each side a small space transversely stri-
ated ; tlie tubercles and a spot on each side of the metathorax,
at the insertion of the petiole, covered with silvery pile; the

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wings deep fuscous, adorned with brilliant purple iridescence ;
the legs and the abdomen black, the latter thinly covered with
fine grey silky pile.

Hah. Port Natal. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

30. Ammophila insignis.

Female. Length 14 lines. — Head black, with the clypeus,
mandibles and antennte ferruginous ; the tips of the mandibles
black, and four or five of the apical joints of the llagellum fus-
cous. Thorax ferruginous, the mesothorax in the middle, above,
and a stain at the sides and beneath fuscous; the metathorax
fuscous above ; the mesothorax transversely striated ; the entire
thorax clothed with very short pale golden pubescence, which is
dense on the metathorax and on the sides, concealing the sculp-
ture ; legs red, the posterior trochanters above, and the femora
at their base above having a fuscous line ; wings hyaline, their
nervures and tegulee red. The abdomen beneath, the petiole
and basal segment red, the following segments black above.

Male. Length 13 lines. — Black ; the clypeus much produced,
its apex emarginate, and having a longitudinal elevated carina
down the middle ; the face clothed with pale golden pubescence.
Thorax black; wings as in the other sex; the legs red; the
tarsi, a stripe on the intermediate femora above, the posterior
coxfe, trochanters and femora, fuscous. Abdomen : the petiole
fuscous above ; otherwise as in the other sex.

Hob. Africa (the Gambia). (Coll.W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

3L Ammophila erythropus.

Ammophila ruiipes, «S^. Farg. Hym. iii. 36/. 5, nee Guer.

Hab. Senegal; Gambia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

Specimens from the Gambia have the mandibles, anterior
margin of the clypeus, and three basal joints of the antennae,
ferrusrinous.

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32. Ammophila cyanipennis. B.M.
Ammophila cyanipennis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 3/0. 9,

Hab. Senegal.

33. Ammophila Beniniensis. B.M.
Sphex Beniniensis, Pal. de Beauv. his. p. 48. t. 7- f. 1.

Hab. West Africa (Benin); Sierra Leone; Port Natal.

214 hymenoptera.

34. Ammophila clavus.

Sphex clavus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 205. 26 ; Syst. Piez. 206. 3.
Hab. New Holland. (Banksian Collection, Mus. Linn. Soc.)

35. Ammophila suspiciosa. B.M.

Female. Length 7-8 lines. — Black : the face densely covered
with silvery pile ; the head and thorax thinly clothed with long
silvery- white pubescence; the pro- and mesothorax strongly
punctured, the metathorax rugose ; the wings hyaline, with a
faint cloud at their apical margins, the nervures ferruginous ;
the legs have a thin silvery pile. Abdomen with the petiole, the
base of the first segment, the apical margin of the third and the
following segments entirely black.

The male only differs in being smaller and more slender in form.

Hab. Australia (Swan River; Hunter River; North-west Coast).

The only difference between this species and A. argentata
consists in the coloration of the abdomen; probably it is a
mere variety.

36. Ammophila instabilis. B.M.

Female. Length 10 lines. — Black : the scape, two basal joints
of the antennae, and the mandibles ferruginous ; the base and
tips of the latter black ; the face thinly covered with silvery pile.
Thorax : the prothorax, and mesothorax before the insertion of
the wings, transversely striated; the posterior portion of the
mesothorax is obliquely striated inwardly, the scutellum and post-
scutellum longitudinally striated, and the metathorax transversely
so; the collar on each side, the tubercles, a spot beneath the
wings, the metathorax, scutellum, post-scutellum and legs, ferru-
ginous ; the wings flavo-hyaline, the nervures and tegulse pale
ferruginous. Abdomen : the petiole, basal segment of the abdo-
men and basal half of the following segment ferruginous ; the
rest of the abdomen blue-black, and a black spot at the base of
the second joint of the petiole.

Hab. Australia (Swan River; Port Essington).

The colouring of the metathorax is very inconstant in this
species ; in some examples the sides only of the metathorax are
ferruginous, in others it is entirely black, and the spot beneath
the wings, the scutellum and post-scutellum are likewise black :
varieties also occur between these extremes.

37. Ammophila basalis. B.M.
Female. Length 7^-8^ lines. — Black : the head smooth.

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shining, and thinly covered with fine sericeous pile ; on the cly-
peus it is dense and silvery ; the mandibles and scape ferrugi-
nous, the former black at their tips, the latter fuscous above.
Thorax : the pro- and mesothorax transversely striated, the latter
has a longitudinal impressed central line ; the enclosed portion
of the metathorax evenly and obliquely striated; the striation
irregulai- beyond; the tubercles, apex of the metathorax, and
the coxae covered with silvery pile ; the legs ferruginous, the
coxa?, trochanters above and the apical joints of the tarsi fuscous :
sometimes the coxa; are black ; the wings hyaline, their apical
margins faintly clouded, the nervures ferruginous ; the second
transverso-cubital nervure geniculated, sometimes having a short
appendage at the angle of the geniculation. Abdomen : blue-
green, with the two basal segments ferruginous, the extreme
base of the second joint of the petiole black, the apical margin
of the second segment blue-green.

Hab. India (N. India; Punjaub).

38. Ammophila nigripes. B.M.

Male. Length 7 lines. — Black : the face clothed with silvery
pile; the cheeks and sides of the thorax thinly covered with
silvery-white pubescence; the vertex smooth and shining; the
entire thorax transversely striated above; the scutellum and
post-scutellum longitudinally striated; wings subhyaline, the
nervures and tegulce pale ferruginous. The second joint of the
petiole beneath, and the first segment of the abdomen ferrugi-
nous ; the apical margin of the latter and the following segments
blue, covered above with silvery pile.

Hab. Madras.

39. Ammophila l^vigata. B.M.

Female. Length Ji lines. — Black : the face densely covered
with silvery pile ; the head, pro- and mesothorax smooth and
shining, the latter having only a few delicate punctures; the
enclosed portion of the metathorax rugose, its sides striated;
the sides of the thorax, the coxa? and trochanters thinly covered
with silvery pile ; the anterior and intermediate femora and tibiae
ferruginous ; the posterior femora and base of the tibiae ferru-
ginous, with a black stripe above ; one or two of the basal joints
of the anterior and intermediate tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen :
the petiole and first segment of the abdomen ferruginous, with
usually an uninterrupted black stripe above, which is occasion-
ally more or less abbreviated ; the rest of the abdomen black.

Hab. Madras; Guzerat.

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216

HYMENOPTERA.

40. Ammophila dimidiata, B.M.

Female. Length 11 lines. — Head and thorax black; the
scape, five or six of the basal jomts of the flagellum, the elypeus
in the middle, and the mandibles ferruginous ; the latter black
at their tips. The pro- and mesothorax above and the scutellum
ferruginous and transversely striated; the metathorax rugose,
the sides of the enclosed space striated ; on each side of the
enclosure, one or two minute ferruginous spots ; these are
sometimes obsolete ; wings yellow, their apical margins faintly
clouded, a fuscous spot at the apex of the marginal cell ; legs and
tegulse ferruginous, the coxjb more or less fuscous or black at
their base. Abdomen bright blue, the petiole ferruginous, with
a fuscous spot at the base of the second joint.

Hab. India (Bombay ; Madras; N. Bengal).

41. Ammophila erythrocephala. B.M.

Sphex erythrocephala, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 204. 23.

Pelopceus erythrocephalus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 203. 2; Cah.

Banks. Mus. Linn. Soc.
Ammophila erythrocephala, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 385. 26.

Hab. India (Punjaub). (Coll. Gen. Hearsey.)

42. Ammophila elegans. B.M.

Female. Length 10 lines. — Black : the head and thorax
densely clothed with silvery pile ; the scape in front, and the
basal half of the mandibles ferruginous. The metathorax trans-
versely striated ; the wings hyaline, the nervures rufo-fuscous ;
the tegulee and legs ferruginous ; the coxae, posterior trochanters,
and the anterior and intermediate pairs above, black ; the poste-
rior femora black towards their base above ; the first joint of the
petiole, and the base of the second joint black; the rest of the
abdomen ferruginous, the apical margins of the segments being
pale ; the third segment has a fuscous spot in the middle of its
base.

Male. Length 9 lines. — This sex closely resembles the female,
differing only in having several fuscous spots down the middle
of the abdomen.

Var. The tarsi fuscous, sometimes only the anterior and inter-
mediate pairs.

Hab. Northern India (Punjaub).

The male difi^ers in having the petiole almost entirely red,
and in all the specimens examined, merely a fuscous spot at

HYMENOPTERA. 21/

the base of the second joint of the petiole; the abdomen has
only a dark stain on the sixth segment.

43. Ammophila atripes. B.M.

Ammophila atripes, Smith, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. ix. 46

(1852).

Hab. India (Khandala) ; Sumatra; China (Shanghai).

This species is frequently more highly coloured than the spe-
cimens described from Khandala, the first segment of the abdo-
men being red, with merely the base of the second joint black ;
the three basal joints of the tarsi are also ferruginous ; the wings
hyaline, and yellowish towards their base.

44. Ammophila simillima. B.M.

Female. Length 11 lines. — Black: the face densely covered
with silvery pile ; the scape ferruginous, slightly fuscous above.
Thorax : the tubercles and apex of the metathorax covered with
silvery pile ; the pro- and metathorax transversely deeply striate ;
the scutellum and post-scutellum longitudinally striate; the
metathorax rugose, the sides of the enclosed space obliquely
striated ; the tibiae and femora ferruginous, the intermediate and
posterior femora having a black stripe above, which sometimes
extends from their base to their apex ; one or two of the basal
joints of the anterior and intermediate tarsi ferruginous or fusco-
ferruginous; the wings yellowish, their nervures black. Abdo-
men : the second joint of the petiole ferruginous towards its
apex ; the abdomen blue.

Hab. China (Hong Kong).

This species closely resembles A. atripes, of which it may
prove to be an extreme variety.

45. Ammophila Smithii.

Ammophila Smithii, Baly, MSS.

Female. Length 10^ lines. — Black: the head and thorax
covered with silvery pile, which is very dense on the face, cheeks,
thorax beneath, the coxae, and sides of the metathorax; the
scape, anterior margin of the clypeus and the mandibles ferru-
ginous, the latter black at their tips ; the legs red, the inter-
mediate and posterior tarsi fusco-ferruginous ; wings hyaline, the
tegulae and nervures ferruginous. The first joint of the petiole
fusco-ferruginous, the second with a black spot at its base above ;
the abdomen red, the fourth segment having a large black spot

218 HYMENOPTERA.

in the centre of its apex, and the fifth and sixth segments being
entirely black.

Hab. India. (Coll. J. S. Baly, Esq.)

46. Ammophila punctata. B.M.

Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : the face covered with
silvery pile, the cheeks and sides of the thorax have a thin long
white pubescence ; the head, pro- and metathorax, scutellum
and post-scutellum strongly punctured ; the metathorax trans-
versely rugose, and having a central longitudinal carina; its
extreme apex, the sides of the thorax, and the tubercles densely
clothed with silvery pile ; the collar has a minute tubercle in the
middle ; the wings hyaline and iridescent, their apical margins
faintly clouded. Abdomen : the second joint of the petiole,
except its extreme base, and the first and second segments of the
abdomen ferruginous.

Hab. Northern India.

47. Ammophila vagabunda. B.M.

Female. Length 9 lines. — Black : the face has a few scat-
tered large punctures interspersed with very fine ones. The pro-
thorax transversely rugose anteriorly and punctured posteriorly,
and having an al)breviated impressed line at its hinder mar-
gin; the mesothorax has a longitudinal central impressed line,
and is strongly punctured, the punctures becoming confluent,
and forming irregular striae at the sides ; the scutellum longitu-
dinally rugose ; the enclosed portion of the metathorax obliquely
rugose-striate, the sides of the thorax and also beneath rugose ;
the wings subhyaline, slightly iridescent, and faintly clouded at
their apical margins. Abdomen : the second joint of the petiole
and first segment of the abdomen ferruginous, the base of the
former black ; the apical segments of a blue-black.

Hab. North China (Tein-tung ; Foo-chou-foo) ; Sumatra; North-
ern India.

48. Ammophila pulchella. B.M.

Male. Length 8i-10 lines. — Black : the face covered with
silvery pile ; the pro- and metathorax transversely striated ; the
scutellum and post-scutellum longitudinally striated, the meta-
thorax rugose ; the wings flavo-hyaline, and having a faint cloud
on their a{)ical margins, the nervures fusco- ferruginous ; the
underside of the second joint of the abdomen ferruginous ; the
abdomen blue, and thinly covered with cinereous pile.

Hab. Hong Kong; North China (Shanghai).

This is probably the male of A. simillima.

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49. Ammophila opulenta. B.M.

Ammophila opulenta, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. pt. 2. p. 261.

Hub. Pai'a; Rio.

Specimens received from Rio differ somewhat in sculpture
from those of Para ; the mesothorax has a deep longitudinal im-
pressed line, and the metathorax is much more finely striated,
but it has not been considered more than a local variety.

50. Ammophila eximia. B.M.
Ammophila eximia, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 373. 13.

Hab. Brazil.

51. Ammophila tarsata.

Ammophila urnaria, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 381. 22 (nee Dahlb.).
Hab. Brazil.

52. Ammophila moneta.

Female. Length 10 lines. — Head, thorax and legs black; the
face covered with dense pale golden pubescence; the clypeus
truncate, and having a few scattered punctures. Thorax : the
tubercles, an oblong stripe beneath the wings, a spot on each
side at the base of the metathorax, and another on each side at
the insertion of the petiole, covered with pale golden pubes-
cence ; the enclosed portion of the metathorax obhquely striated ;
the mesothorax transversely rugose, the scutellum longitudinally
striated; wings fusco-hyaline. Abdomen blue, the petiole
black.

The male resembles the female, but has the clypeus produced
and deeply notched at the apex.

Hab. Brazil. (Coll. F. Smith.)

53. Ammophila fragilis. B.M.

Female. Length 8-9 lines. — Black : the face and tubercles
covered with pale golden sericeous pubescence; an elongate
oblique stripe beneath the wings, a spot of golden pubescence
on each side of the metathorax at its base, and another at its
apex ; the pro- and mesothorax have an elongate central chan-
nel, and another on each side over the tegula? ; the scutellum
and post-scutellum longitudinally rugose-striate ; the enclosed
portion of the metathorax rugose in the middle and striated at
the sides ; wings hyaUne, their apical margins faintly clouded ;

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the legs black; the abdomen blue-black, the second joint of the
petiole and base of the abdomen ferruginous beneath.
The male only differs in being rather smaller.

Hab. Brazil.

54. Ammophila rufipes.

Ammophila rufipes, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. pt. 2. p. 262. Atlas,
Ins. no. 9. f. 1.

Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 393. 1.

Hab. Peru.

55. Ammophila abbreviata. B.M.

Pelopojus abbreviatus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 204. 8.
Ammophila abbreviata, Dahlb. Hym. Europ, i. 15.

St. Farg. Hym. in. 3/5. 15.

Erichs. Faun, et Fl. Brit. Guiana, 588. 1.

Hab. South America.

56. Ammophila Eugenia.

Female. Length 15 lines. — Head and thorax black; the face
densely clothed with golden pile ; the clypeus produced and
having a short blunt tooth at the apex ; mandibles ferruginous,
their tips black. The pro- and mesothorax and also the tegulaj
covered with a changeable pale golden silky pile ; the tubercles,
a large patch beneath the wings, and a spot at the apex of the
metathorax, on each side of the insertion of the petiole, of pale
golden pubescence ; the coxee and breast are also thinly covered
with a similar coloured pile ; the enclosed portion of the meta-
thorax obliquely rugose-striate in the middle and evenly striated
at the sides ; the legs red ; a stripe on the intermediate femora
above, another above and beneath on the posterior pair, the
knees, the tips of the joints of the tarsi, and the claw-joint,
entirely black ; the wings hyaline, their apical margins faintly
clouded. Abdomen ferruginous, covered with a fine sericeous
pile ; the first joint of the petiole and the base of the second
joint black ; the third segment black, its apical margin narrowly
ferruginous in the middle.

Hab. Rio Grande. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

57. Ammophila ruficosta.

Ammophila ruficosta. Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 394. 2.
Hab. ChiU.

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58. Ammophila gracilis.

Ammoplula gracilis, St. Farg. Ilym. iii. 3Sl. 21.
Hab. Mexico.

59. Ammophila atriceps. B.M.

Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : head coarsely punctured ;
the anterior margin of the clypeus rounded ; the face and cheeks
have a long thin black pubescence, a few black hairs also on the
vertex. Thorax coarsely punctured, and having a long thin gri-
seous pubescence ; the enclosed portion of the metathorax rugose
at the base and rugose-striate at the apex ; wings fusco-hyaline,
the uervures black. Abdomen ferruginous ; the petiole, the api-
cal half of the fourth segment, and the fifth and sixth, black.

Male. — This sex has the head clothed with black pubescence
and the face silvery ; the clypeus slightly produced, its anterior
margin rounded ; the thorax is closely punctured ; the abdomen
as in the female.

Hab. Mexico.

60. Ammophila breviceps. B.M.

Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : the face densely covered
with silvery pile ; the vertex smooth ; the sides of the thorax
clothed with silvery pile, the disk and mesothorax thinly covered
with pile, the latter transversely striated ; the mesothorax punc-
tured and having a central longitudinal impressed line ; the
wings hyaline and iridescent, their apical margins faintly clouded ;
the nervures rufo-testaceous, the tegulag and legs ferruginous ;
the coxae and base of the femora black; the posterior tibia;
slightly fuscous towards their apex. Abdomen red ; the first
joint of the petiole black, the second more or less fuscous above ;
the first segment of the abdomen has an elongate fuscous stripe
above, the third a small spot at its basal margin, the fom-th is
black except a narrow apical border, and the extreme apex is
fuscous.

Hab. Mexico.

Only a single specimen of this species is in the Collection : it
is most probable that a series would exhibit great variety in the
markings on the abdomen : in general appearance it closely re-
sembles A. nasuta, but the clypeus is not produced.

61. Ammophila placida. B.M.

Male. Length 9 lines. — Black : the face and cheeks have a
long thin black pubescence. . The prothorax smooth ; the meso-

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tliorax very finely wrinkled transversely, and having on each side
before the tegulse a short impressed line ; the metathorax very
delicately transversely striated, be5'ond the enclosed portion ru-
gose ; the wings hyaline with stains of yellow, the nervures and
tegulse behind pale ferruginous ; the apical margins of the
wings faintly clouded. Abdomen : the petiole elongate, the
second joint towards the apex beneath, and the base of the first
segment of the abdomen ferruginous.

Hab. California.

62. Ammophila Gryphus. B.M.

Female. Length 14-16 lines. — Black : the face thinly covered
with silvery pile ; the clypeus slightly produced, punctured and
subemarginate ; the vertex smooth, and covered, as well as the
cheeks, with a thin fine silky pile ; the pro- and raesothorax
transversely striated, the latter having a central longitudinal
impressed line ; the scutellum and post-scutellum longitudinally
striate ; the metathorax obliquely striated ; the tubercles silvery,
an oblique silvery stripe beneath the wings, and a similar one
behind it on the sides of the metathorax, the apex of the latter
and the posterior coxte above covered with silvery pile; the
wings subhyaline, with a narrow fuscous stripe beyond the mar-
ginal cell. Abdomen : the petiole elongate, the second joint
beneath, at its apex above, and the first segment of the abdomen
ferruginous ; the following segments obscurely aeneous.

Male. — Sculptured and adorned hke the female, differing in
being rather smaller, and in the abdomen and petiole being black
above, the basal segment of the abdomen ferruginous beneath.

Hab. North America (Charleston ; East Florida; California).

Specimens from California are smaller and have more red on
the abdomen ; in every other particular they agree with those
from the Eastern States.

63. Ammophila s^va. B.M.

Female. Length 11-12 lines.— Head and thorax black; the
face and cheeks covered with short silvery pubescence ; the ver-
tex smooth and shining. The pro- and mesothorax transversely,
irregularly and coarsely striated, and each having a central lon-
gitudinal deeply impressed line ; the mesothorax has also poste-
riorly a deep longitudinal depression on each side of the central
one ; the metathorax has the enclosed portion obhquely striated
from the centre ; the sides of the thorax and the pectus rugose ;
a minute spot of silvery pubescence beneath the wings at their

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insertion, two broad oblique lines on the sides of the thorax, the
metathorax behind, also the intermediate and posterior coxae
behind, covered with silvery pubescence; the wings fusco-hyaline,
the posterior pair palest, hyaline towards their base. Abdomen
ferruginous ; the tirst joint of the petiole and a large macula on
the fourth and fifth segments above, black.

Hab. California.

64. Ammophila intercepta. B.M.
Ammophila intercepta, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 3/8. 18.

Hab. North America (Illinois).

65. Ammophila arvensis.

Ammophila arvensis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 384. 25.
Hab. North America.

66. Ammophila urnaria. B.M.

Ammophila urnaria, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 14.
Ammophila conditor, Harris, Cat. Ins. Massach.

Hab. South Carolina ; Nova Scotia ; St. John's Bluff, East
Florida.

67. Ammophila nigricans.

Ammophila nigricans, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 14.
Hab. South Carolina.

68. Ammophila conditor. B.M.

Female. Length 8i lines. — Black : the clypeus coarsely punc-
tured; the prothorax transversely striated; the mesothorax
coarsely punctured, the punctures running into striae at the sides ;
the scutellum longitudinally grooved ; the enclosed portion of
the metathorax obliquely striated, beyond which it is rugose ;
wings fusco-hyaline, the nervures and tegulae behind ferruginous.
Abdomen : the petiole elongate, the second joint and first seg-
ment of the abdomen red, the base of the former black towards
the base above.

Hab. St. John's Bluff, East Florida.

69. Ammophila cementaria. B.M.

Female. Length 7-8^ lines. — Black: head strongly punc-
tured, thinly covered with long black pubescence ; the pro- and
mesothorax, scutellum and post-scutellura coarsely punctured ;

224 HYMENOPTERA.

the collar has an impressed line in the centre, as well as the
mesothorax ; the enclosed portion of the metathorax finely aci-
culate transversely, beyond it is strongly ]3unctured. The thorax
covered with long black pubescence at the sides ; wings dark
fuscous, the posterior pair being subhyaline towards their base ;
the apical margins have a darker cloud, and the wings are adorned
with a violet iridescence. Abdomen ovate, attached by a short
petiole, which is black ; the first and second segments red.

Hab. St. John's Bluff, East Florida ; Georgia.

70. Ammophila luctuosa. B.M.

Female. Length 9 Imes. — Black : head and thorax coarsely
punctured, thickly covered with long black pubescence, which
is most sparing on the disk of the thorax ; the metathorax ru-
gose ; wings dark fuscous, the posterior pair being subhyaline
towards their base. Abdomen ovate, attached by a short petiole,
and very smooth and shining.

Hab. Nova Scotia j California ; Rocky Mountains.

71. Ammophila procera.

Ammophila procera, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 15.
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 376. 16.

Hab. North America.

72. Ammophila violaceipennis.

Ammophila violacei-pennis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 370. 10.
Hab. Philadelphia.

73. Ammophila apicalis.

Ammophila apicalis, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii. p. 435. t. /O- f- 3.
Hab. Cuba.

Genus 2. MISCUS.

Miscus, Jurine, Hym. i. 130 (1807).

Ammophila, pt., Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. (1809).

Sphex, pt., Zett. Ins. Lapp. p. 436 (1840).

1. Miscus campestris.

Ammophila campestris, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 54.
-S^. Farg. ^ Serv. Ency. Meth. x. 453. 3.
Curtis, Brit. Ent. xiii. t. 604.

HYMENOPTERA. 225

Miscus campestris, Van d. Lind. Obs. i. 93. 1.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 80. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. /• 9.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 386. t. 30. f. 5.

Steph. Illiist. vii. Supp. p. 15. t. 41. f. 4.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. p. 70. 1.
Sphex campestris, Zett. his. Lapp. 436. 3.

2. Miscus neoxenus. B.M.

Female. Length 8 lines. — Black: the head smooth, shghtly
shining, the face densely covered with short silvery pile ; a thin
silky pile covers the vertex ; a central impressed line in front of
the anterior stemma extending to the insertion of the antennae;
the clypciis has a shining naked space in the middle anteriorly.
Thorax : the pro- and mesothorax snbrugose and thinly covered
with short white silky pubescence ; the scutellum longitudinally
rugose ; the enclosed space on the metathorax obliquely striated,
the sides have a thin silky short white pubescence ; the sides of
the breast and the tubercles densely covered wdth bright glit-
tering silvery pubescence ; the wings subhyaline, the nervures
fuscous ; the stigma, extreme base of the wings and the tegulse
behind pale ferruginous. Abdomen ferruginous, the three apical
segments black.

The male resembles the female, but is more pubescent, the
body and legs are entirely covered with short silky pile, and the
head and thorax have a thin scattered long white pubescence ;
the first joint of the petiole black.

Hah. North China (Shanghai).

Genus 3. COLOPTERA.

Coloptera, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 387. 1-

1. Coloptera Barbara.

Coloptera Barbara, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 387. 1.
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 276. t. 14. f. 9.

Hab. Algeria (Oran).

2. Coloptera proxima.

Female. Length 13 lines. — Black : the clypeus anteriorly,
the scape and the mandibles ferruginous ; four or five of the
basal joints of the flagellum fusco-ferruginous ; the tips of the
mandibles black ; the clypeus truncate, the angles acute ; the

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HYMENOPTERA.

sides of the face densely covered with pale golden pile. Thorax :
the pro- and mesothorax above ferruginous and transversely
striated; the anterior margin of the mesothorax covered with
golden pile, a black stripe running down the middle ; the scu-
tellum and post-scutellum longitudinally striated, the metathorax
obliquely so ; the sides, beyond the enclosed space, finely ru-
gose ; the legs fusco-ferruginous, the anterior pair, the inter-
mediate tibiae, the articulations and beneath being of a brighter
red ; the wings fuscous and slightly iridescent. Abdomen thinly
covered with a fine cinereous pile, the joints of the petiole fer-
ruginous beneath.

Hab. Guinea. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

This insect closely resembles Ammophila tenuis and Beniniensis,
for either of which it might, without an examination of the neu-
ration of the wings, be easily mistaken.

Genus 4. TRIGONOPSIS.
Trigonopsis, Perty, Del. An. Art. p. 142 (1830-4).

1. Trigonopsis rufiventris. PI. VI. fig. 1.

Podium rufiventre, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 184. 2.

Trigonopsis abdominahs, Perty, Bel. An. Art. p. 142. t. 2/. f. 17-

Hab. ?

This insect appears to be the Podium rufiventre of Fabricius ;
the large depressed head, the large eyes, and above all the white
scutellum, are described in the Systema Piezatorum ; the latter
is not strictly coiTect, the white being a patch of silvery pubes-
cence beneath the scutellum.

2. Trigonopsis affinis. B.M.

Trigonopsis affinis. Smith, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. vii. 31 (1851).

Hab. Brazil (Para).

This species diff'ers from T. rufiventris in having the head less
depressed, the prothorax much shorter and less attenuated, the
metathorax transversely striated, and the anterior and interme-
diate tibiae and tarsi ferruginous.

3. Trigonopsis violaceus. B.M.

Trigonopsis violaceus. Smith, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. vii. 31
(1851).

Hab. Brazil (Para).

HYMENOPTERA. 227

This species has the head and abdomen violet ; the thorax and
legs black, with faint tints of blue ; the metathorax has a deep
central longitudinal channel, which is transversely striated : the
sides are rugose ; the head, prothorax and wings as in T. ruji-
ventris.

Genus 5. PELOPCEUS.

Sphex, pt., Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 492 (1761).
Pelopceus, Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. xiii. (1804).
Pepsis, pt., Illig. Ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 94 (1807).
Chalybion, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 21 (1845).

1. Pelopceus spirifex. B.M.

Sphex spirifex, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 942. 9.

Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 204. 24.

Christ. Hym. 303. t. 30. f. 2.
Sphex .^gyptia, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 942. 10 (var.).
Pelopceus spirifex, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 202. 1.

Latr. Gen. Crust, et Lis. iv. 60.

Pal. de Beauv. Ins. Afric. et Amer. 49. 7- 3.

Dumeril, Consid. 212. t. 32. f. 5.

Van d. Lind. Obs. 95. 1.

Brulle, Exped. Sc. de Moree, iii. 307. 814 ; Hist. Nat. II.
Canar. iii. 92. 60.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 22. 1,

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 305. 1.

Eversm. Bull. Mosc. xxi. 249.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 273. t. 14. f. 10.

Hab. Europe ; North Africa.

2. Pelopceus destillatorius. B.M.

Sphex spirifex, Sulzer, Hist. Ins. t. 27- f. 2 (nee Linn.).

Sch(Bff. Icon. Ins. Ratisb. t. 38. f. 1.

Panzer, Faun. Germ. 7^- 15.
Pepsis destillatorius, Illig. Ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 94.
Pelopceus destillatorius, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 60. 2.

Van d. Lind. Obs. i. 96. 2.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 22. 2.

Eversm. Bull. Mosc. xxi. 249 (1848).

Hab. France; Italy; Germany; Sicily; Russia.

228 hymenoptera.

3. Pelopceus femoratus. B.M.

Spliex femorata, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 202. 16.
Pepsis femorata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 212. 20.

Spin. Ins. Lig. i. 12. 5.
Pelopceus femoratus, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 61.

Van d. hind. Obs. i. 9/. 5.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 322. 23.
Chalybion femoratus, Dalilb. Hym. Europ. i. 433. 4,

Hab. Italy; Albania; Geneva.

4. Pelopceus tubifex.

Spliex spirifex, var. /3, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 61. t. 2. f. 13.
Pelopceus tubifex, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 61.

Van d. Li7id. Obs. i. 96. 4.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 314. 14.

Hab. Albania.

5. Pelopceus pensilis. B.M.

Pepsis pensilis, Illig. Ed. Faun. Eirus. ii. 94.
Pelopceus pensilis, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 60. 3.

Van d. Lind. Obs. i. 96. 3.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 306. 3. t. 29. f. 2.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 2/3. t. 14. f. 10.

Hab. Central Europe ; Albania; Portugal; North Africa (Oran).

6. Pelopceus Sardonius.

Pelopceus Sardonius, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 308. 5.
Hab. Sardinia,

7. Pelopceus violaceus. B.M.

Sphex violacea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 201. 12.
Pepsis violacea, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 211. 16.
Chalybion violaceum, DaJilb. Hym. Europ. i. 432. 1.
Pelopceus Hebilis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 321. 22.

Hab. Smyrna; Constantinople.

8. Pelopceus Arabs. B.M.
Pelopceus arabs, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 309. /•

Hab. Ai-abia; Turkey.

IIYMEXOPTERA,

9. Pelopceus tibialis. B.M.

Sphex tibialis, Fubr. Ent. Syst. ii. 202. 1/.
Pepsis tibialis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 212. 21.
St, Farg. Hijm. iii. 323. 24.

Hab. Cape of Good Hope.

10. Pelopceus chalybeus. B.M.
Female. Length 8 lines.— Deep blue : head strongly and

closely punctured ; the clypeus convex ; the mandibles and one
or two of the basal joints of the fiagellum obscurely ferruginous.
Thorax : the pro- and mesothorax with a central longitudinal
impressed line, sparingly punctured and shining ; wings black,
with a violet iridescence; the metathorax blue-green, closely
punctured, the apex rugose. Abdomen smooth and shining.

The male has the antenna; and mandibles black, or the latter
very obscurely ferruginous in the middle, the metathorax con-
colorous, and the tarsi obscurely rufo-testaceous.

Hab. Port Natal ; the Gambia.

11. Pelopceus fuscipennis. B.M.

Female. Length 9^ hues. — Head and thorax black ; the face
thinly covered with griseous down and finely punctured; the
mandibles, clypeus anteriorly, and the antenna? ferruginous;
five or six of the apical joints of the fiagellum black. Thorax :
the pro- and mesothorax, as well as the scutellura, shining and
sparingly punctured, each having a central depression ; the meta-
thorax transversely wrinkled, coarsely so at the apex; wings
dark fuscous, with a purple iridescence ; the tegulse violet ; the
legs ferruginous, the posterior femora and tibia? more or less
fuscous above. Abdomen purple, the petiole ferruginous towards
the base.
Hab. Sierra Leone. (The Rev. D. F. Morgan.)

12, Pelopceus hemipterus. B.M.

Sphex hemiptera, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 244.^11..
Pelopceus hemipterus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 204. 7-

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 23, 4.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 311. 10.

Hab. Isle of France ; Africa.

13. Pelopceus l^tus. PI. VIL fig. 1. B.M.

Female. Length 10-12 lines. — Black : the face densely clothed
with golden pile, the head having a thin pale yellow pubescence;

230 HYMENOPTERA.

the antennae yellow, five or six of the apical joints black or fus-
cous ; the mandibles ferruginous. Thorax : the collar, tegulae,
a stripe beneath the wings, the scutellum, post-scutellum, apex
of the metathorax and the legs yellow; the scutellum and post-
scutellum longitudinally striated ; the metathorax with a central
longitudinal depression, obliquely striated; the anterior and inter-
mediate coxae and trochanters, the posterior coxae at their base,
and the apical half of the posterior femora, black ; the extreme
base of the posterior tibiae, their apex, and also the apical joint
of the posterior tarsi, black ; the wings hyaline, the nervures pale
ferruginous. Abdomen : the petiole, the first segment, the fourth
segment more or less, and the fifth and sixth entirely yellow.

Male. Length 9 lines. — Difi'ers only in having the yellow parts
paler and brighter.

Hab. Australia (Port Essington ; Macintyre River ; Swan River) ;
Ceram.

Specimens received from Swan River have the yellow spots on
the scutellum and metathorax nearly or quite obsolete.

14. Pelopceus formosus. B.M.

Female. Length 8^ lines. — Black : the clypeus, scape, and
four basal joints of the flagellum yellow : the latter are black at
the sides; the mandibles ferruginous; the face clothed with
golden pile. Thorax : the collar, tegulae, a stripe beneath the
wings, the scutellum, a spot on each side of the metathorax at its
base, a larger one at its apex, and two oblong approximate spots
in the middle, yellow ; the meso- and metathorax transversely
striated ; the legs yellow ; the coxae black, the intermediate and
posterior pairs spotted with yellow ; the trochanters black, the
intermediate and posterior pairs yellow at their apex ; the ex-
treme base of the anterior and intermediate femora, the posterior
pair, except their base and apex, black ; wings hyaline, the an-
terior pair fuscous at their tips, the nervures ferruginous. Ab-
domen : the petiole, the first segment, the fourth more or less,
and the fifth and sixth entirely yellow.

Hab. Australia.

15. Pelopceus Bengalensis. B.M.

Chalybion Bengalensis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 433. 2.
Pelopceus violaceus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 321. 22.
Chalybion pruinosus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 433 (var.).

Hab. India (Madras, Bengal) ; Philippine Islands ; China ; Isle
of France.

hymenoptera. 231

16. Pelopceus Javanus. B.M.

Pelopccus Javanus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 309. 6.
Hab. Java.

17. Pelopceus Madraspatanus. B.M.

Sphex Madraspatana, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 204. 25.
Pelopceus Madraspatanus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 203. 3.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 22. 3.

Hab. Malabar ; Madras ; Nepaul ; Bengal.

18. Pelopceus Solieri.

Pelopceus Solieri, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 318. 18.
Hab. India. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

19. Pelopceus Spinol^e. B.M.
Pelopceus Spinolse, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 307. 4.

Hab. Bombay; Ceylon.

20. Pelopceus deformis. B.M.

Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : the clypeus and scape in
front yellow ; the anterior margin of the clypeus and the man-
dibles ferruginous ; the face covered with golden pile, the head
thinly covered with long pale pubescence. Thorax : the poste-
rior margin of the prothorax, the tegulas, a stripe beneath the
wings and another on the scutellum, a small spot on each side
of the metathorax at the base and a larger spot at its apex, yel-
low ; the meso- and metathorax transversely striated ; the ante-
rior and intermediate tibioe yellow in front ; the posterior tibiae
within and all the femora beneath ferrusjinous. Abdomen : the
petiole black ; the first segment entirely and the apical margins
of the following segments of a reddish-yellow : the wings sub-
hyaline, their nervures ferruginous.

Hab. North China.* (Coll. R. Fortune, Esq.)

21. Pelopceus Coromandelicus. B.M.

Pelopceus Coromandelicus, .S^ Farg. Hym. iii. 306. 2.
Pelopceus fuscus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 311. 9 (var.).

Hab. Coromandel; Central India.

22. Pelopceus pictus.

Male. Length Ji lines. — Black : the face clothed with short
silvery pubescence ; the scape in front and the tips yellow. Tho-

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rax : the collar, tegulse, a stripe beneath the wings, the scutellum
and post-scutellura yellow; a spot on each side of the metathorax
at its base, the whole of the posterior portion above, and a broad
stripe on each side of the enclosed portion uniting behind, yellow;
the mesothorax obliquely striated inwardly; the wings slightly
coloured, their tips fuscous ; the anterior and intermediate legs
5'ellow, the coxae, trochanters and base of the femora black, the
apical joints of the tarsi fusco-ferruginous ; the posterior legs
black ; the tips of the coxfe, the trochanters, base of the femora
and tibiae, and the basal joint of the tarsi, yellow, the apical joints
of the latter fusco -ferruginous. Abdomen black, the petiole yellow.

Hab. India. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

It is possible that this may prove to be only a highly-coloured
local variety of P. Madraspatanus.

23. Pelopceus rufopictus. B.M.

Female. Length 8 lines. — Black: the head and thorax thinly
covered with pale fulvous pubescence ; the face thinly covered
with golden pile; the scape of the antennae, the clypeus and
mandibles, ferruginous ; the apex of the third and fourth joints
of the antennae ferruginous beneath, the base of the latter black.
Thorax : a line on the collar, a transverse spot on the scutellum,
the apex of the metathorax, and a spot on each side of the meta-
thorax at its base, reddish -yellow; the legs ferruginous, the coxae
and trochanters black ; the meso- and metathorax transversely
striated; the wings yellow-hyaline, the nervures and tegulae
ferruginous ; the apex of the superior wings with a fuscous cloud.
Abdomen : the petiole black and curved ; the first segment, the
apical margins of the second, fourth and fifth with a narrow
fascia, and the apical margin of the third with a broad band,
reddish-yellow ; the apical segment ferruginous.

Hah. Celebes.

This species closely resembles the P. difformis from North
China, but it differs too much in colom-ing^to justify its being
considered a mere variety.

24. Pelopceus c^ruleus. B.M.

Sphex caerulea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 941. 2.
Sphex cyanea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 201. 13.

De Geer, Ins. iii. 589. 6. t. 30. f. 6.
Pepsis cyanea, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 211. 17.
Chalybion cyaneum, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 22. 3.
Pelopceus caeruleus, St. Farg. Hym, iii. 320. 20.

Hah. North America; Carolina; East Florida.

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25. Pelopceus flavipes. B.M.

Spliex flavipes, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 202. 18.
Pelopceus flavipes, Fabr. Sysf. Piez. 204. 9.
Pelopceus architectus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 313. 12.

Hab. North America.

This species varies in having the apex of the metathorax more
or less yellow, and sometimes entirely black ; the latter variety
is the P. architectus of St. Fargeau.

26. Pelopceus Servillei.
Pelopceus Servillei, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 313. 13.
Hab. New Orleans.

27. Pelopceus Canadensis. B.M.

Male. Length 8 lines. — Black : the face clothed with short
silvery pubescence; the clypeus produced and notched in the
middle ; the tips of the mandibles ferruginous ; the scape yellow.
Thorax : a subinterrupted line on the collar, the tegulse, a spot
on the scutellum and post-scutellum, and two spots at the apex \

of the metathorax, yellow; the metathorax transversely striated,
with a deep longitudinal channel in the enclosed portion of the
metathorax; the mesothorax finely rugose, running into striae
towards the scutellum, over which the striae also run; wings
slightly coloured, their tips fuscous, the nervures ferruginous ;
the apex of the anterior femora, the tibiae and tarsi, yellow, two
or three of the apical joints of the latter fuscous ; the posterior
tibiae at their base and the three basal joints of the tarsi yellow.
Abdomen : the dilated portion of the petiole yellow on each side.

Hab. Canada. '

28. Pelopceus fistularis. B.M.

Pelopceus fistularis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 23. 8.
Pelopceus histrio, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 316. 16.
Erichs. Faun, et Fl. Brit. Guiana, iii. 588.

Hab. Brazil; Cayenne. |l

29. Pelopceus bimaculatus. B.M.
Pelopceus bimaculatus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 319. 19, ,
Hab. Cayenne; Columbia.

This is in all probability a variety of P. Jigulus.

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.'50. Pelopceus figulus. B.M.

Pelopoeus figulus, Dahlb. Hym,. Europ. i. 23. 6,
Pelopceus viudex, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 317- 17-
Erichs. Faun, et Fl. Brit. Guiana, iii. 588.

Hah. Cayenne; Rio Grande; Honduras; St. Domingo; British
Guiana.

31. Pelopceus cementarius. B.M.

Spliex cementaria, Drury, Exot. Ins. i. 105. t. 44. f. 6, 8.
Sphex tiavipunctata, Christ. Hym. 301. t. 30. f. 1.
Sphex lunata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 203. 20.
Pelopffius lunatus, Fabr. Syst. Fiez. 203. 4.

Pal. de Beauv. Ins. Afric. et Amer. 50. t. 7- f. 4.

Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. p. 436. t. 70. f. 5.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 23. 5.

St. Farg. Encycl. Meth. x. 35. 5; Hym. iii. 312. 11.
Guepe Ichneumon, De Geer, Ins. iii. 588. 4. t. 30. f. 4.
Pelopoeus affinis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 204. 5 (var.).

Hab. Antigua; St. Christopher's; Jamaica; St. Domingo;
Cayenne.

32. Pelopceus fasciatus. B.M.
Pelopoeus fasciatus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 315. 15,

Hab. St. Domingo.

33. Pelopceus Jamaicensis.

Sphex Jamaicensis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 203. 22.

Pelopceus Jamaicensis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 204. 6 (var. P. lunatusl).

Hab. Jamaica.

34. Pelopceus Chilensis.

Pelopceus Chilensis, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 395. 1.
Hab. Chih.

Genus 6. PODIUM.

Pepsis, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 210 (1804).
Podium, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 183. 30 (1804).

hymenoptera. 235

1. Podium rufipes. B.M.

Podium rufipes, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 183. 1.
Ijatr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 59.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 24.

Hab. South America; St. Domingo.

2. Podium luteipennis. PL VI. fig. 2. B.M.

Pepsis luteipennis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 210. 10.
Podium flavipenne, Jjutr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 59.

St. Farg. Encycl. Meth. x. 164. 1.
Podium luteipenne, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 23.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 324. 2.
Podium Latreillei, Spin. Mem. Accad. Torino, xiii. ser. 2. p. 51.

Hab. Brazil (Para); Cayenne.

3. Podium consanguineum. B.M,

Female. Length 8.^- lines.— Black and shining : the face
strongly punctured, the vertex sparingly and delicately so.
Thorax strongly punctured, the punctures distant on the meso-
thorax and scutellum, which are highly polished ; the anterior
and intermediate femora, tibiae and tarsi ferruginous ; the femora
black at their base, the tibiae and tarsi fuscous above ; wings
flavo-hyaline, the nervures and tegulae pale ferruginous; the
calcariae ferruginous. Abdomen smooth, shining and imjmnctate.

Hah. South America.

4. Podium h^matogastrum. B.M.
Podium hsematogastrum. Spin. Mem. Accad. Torino^ xiii. 50. 33,
Hab. Brazil (Para; Tapajos).

5. Podium nitidum. B.M.
Podium nitidum. Spin. Mem. Accad. Torino, xiii. 49. 32.

Hab. Brazil (Para).

6. Podium luctuosum.

Female. Length 10 lines. — Black : head and thorax shining,
finely and distantly punctured; the metathorax closely punc-
tured; the head, thorax and petiole covered with long black
pubescence ; the tips of the mandibles, tibiae, tarsi, an<l apex of
the femora, ferruginous ; wings dark brown with a violet irides-
cence ; the abdomen smooth, shining and impunctate.

Hab. North Carolina. (Coll. F. Smith.)

236 hymenoptera.

7. Podium opalinum. B.M.

Female. Length 6^ lines. — Black : the head shining and
delicately punctured, with a thinly scattered long black pubes-
cence. Thorax : the raesothorax and scutellum highly polished,
and having a few scattered delicate punctures ; the metathorax
closely punctured ; in the centre a deeply impressed longitudinal
channel ; the thorax, coxse and trochanters, and also the petiole
of the abdomen, with thinly scattered long black hairs ; the an-
terior wings fuscous, with a brilliant violet iridescence and two
fascige, the first crossing at the apex of the externo-medial cell,
the second passing over the second submarginal cell; the poste-
rior wings hyaline, with their apex slightly fuscous. The abdo-
men has a brilliant opaline iridescence.

Male. Length 6 lines. — This sex only differs in having the
wings paler and the anterior tibiae rufo-testaceous in front.

Hab. Jamaica.

This species appears to approach very closely to the Ammo-
philus fumigatus of Perty.

8. Podium complanatum.

Female. Length 10 lines. — Shining jet-black : the head com-
pressed, sparingly and delicately punctured ; the anterior margin
of the clypeus emarginate. The prothorax elongate, the sides
rounded, convex above, impunctate ; the mesothorax, scutellum
and post-scutellum impunctate ; the metathorax flattened, longi-
tudinally strigose-punctate at the base in the middle, the apical
half with scattered delicate punctures; a central longitudinal
slightly impressed line terminates in a fasciolet near the apex ;
the wings hyaline, with a narrow dark fascia crossing at the
second submarginal cell, and a fuscous stain traversing the ex-
terno-medial nervure ; the legs smooth and shining. Abdomen :
flattened, highly polished and impunctate; the petiole bent,
curving upwards.

Hab. South America. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

9. Podium denticulatum.

Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : the face closely, the vertex
distantly and delicately punctured ; the clypeus armed with six
acute teeth on its anterior margin ; the sides of the face have a
short silvery pubescence, the vertex and cheeks thinly clothed
with long silvery hairs. Thorax : the mesothorax and scutellum
have a few delicate scattered punctures and are smooth and
shining ; the metathorax, the sides and beneath more strongly and
closely punctured ; the prothorax has a central depression on its

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posterior margin, and the mesothorax an abbreviated one at its
base ; the sides and the metathorax with a thinly scattered silvery-
white pubescence ; the anterior and intermediate tibia3 and the
femora at their apex ferruginous, the extreme base of the pos-
terior tibiae ferruginous ; wings hyaline, the superior pair have a
fuscous fascia occupying the second submarginal cell ; a fuscous
stain traverses the posterior margin of the externo-medial cell ;
the apex of the wings is faintly clouded. Abdomen smooth,
shining and impunctate.

Male. — This sex is rather smaller, more slender and pubes-
cent ; the clypeus is only armed with two teeth, which are longer
than in the other sex and more acute ; the abdomen is covered
with a fine silky pilosity.

Var. a. The anterior and intermediate tibiae obscurely ferru-
gmous.

Hah. Brazil. (Coll. F. Smith.)

Genus 7. STETHORECTUS.

Podium, Westw. Griff. An. Kingd. xv. 516 (1832).
Stethorectus, Smith, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. xx. 394 (1847).

1. Stethorectus iNGENS. B M.

Stethorectus ingens. Smith, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. xx. 394.

t. 23. f. 1?,2<?.
Podium giganteum, Erichs. Faun, et Fl. Brit. Guiana, iii. 589 ?

Hah. Brazil (Para) ; British Guiana.

2. Stethorectus nigripes. B.M.
Podium nigripes, Westw. Griff. An. Kingd. xv. 516. t. 1C^. f. 3.
Hah. Brazil.

Genus 8. CHLORION.

Sphex, pt., Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 206 (1/93).

Chlorion, pt., Latr. Hist. Nat. des Crust, et Ins. iii. (1804).

Pronaeus, Saund. Trans. Ent. Soc. iii. 58 (1841).

1. Chlorion lobatum. B.M.

Sphex lobata, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 206. 30.
Chlorion lobatum, Latr. Gen. C ust. et Ins. iv. 57.

Dahlh. Hym. Europ. i. 24 .1.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 330. 3.

238 HYMENOPTERA.

Chlorion azureum, St. Farg. Encycl. Metli. x. 451, 2; Hym. iii.
329. 1.

Hah. India; China.

An examination of a large number of specimens from various
parts of India and China shows that this insect is very inconstant
in colour, varying from brassy or golden green to dark blue ; and
the colour of the mandibles varies from ferruginous to black :
no specific difference appears to exist.

2. Chlorion c^ruleum. B.M.

Sphex ca^rulea, Drury, Exot. Ins. ii. 75. t. 39. f. 8.
Chlorion cyaneum, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 24. 1.

Hab. North America ; Mexico.

3. Chlorion splendidum. B.M.

Chlorion splendidum, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 218. 5.

Smith, Ann. cf Mag. Nat. Hist. vii. 32 (1851).
Pronaeus Campbellii, Saund. Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. iii. 58. t. 5.

f. 1$.
Sphex pulchra, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 355. 31 S .

Hab. Northern India.

4. Chlorion viridi-c^eruleum. B.M.

Chlorion viridi-caeruleum, Encycl. Meth. x. 451. 1 ; Hym. iii.
330. 2.

Hab. Cayenne.

5. Chlorion melanosoma. B.M.

Female. Length 13-1/ lines. — Black : the mandibles and
clypeus, the scape and four or five of the basal joints of the fla-
gelluni ferruginous ; the apical joints of the flagellum fuscous ;
the anterior tibiae and tarsi ferruginous ; the wings yellow, the
apical margins of the anterior pair dark fuscous, the posterior
margin of the hinder wings with a pale fuscous border, the
nervures pale ferruginous, the tegulae ferruginous behind. Tho-
rax with scattered black pubescence ; the prothorax transversely
striated in front, elevated and deeply notched in the middle
behind ; the mesothorax smooth and shining, with an impressed
line on each side over the tegulae ; the metathorax transversely
striated ; the abdomen smooth and shining ; sometimes the ab-
domen has a chalybeous tint.

Hub. India (Pondicherry).

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239

6. Chlorion rugosum. B.M.

Male. Length 8-9 lines. — Head brassy-green, the margin of
the vertex and the cheeks with long white pubescence ; the face
anteriorly thickly covered with short silvery- white pubescence ;
the vertex is very finely and very closely punctured, the face
longitudinally rugose. Thorax rugose ; the prothorax finely
roughened, the mesothorax transversely rugose in front and
obliquely so behind ; the sides of the thorax coarsely strigose,
the pectus with scattered shallow punctures ; the tibiae and tarsi
black ; the metathorax transversely coarsely striated ; the wings
fiisco-hyaline, their apical margins with a dark fuscous border ;
abdomen smooth, shining and impunctate. The pro- and meso-
thorax brassy-green, the metathorax blue-green.

Hab. Sumatra.

Genus 9. PRON.EUS.

Dryinus, pt., Fahr. Syst. Piez. 200 (necLa^r.) (1804).

Pepsis, pt., Pal. de Beauv. Ins. Afric. et Amer. 39. 1. 1. f. 1 (1805 j.

Pronseus, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 56 (1809).

The genus Pronceus very closely approaches to Chlorion, — in
fact contains its African representatives, which only difl*er from
the Indian group in having the labial and maxillary palpi longer ;
the number of joints are the same, and the neuration of the wings
identical ; the antennse of the males are grooved longitudinally,
as in the genera Chlorion and Sphex.

1. Pron^us mandibularis. B.M.

Chlorion mandibulare, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 218. 3 5 •
Prona3us apicalis, Guer. Voy. Abyss. {Lefeb.) vi. 357, Atlas, t. H.
f . 5 & 6 c? .

Hab. Guinea; Abyssinia; West Africa (Why dah).

2. PRONiEUS MAXILLARIS. B.M.

Pepsis maxillaris. Pal. de Beauv. Ins. Afric. et Am,4r. 39. t. 1 .

f . 1 ? .
Pronseus maxillaris, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 5fi.
St. Fare/. Hym. iii. 331. 1. t. 30. f. ].

Hab. Africa.

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240 HYMENOPTERA.

3. PrON^EUS iENEUS.

Dryinus seneus, Fahr. Syst. Piez. 200. 1.
Pronaeus teneus, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 56.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 24. 1.

Hab. Guinea ; Port Natal.

4. PRONiEUS INSTABILIS. B.M.

Female. Length 15-20 lines. — Head black; the inner orbit
narrowly and the outer orbit of the eyes broadly rufo-testaceous ;
the antennae and face anteriorly rufo-testaceous, the mandibles
ferruginous ; the head is sometimes rufo-testaceous, with merely
a black stain enclosing the ocelli ; the mandibles fringed beneath
with long hairs. Thorax of an obscure blue-black ; sometimes
the metathorax is tinged with green ; the pro- and mesothorax
more or less rufo-testaceous, rarely quite black ; the wings nigro-
cseruleous ; the legs pale ferruginous, the coxse and trochanters
black or fuscous ; the abdomen blue with purple iridescence, the
apical segment pale ferruginous : in some examples the apical
margins of the second and following segments are more or less
rufo-piceous.

Male. Length 11 lines. — The male has the antennae pale
fulvous ; the head, pro- and mesothorax above, the tegulse and
legs pale ferruginous ; the three apical segments of the abdomen
are also pale.

Hab. Africa (Guinea ; Congo).

5. Pron^us affinis. B.M.

Female. Length 17 lines. — Black : the labrum, anterior mar-
gin of the clypeus, the mandibles and antennae, ferruginous.
Thorax clothed above with a short black velvety pubescence;
the prothorax with a broad, longitudinal, shallow impressed line
or channel; wings as in P. instabilis; the tibiae, tarsi and tips of
the femora ferruginous ; abdomen obscure blue-black, the apical
segment ferruginous.

Male. Length 12 lines. — Thorax and abdomen as in the
female ; the antennae, mandibles and legs pale ferruginous ; the
coxae, trochanters and base of the femora black.

Hab. Port Natal.

Genus 10. SPHEX.

Sphex, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 198 (1/93).
Pepsis, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 207 (1804).

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The genus Sphex, as treated in this Catalogue, contains those
species only which possess the characteristics of the Sphex Jiavi-
pennis of Fabricius.

Head as wide as the thorax ; eyes ovate ; antennae filiform,
inserted near the base of the clypeus, grooved more or less lon-
gitudinally in the males, inserted near the base of the clypeus ;
mandibles large and arcuate, bidentate within, the teeth notched
at their base, forming a rudimentaiy tooth; the apical tooth
acuminate. Thorax elongate-ovate, truncated behind ; the collar
transverse ; the anterior wings with one marginal and three sub-
marginal cells ; the marginal cell elongate, rounded at its apex ;
the first submarginal cell as long as the two following ; the second
more or less obliquely quadrate, receiving the first recurrent ner-
vure at or near its apex ; the third forming a truncated triangle,
its posterior margin more or less rounded, receiving the second
recurrent nervure about the middle ; the anterior tarsi ciliated
in the females ; the claws bidentate beneath at their base. Ab-
domen conically ovate.

1. Sphex flavipennis. B.M.

Sphex flavipennis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 201. 10.

Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 293. 3.

Jurine, Hym. 129. t. 8. gen. 5. fam. 2.

Ahrens, Faun. Eur op. 4. 18.

Van d. hind, Obs. i. 94. 1.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. in. 349. 1.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 349. 23.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 271.
Sphex maxillosa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 208. 37.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 26. 9.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 271.
Pepsis flavipennis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 210. 13.
Pepsis maxillosa, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 213. 27.
Sphex triangulum, Brulle, Exped. Sc. Moree, iii. 365. 807, Atlas.

t. 50. f. 6 ? .
Sphex rufo-cincta, Brulle, Exped. Sc. Moree, iii. 367. 809, Atlas,
t. 50. f. 7 ^ .

Hab. Britain ? ; France ; Italy ; Germany ; Greece ; Portugal ;
The Morea; Algeria.

An examination of a number of specimens shows that the colour
of the pubescence on the face of this insect varies ; it is usually
silvery, but in some examples inclines to a golden tint ; the latter
is the colour described by Fabricius.

242 hymenoptera.

2. Sphex Occitanica.

Sphex Occitanica, St. Farg. et Serv. Encycl. Metfi. x. 462. 1 <J .
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 348. 21.

Hab. Montpellier.

This is probably a variety of the male of Sphex emarginata of
Brulle, the principal difference being that the second segment of
the abdomen is more red than in any example which has been
received of that species.

3. Sphex proditor.

Sphex proditor, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 354. 29.
Hab. Corsica.

4. Sphex emarginata.

Sphex argyria, Brulle, Exped. So. Moree, iii. 367. 810. t. 50. f , 8 $ .
Sphex emarginata, Brulle, Exped. Sc. Moree, iii. 368. 811, Atlas^
t. 50. f. 9 c? .

Hab. The Morea; Albania. (Coll. S. S. Saunders, Esq.)

5. Sphex leuconota.

Sphex leuconota, Brulle, Exped. Sc. Moree, iii. 366. 808.
Hab. The Morea.

6. Sphex subfuscata.

Sphex subfuscata, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 436. 4.
Hab. Turkey.

7. Sphex fera.

Sphex fera, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 26. 8.
Hab. Greece.

8. Sphex pruinosa.

Sphex pruinosa, Germ. Reise Dalm. 261. 348.
Van d. hind, Obs. i. 94. 3.

Hab. Dalmatia.

9. Sphex bicolor.

Sphex bicolor, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 437. 17-
Hab. Dalmatia.

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10. Sphex CONFINIS.

Sphex confinis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 43/. 16.
Hab. Dalmatia.

11. Sphex cinereo-rufo-cincta.

Sphex cinereo-rufo-cincta, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 438, 19.
Hah. Rhodes.

12. Sphex soror.

Sphex soror, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 436. 7-
Hab. Rhodes.

13. Sphex sordida.

Sphex sordida, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 436. 3.
Hab. Rhodes.

14. Sphex Solieri.

Sphex Soheri, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 354. 28.
Hab. ?

15. Sphex fuscata.

Sphex fuscata, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 25. 2.
Hab. ?

16. Sphex fusca.

Sphex fusca, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 335. 2.
Hab. ?

17. Sphex dives.

Sphex dives, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 359. 36,
Hab. ?

18. Sphex HiEMORRHoiDALis. B.M.

Sphex hjjeniorrhoidalis, Fabr. Ent.Syst. ii. 200. 7, and Cab. Banks.

Mus. Linn. Soc.
Pepsis hsemorrhoidalis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 209. 8.

Hab. Africa.

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19. Sphex CASTANEIPES.

Sphex castaneipes, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 27. 12 & 438.
Hah. Africa.

20. Sphex subtruncata.

Sphex subtruncata, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 25. 6.
Hab. Africa.

21. Sphex gratiosa. B.M.

Male. Length 12 lines. — The head, antennae, prothorax, legs
and abdomen ferruginous ; the meso- and metathorax black ;
the prothorax black beneath; the mandibles ferruginous, with
their tips black ; a quadrate black spot on the vertex enclosing
the ocelli ; the enclosed portion of the metathorax transversely
and finely striated, the apical portion of the metathorax trans-
versely sulcated ; the wings dark fuscous with a violet iridescence,
the tegulae ferruginous ; the petiole and extreme base of the ab-
domen black : beneath, the second segment has a large fuscous
spot at the base.

Hab. Tripoh.

22. Sphex nigrita.

Sphex nigrita, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 2/1.
Hab. Algeria.

23. Sphex affinis.

Sphex affinis, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 2/2. -

Hab. Algeria.

24. Sphex afra. B.M.

Sphex afra, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 350. 24. t. 30. f . 3 $ .
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 270. t. 14. f. 3.

Hah. Algeria (Oran).

25. Sphex trichargyra.

Sphex trichargyra. Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 466. 11 (1838).

Hah. Egypt.

This is probably a highly coloured example of Priononyx alhi-
secta, or certainly a closely allied species.

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26. Sphex optima.

Female. Length 13 lines. — Black : the face and cheeks densely
clothed with rich golden pubescence; on the vertex are scattered a
few erect fuscous hairs. The prothorax, sides and hinder margin
of the mesothorax above, the tubercles and a spot beneath the
wings, clothed with bright golden pubescence; the mesothorax has
anteriorly a central, abbreviated, impressed line which is coated
with golden pubescence ; the post-scutellum has a spot on each
side, and the apex of the metathorax is densely clothed with short
silvery-white pubescence ; there is also a silvery stripe on the sides
at the insertion of the posterior coxa? ; the metathorax is thinly
covered with a changeable glittering ]nle, observable in different
lights ; a similar pile also covers the legs ; wings yellowish hya-
line, their a])ical margins clouded, the nervures black. Abdomen
red, with the petiole and three apical segments black ; the third
segment has on each side an oblique fuscous line which unites in
the middle of the segment ; the fom'th segment has its apical mar-
gin narrowly and obscurely ferruginous; the apical segment rugose.

Hah. Africa (Gambia).

27. Sphex Bohemanni. B.M.
Sphex Bohemanni, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 436. 9.

Hab. Port Natal.

28. Sphex pelopceiformis. B.M.
Sphex pelopceiformis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 437- 12.

Hab. Port Natal.

The specific characters given by Dahlbom in his tabular synopsis
are scarcely sufficient : in the insect for which Dahlbom's name is
adopted, the head and thorax have a thin cinereous pubescence,
and are closely punctured, particularly the metathorax ; the scape
in front, four or five of the basal joints of the flagellum beneath,
the clypeus more or less, the mandibles, the coxae and trochanters,
the femora and tibiae beneath, ferruginous ; the wings dark fus-
cous, with a violet iridescence, the hinder pair pale at their mar-
gins towards their base; the petiole elongate; the abdomen ob-
long and pointed at the apex.

The male has no rufous colouring, but otherwise agrees with
the female.

29. Sphex Praslinus.

Sphex Praslinus, Quer. Voy. Coq. Zool. pt. 2. p. 262.
Hab. Port Praslin, New Ireland.

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30. Sphex cinerascens.

Sphex cinerascens^ Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 25. 3 & 436. 10.
Hab. Guinea.

31. Sphex Dorycus.

Sphex Dorycus, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. pt. 2, p. 262.
Hab. New Guinea.

32. Sphex pubescens.

Sphex pubescens, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 205. 28.
Syst. Piez. 212. 22.

Hab. Guinea.

33. Sphex varipennis.

Sphex varipennis, Reiche Sf Fairm. Voy. Fer. Sf Galin. Abyss,
t. 2.9. f. 5, 6.

Guer. Voy. Abyss. Lefeb. vi. 354.

Hab. Abyssinia.

34. Sphex eximia.

Sphex eximia, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 360. 3/.
Hab. Senegal.

35. Sphex Paulinierii.

Sphex Paulinierii, Guer. Mag. Zool. 1843, t. 114. f. 1.
Hab. Senegal.

36. Sphex amator.

Male. Length 10 Unes. — Black : the face and thorax above
densely clothed with short golden pubescence; the mandibles
ferruginous in the middle ; the wings hyaline, the nervures fusco-
ferruginous, the apical margins of the superior wings shghtly
clouded ; the legs have a fine pale silky pile, which is very dense
on the posterior tibiae within ; the abdomen has also a fine thin
changeable silky pile; beneath, the two apical segments are
densely covered with short golden pubescence.

Hab. Australia. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

37. Sphex canescens. B.M.

Female. Length 10 lines. — Black: the face covered with
short silvery pubescence, and having, as well as the cheeks, a long

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thin cinereous pubeseence ; a denuded space down the middle of
the clypeus, which has a few scattered punctures, its anterior
margin rounded; the mandibles rufo-piceous, their apex sub-
acute. Thorax thinly clothed with cinereous pubescence, most
sparing on the mesothorax, which is moderately punctured, the
punctures most sparing on the disk, and somewhat elongate ;
the scutellum punctured, and having a depression in the middle;
the metathorax opake and finely rugose; wings hyaline, their
extreme base and apical margins slightly fuscous, the third sub-
marginal cell much restricted towards the marginal. Abdomen
ovate, shining, very convex, and with a fine cinereous pile at the
base ; the petiole not longer than the first segment ; the apical
segment rugose.

Male. — Very closely resembles the female, but has the anterior
margin of the clypeus widely emarginate ; the mesothorax is
more closely punctured, and the abdomen not quite so shining ;
the two apical segments punctured.

Hab. Australia.

38. Sphex carbonaria. B.M.

Female. Length 13-15 lines. — Black : the face clothed with
yellowish-white pubescence ; a smooth shining space down the
centre of the clypeus ; the cheeks have a silvery pile, and have,
as well as the vertex, a thinly scattered long white pubescence.
Thorax : the pro- and mesothorax covered with silvery pubes-
cence; when the pubescence is rubbed ofi*, the mesothorax is
found to be closely punctured, as well as the scutellum; the
post-scutellum bituberculate ; the metathorax clothed with
white pubescence; wings hyaline, a pale fuscous spot beyond
the marginal cell ; the nervures ferruginous. Abdomen smooth
and shining ; the petiole covered with white pubescence.

Hah. Australia (Sydney).

39. Sphex clavigera.

Female. Length 1 1 lines. — Black : head closely and rather
finely punctured, the face densely clothed with silvery pubescence;
tips of the mandibles ferruginous. Thorax subopake, closely
punctured ; the metathorax shagreened and thinly covered with
yellowish-white pubescence, the sides of the thorax and beneath
have a similar pubescence ; the coxa?, trochanters and femora
beneath closely punctured ; the legs stout and spinose, the spines
short and sparing ; the wings yellow-hyaline, the apical margins
fuscous. Abdomen clavate, smooth and shining, covered, parti-
cularly towards the base, with a fine reflective silky pile,

Hab. Australia.

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40. Sphex cognata. B.M.

Female. Length 10 lines. — Black : the face densely covered
with a rich golden pubescence ; the anterior margin of the cly-
peus produced, subangular, notched in the middle, the lateral
angles of the notch produced, forming obtuse teeth. The pro-
and mesothorax thinly covered with short golden pubescence ;
the scutellum naked, the post-scutellum and metathorax covered
with silvery-white pubescence ; the legs have a fine silky cine-
reous pile ; the posterior tibiae at their apex within have a short
reddish-brown pubescence. Abdomen : the petiole short, scarcely
as long as the first segment, at the base covered with a fine
changeable silky pile.

Hab. Australia.

This species closely resembles S. opulenta, but is distinguished
at once by the notch in the margin of the clypeus.

41. Sphex modesta. B.M.

Female. Length 10 lines. — Black : the face densely clothed
with silvery pubescence ; a denuded space down the middle of the
clypeus, which is thinly covered with long stiff black hairs ; the
mandibles elongate and very acute at their apex. The prothorax
with a silvery pubescence, that on the sides of the mesothorax is
of the same colour ; the disk of the mesothorax and the scutel-
lum closely punctured ; the metathorax finely transversely rugose
and covered with yellowish-white pubescence ; wings hyaline,
the anterior pair yellow towards their base, their apex faintly
clouded, a fuscous spot beyond the apex of the marginal cell ;
the extreme base of the wings dark fuscous. Abdomen very
smooth, shining and impunctate.

Hab. Australia.

42. Sphex vestita.

Female. Length 13 lines. — Black : the face densely clothed
with short golden pubescence ; the cheeks have a thin cinereous
pile and also some scattered long pale hairs ; the vertex and face
have a thinly scattered pale pubescence; the mandibles large
and prominent, furnished with a stout tooth inside and fringed
beneath with long pale hairs. The thorax densely clothed above
with golden pubescence, which is more or less obliterated on the
scutellum, the latter with a deep central impressed line ; the sides
of the metathorax and breast covered with golden pubescence ;
the thorax has a thin golden pile beneath ; wings hyaline, faintly
clouded at their apical margins, the nervures dark ferruginous.
Abdomen blue-black ; the first segment and the petiole thinly

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covered with golden pile ; the second segment opake, with its
apical margin and also the following segments smooth and shining.

Hab. Australia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

43. Sphex vidua.

Male. Length 8-8^ lines. — Black : the face and cheeks densely
clothed with short bright silvery pubescence ; the head, thorax
and ])etiole with long erect yellowish-white pubescence ; the
mesothorax and scutellum closely punctured ; the metathorax,
the sides and thorax beneath, finely rugose ; wings hyahne, their
apex with a fuscous marginal cloud ; the nervures black. Abdo-
men : the petiole rather longer than the first segment, slightly
shining and covered with a changeable fine silky pile.

Hab. Austraha. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

This is probably the male of opulent a.

44. Sphex fumipennis. B.M.

Female. Length 10-12 lines.- — Black and shining : the face
strongly punctured, the vertex sparingly and more finely so ; the
face covered more or less with silvery pile, and having a number
of stiff black hairs on the clypeus. The pro- and mesothorax, as
well as the scutellum, moderately punctured ; a finely impressed
line on each side of the mesothorax over the tegulse; the meta-
thorax opake and thinly covered with griseous pubescence, that
on the prothorax, the sides, and beneath, is a mixture of fuscous
and griseous ; the legs shining ; the spines on the tibiae short and
stout ; the tarsi strongly spinose, the anterior tarsi ciliated out-
side ; wings dark fuscous, with the apical margins and also the
hinder margins of the posterior pair subhyahne. Abdomen glossy,
the apical segment rugose.

The male only differs in being smaller.

Hab. Australia (Adelaide).

45. Sphex ephippium, n. s. PI. VL fig. 3. B.M.

Female. Length 12 lines. — Black : the face densely covered
with pale golden pubescence, with a denuded space down the
middle of the clypeus ; the face thinly sprinkled with long hairs,
pale at their base and fuscous at their apex; the mandibles
rounded at their apex ; a spot of golden pile behind each of the
posterior ocelli on the margin of the vertex ; the cheeks with a
silvery pile and a thin covering of long cinereous pubescence.
The prothorax, the tubercles, a spot beneath the wings, and the
mesothorax above, covered with fine, short, pale golden pubes-

250 HYMENOPTERA.

cence ; the scutellum and post-scutellura naked, the latter
notched in the middle ; the metathorax A^ei'y densely clothed
with long silvery pubescence ; wings hyaline, the nervures fusco-
ferruginous, the base of the wings and the costal cell fuscous,
the apex of the anterior wings with a fuscous cloud. Abdomen
smooth, shining and impunctate.

Hab. Australia (Port Essington).

This is possibly the female of S. opulenta ; but, not coming
from the same locality, they are separated.

46. Sphex opulenta. B.M.

Male. Length 10^ lines. — Black : the face densely clothed
with bright golden pubescence, that on the cheeks is less dense
and paler; the mandibles acute at their apex. The pro- and
mesothorax above clothed with golden pubescence, the post-
scutellum has a similar clothing; the sides of the thorax and the
pectus have a thin pale pubescence ; the metathorax very densely
clothed with silvery-white pubescence ; the legs have a change-
able thin silvery pile ; wings hyaline, smoky at the base, shghtl)'
clouded at their apical margins, and having a fuscous spot beyond
the marginal cell. Abdomen subopake, with a thin changeable
iridescent pile; the petiole covered with silvery-white pubes-
cence.

Hab. Australia (Richmond River).

41. Sphex luctuosa. B.M.

Female. Length 13-15 lines. — Black and shining: the face
covered with a thin fine silvery pile and a long stiff black pubes-
cence ; the cheeks have a silvery pile and a thin long fuscous
pubescence ; ou the vertex the pubescence is long, thin and cine-
reous. The thorax, except the mesothorax above and the scu-
tellum, thinly covered with short cinereous pubescence; the
metathorax opake, finely rugose ; the mesothorax and scutellum
very delicately punctured ; the legs shining black, the tibiae and
tarsi strongly spinose ; the wings hyaline, dark fuscous at their
base and along the outer margin of the externo-medial cell ; the
anterior wings are fuscous at their apical margins beyond the
enclosed cells. Abdomen very smooth and shining, impunctate,
and having a violet iridescence.

The male only differs in being smaller and in having the legs
less spinose.

Hab. Australia (Swan River).

This species very closely resembles the Sphex argentata of
Dahlbom, but in that species the mesothorax is opake, the

HYMENOPTERA. 251

punctiirin,!^ being stronger and very close ; the metatliorax is
proportionably shorter. In the present species the first recur-
rent nervure unites with the second transverse cubital nervure,
which is not the case in S. argentata ; the colouring of the wings
is the same in both species.

48. Spiiex obscurella.

Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : the face densely clothed
with silver}' pubescence ; the vertex shining, with scattered punc-
tures, and having, as well as the cheeks, a long sparing pale
yellowish-white pubescence ; the thorax has a similar pubescence
to the head, but it is more dense ; the coxae and femora are also
pubescent ; the wings hyaline, with a fuscous cloud at the apex
of the anterior pair ; the nervures fusco-ferruginous ; the second
submarginal cell subquadrate, rather longer than broad, receiving
the iirsl recurrent nervure about one-fourth from its apex, the
third submarginal cell slightly restricted towards the marginal.
Abdomen covered with a fine short silky pile ; the petiole pubes-
cent, nearly as long as the first and second segments.

The male closely resembles the female, but is more thickly
pubescent, and the abdomen is more densely clothed with silky
pile.
Hab. Van Diemen's Land. (Coll. F. Smith.)

This species most closely resembles S. canescens, but is at once
distinguished by the form of the submarginal cells and by having
a longer petiole.

49. Sphex globosa. ' B.M.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Black : the head and thorax opake;
the face covered with pale golden pubescence, leaving an angular
denuded space on the clypeus, which is shining and has a few
scattered punctures ; the mandibles ferruginous, their apex black ;
the cheeks, thorax and legs have a short silky cinereous pile, the
two former have also a thinly scattered ])ale glittering pubescence;
the wings hvaline, their nervures rufo-fuscous ; the mesothorax
has a central abbreviated shallow groove anteriorly, and a slight
scratch on each side over the tegulaj ; the scutellum prominent,
emarginate in the middle; the metathorax finely transversely
nio'ose; the anterior tarsi strongly ciliated outside, the claws
ferruginous. The petiole of the abdomen nearly as long as the
two basal segments ; the abdomen is globose and very smooth
and shining, the base and the sides with short silvery-white
pubescence ; the apical margins of the segments narrowly rufo-
piceous.

252 HYMENOPTERA.

The male exactly corresponds with the female, but is usually
smaller.

Hab. Van Diemen's Land.

This species has the appearance of a Priononyx, but the claws
are only furnished with two teeth.

50. Sphex antennata. B.M.

Male. Length 8 lines. — Black : the face has a silvery pubes-
cence and a mixture of long black hairs ; the mandibles ferrugi-
nous towards their apex. The thorax has a scattered yellow
pubescence; the mesothorax and scutellum evenly punctured,
the former with a central abbreviated channel in front and a
slight scratch over each tegula ; the wings fuscous, the uervures
black ; the petiole short, the abdomen oblong-ovate.

Hab. New Hebrides (Aneiteum).

The specimen described is not in good condition, being evi-
dently denuded of pubescence ; but it may be distinguished by
the form of its antennse, which are very slender at the base and
gradually thickened towards the apex.

51. Sphex rufipennis. B.M.

Sphex rufipennis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 201. 10.

St. Farg. ^ Serv. Encycl. Meth. x. 462.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 334. 1.

Dahlh. Hym. Eur op. i. 436. 6.
Pepsis rufipennis, Fahr. Syst. Piez. 210. 12.

Hab. India? {Fabr. I.e.). Brazil.

Although several extensive collections have been examined,
no species from India has been found agreeing with the descrip-
tion of S. rufipennis, but most collections contain Brazilian spe-
cies which do agree with it; it is therefore probable that the
habitat given by Fabricius — Tranquebar — is an error, and it is
rendered more so from the circumstance of the typical specimen
being in the collection of Lund, who collected in Brazil.

52. Sphex argentata. B.M.

Sphex argentata, Dalilb. Hym. Europ. i. 25. 1.
Sphex albifrons, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 337. 6 (? .
Sphex argentifrons, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 337. 7 ? •

Hab. Greece; India (Bengal ; Madras; Punjaub; Sumatra);
Java; N. America (St. John's Bluff, East Florida) ; Africa
(Congo; Sierra Leone).

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This may possibly be the Pepsis albifrons of Fabricius, but
the description only points out the dark base of the wings,
whereas the apex is dark also. The Sphex argentifrons of St.
Fargeau is the female, in which sex the raetathorax is more di-
stinctly striated than in the male : the species has a wide geo-
graphical range.

53. Sphex vicina. B.M.
Sphex vicina, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 343. 16.

Hab. India.

54. Sphex Fabricii. B.M.
Sphex Fabricii, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 2/. 11 & 438. 21.

Hab. India; Tranquebar.

55. Sphex ferruginea. B.M.
Sphex ferruginea, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 345. 18.

Hab. India.

Amongst a number of specimens of this species from the
Philippine Islands and others from Ceylon, some have the abdo-
men entirely black; this variety is probably the Sphex sericea of
Fabricius.

56. Sphex flavo-vestita. B.M.

Male. Length 12 lines.— Black : the head thinly covered with
yellow pubescence, the face densely clothed with golden pubes-
cence ; the mandibles ferruginous, their base and apex black ;
the apical joints of the palpi ferruginous, one or two of the basal
ones fuscous. Thorax thickly clothed with yellow pubescence ;
the prothorax above, the sides of the disk of the mesothorax,
and the apex of the metathorax, densely covered with golden
pubescence; the anterior coxae and femora beneath are also
covered with golden pubescence; the anterior femora, except
their base, and all the tibiae, tarsi and knees pale ferruginous ;
the apex of the claw-joint and the claws black ; the wings yellow-
ish-hyaline, the nervures pale ferruginous, the costal and post-
costal nervures fuscous. Abdomen black with a blue tinge, and
covered with a fine silky yellow pile.

Hab. India.

57. Sphex apicalis. ' B.M.

Female. Length 13 lines. — Black : the pubescence on the
head and thorax black, most dense on the face and cheeks ; the

254 HYMENOPTERA.

face covered with bright golden pile. The head and thorax finely
punctured, most sparing on the disk of the mesothorax; the
raetathorax most strongly and closely punctured, the punctures
confluent; wings fusco-hyaline, smoky towards their base, the
apical margins faintly clouded ; the nervures rufo-testaceous,
the costal, post-costal, the externo-medial and anal nervures
dark fuscous ; the first and second segments of the abdomen
black; the apical margin of the second and the following seg-
ments yellow, with a bright golden pile.

Hab. Sumatra.

58. SpHEX LINEOLA. B.M.
Sphex lineola, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 353. 27.

Hab. Java; Sumatra; Hong Kong; North China.

59. Sphex nigripes. B.M.

Female. Length 9-10 lines.— Opake-black : the head and
thorax thinly sprinkled with black pubescence ; wings fusco-
hyaline, dark fuscous towards the base, with a yellowish tinge in
the middle and fuscous at their apex ; the nervures rufo-testa-
ceous, towards the base of the wings they are darker ; the femora
and tibiae ferruginous; the tarsi black.

Hab. Sumatra; North China (Shanghai).

Some specimens from Sumatra have only the posterior femora
ferruginous ; those from China are similarly coloured ; the wings
in some examples are darker than in others.

60. Sphex Formosa. B.M.

Female. Length 10 lines.— Black : the face densely clothed with
bright golden pubescence, the cheeks have also a golden pubes-
cence, and the head a scattered long golden-yellow pubescence.
The thorax is covered with golden pubescence of a rather paler
colour than that on the face, the scutellum and a s])ace beneath
the wings usually naked, the pubescence densest on the meta-
thorax; the legs'covered with a fine silky pile; the wings fusco-
hyaline, their apical margins fuscous, the nervures rufo-fuscous.
Abdomen : the petiole about the length of the first segment ;
the abdomen has a blue tinge and is covered with a delicate
silky pile.
Hab. Ceram. (Coll. Madame Ida Pfeiffer.)

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61. SpHEX MAURA. B.M.

Female. Leno;th 11 lines. — Black: the face covered with
short silvery pubescence, and thickly set with long black hairs ;
the thorax thinly covered with black pubescence, which is most
dense on the metathorax ; the thorax shining above, finely and
sparingly punctured ; the post-scutellum notched in the middle ;
the metathorax very finely transversely striated ; the wings dark
fuscous, with a violet iridescence ; the abdomen smooth, shining
and impunctate.

The male exactly corresponds with the female.

Hab. Celebes.

62. Sphex sericea. B.M.

Pepsis sericea, Fabr. Sijst. Piez. 211. 19.
Sphex sericea, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 26. 7- var.?
St.Farg. Hym. iii. 341. 12.

Hab. Islands of the Pacific ; Philippine Islands; Java.

This species varies in having the scutellum black or red.

63. Sphex nigella. B.M.
Female. Length 8 lines.— Black : the head, thorax and petiole

with a thin griseous pubescence ; the face densely covered with
bright silvery pile ; the anterior margin of the clypeus has two
approximate short teeth in the middle; the mandibles very
smooth and shining. Thorax : the disk opake, very delicately
punctured, the metathorax finely rugose ; the wings subhyaline,
shghtly clouded at their apical margins, the nervures rufo-testa-
ceous." Abdomen covered with a fine silky pile ; the petiole as
long as the two basal segments and curved u])vvards.

]yjaly,_Closely resembles the female, but without teeth on the
margin of the clypeus ; the mandibles ferruginous and shining as
in the other sex.

Hab. Shanghai.

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64. Sphex perplexa. B.M.

Male. Length 10 lines.— Black: the face covered with silvery
pubescence ; the head and thorax with a sparing black ])ubes-
cence ; the thorax finely rugose, the metathorax transversely so;
the wings fusco-hy aline", their apical margins clouded. Abdomen
very smooth and 'shining, the base of the first segment ferrugi-

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256 HYMENOPTERA.

nous, the apical margins of three or four of the basal segments
narrowly rufo-piceous.

Hab. North China (Shanghai). (Coll. R. Fortune, Esq.)

This insect so closely resembles the male of S. emarginata, that,
with the exception of the pale margins of the segments of the
abdomen, there is scarcely another specific difference ; both have
the second submarginal cell narrow, which receives the first
recurrent nervure in the middle.

65. Sphex Mandarinia. B.M.

Female. Length 13 lines. — Black : the face covered wdth fine
silvery pile ; the anterior margin of the clypeus straight in the
middle and sinuated at the sides ; the vertex smooth and having
a few scattered punctures ; a few stiff black hairs scattered over
the face. Thorax : the pro- and mesothorax very delicately
punctured, interspersed with a few large punctures ; a deep de-
pression in the middle of the scutellum ; the post-scutellum and
metathorax opake, the enclosed space above, finely rugose, the
sides beyond obliquely strigose ; the claws ferruginous ; the tarsi
furnished with stout spines, the anterior pair strongly ciliated
outside ; the tibiae with a few stout spines ; the wings subhyaline,
the nervures ferruginous, the apical margins slightly clouded;
the second submarginal cell narrow, receiving the first recurrent
nervure in the middle. Abdomen red, with the petiole and three
apical segments black.

Hab. North China (Shanghai). (Coll. R. Fortune, Esq.)

This species may possibly be the S. Solieri of St. Fargeau.

66. Sphex cyaniventris.

Pelopoeus cyaniventris, Gwer. Voy. Coq.Zool. pt. 2. p. 263, Atlas,

t. 8. f. 15.
Sphex? cyaniventris. Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 400. 4.

Hab, Brazil; Chih. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

67. Sphex aurifluus. B.M.

Sphex aurifluus, Perty, Del. An. Art. p. 142. t. 3/. f. 19.
Sphex ornata, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 344. 17.

Hab. Brazil (Rio Negro) ; Jamaica ; Cuba.

68. Sphex Lanierii. B.M.
Sphex Lanierii, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. Ins. iii. 433. t. 70. f- 2.
Hab, Cuba; Brazil.

hymenoptera. 25/

69. Sphex melanopa.

Sphex melanopa, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 27. 13.
Hab. Brazil.

70. Sphex fuliginosa.

Sphex fuliginosa, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 25. 5.
Hab. Brazil.

71. Sphex chrysobapta.

Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : the head and thorax co-
vered with bright golden pubescence, exceedingly brilliant in
different lights ; the wings subhyaliue, the nervures ferruginous;
the anterior margins of the superior pair have a broad reddish-
yellow stain ; the legs fusco-ferruginous, the femora bright fer-
ruginous above, and the tibiae outwardly so ; the apical joint of
the tarsi dusky ; the legs and abdomen covered with a fine re-
flective silky golden pile ; the petiole as long as the two basal
segments, ferruginous, as well as the apical margins of all the
segments.

Hab. Brazil. (Coll. F. Smith.)

72. Sphex clypeata. B.M.

Male. Length 10 lines. — Black : the face covered with silvery
pubescence and sprinkled with long black hairs; the clypeus
very convex, produced anteriorly, its margin truncated; the
thorax has a thinly scattered black pubescence ; the wings fusco-
hyaline ; the nervures and extreme base of the wings dark fus-
cous, the apical margins with a pale fuscous cloud. The abdomen
shining and covered with a fine grey silky pile ; the apex fringed
with curled yellow pubescence ; the two apical segments beneath
densely covered with similar pubescence.

Hab. Brazil.

73. Sphex ingexs. B.M.

Female. Length 18-20 lines. — Black : the head opake, thinly
clothed with black pubescence ; the clypeus has a few scattered
punctures, margined in front, the margination obscurely ferrugi-
nous ; the mandibles rugose towards their base ; the palpi fus-
cous, with the tips of the joints pale ferruginous. Thorax clothed
above with black pubescence, densely so on the metathorax ; on
the disk of the mesothorax is a short velvety pubescence ; the
anterior femora have an obscure ferruginous stripe beneath at
their apex; wings rufo- fuscous, subhyaliue, darkest at their

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258 HYMENOPTERA.

base, the apical margins of the anterior pair shghtly clouded, the
uervures fusco-ferruoinous. Abdomen elongate- ovate, subopake ;
the j)etiole short, about the length of the first segment, and
having an obscure green or blue tinge.

Male. Length If -2 inches. — Closely resembling the female,
but having a silvery pubescence on the face and sides of the
clypeus ; the mandibles ferruginous in the middle ; the thorax
densely pubescent, more so than in the other sex ; the posterior
coxae very pubescent; the anterior and intermediate femora
more or less ferruginous beneath ; the intermediate segments
of the abdomen have their basal margins frequently more or less
ferruginous. In this species the first recurrent nervure nearly
unites with the second transverso-medial nervure, and the third
submarginal cell is very much restricted towards the marginal
cell.

Hab. Brazil.

74. Sphex proxima. B.M.

Female. Length 1 1 lines. — Black : the face thinly covered
with golden pubescence, most dense on the sides ; the face and
cheeks have a thin long pale yellow pubescence ; the mandibles
sculptured externally with longitudinal stria3. Thorax : the pro-
and mesothorax above are covered with a very short black velvety
pubescence, the metathorax thinly covered with cinereous pubes-
cence ; the wings dark fuscous with a violet iridescence. Abdo-
men ferruginous, with the petiole and base of the fifth segment
black; the sixth segment and the apical margin of the fifth rugose.

Hab. Brazil.

This species most closely resembles the Pepsls Crucis of Fabri-
cius, but the colour of its pubescence and wings, and also its
striated mandibles, easily distinguish it.

75. Sphex costipennis.

Sphex costipennis. Spin. Mem. Accad. Torino, xiii. 54. 35 (1853).
Hab. Brazil (Para).

76. Sphex difficilis. B.M.
Sphex difficdis, Spin. Mem. Accad. Torino, xiii. 54. 36 (1853).
Hab. Brazil (Para).

77- Sphex nitidiventris. B.M.

Sphex nitidiventris. Spin. Mem. Accad. Torino, xiii. 53. 34 (1853).
Hab. Brazil (Para).

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259

78. Sphex petiolata. B.M.

Male. Length 7 lines. — Black : the face covered with golden
pubescence, also a little at the outer oibit of the eyes; the
tips of the mandibles ferruginous. Thorax thirdy covered with
short golden pubescence ; wings subhyaline, the nervures ferru-
ginous; the anterior pair have a fuscous cloiul extending along
their front margin from base to apex ; this cloud varies in
depth of colouring in different exara])les ; the teguUe rufo-testa-
ceous ; the legs ferruginous ; the femora with a black stripe be-
hind, the tibite with one within, the tarsi fuscous or black with
the tips of the joints ferruginous, the claws ferruginous at the
base. Abdomen : the petiole as long as the two basal segments,
sometimes slightly ferruginous at the base above ; the first seg-
ment ferruginous, viith a dark macula above in the middle, some-
times with several smaller spots ; the apical margins of the seg-
ments rufo-piceous.

Hab. Brazil (Para). (Coil. H. W. Bates.)

This is very probably the male of the S. costipennis of Spinola.

79. Sphex cyanipennis.

Sphex? cyanipennis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 200. 6.
Pepsis cyanij)ennis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 209. 7-

Hah. Cayenne; Brazil. (Coll. F. Smith.)

80. Sphex Crucis. B.M.

Pepsis Crucis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 209. 4.
Sphex Crucis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 342. 14.

Hab. South America (Cayenne).

81. Sphex dorsalis. B.M.

Sphex dorsalis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 347. 20 S .

Hah. Cayenne; Brazil (Ega and Santarem).

The female closely resembles the male, having the thorax and
head richly decorated with golden pubescence ; the legs and ab-
domen red, with the coxfc, petiole, the posterior margin of the
third segment of the abdomen, the fourth and fifth, black ; tip
of the abdomen red.

82. Sphex Chiliensis.

Sphex Chiliensis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 341. 13.
Hah. ChiU.

260 hymenoptera.

83. Sphex Latreillii. B.M.

Sphex Latreillii, St. Farg. Mag. Zool. t. 33 S (1831) ; Hym. iii.
361. 38.

Dahlh. Hym. Europ. i. 27. 14 & 438. 24.
Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 397. 1.
Sphex Thimbeigii, St. Farg. Mag. Zool t. 34 $ (1831); Hym.
iii. 362. 39.

Hab. Chili; Valparaiso.

84. Sphex mel^na.

Sphex melsena, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 398. 2.
Hab. Chili.

85. Sphex SpiNOLiE.

Sphex Chiliensis, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 399. 3 (nee St. Farg.).
Hab. Chih. (Coll. F. Smith.)

86. Sphex opaca.

Sphex opaca, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 437. 14.
Hab. South America.

87. Sphex Johannis.

Pepsis Johannis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 208. 3.

Hab. South America.

This is probably the Priononyx striata of this Catalogue. See
the remarks following that species, p. 266.

88. Sphex rufipes. B.M.
Sphex rufipes, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 343. 15.

Hab. St. Domingo (Port-au-Prince).

89. Sphex T.

Pepsis T, Pal. de Beauv. Ins. p. 117. t. 3. f. 5.
Hab. St. Domingo.

90. Sphex Jamaicensis.

Vespa Jamaicensis, Drury, III. Exot. Ins. i. 104. t. 44. f. 4.
Hab. Jamaica.

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91. Sphex caliginosa.

Sphex caliginosa, Erichs. Faun, und Fl. Brit. Guiana, iii. 589.
Hab. British Guiana.

92. Sphex latro.

Sphex latro, Erichs. Faun, und Fl. Brit. Guiana, iii. 588.
Hab. British Guiana.

93. Sphex singularis. B.M.

Male. Length 9 lines. — Black : the face densely covered with
golden pubescence, the vertex and cheeks with a long thin pale
yellow pubescence. Thorax clothed with long thin pale golden
pubescence ; the prothorax above, the post-scutellum, and an
epaulet over the tegulse of short bright golden pile; the legs
with a fine changeable silky pile, most dense on the coxae and
posterior tibise within ; the wings hyaline, with a pale fuscous
cloud at their apical margins and a darker one beyond the mar-
ginal cell ; the third submarginal cell subpetiolate. The abdomen
has an obscure chalybeous tinge, with a little silky pile at the base.

Hab. Honduras.

94. Sphex Pennsylvanica. B.M.

Sphex Pensylvanica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 941. 3.

De Geer, Ins. iii. 586. 2. t. 30. f. 2.

Fabr. Syst. Ent. 346. 3; Ent, Syst. ii. 201. 11.

Pal. de Beauv. Ins. Afric. et Amer. p. 116. t. 3. f. 4.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 25. 4.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 335. 3.
Pepsis Pensylvanica, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 211. 15.
Sphex Servillei, -S^. Farg. Hym. iii. 336. 5 S .

Hab. North America ; Pennsylvania.

.95. Sphex ichneumonea. B.M.

Sphex ichneumonea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 959. 36.

De Geer, Ins. ii. 759. t. 32. f. 13. 17.

Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 207. 34.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 26. 10.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 346. 19.

Erichs. Faun, und Fl. Brit. Guiana, iii. 589.
Chlorion ichneumoneum, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 219. 6.

Hab. North America; St. John's Bluflf, East Florida; South
Carolina.

262 hymenoptera.

96. Sphex Philadelphica.

Sphex Philadelphica, St. Farg. Hym. Europ. i. 340. 11.
Hab. Philadelphia.

97. Sphex tibialis.

Sphex tibialis, St. Farg. Hym. Europ. i, 339. 10.
Hah. Philadelphia. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

98. Sphex violaceipennis.

Sphex violaceipennis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 349. 22.
Hab. Philadelphia.

99. Sphex crcesus.

Sphex crcesus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 351. 25.

Hah. North America; Mexico. (Coll. F. Smith.)

100. Sphex dimidiata.

Sphex dimidiata, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 352. 26.
Hah. North America.

101. Sphex elegans. B.M.

Male. Length 7 lines. — Black : the face covered with a short
rich golden pubescence, and sprinkled with long hairs of the
same colour; the mandibles ferruginous at their aj)ex. Thorax
thinly covered with erect golden hairs ; the mesothorax and
scutellum evenly punctured ; the metathorax opake ; wings yel-
low-hyaline, with a pale fuscous cloud at their apical margins,
and a darker one beyond the marginal cell ; the nervures pale
ferruginous ; the knees, tibiae and tarsi ])ale ferruginous ; the
tips of the claws black. Abdomen smooth and shining, with the
a})ical margins of the segments obscurely rufo-testaceous ; some-
times the two basal segments are ferruginous, with the base of
the first, and base and apex of the second, black.

Hab. California.

102. Sphex apicalis. B.M.

Sphex apicalis, Harris, Cat. Ins. Massach.

Male. Length 6-8 lines. — Black : the face covered with short
silvery pubescence, and sprinkled with a mixture of long fuscous
and pale hairs ; the mandibles slightly ferruginous at their inner
margin towards their apex ; the vertex is shining, sparingly and

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finely punctured, .ind thinly covered, as well as the cheeks, with
long cinereous pubescence. Thorax : the mesotliorax and scu-
telhim sliining and evenly j)unctured ; the metathorax opake and
rather finely rugose ; the thorax, coxne and femora, as well as
the peliole of the abdomen, thiriiy covered v.ith erect cinereous
pubescence ; wings fusco-hyaline, the apical margins, as well as the
anterior margin of the superior pair, with a darker fuscous doutl;
the jietiole as long as the two basal segments of the abdomen ;
the latter has a sught clialybeous tinge, and in some examples the
apical margins of the segments are more or less pale testaceous.

Hab. East Florida (St. John's Bluff); Georgia.

103. Sphex flavipes.

Female. Length 13 lines. — Black : the face densely clothed
with golden pubescence ; the basal half of the mandibles ferru-
ginous ; the iabrum has a central longitudinal carina, its apical
margin is rounded. Thorax opake ; the posterior margin of the
prothorax, the hinder margin of the tubercles, an epaulet ov(r
the tegulffi, the post-scutellura and apex of the metathorax,
covered with short bright golden pubescence ; the metathorax is
thinly clothed with yellow pubescence ; the wings dark fuscous ;
the tibitc, tarsi and knees of a reddish-yeilow, the spines of the
same colour. Abdomen opake, covered with a fine reflective
silky pile.

Hab. Georgia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

This species resembles the Sphex tibialis of St Fargeau, but
that insect has fuscous pubescence on the head and thorax, and
the spines on the legs are black.

104. Sphex instabilis.

Female. Length 9 lines. — Black : the face covered with pale
golden ])ubescence, and sprinkled, as well as the cheeks, with
longer pale pubescence ; the mandibles ferruginous at the base.
The pro- and raesothornx above are covered with a fine golden
pile ; the metathorax clothed with pale golden pubescence, the
apex densely so; wings yellow-hyaline, the apical margins of the
superior pair have a broad dark fuscous border, the apex of the
inferior ])air faintly clouded, the nervures pale testaceous ; the
intermediate and posterior tibiae and tarsi fusco-ferruginous ; in
some examples they are bright ferruginous, as well as the poste-
rior femora. The abdomen covered with a fine silky pile ; in
some examples the petiole is ferruginous.

Hab. North America.

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2G4 HYMENOPTERA.

Genus 11. HARPACTOPUS.
F. Smith, MSS.

This genus is formed for the reception of those species which
differ from the typical Sphex in the following particulars.

The second submarginal cell is narrowed towards the marginal
and receives the first recurrent nervure towards the base ; the
second recurrent nervure is received by the third submarginal cell,
a little within ; the legs elongate, the tarsi densely spinose ; the
claws bidentate, the anterior pair with dense long cilia outside ; the
abdomen ovate, abruptly convex at the base, pointed at the apex.

1. Harpactopus crudelis, n, s. PI. VI. fig. 4. B.M.

Female. Length 12 lines. — Black : the face covered with
silvery pubescence, and sprinkled with stiff bristly hairs; the
cheeks and margin of the vertex have a black pubescence ; the
clypeus with a notch in the middle of the anterior margin, and
having a longitudinal impressed line not quite extending to its
base. The prothorax covered above with silvery pubescence;
the mesothorax and scutellum roughly punctured, the latter is
rugose-striate behind ; the metathorax thickly clothed with black
pubescence, and coarsely rugose ; a raised acute tubercle in the
middle of the post-scutellum, behind abruptly truncated; the
legs elongate, stout and thickly spinose, particularly the tarsi ;
the anterior pair strongly ciliated outside ; the claw-joint large,
and set with strong bristles ; wings yellow-hyaline, their outer
margins hyaline, the apex of the anterior pair fuscous. Abdomen
ovate, the apex acute, very convex, abruptly so at the base, and
very smooth and shiniug.

Hab. Madras.

2. Harpactopus tyrannus. B.M.

Female. Length 12 lines.^ — Black : the face has an indistinct
silvery pubescence, that on the cheeks is black ; the face thickly
covered with stiff black hairs ; the vertex rather finely punctured.
Thorax rugose-punctate ; the scutellum longitudinally strigose
behind, sparingly punctured in front and slightly depressed in
the middle ; the post-scutellum with an elevated compressed
tubercle in the middle ; the metathorax abruptly truncated, and
covered with long sooty-black pubescence ; the legs as in H. cru-
delis ; wings dark fuscous, their apical margins broadly subhya-
line. Abdomen smooth and shining, the base subtruncate or
abruptly elevated, very convex, acute at the apex.

Hab. Port Natal.

HYMENOPTERA.

265

3. IIarpactopus s^vus. B.M.

Female. Length 8-11 lines. — Black : the face densely covered
with bright silvery pubescence ; the cly]jeus sprinkled with stiff
black bristly hairs ; the vertex and cheeks have a thin cinereous
pubescence. The pro- and mesothorax covered with pale golden
pubescence; the metathorax transversely rugose; the wings
hyaline, with more or less of a yellow tinge, their apical margins
slightly clouded ; the nervures pale rufo-testaceous ; the tarsi
thickly s})ined, the anterior pair strongly ciliated outside. Ab-
domen subglobose, very convex, with the petiole a little longer
than the first segment.

The male only difl'ers in being smaller and more pubescent.

Hab. Australia (Swan River; Cape Upstart).

4. Harpactopus nivosus. B.M.

Female. Length 10-13 lines. — Ferruginous : the head, tips
of the mandibles and flagellum black ; the head, thorax, coxae
and base of the femora densely clothed with snow-white short
silky pubescence ; the other parts of the legs have a thin white
pile; the spines at the apex of the tibiae black, those on the
tibiae and tarsi are a mixture of black and red ones ; the wings
hyaline, the nervures fusco-ferruginous, the tegulaj ferruginous ;
the post-scutellum with a slightly raised tubercle in the middle.
Abdomen : the petiole and first segment covered with snow-
white pubescence ; the apical margins of the segments pale rufo-
testaceous.

Hab. Northern India.

Genus 12. PRIONONYX.

Sphex, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 198 (1793).
Pepsis, i)t., Fabr. Syst. Fiez. 207 (1804).
Priononyx, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 28 (1843).

This genus differs from the genus Sphex in having the claws
quadridentate beneath at their base ; the neuration of the wings
and the form of the abdomen are the same as in Harpactopus.

\. Priononyx Thom^e. B.M.

Sphex ThomjE, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 199. 4.
Pepsis Thomffi, Fabr. Syst. Fiez. 209. 5.
Priononyx Thomcc, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 28. 1.

Hab. South America; Island of St. Thomas; Jamaica; Brazil
(Santarem); South Carolina ; East Florida.

266 HYMENOPTERA.

Many of the examples of this species have the wings hyaline
or subhyaline ; this is the case in all from Brazil and in others
from California ; examples from Jamaica have them fuscous ;
beyond the difference in the colouring of the wings no specific
distinction has been detected.

2. Priononyx atrata. B.M.

Sphex, atrata, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 355. 30.

Hah. North America.

St. Fargeau described this species from a specimen in Sersille's
Collection, its locality being unknown : it is the Sphex labrosa of
Harris's Catalogue.

3. Priononyx Doumerci.

Sphex Doumerci, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 357. 33.
Hub. Cayenne ; Brazil.

4. Priononyx striata. B.M.

Female. Length 10-11 lines. — Black: the face covered with
silvery pile, and having, as well as the cheeks, a number of long
white hairs ; the anterior margin of the clypeus with a small
notch in the middle. The mesothorax longitu(Unally finely stri-
gose, the metathorax transversely so, and covered thinly with
short cinereous pubescence ; the scutellum bituberculate ; the
tibiae and tarsi strongly spinose ; the anterior tarsi with long cilia
outside ; the wings black, with a violet iridescence, their apical
margins palest. Abdomen ferruginous, with the petiole black.

The male only differs in being smaller.

Hah, Brazil (Para; Villa Nova). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

This is probably the Pepsis Johannis of Fabricius, and also the
Sphex Doumerci of St. Fargeau ; the former, however, does not
notice the striation of the thorax, but points out the emargina-
tion of the scutellum, which is described here as bituberculate :
St. Fargeau does not notice the form of the scutellum, but de-
scribes the metathorax as being transversely striated ; the meso-
thorax he does not mention. Under these circumstances we
have given another name and description to the species.

5. Priononyx ^Egyptia.

Sphex iEgyptia, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 356. 32.
Hab. Egypt.

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Genus 13. PARASPIIEX.

Enodia, Dahlb. Ilym. Europ. i. 28 (1843), nee Hlibn. Lepidop.
(1816).

This genus is distinguished from SpJiex proper by having the
claws of the tarsi tridcnticulate ; the body is of a more slender
and graceful form ; the ubdomen is more elongate and narrow,
and very acute or lanceolate at the apex. It forms a distinct
subgeneric division of the typical Sphex.

1. Parasphex fervens. B.M.

Sphex fervens, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 200. 5 (nee Linn.).

Pepsis fervens, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 209. 6.

Pepsis pubescens, Fabr. Syst. Ficz. 212. 22.

Enodia canescens, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 28. 2.

Enodia fervens, Dahlb. Hym.. Europ. i. 439. 2.

Priononyx fervens, Erichs. Faun, mid Fl. Brit. Guiana, iii. 589.

Hab. India (Madras; N. Bengal); Africa (Sierra Leone; Gambia;
Cape of Good Plope).

The typical specimen of P. fervens is in the Banksian Cabinet;
it is from India. The African specimens appear to be the Pepsis
pubescens of Fabricius.

2. Parasphex albisecta. B.M.

Sphex albisecta, St. Fargeau Sf Serv. Encycl. Meth. x. 462. 2.
Ammophila Kirbii, Van d. Lind, Obs. i. 90. 7-
Sphex trichargyra. Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 466. 11 (1838).
Enodia albisecta, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 28. 1 & 438. 1.

Hab. South of France; Piedmont; Montpellier; Albania;
Africa (Gran; Port Natal; Cape).

3. Parasphex marginata. B.M.

Female. Length 6i-8 lines. — Black : the scape and two basal
joints of the flagelhim more or less, as w^ell as the mandibles,
ferruginous, the latter black at their tips ; the face and cheeks
clothed with silvery pubescence ; the thorax and coxae thinly
covered with short silvery-white })ubescence; the meso- and
metathbrax nearly naked, the former with strong scattered punc-
tures, the latter more finely punctured and indistinctly trans-
versely striated; the teguhc and legs red, with the coxae and
femora above more or less black ; wings fusco-hyaline, the ner-
vures ferruginous. Abdomen : the petiole and two basal seg-
ments red, the apical margin of the second sometimes black, or

268 HYMENOPTERA.

rarely the petiole and base of the first segment only, red ; the
apical margins of all the segments white ; the petiole nearly as
long as the abdomen.

The male is rather smaller, and has the antenna entirely black ;
the mandibles slightly ferruginous ; the tegulse more or less
ferruginous : this sex is also usually more pubescent ; the petiole
and first segment red ; but frequently the petiole is more or less
fuscous, sometimes black.

This species very closely resembles EnocUa albisecta; its prin-
cipal differences consist in having a longer petiole and the meta-
thorax substriated ; the petiole, legs and mandibles are also more
or less red.

Hab. Gambia.

Genus 14. DOLICHURUS.

Pompilus, pt.. Spin. Ins. Lig. fasc. 2. 52 (1808).
Pison, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 58 (180.9).
DoHchurus, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 38/ (1809).

1. DOLICHURUS CORNICULUS. B.M.

Pompilus corniculus, Spin. Ins. Lig. fasc. 2. 52.
Pison ater, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 58.
Dohchurus ater, Ijatr. idem, 3S7-

Van d. Lind, Obs. i, 95.
Dolichurus corniculus, St. Farg. Encycl. Meth. x. 450.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 85. 1.

Dahlb. Hym,. Europ. i. 29. 13.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 327. 1.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 70. 1.

Hah. Europe.

Genus 15. AMPULEX.

Sphex, pt., Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 198 (1793).
Chlorion, pt., Fabr. Syst. Fiez. 217 (1804).
Ampulex, Jurine, Hym. p. 134 (1807).

1. Ampulex compressa. B.M.

Sphex compressa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 206. 32 ; Mant. i. 275. 25.
Chlorion compressum, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 219. 7-

Latr. Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins. xiii. 294.

Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iii. 227 (1843).

HYMENOPTERA.

269

Ampulex compressa, Jurine, Hym. p. 134 (1807).

St. Farg. Encycl. Meth. x. 450; Hym. iii. 325. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 2\). 1.
Guepe Ichneumon, Reaum. Ins. vi. 280. t. 28. f. 2, 3.

Ha6. India; China; Isle of France ; Java.

The neuration of the wings is very inconstant in this species,
particularly in small examples of the male ; the ty])ical number
of submarginal cells is three, but the first transverse cubital
nervure is frequently obsolete, or partly so, thus making the
number two.

2. Ampulex Sibirica. B.M.
Sphex sibirica, Fabr.Ent. Syst. ii. 207.33, & Cat. Mus. Linn. Soc.
Chlorion sibiricum, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 218. 4.

Am])ulex corapressiventris, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii. t. 70. f. 4.
Ampulex Guerini, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 29. 2.

Hab. Siberia? (Fa6r.); Malabar; Senegal; Sierra Leone; The
Gambia.

3. Ampulex cuprea. B.M.
Male. Length 4^ lines.— Brassy-green, varying in tint in

different lights ; the carina on the face entire, arched, and pro-
duced at the apex; the head deeply rugose-punctate. The
l)rothorax is transversely rugose-striate above, the sides being
roughly punctured ; the mesothorax covered with large deep
punctures ; the metathorax has a central carina which terminates
before the apex; on each side is an abbreviated oblique one and
a second entire obUque carina which unite at the apical margin
of the truncation by a short transverse one ; the lateral margins
are raised, and the apical angles terminate in a stout bent
tooth; the wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures fusco-
ferruginous. Abdomen shining, and having a few scattered delicate
punctures.
Hab. China (Hong Kong).

In the Museum are two exam])les of this species ; in both the
first recurrent nervure is obsolete.

4. Ampulex cyanipes.

Chlorion cyanipes, Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iii. 230 <? ;

Arc. Ent. ii. 65. t. 65.
Hab. Cape of Good Hope.

2/0 hymenoptera.

5. Ampulex purpurea. B.M.

Chlorion purpureum, Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. ()5 ? .

Hab. Africa (Cape of Good Hope; Port Natal).

This species is subject to the same variation in the neuration
of the wings as the typical species, A. compressa.

6. Ampulex nebulosa. B.M.

Female. Length 4^ lines. — Green : the head, pro- and meso-
thorax covered \^ ith large deep confluent jnmctures ; the clypeus
with an elevated carina in the centre, its apex as well as the man-
dibles ferruginous ; the antennae black ; the head with scattered
erect long white hairs. The metathorax with one central and
three lateral longitudinal oblique carina?, between which it is
transversely striated ; the lateral apical margins of the verge of
the truncation armed with a stout acute tooth ; the truncation
transversely rugose ; the post-scutellura covered with silvery
pubescence ; thorax and legs with scattered erect pale pubes-
cence ; the posterior coxa; covered with silvery-white pubescence;
the calcaria pale testaceous ; the wings hyaline, a dark cloud
crossing the anterior wings from the base of the marginal cell,
occupying the a])ex of the first submarginal, the whole of the
second, and the upper portion of the third discoidal cell. Abdo-
men strongly, but not very closely, punctured, the apex of the
second segment and the whole of the following segments covered
with silvery hairs.

Hab. Port Natal.

7. Ampulex chalybea, n. s. PI. VII. fig. 3. B.M.

Female. Length 9 lines. — Dark blue, variegated with bright
purple tints ; the mandibles, anterior tibia? in front, and the knees,
ferruginous ; the antennae and tarsi dark fuscous ; the wings
fuscous ; the head coarsely punctured ; the prothorax and sides
of the mesothorax with large scattered punctures ; the metatho-
rax with a centrsil longitudinal carina and three oblique ones on
each side, the spaces between transversely striated; the apical
angles produced into a stout sharp angular tooth ; the abdomen
impunctate.

Hab. Africa (Fantee).

This may possibly be the A.fumipennis of Dahlbom; but, as
he does not mention the red mandibles and front of the
anterior legs, it has not been considered advisable to adopt his
name.

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8. AmTULEX ANGUSTICOLLIS. B.M.

Ampulex angusticoUis, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 108. 64 $ .
Chlorion angusticolle, Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. GC. 4.

Hab. Cayenne; Brazil (Para).

9. Ampulex ^nea.

Ampulex senea, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 110 $ .
Chlorion aeneum, Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. 110.

Hab. Cayenne.

10. Ampulex thoracica. B.M.

Male. Length 5i lines. — Blue-green : the head coarsely
punctured, elongated and much narrowed behind the eyes ; the
carina on the face produced at the apex into an acute spine ; the
lateral angles of the face produced and acute. The pro- and
mesothorax with large deep punctures ; the prothorax elevated
posteriorly, and transversely striated in front; the metathorax
with a central and four lateral carinse, the interstices transversely
striated, the posterior angles terminating in long stout bent
spines ; the wings subhyaline, with two indistmct fuscous fasciae,
one crossing the second submarginal cell, the other traversing
the apex of the externo-medial cell. Abdomen smooth, shining
and impunctate.

Hab. Brazil (Yilla Nova).

This is probably the male of Ampulex angusticoUis.

11. Ampulex raptor. B.M.

Male. Length 5 lines. — Bright green : head thickly and
coarsely punctm-ed ; the clypeus carinated in the centre and
produced into an acute spine at the apex. The pro- and meso-
thorax covered with large deep coarse ])unctures; the metatho-
rax with a central carina and four lateral ones, between which
it is transversely striated ; the lateral a})ical margins of the supe-
rior surface ]n-odnced into a stout long curved spine ; the trun-
cation rugose ; wings hyaline, with a faint cloud crossing the
second submarginal cell, and occupying also the base of the mar-
ginal cell ; the legs with tints of blue on the tibia; and tarsi, the
coxai and thorax beneath with large, not very close, deep punc-
tures. Al)domen ovate, with a blue tinge on the disk ; the first,
third and following segments coarsely punctured; the second
segment with finer scattered punctures.

Hab. Venezuela.

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This species is most nearly allied to A. tkoracica, but differs
in wanting the prominent angles at the anterior margin of the
face; the prothorax is of a different form and is differently
sculptured, and the abdomen is coarsely punctured ; inA. tkora-
cica it is smooth and shining.

12. Ampulex hospes. B.M.

Female. Length 12 lines. — Brilliant purple, with shades of
green in certain lights ; the head with scattered punctures, which
are closest and strongest towards the insertion of the antennae ;
the clypeus with a highly elevated carina down the centre ; an
abbreviated impressed line above the stemmata. Thorax : the
prothorax smooth and convex above, with a few delicate scat-
tered punctures ; the mesothorax, scutellum and post-scutellum
smooth and shining, with a few widely dispersed punctures ; the
disk of the mesothorax with two deeply impressed longitudinal
lines, extending from the anterior margin to the base of the scu-
tellum ; outside of each, close to the tegulse, is a deeply impressed
fovea; the wings fuscous; the femora red; the metathorax
rounded at the posterior angles, not spined, the upper surface
with two oblique broad longitudinal grooves, which are trans-
versely striated; the sides and posterior margin of the upper
surface smooth and shining ; the truncation smooth and shining ;
the sides have a transversely striated groove at their upper mar-
gin, below which they are punctured. Abdomen very smooth
and shining, much compressed at the sides; beneath suddenly
produced at the base of the second segment.

Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). (Coll. A. R. Wallace, Esq.)

This species in some particulars differs from those of the rest
of the genus : the antennae are stouter and shorter, as are also
the mandibles ; the wings, in the three females received, have only
two submarginal cells, but the obliteration of the first transverse
cubital nervure is of frequent occurrence in the genus ; the meta-
thorax is without spines at the posterior lateral angles, and the
abdomen is abruptly produced at the base of the second seg-
ment beneath : — these differences constitute a remarkable and
very distinct species; they cannot be regarded as of higher
value, as a good series of the different species of the genus
exhibit many approaches to the remarkable peculiarities of the
present species.

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273

Genus 16. RHINOPSIS.
Rbinopsis, Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. 68.

I. Rhinopsis Abbottii. pi. VII. fig. 3. B.M.

Rhiuopsis Abbottii, Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. 68. t. 65. f . 5 ? .
Hab. Georgia.

Genus 17. APHELOTOMA.
Aphelotoma, Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iii. 225 (1841).

1. Aphelotoma Tasmanica. PI. VII. fig. 4 <? .

Apbelotoma tasmanica, Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iii. 226.
t. xii. f. 4 ? ; Arc. Ent. ii. 65. t. 65. f. 3 ^ .

Hab. Van Diemen's Land. (Coll. W. W. Saunders and J. O.
Westwood, Esq.)

Genus 18. TRIROGMA.
Trirogma, Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iii. 223 (1841).

1. Trirogma c^rulea. B.M.

Trirogma caerulea, Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iii. 225. 1. 12.
f. 3 c? ; Arc. Ent. ii. 66. t. 65. f. 4 ? .

Hab. Northern India ; Madras.

Fam. 4. LxARRID.E.

Mandibles notched exteriorly near the base ; the labrum con-
cealed, with a single spine at the apex of the intermediate tibiae ;
the abdomen ovoid-couical.

Larrida, Leach. Edin. Encycl. (1817).
Larradffi, Leach, Sam. Comp. (1819).
Larridai, Steph. Syst. Cat. (1829).
Larrites, Newm. Ent. Mag. i. (1834).
Lyrops, pt,, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii. (1834).

Genus 1. LARRADA.

Sphex, pt., Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii.

Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 213 (1793).
Larra, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 221.
Porapilus, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 194 (1804).
Liris, pt., lllig. Ed. Faun. Etrus. (1807).
Astata, pt., Sjyin. Ins. Lig. i. 18 (1808).

The genus Larra was established by Fabricius in his " Ento-

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mologia Systematica," and contained three or four species
agreeing with its type, Larra vespiforinis, the Stizus vespiformis
of Latreille, Dahlbom and St. Fargeau. In this Catalogue the
name Larra is restored to those species for which Fabricius ori-
ginally formed it. The genus Larra of Latreille contains two,
or perhaps move, good generic types of form : for one, the ge-
neric appellation Tachytes, as proposed by Panzer, is adopted :
for the second the name Larrada is proposed ; it contains those
species which have the marginal cell truncated at the apex and
appendlculated, and three submarginal cells, the iirst as long as
the two following, the second receiving both recurrent nervures
near its centre, the third lunate ; the metathorax truncated pos-
teriorly, elongate, the sides being generally parallel, but some-
times a little wider at the base; the mandibles large, arcuate,
with a dentation on their exterior towards the base ; abdomen
ovato-conical, acuminate at the apex. In the type, L. anathema,
the mandibles are not toothed within, and such is the case with
the majority of the species ; but in many there is a stout tooth, ,
which is notched at its base. Probablv a thoroug-h investigation
of the mandibles of all the species would show the necessity for
making a separate genus for the species with teeth within the
mandibles ; in the present work they are included with the rest.

Species of Europe.

Div. 1 . Abdomen red and black.

1. Larrada anathema. B.M.

Sphex anathema, Rossi, Faun. Eirus. ii. 65. 822 5 •
Larra ichneumoniformis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 221. 4 <? ; Syst.
Piez. 220. 4.

Coqueb. lllustr. Icon. Ins. ii. t. 12. f. 10 ? .

Panz. Faun. Germ. 76. 18 S ; Krit. Revis. ii. 128.

Spin. Ins. Lig. i. 72. 1.

Luir. NouD. Diet. 2nd ed. xvii. 324; Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 7 1.

Dumer. Diet. Sc. Nat. xxv. 285.

Guer. Diet. Class, ix. 224.
Loris anathema, Illig. Ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 101. 822.
Pompilus teutonus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 194. 34 $ .
Larra anathema. Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 18. I.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 87. 1

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 136. 68 & 472. 1.

Smith, Cat. Brit, Hym. 18. 1.
Tachytes anathema, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 254. 17.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 250.

Hah. Italy; France; Germany; Hungary; Greece; Algeria;
Port Natal. (Britain?)

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Div. 2. Abdomen black.

2. Larrada nigra.

Tachvtes nigra, Van. d. TAnd, Obs. ii. 23. 6.
St. Farg. Hyrn. iii. 2 12. 3.
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 248.

Hab. Italy ; Algeria (Oran).

3. Larrada nitida.

Astata nitida. Spin. Ins. Lig. i. 18.

Tachvtes nitida, Van. d. Lind, Obs. ii. 24. 7.

Tachytes pompiliformis, Dahlh. Hym. Europ. i. 130. 66.

Hab. Italy ; Germany ; Sweden. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

4. Larrada atrata. B.M.

Tachytes atrata, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 245. 6.
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 248.

*

Hab. Piedmont; Algeria.

Species of Asia.
Div. 1. Abdomen red, or red and black.

5. Larrada simillima.

Female. Length /-^ lines. — Head, thorax and legs black ;
the two former closely jjunctm-ed and thinly covered with short
cinereous pubescence ; the metathorax elongate, abruptly trun-
cate at the apex, the truncation punctate and having a longitu-
dinal channel; the mandibles and scape obscurely rufo-piceous;
the cly])eus thinly clothed with aurichalceous pubescence ; wings
tlark fuscous ; the legs black, finely pubescent ; the calcaria,
spines'and claws obscurely ferruginous, sometimes nearly black.
Abdomen red, smooth and shining, the segments covered laterally
w\th a dense sericeous pubescence ; the two apical segments
black ; in some examples the apical margin of the fourth seg-
ment is also black, in other instances the entire segment ; another
variety has the basal and apical segments black.

Hab. India; Africa. (Coll. F. Smith.)

This species closely resembles L. anathema, from which it is
distinguished by the colouring of the abdomen, by not having
an impressed line on the vertex, or a longitudinal central carina,
and by the truncation of the metathorax being punctured, not
transversely finely strigose.

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6. Larrada aurulenta. pi. VII. fig. 5. B.M.

Sphex aurulenta, Fabr. Mant. i. 274. 10.
Sphex aurata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 213. 64.
Pompilus auratus, Fabr. .Ent. Syst. Supp. 250. 25.
Liris aurata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 228. 3.

Dahlb. Hym. Eur op. i. 135.
Tachytes opulenta, >S^. Farg. Hym. iii. 246. 7.
Lyrops auratus, Ckier. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii. 440.

Hab. India ; China ; Java ; Sumatra ; Celebes ; Philippine
Islands; Africa (the Cape of Good Hope; the Gambia).

Specimens of this species received from the Cape and the
Gambia agree with the Indian ones in sculpture, but differ con-
siderably in colour ; they have the antennae ferruginous, with a
few of the apical joints more or less fuscous ; the wings are
much darker, and the anterior legs only are ferruginous; the
apical segment of the abdomen is more or less ferruginous; — but
we can only regard this as a climatic variety.

7. Larrada conspicua.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Black : the anterior margin of the
clypeus, the scape and mandibles, ferruginous, the latter black
at their tips; the extreme apex of four or five of the basal joints
of the flagellum ferruginous; the face covered with silvery
pubescence, which has a faint golden tinge. The tegulse, legs,
apical and two basal segments of the abdomen, ferruginous ; the
wings yellowish hyaline, the apical margins with a dark fuscous
border, the nervures pale ferruginous; the metathorax finely
transversely striated : probably in examples in fine condition the
thorax would have a covering of pale golden pubescence. The
third, fourth and fifth segments of the abdomen are dark fuseo-
ferruginous, not black. ,

Hab. India. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

8. Larrada argyrea. B.M.

Female. Length 3^ lines. — Black : the face densely covered
with silvery pubescence ; the mandibles ferruginous, covered
with silvery pubescence at the base ; the scape of the antennae
rufo-testaceous in front. The metathorax widest at the base,
finely shagreened above, the truncation smooth and shining,
thinly covered, as well as the sides, with silvery pubescence;
the wings hyaline, the nervures an4 tegulae pale rufo-testaceous ;
the tibiae and tarsi rufo-testaceous, the intermediate and pos-
terior tibiae with a fuscous stain beneath. Abdomen : the three

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basal segments ferruginous, the third with a fuscous band a little
be\ oud the middle ; the margins of the following segments pale
tes aceous, the a})ical segment ferruginous.

Hi^. Northern India.

Div. 2. Abdomen black.

9. LaRRADA MAURA. B.M.

Sphex maura, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 212. 55.
Pompilus maura, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 247. 11.
Lii-is maura, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 230. lU.

Hab. Tranquebar.

Fabricius having placed the Sphex maura eventually in the
genus Liris, which contains species all belonging either to
Tachytes or Larrada, there can be little doubt of the L. maura
of this Catalogue being identical with the Fabrician insect ; it
nearly resembles the L. glabrata, but has the metathorax closely
and strongly punctured above and behind, the verge of the trun-
cation rounded, not sharply truncate ; the wings also are sub-
hyaline ; the basal margins of the segments of the abdomen finely
punctured, smooth and shining, not pubescent.

10. Larrada tristis. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black : the face covered with silvery
pubescence, the scape rufo-piceous in front. The mesothorax
and scutellura very finely and closely punctured, subopake ; the
metathorax transversely and somewhat coarsely rugose ; the
sides of the disk and the truncation very coarse, and covered with
short silvery pubescence ; the sides of the metathorax obliquely
striated; wings yellow-hyaline, the nervures and tegulse rufo-
testaceous. The abdomen with a fine silky pile ; the margins of
the segments with bands of silvery pile, observable in ditferent
lights.

Hab. Borneo.

11. Larrada subtessellata. B.M.

Female. Length Q-'J lines. — Black : the face covered with a
fine sericeous silvery pile ; the anterior margin of the clypeus
smooth and shining; the mandibles rufo-piceous at their apex.
Thorax smooth, not shining; in fine examples with a silky
down on the lateral and posterior margins of the mesothorax ;
the wings subhyaline, the nervures fusco-ferruginous, the tegulaj
rufo-piceous; the metathorax slightly narrowed towards the
apex, above transversely strigose, not coarsely so ; the thorax at

278 HYMENOPTERA.

the sides and beneath, and also the legs, have a fine silky cne-
reous pile ; the posterior femora bright ferruginous. Abdouen
covered with a fine silky pile, that on the posterior margin; of
the segments silvery; in some lights, the abdomen has a tesel-
lated aj)pearance; the apical segment opake, and having a levv
scattered ri2;id hairs.

Hab. India; Sumatra; Java.

This is quoted by Dahlbora as the Liris maura of Fabricius, but
that author does not mention the silvery pile on the abdonen ;
we have therefore given the name maura to another spe<-Aes.
Dahlbom also gives Australia as the locality : the only species
from that country agreeing with the description of Fabricius is
quite distinct from the present insect, and appears to be one of
the varieties of the /e?/iora^fl of Saussure.

12. Larrada laboriosa. B.M.

Female. Length 5-6 lines. — Black : the face has a thin silvery
pubescence; the mesothorax and scutellum shining, very deli-
cately punctured ; the metathorax very finely transverselv rugose,
the truncation more strongly so; the sides of the metathorax
delicately obliquely strigose ; the disk has an abbreviated longi-
tudinal carina, and the truncation a deeply impressed line ; wings
smoky hyaline, the nervures black ; the legs thinly covered with
sericeous pile. Abdomen covered with a fine changeable pile ;
that on the apical margins of the segments bright and silvery,
but only observable in certain lights.

Hab. Philippine Islands.

Closely resembling L. vigilans, but easily distinguished by the
sculpture of the metathorax.

13. Larrada exilipes. B.M.

Male. I^ength 3^ lines. — Black : covered with short change-
able silvery pile, which is most dense on the sides and apex of
the metathorax and on the apical margins of the segments of
the abdomen ; the face with a dense bright silvery pubescence.
The metathorax irregularly transversely rugose, with some coarse
grooves at the sides and on the truncation, which has in the
middle a deeply impressed fossulet ; the wings hyaline, with the
apical margins slightly fuscous ; the nervures and tegulse rufo-
testaceous ; the posterior femora bright ferruginous ; the legs
slender and elongate.

Hab. Northern India.

This is probably the male of L. subtessellata.

hymenoptera. 27

14. Larrada glabrata. B.M.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Black : the head smooth and
shinino;; the antennae rufo-fuscous, the scape smooth, shining
and rufo-piceous in front ; the mandibles ferruginous. The
mesothorax closely punctured, and having a sparing short fus-
cous pubescence ; the metathorax elongate, the sides parallel,
the apex abruptly truncate, above rugose, with a central longitu-
dinal carina, which extends to the verge of the truncation ; the
latter has an impressed line in the centre, is shining and delicately
punctured, with the lateral margins roughened ; the wings fus-
cous, the tegulae rufo-testaceous ; the sides of the pectus and the
femora ferruginous, the latter incrassate; the intermediate and
posterior tibiae and the tarsi thickly spined, the spines dark fer-
ruginous. Abdomen elongate, smooth, shining and impunctate.

Hab. Celebes.

15. Larrada jaculator. B.M.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Black : the face and cheeks with
a fine short silvery pubescence ; that on the former has a faint
golden tinge ; the apex of the mandibles rufo-piceous. The me-
sothorax and scutellum smooth shining and delicately punctured;
the sides of the former with a fine short pale yellow pubescence ;
the metathorax, legs and abdomen covered with a changeable
silvery pile ; the metathorax finely shagreened and having a cen-
tral longitudinal carina, not extending to the verge of the trun-
cation ; the truncated portion very finely transversely strigose,
and having a central longitudinal impressed line ; wings flavo-
hyahne, darkest towards the base of the anterior pair, their
apical margins faintly clouded, the nervures pale ferruginous.
Abdomen sericeous ; in some lights the apical margins are seen
to have bright silvery fasciae ; the apical segment covered with
silvery pubescence and rounded at the apex.

Hab. North Bengal.

16. Larrada vigilans. B.M.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Black : the face thinly covered
with silvery pubescence ; the mandibles rufo-piceous ; the meso-
thorax and scutellum smooth ; the wings subhyaline, the ner-
vures testaceous ; the metathorax transversely rugose and having
a longitudinal impressed line, which is continued to the verge of
the truncation, the latter transversely rugose ; the spines on the
tibiae and tarsi ferruginous ; the apical margins of the segments
of the abdomen with fasciae of bright silvery pile, only observable

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280 HYMENOPTEIIA.

in certain lights ; tbe apical segment rugose, the extreme apex
ferruginous.

Hah. China.

Species of Africa.
Div. 1. Abdomen red^ or red and black.

17. Larrada h^morrhoidalis. B.M.

Pompilus hsemorrhoidalis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 198. 55.

Lyrops Savignyi, Sjnn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 476. 26 (1838).

Lii'is orichalcea, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 135.

Liris Savignyi, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 471. 2.

Tachytes illudens, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 249. 12.

Hab. Africa(Egypt; Sierra Leone; Gambia); India (Punjaub,&c.).

18. Larrada abdominalis.

Larra abdominalis, Guer. Voy. Abyss. Lefeb. vi. 358. t. 8. f. 7.
Hab. Abyssinia,

19. Larrada rubella.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Head, thorax and legs black ; the
face covered with bright silvery pubescence; the base of the
mandibles and the cheeks thinly covered with silvery pubes-
cence ; the palpi, mandibles and scape in front obscurely ferru-
ginous. The mesothorax and scutelhim closely punctured, the
metathorax coarsely rugose ; the wings subhyaline, their apical
margins with a broad fuscous cloud, the nervures and tegulse
dark ferruginous. Abdomen dark red, the basal segment more
or less black at the sides ; the apical margins of the segments
with fasciae of silvery pubescence.

Hab. Fernando Po. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

20. Larrada rufiventris.

Larrada rufiventris. Spin. Ann.Soc. Ent. Fr. \ii, 479,15 ^ {1838).
Hab. Egypt.

Div. 2. Abdomen black.

21. Larrada nigrita. B.M.

Tachytes nigrita, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 241. 2.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 247. t. 13. f. 10.

Hab. Algeria; Madeira.

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The example in the Museum Collection agrees with the de-
scription of St. Fargeau in every respect except a slight differ-
ence in the sculpture of the metathorax, which is finely trans-
verse-striate and coarsely ridged at the sides, the truncation
transversely grooved.

22. Larrada tarsata.

Lyrops tarsalis. Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 478. 2/ <? (1838).
Hab. Egypt.

23. Larrada geniculata.

Lyrops geniculata, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 480. 29 $ (1838).
Hab. Egypt.

24. Larrada erythropus.

Lyrops erythropus. Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii, 479. 28 ? (1838).
Hab. Egypt.

This may possibly be identical with the L. pallipes ; but
Spinola does not mention the sculpture of the metathorax, which
in this genus appears to offer the best specific distinctions.

25. Larrada Memnonia. B.M.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Black : the face covered witli silvery
pubescence, the mandibles obscurely rufo-piceous, tht.> apical
joints of the palpi pale testaceous. The thorax covered with a
fine silvery pile, as well as the legs ; the tarsi and apex of the
tibiffi ferruginous; the wings fulvo-hyaline, the nervures and
tegulffi behind rufo-testaceous; the scutellum smooth and shining;
the metathorax finely transversely striated, and having a central
abbreviated carina not extending to the verge of the truncation,
the striffi coarser at the sides, the truncation also coarsely striated.
The apical margins of the segments of the abdomen with fascia)
of changeable silvery pile.

Hab. Egypt; Senegal.

26. Larrada obliqua. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black : the face thinly covered
with silvery pubescence. Thorax : the mesothorax very closely
and finely punctured, as is also the scutellum ; the metathorax
with a central impressed line which extends to the verge of the
truncation ; on each side the disk is obliquely striated ; the trun-
cation transversely striated, and having a central carina which

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terminates in a deep fossulet above ; wings hyaline, faintly clouded
at their apical margins, the nervures testaceous ; the two apical
joints of the tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen thinly covered with a
fine thin sericeous pubescence, the three basal segments slightly
depressed.

Hab. Cape of Good Hope.

27. Larrada aterrima.

Female. Length 4i lines. — Deep opake black : the face with
bright silvery pubescence ; the mesothorax with a central longi-
tudinal depression in front, on each side of which is an elongated
slightly impressed line, and also a short scratch opposite the
front of the tegulse, the latter rufo-piceous behind; the wings
smoky, the nervures black ; the metathorax very delicately trans-
versely striated, the sides obliquely so, and the truncation with
coarse transverse ridges and a central longitudinal deeply im-
pressed hne. Abdomen : the basal segment and the apical mar-
gins of the segments with bright silvery fascise, observable in
certain lights.

Hab, Cape of Good Hope. (Coll. F. Smith.)

28. Larrada pallipes. B.M.

Male. Length 4 lines. — Black, and covered with a grey silky
j)ile ; the face densely covered with bright silvery pubescence ;
the palpi, mandibles and scape ferruginous. The mesothorax
and scutellum closely punctured ; the metathorax transversely
rugose ; a central longitudinal carina extends to the verge of the
truncation ; the sides of the metathorax obliquely strigose ; the
wings subhyaline and iridescent, the nervures and tegulee pale
rufo-testaceous ; the legs pale ferruginous, the coxae and tro-
chanters fuscous ; the apical margins of the segments of the ab-
domen slightly depressed.

Hab. Africa.

This may possibly be the male of L. ferrugineipes, but the
metathorax is longer and much more coarsely sculptured.

29. Larrada punctata.

Female. Length 3^ lines. — Black : the head, the mesothorax
above and beneath, the scutellum and metathorax, closely and
finely punctured ; the sides of the latter obliquely striated, the
truncation transversely so; the face with fine sericeous pubes-
cence ; the mandibles ferruginous ; wings fuscous and iridescent ;

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the apical joints of the tarsi ferruginous. The apical margins of
the segments of the abdomen obscurely rufo-piceous.

Hub. Cape of Good Hope. (Coll. F. Smith.)

.30. Larrada solstitialis. B.M.

Female. Length 8-9 lines. — Black, and covered with a fine
silky silvery pile ; the face, sides of the scape, and base of the
mandibles covered with silvery pubescence which has a faint
golden tinge ; the thorax above has a similar clothing to the
face, most dense on the lateral and posterior margins of the
mesothorax and on the sides of the metathorax, the disk of the
latter transversely striated, its sides and also the truncation
coarsely so ; the truncation has a central longitudinal impressed
line deepest towards the verge of the truncation ; the wings flavo-
hyaline, their apical margins with a fuscous cloud, the nervures
and tegulse rufo-testaceous ; the posterior femora ferruginous ;
the spines which arm the ti^^ise and tarsi ferruginous. The
abdomen with changeable silvery fasciee on the apical margins of
the segments.

Hob. Port Natal.

This species most closely resembles the L. suhtessellata, but
its metathorax is differently sculptured; the nervures of the
wings are also of a different colour.

31. Larrada ciliata. B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black : the face covered with sil-
very pubescence ; the tips of the mandibles ferruginous. Thorax :
the mesothorax and scutellum smooth, shining, and very deli-
cately punctured ; the metathorax transversely striated, the sides
of the disk and the truncation coarsely so ; the sides of the meta-
thorax obliquely striated ; the wings fuscous, their apical mar-
gins with a darker cloud ; the nervures and tegulae testaceous ;
the tarsi ferruginous, the anterior pair with long dark-coloured
flattened cilia, the spines which arm the intermediate and pos-
terior pairs long and black. Abdomen without fasciae : probably
in fine condition it would have silvery bands.

Hob. South Africa.

32. Larrada ferrugtneipes. B.M.
Tachytes ferrugineipes, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 248. 11.

Hab. Senegal; Congo.

The example believed to be the species described by St. Far-

284 HYMENOPTERA.

geau has the metathorax transversely rugose. St. Fargeau does
not mention the sculpture ; his description would suit three or
four species, and is very incomplete.

33. Larrada irrorata.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Black : the face densely clothed
with golden pubescence ; the cheeks and vertex have a thin golden
pile. The mesothorax thinly covered with rich golden pile on
the sides of the thorax ; beneath, and on the metathorax, it is
silvery ; the disk of the metathorax transversel}^ rugose ; wings
ilavo-hyaline, their apical margins faintly clouded; the spines
which arm the tibia3 and tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen covered
with changeable silky pile ; the margins of the segments having
fascite of silvery pile, observable in diflPerent lights.

Hab. Senegal. (Coll. F. Smith.)

34. Larrada agilis.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black : the face thinly covered
with silvery pubescence ; the scape, mandibles and anterior mar-
gin of the clypeus bright ferruginous ; the vertex smooth, with-
out the usual tubercles or ridges which replace the posterior
ocelli. Thorax with a scattered glittering silvery pubescence;
the metathorax longitudinally rugose in the middle, the sides of
the disk transversely striated, as well as the truncation, which is
coarsely grooved, and has a deeply impressed line in the centre ;
the sides of the metathorax obliquely striated ; the wings hya-
line, their apical margins faintly clouded, the nervures and tegulse
behind, rufo-testaceous ; the tarsi bright ferruginous, their basal
joint black ; the tips of the posterior femora with a ])atch of fer-
ruginous pubescence within; the posterior tibiss not grooved
longitudinally, as in the majority of the species. Abdomen
attenuated at the base and apex, narrow and elongate ; the pos-
terior margins of the segments covered with silvery pile, obser-
vable in different lights.

Hab. The Gambia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

35. Larrada Crcesus.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Black : the head, thorax and abdo-
men covered v\'ith golden pubescence ; on the vertex it is sparing,
and the apical margins of the segments of the abdomen have
bright golden fasciae, which are more or less brilliant in different
lights; the mandibles and scape in front dark rufo-piceous ; the
sides of the thorax, the coxse and femora, covered with cinereous
pile, that on the tibise and tarsi golden; the tarsi, the spines

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which arm the tibife, and the apical segment of the abdomen,
ferruginous ; the wings yellow, with a broad dark fuscous border.

Hab. The Gambia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

36. Larrada sericea.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Black : the face covered with golden
pubescence ; on the cheeks and base of the mandibles it is silvery;
the mandibles and scape ferruginous, the former black at their
tips. The thorax covered with cinereous pubescence; on the
mesothorax it is very short and sparing, but dense and longer on
the metathorax; a spot of golden pubescence in front of the
tegula; ; the legs ferruginous, w itli the coxae and trochanters
black ; the wings hyaline, their nervures and tegulae ferruginous.
Abdomen covered with a grey sericeous pile, the apical margins
of the segments with bands of bright silvery pile, very brilliant
in some lights, the apical segment smooth and shining.

Hab, The Gambia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

Species of Australia.
Abdomen black.

37. Larrada Australis. B.M.

Tachytes Australis, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, xiv. fasc. 1.

19. 8. t. f. 7 ? .
Hab. New Holland.

38. Larrada femorata. B.M.

Tachytes femoratus, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, xiv. fasc. 1.

20. 9. t. f. 6 <? .

Female. Length G^ lines. — Black : the head smooth and
shining, the face has a little silvery pubescence, the mandibles
ferruginous. Thorax opake ; the mesothorax and scutellum veiy
closely punctured ; the metathorax very finely shagreened, the
sides parallel ; the legs ferruginous, the coxae, trochanters and
anterior legs black; the anterior tarsi, apex of the tibia? and
knees rufo-piceous ; the wings smoky and iridescent, the tegula;
testaceous. Abdomen smooth, shining and very delicately punc-
tured, the margins of the segments with a silvery border and
narrowly rufo-piceous, particularly the three apical ones; the
apical segment triangular, margined at the sides, and with a few
large punctures.

Hab. New Holland.

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Species of South America.
Div. 1. Abdomen red, or red and black.

39. LaRRADA PAGANA.

Tachytes pagana, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 132.
Hab. Island of St. Crucis.

40. Larrada fulviventris.

Lyrops fulviventris, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii. 440.

Hab. Cuba.

41. Larrada rubricata. B.M.

Female. Length 4| lines. — Head and thorax black ; the faee
densely covered with silvery pubescence ; the mandibles ferrugi-
nous. Thorax opake, the metathorax delicately shagreened, the
lateral margins raised and having a little silvery pubescence ; the
apex abruptly truncate, the truncation covered with silvery pu-
bescence ; the legs have a fine silvery silky ])ile ; the claws ferru-
ginous ; the wings hyaline, their apical margins slightly fuscous,
the nervures and the tegulse ferruginous. Abdomen ferruginous,
the apical margins of the segments with fasciae of silvery pile,
observable only when viewed in some positions ; the apical seg-
ment shining, and with a few scattered punctures.

Hab. Brazil (Para). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

Div. 2. Abdomen black.

42. Larrada campestris. B.M.

Female. Length 5-6 lines. — Black : the face with bright pale
golden pubescence ; the head behind, the eyes and the mandibles
at their base, with similar pubescence, in some lights having a
bright silvery lustre, in others a golden brilliancy; the meso-
and metathorax have a similar pubescence ; the wings yellow at
their base, slightly fuscous at their apex ; the metathorax very
finely granulated, the truncation abrupt, its margin slightly
raised; the claws ferruginous, their tips black; the basal seg-
ment of the abdomen and the apical margins of the following
segments with bright changeable silvery pubescence, very brilliant
in some lights, but scarcely discernible in others.

Hab. Brazil (Villa Nova). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

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43. Larrada coronalis. B.M.
Female. Length 6-7^ lines.— Black : the face shining ; the

clyi)eus covered with thin silvery pile ; a smooth shining carina
at the inner orbit of the eyes extending from opposite the inser-
tion of the antenna to the anterior stemma ; the vertex densely
covered with golden pubescence, a rounded spot of the same on
the mesothorax; the metathorax elongate, smooth and opake
above, the apex truncate, the sides and upper margin transversely
strigose, with a longitudinal channel deeply impressed ; the angles
of the truncation with a macula of bright silvery pubescence ;
wings subhyaline, with a transverse fuscous cloud towards their
apex ; the nervures black ; the marginal cell truncate at the
apex; the legs have a fine cinereous pile, at the apex of the
posterior tibiae it is golden. Abdomen covered with a changeable
pile, which has shades of purple, silver, or violet in different
lights ; on the lateral apical margins of the three basal segments
a large patch of bright silvery pubescence ; the segments also have
lateral spots of silvery pile beneath; the apical segment very
smooth and shining above, with a longitudinal carina on each side.

Hub. Brazil (the Amazons; Villa Nova). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

44. Larrada decorata. B.M.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Black : covered' with a fine change-
able silky pile, which in different lights is bright and silvery in
parts ; it is very brilliant on the apical margins of the segments
of the abdomen, the truncation of the metathorax, and on the
pectus, coxae and femora beneath ; the face and head behind the
eyes covered with bright pale golden pubescence ; the mesothorax
has a deep depression in front, which is covered with golden
pubescence, as are also the lateral and posterior margins ; the
metathorax has also a similar pubescence; the wings yellow,
their apical margins with a broad fuscous cloud, the nervures
pale ferruginous.

Hab. Brazil (Para). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

45. Larrada antica.

Male. Length 4^ lines. — Black : the face covered with golden
pubescence; the scape in front and the tips of the mandibles
ferruginous. Thorax : the metathorax densely covered with
golden pubescence ; the wings subhyaline, a dark fuscous stripe
runs from the base to the apex of the anterior pair ; the posterior
pair are faintly clouded at their apex ; the tips of the femora, the
tibiae and tarsi rufo-testaceous. Abdomen : the aj)ical margins

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288 HYMENOPTERA.

of the segments narrowly rufo-testaceoiis, the base with a fine
cinereous pile.

Hab. Brazil (Amazons). (Coll. W. W. Saunders.)

46. Larrada. fuliginosa.

Larra fuliginosa, Dalilb. Hym. Europ. i. 138 & 472. 3.
Hab. Cuba.

47. Larrada fulvipes. B.M.

Female. Length 7-8 lines. — Black : the head wider than the
thorax ; the face covered with silvery pubescence ; the anterior
margin of the clypeus rounded ; the palpi and mandibles ferrugi-
nous. The thorax covered with a line silky silvery pubescence,
most dense at the sides of the mesothorax, on the post-scutellum
and at the sides of the metathorax, thelatter rounded behind ; the
wings hyaline, faintly tinted with yellow, the nervures and tegulae
of a fulvous-red; the legs of the same colour; the coxse black;
the marginal cell narrowed and rounded at the a])ex ; the first
transverse cubital nervure nearly straight. Abdomen : a little
short silky pubescence at the base ; the apical margins of the
three basal segments with bands of silvery pubescence ; the api-
cal segment margined at the sides ; the apex rounded, and with
an obscure fusco-ferruginous pubescence.

Hab. Brazil; Jamaica; St. Domingo.

This species resembles Tachyfes Etrusca, but the second sub-
marginal cell is much wider towards the marginal cell ; the head
is wider than the thorax, and the abdomen has only three silvery
bands ; and the femora as well as the tibiae and tarsi are red.

48. Larrada ignipennis. B.M.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Black : the face covered with
silvery pubescence, as well as the cheeks and base of the man-
dibles. Thorax : the legs, thorax beneath, the breast and first
segment of the abdomen beneath, covered with fine silky pile,
very brilliant in certain lights ; the m.eso- and metathorax sub-
opake, thelatter having a shallow indistinct longitudinal furrow;
the lateral margins slightly raised, and with a few transverse
raised carina? ; the truncation smooth in the middle, and having
a few strife at its upper margin, which is slightly raised ; in the
middle is a deep longitudinal furrow ; the wings bright ferrugi-
nous, with a broad fuscous border at their apical margins. Abdo-
men with a fine silky pile, the apical margins of the segments
with bright silvery fascise, varying in brilliancy in different lights;

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the apical segment covered with silvery pubescence, with a smooth
shining naked space at the base.

The male agrees with the female in general colouring, but is
smaller.

Hab. St. Domingo.

49. Larrada laterisetosa. B.M.
Larra laterisetosa, Spin. Mem. Accad. Torino, xiii. 58. 41 (1853).
Hab. Brazil (Para).

50. Larrada luctuosa. B.M.

Female. Length 7-8 lines. — Black: the face, scape in front,
cheeks and mandibles, covered with fine silvery silky pubescence ;
the anterior margin of the clypeus emarginate in the middle.
Thorax : the mesothorax and scutellum closely and finely punc-
tured ; the metathorax delicately transversely striated, the sides
obliquely so ; the truncation coarsely rugose, the striation run-
ning in a circular direction ; the margin of the truncation slightly
rounded, not sharp or abrupt; the wings smoky-hyaline, the
nervures black, the tegulse shining ; the legs have a fine cinereous
pile; the tibiae and tarsi strongly spinose. Abdomen sericeous,
the margins of the segments with bright silvery fascise.

Hab. St. Domingo ; Brazil.

5L Larrada nitidiuscula. B.M.

Female. Lene-th 3 lines. — Black : the face covered with silverv
pubescence, having a smooth space in the middle, extending
from the anterior ocellus to the insertion of the antennffi ; the
mandibles pale rufo-testaceous, their apex rufo-piceous. The
mesothorax and scutellum shining ; the metathorax finely rough-
ened, but shining ; a faintly impressed longitudinal line in the
middle, terminating in a deep fovea at the verge of the trunca-
tion ; the latter shining, with a triangular fovea close to the
upper margin in the middle ; the sides of the metathorax with a
little silvery pubescence ; the thorax shining beneath ; the tibiae
and tarsi pale rufo-testaceous ; wings hyaline and iridescent, the
nervures, extreme base of the wings, and the tegulae, pale testa-
ceous. Abdomen smooth and shining, with a fine silky pile,
the apical margins of the segments narrowly pale testaceous.

Hab. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

52. Larrada quadrifasciata. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black : the face densely covered

290 HYMENOPTERA.

with silvery pubescence. Thorax : the mesothorax very closely
and finely punctured, the lateral margins covered with fine seri-
ceous pile ; the metathorax finely shagreened, the apex abruptly
truncate, the truncation covered with silvery pubescence; the
wings hyaline, with a faint cloud on their apical margins ; the
nervures testaceous, as well as the tegulse behind; the thorax
beneath and the legs have a fine silky j)ile. The apical margins
of the four basal segments with fasciae of silvery pile, observable
in different lights ; the apical segment covered with silvery pubes-
cence, the tip ferruginous.

Hab. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

63. Larrada subpetiolata. B.M.

Female. Length 3 lines. — Black : the face silvery ; the man-
dibles pale ferruginous, black at their base. The thorax covered
with a fine thin cinereous pile, subopake ; the metathorax deli-
cately shagreened, the truncation abrupt and covered with bright
silvery pubescence ; the wings fusco-hyaline, their apical margins
darkest; the nervures and tegulse rufo-testaceous ; the spines
which arm the tibiae and tarsi, not the calcaria, short, sparing,
and pale testaceous. The abdomen subpetiolate, the apical
margins of the segments with fasciae of silvery pile, observable in
different lights.

Hab. Brazil (Villa Nova). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

54. Larrada trifasciata. B.M.

Female. Length 4^ lines. — Black : the face, cheeks, and base of
the mandibles covered with fine silvery sericeous pile. The meso-
thorax very delicately ])unctured, the punctures confluent ; the
metathorax opake, the sides and apex with a fine cinereous pile ;
the truncation abrupt, with the margin at its verge slightly raised ;
the sides of the truncation, and also of the disk, transversely
striated ; the wings subhyaline, their ajncal margins with a fus-
cous border ; the nervures black. The thorax beneath and the
legs covered with a fine changeable cinereous pile. Abdomen
sericeous, with fasciae of silvery pile on the apical margins of the
three basal segments ; the apical segment covered with silvery
pubescence.

Hab. St. Domingo.

55. Larrada truncata.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black : the face, mandibles, and
head behind the eyes covered with golden pubescence ; the ante-
rior margin of the clypeus truncated, the angles of the truncation

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acute. Thorax : above clothed with golden pubescence, which is
most sparing in the middle ; on the sides, beneath, and on the
legs, is a fine silky silvery pile; wings yellow-hyaline, with a
broad fuscous apical margin ; the ncrvures yellow towards the
base of the wings, and fuscous towards their apex. Abdomen :
the apical margins of the segments with broad pale golden bands,
the apical segment obtuse and covered with pale pubescence.

Hab. Brazil. (Coll. F. Smith.)

Species of North America.
Div. 1 . Abdomen red and black.

56. Larrada analis. B.M.

Larra analis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 220. 8.
Hab. Carohna; United States (Delaware).

57. Larrada l^vifrons. B.M.

Female. Length 4^ lines. — Head and thorax black ; the face
thinly covered with silvery pubescence ; the vertex with merely
a slight elevation above the anterior ocellus, with two smooth
spaces behind, between them a smooth shallow channel which
passes a short way u})wards tov.ards the vertex terminating in a
smooth fovea. Thorax opake ; the metathorax finely shagreened,
and having at the sides a little cinereous pubescence; wings
hyaline, the nervures testaceous ; the apical joints of the tarsi
rufo-testaceous. Abdomen : the three basal segments red, the
apical ones black ; thinly covered with cinereous pile, the apical
segment very smooth and shining.

Hab. East Florida (St. John's Bluff).

58. Larrada terminata. B.M.

Male. Length 3 lines. — Black : the head closely and rather
strongly punctured ; an impressed line runs backwards from the
tubercles, which replace the two ])osterior ocelli, to the margin
of the vertex ; the face covered with silvery pubescence. The
mesothorax shining and punctured ; the metathorax shagreened ;
the thorax above w ith a scattered short cinereous pubescence ;
the wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures testaceous ; the
apical joints of the tarsi rufo-testaceous. Abdomen shining,
delicately punctured ; the apical margins of the segments slightly
depressed and narrowly rufo-piceous ; the two apical segments

292 HYMENOPTERA.

of tlie abdomen ferruginous; the abdomen above is scattered
over with short gUttering hairs.

Hah. North America (Trenton Falls). (Coll. W. W. Saun-
ders, Esq.)

Div. 2. Abdomen black.

59. Larrada argentata. B.M.

Larra argentata, Pal. de Beauv. Ins. Afric. et Amer. 119. t. 3. f. 9.
Say, Bost. Journ. i. 370.

Hab. United States.

60. Larrada distincta. B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black : the scape at its apex be-
neath and the tips of the mandibles ferruginous; the ctypeus
with a few large punctures. The mesothorax and scutellum very
finely and closely punctured; the raetathorax with a central
longitudinal impressed line, on each side being obliquely striated,
the striation slightly curved ; the margin of the truncation ru-
gose, beneath which it is transversely striated ; wings hyaline,
the nervures and tegula rufo-testaceous ; the two apical joints
of the tarsi rufo-testaceous. Abdomen smooth and shining, the
apical segment with scattered punctures.

Hab. Nevt^ York.

Very like arcuata, but at once distinguished by the sculpture
of the metathorax.

61. Larrada Pennsylvanica. B.M.
Larra Pensylvanica, Pal. deBeauv. Ins. Afric. etAmer. 1 18. t.3. f. 8.
Hab. St. John's Bluff ; East Florida; North America.

62. Larrada canescens. B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black : thinly covered with short
cinereous pubescence, the abdomen being covered above and
beneath ; the head, mesothorax and scutellum strongly punc-
tured ; the metathorax shagreened ; the flagellum much thick-
ened towards the base, which is again more slender ; the wings
brown, the posterior pair clearer at the base ; the anterior tibia?
and tarsi obscure ferruginous. Abdomen : on the apical margins
of the segments the pubescence is bright and silvery, observable
in different lights.

Hab. Georgia.

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63. Larrada tenuicornis. B.M.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Jet-black and sinning, not pubes-
cent; the head and mesothorax very closely punctured; the
anterior margin of the clypeus highly polished, and with a few
large punctures ; the antennee slender and elongate, longer than
the head and thorax ; the metathorax transversely strigose, and
having a central longitudinal slightly impressed line, which ex-
pands into a broad shallow fovea at the verge of the truncation ;
the latter obhque, with a large fovea above, from which emanates
a narrower impressed line, which runs down to the base ; wings
dark brown ; the apical joints of the tarsi obscure rufo-testaceous.
Abdomen elongate, very acute at the apex.

Hab. California.

64. Larrada arcuata. B.M.

Female. Length 4^ lines, — Black : the face with silvery pubes-
cence; the mesothorax subopake; the scutellum shining and
finely punctured ; the metathorax with an arcuate striation, the
striation curving forwards, interrupted in the middle by a longi-
tudinal carina which runs to the verge of the truncation; the
latter has a small triangular shape crossed by coarse arcuate
striae, in the middle of which is a deep fovea ; from the fovea
a carina runs downwards to the base; on each side of the
carina the truncation is smooth, and covered with silvery-white
pubescence ; wings subhyaline, with a faint cloud at their apical
margins ; the two apical joints of the tarsi obscure rufo-testaceous.
Abdomen smooth and shining, with the apical segment rugose.

Hab. Canada.

Genus 2. LARRAXENA.

Larraxena, Smith, Ann. SfMag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. vii. 30 (1851).

1. Larraxena prixceps. B.M.

Larraxena princeps. Smith, Ann. SfMag. Nat. Hist. 2ndser.vii. 30.
Hab. Brazil.

Genus 3. MORPHOTA.

Head compressed, a little wider than the thorax; antennge
fiUform, inserted at the base of the clypeus ; the vertex slightly
convex, the oceUi placed in a triangle forward on the vertex ;
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arcuate, with a dentation on the exterior towards the base.
Thorax oval, the collar transverse ; the metathorax of about
equal length to the mesothorax, truncated posteriorly ; the su-
perior wings with one marginal cell appendiculated and truncated
at its apex; three submarginal cells, the first longer than the
two following ; the second triangular, with the angles truncated ;
the third oblique, oblong, of equal width ; the legs moderately
long, spinose. Abdomen ovato-conical, acute at the apex.

This genus closely resembles Larrada, but differs principally
in the neuration of the wings and in having three distinct ocelli.

1. MORPHOTA FASCIATA. B.M.

Female. Length 3^ lines. — Head and thorax black ; the cly-
peus covered with silvery pubescence ; the vertex smooth ; an
impressed line runs from the anterior ocellus to the insertion of
the antennae; the mandibles and scape in front rufo-piceous ;
the thorax and legs with a fine thin glittering silky pile; the
anterior wings have a transverse fascia crossing the second and
third submarginal cells, the extreme apex slightly clouded ; me-
tathorax opake, very finely shagreened ; the scutellum smooth
and shining. Abdomen : the two basal segments and the base
of the third segment ferruginous, the apical segments black ; the
apical margins of the second and third segments covered with
silvery pile.

Hab. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

2. MoRPHOTA CONCINNA. B.M.

Female. Length 3-3^ lines. — Head and thorax black and
shining ; the head covered with a delicate silky pile, the clypeus
with bright silvery pubescence ; the mandibles ferruginous. The
metathorax flattened above and longitudinally striated, the striae
slightly waved ; the truncation highly polished, with a deep fos-
sulet in the middle above, the sides with a few transverse coarse
striae ; wings hyaline, beautifully iridescent, with a faint trans-
verse fascia crossing the second and third submarginal cells, the
nervures rufo-testaceous. Abdomen : the three basal segments
ferruginous, the three apical black ; the apical margins of the
second and third segments covered with silvery pile.

Hah. Brazil (Tapajos).

3. MoRPHOTA Harpactoides. B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black : the face and cheeks densely
covered with silvery pubescence, the head having a fine short
downy pile. Thorax and legs covered with silvery pile, very

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briglit in ilifferent lights ; the metathorax finely rugose, and with
a central longitudinal carina which extends to the verge of the
truncation ; wings hyaline, faintly clouded at their apical mar-
gins, the nervures pale testaceous ; the intermediate and posterior
tibiae with a double row of pale testaceous sj)ines externally.
Abdomen with the two basal segments ferruginous, covered
with a fine downy pile ; the apical margins of the second and
third segments with fasciix3 of silvery pile, only observable in
certain hghts.

Hab. Brazil.

Genus 4. TACIIYTES.

Apis, pt., Rossi, Faun. Efrus. Mant. i. 143 (1792-4).

Sphex, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 215 (1/93).

Lyrops, Illig. Ed. Faun. Etrus. (180/).

Tachytes, Panz. Krit. Revis. (1806).

Larra, Panz. Faun. Germ. 89. 13. ^

The genus Tachytes, as treated in this Catalogue, contains
those species only which possess the following characters, — the
type being the Tachytes pompiliformis of Panzer.

Head transverse, wider than the thorax ; the mandibles large,
arcuate and acuminate, within bidentate, deeply emarginate on
the exterior towards the base, or notched, forming a dentate pro-
cess. Thorax ovate; the prothorax almost concealed beneath
the convex gibbosity of the mesothorax ; the metathorax short,
rounded at the sides, gradually declined above to the apex, not
sharply truncated, as broad as long ; the superior wings with one
marginal cell, more or less rounded at the apex, not truncated ;
three submarginal cells, the second receiving both recurrent ner-
vures. Abdomen short, ovate-lanceolate, subsessile, not longer
than the thorax, usually subdejn-essed above ; the apical segment
with the disk flat, the margins reflexed.

Species of Europe.
Sect. 1. Abdomen red and black.

1. Tachytes pompiliformis. B.M.

Larra pompiliformis,Paw2'.FaM?i. Germ. 89. 13; Krit. Revis. ii.\29.

Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 1/3. 18.
Larra dimidiata, Panz. Faun. Germ. 106. 13$ .
Tachytes pompiliformis, Van d. Lind, ii. 21. 5 d* ? .

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 89. 1,

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 252. 15.

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Tachytes pectinipes, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. 12/. 63 (nee Sphex
pectinipes, Linn.).

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 72. 3.

Hah. Europe.

2. Tachytes obsoletus. B.M.

Apis obsoleta, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. Mant. i. 143. 318.
Sphex tricolor, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 215. 71-
Pompilus tricolor, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 251. 33.

Panz. Faun. Germ. 84. 19.
Larra tricolor, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 221. 14.

Spin. Ins. Lig. i. ^3. 2.

Jurine, Hym. 145.

Coqueb. lllustr. ii. t. 12. f. 9.
Tachytes tricolor, Panz. Krit. Uevis. ii. 129.
Lyrops tricolor, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 71.
Tachytes ohsoleta. Van d. hind, Gbs. ii. 20. 2.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 133. 67. ■

St.Farg. Hym. iii. 251. 14.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 249.

Hab. France; Germany; Albania; Spain.

3. Tachytes Panzeri. B.M.

Tachytes Panzeri, Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 20. 4.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 125. 61.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 71. 2.

Hab. France; Germany.

4. Tachytes Brullii.

Tachytes bicolor, Brulle, Exped. Sc. de Moree, iii. 373 ? .
Hab. The Morea.

5. Tachytes? crassicornis.

Tiphia crassicornis, Fabr. Mant. i. 178. 2.

Larra crassicornis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 221. 5 ; Syst. Piez. 220. 5.

Dumeril, Diet. Sc. Nat. xxv. 285.

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 19. 2.

Hab. Spain.

6. Tachytes nigripennis.

Tachytes nigripennis, Spin. Ins. Lig, ii. 260.
Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 20. 3.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 126. 62.

Hab. Italy; Germany.

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Sect. 2. Abdomen black.

7. Tachytes Etrusca. B.M.

Andrena Etrusca, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 98. 900. t. 6. f. 11.
Lyrops Etrusca, Illiff. Ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 161. 900.

Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 71.
Tachytes Etrusca, Va7i d. hind, Obs. ii. 19. 1.

St. Farg. Hijm. iii. 244. 5.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 134.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 248.

Hab. Italy; Albania; Algeria.

8. Tachytes unicolor. B.M.

Larra unicolor, Panz. Faun. Germ. 106. 16 $ .

Dahlb. Exercit. Hym. 55. 6.
Tachytes unicolor. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 89. 1.

Dahlb. Disp. Meth. Sp. Hym. 11. 44; Hym. Europ. i. 129.

Bridle, Hist, Nat. II. Canar. 91. 54.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 240. 1.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 246.
Tachytes pompiliformis. Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 21. 5. (var.)

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 71. 1.
Larra Jurinii, Drapiez,Ann. Gen. Sc. Phys. Briix. i. 54 . t. 4. f. 7 (? ?
Tachytes Jurinii, Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 24. 8?

Hab. Britain; France; Italy; Germany; Scandinavia.

9. Tachytes argentata. B.M.

Tachytes argentata, Brulle, Exped. Sc. de Mor^e, iii. 372. 822 3 .

Hab. The Morea ; Albania.

This is probably the male of T. Etrusca : females received in
company with T. argentata, undoubtedly T. Etrusca, have the
apical segment covered with golden pubescence; T. argentata
is described as having the apical segment clothed with silvery
pubescence.

Species of Asia.

Sect. 1. Abdomen red and black.

10. Tachytes tarsatus.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Head and thorax black ; the face
covered with pale golden pubescence ; the mandibles and palpi
ferruginous, tips of the former black ; the thorax and legs covered
with a silveiy downy pubescence, most dense on the sides of the

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HYMENOPTERA.

mesothorax above, the sides of the metathorax, on the femora
behind, and on the tibiae outside; the tarsi ferruginous; the
spines on the tibiae and tarsi pale testaceous; wings hyahne,
the nervures and tegulae pale ferruginous. Abdomen ferruginous,
the three apical segments black, covered with fine silvery pile ;
the apical margins of the segments with silvery fasciee, those on
the third, fourth and fifth broad, nearly covering the segment ;
the sides of the apical segment carinate, the segment clothed
above with golden pubescence.

Hab. India. (Coll. F. Smith.)

11. Tachytes fervidus.

Female. Length 5i lines.— Head and thorax black, and covered
with short golden pubescence ; the antennae, anterior margin of
the clypeus, and the mandibles, ferruginous ; the flagellum fus-
cous above, and the mandibles rufo-piceous at their apex. The
wings hyaline, the nervures and tegulae pale ferruginous; the
legs ferruginous, the anterior and intermediate coxfc more or less
fuscous. Abdomen ferruginous, thinlv covered with changeable
short golden down, the margins of the segments with golden
bands, which in different lights have a tessellated appearance ;
m some individuals the fourth segment is slightly fuscous.
Hab. India. (Coll. F. Smith.)

Sect. 2. Abdomen black.

12. Tachytes nitidulus. B.M.

Crabro nitidulus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 294. 6 ; Syst. Piez. 309. 7.

Hab. India (Madras ; Puujaub) ; Sumatra ; Celebes.

The male of this species is covered with silvery pubescence,
the fasciae on the abdomen being very bright and widened
laterally; the anterior tarsi rufo-testaceous.

13. Tachytes monetarius. B.M.

Female. Length 6-S lines.— Black : the face, outer orbit of
the eyes, and base of the mandibles covered with bright silvery
pubescence ; the vertex and the thorax covered with a thin short
cinereous pubescence ; the legs have a similar clothing ; the tibia?
outside have a bright silvery pubescence; the calcaria, spines
and claws ferruginous ; wings subhyaline, the anterior pair fus-
cous towards their base, darkest at their anterior margins, the
apical margins of the wings with a narrow fuscous cloud. Abdo-
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(lifforent lights has a beautiful tessellated appearance ; the base
of the abdomen cinereous ; beneath, the abdomen is naked, the
apical margins of the segments being rufo-piceous.

The male resembles the female, but sometimes has the wings
paler.

Hab. Northern India ; The Punjaub. (Coll. Gen. Hearsay.)

14. Tachytes modestus. B.M.

Female. Length i]-6\ lines. — Black : the head and thorax
clothed with short silky pale golden pubescence ; on the face it
is very dense and shining ; the scape at the apex in front, the
palpi and mandibles rufo-testaceous, the tips of the latter rufo-
jnceous ; the legs pale ferruginous ; the coxae, trochanters and
base of the femora black ; wings hyaline, the nervures and tegulje
rufo-testaceous. Abdomen thinly covered with a changeable
pale golden pubescence ; the basal and three following segments
have a band of silvery pubescence ; the apical segment margined
and covered with short silvery hairs.

Hab. India. ,

15. Tachytes Sinensis. B.M.

Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : the face densely covered
with golden pubescence, the cheeks and outside of the mandibles
thinly so. Thorax covered with pale yellow pubescence ; the
sides of the mesothorax, the post-scutellum, breast and hinder
margin of the tubercles with a bright changeable golden pile ;
the legs have also a golden pile, and the tibiaj outside are covered
w ith rich golden pubescence ; the spines, calcaria and claws pale
ferruginous ; the wings flavo-hyaline, the nervures and tegulae
rufo-testaceous. The margins of the three basal segments of the
abdomen have fascia? of bright silvery pubescence, which are
widest towards the lateral margins ; the a})ical segment margined
and covered with fusco-ferruginous pubescence.

The male closely resembles the female, but has the apical seg-
ment covered with silvery pubescence.

Hab. North China (Shanghai). (Coll. R. Fortune, Esq.)

Species of Africa.
Sect. 1 . Abdomen red and black.
16. Tachytes dichroa.

Female. Length 8 lines. — Head and thorax black ; the scape
in front, the palpi and mandibles ferruginous ; the face and cheeks

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covered with pale golden jnibescence. Thorax covered with pale
golden pubescence, which is very dense on the sides of the meso-
and metathorax ; the latter has a central longitudinal channel,
and is transversely striated, the apex truncate, the truncation
transversely striated, the sides obliquely so ; the wings yellowish
hyaline, the nervures and tegulae ferruginous ; the legs and ab-
domen ferruginous ; the coxae and trochanters black ; each seg-
ment has a large patch of shining silvery silky pubescence on each
side; the apical segment covered with silvery pubescence, the
margins carinated, the apex sliglitly emarginate.

Hab. The Gambia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

17. Tachytes basilicus.

Lyrops basilicus, Giier. Icon. Regn. Anim. iii. 440.
Hab. Senegal.

Sect. 2. Abdomen black.

18. Tachytes Natalensis. B.M.

Tachytes Natalensis, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, xiv. fase. 1 .
21. 10. t. f. 4 c?.

Hab. Port Natal.

19. Tachytes albocinctus.

Tachytes alhocincta, Lucas, Explo.Sc.Alger.m.250.2l9.t. 14. f. 2.
Hab. Algeria.

20. Tachytes aurifrons.

Tachytes aurifrons, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 246. 211.
Hab. Algeria.

21. Tachytes hirsutus. B.M.

Male. Length 6 hues. — Black: the head and thorax covered
with a dense yellow pubescence, which has, in certain lights, a
golden lustre ; the face with a rich golden pubescence ; the man-
dibles dark rufo-piceous ; the palpi pale testaceous. Thorax :
the wings hyaline, the nervures rufo-testaceous ; the legs have a
thin pale ])ubescence, and are covered with a pale golden pile;
the apical joints of the tarsi ferruginous, the calcaria and claws
ferruginous, the spines which arm the tibiae and tarsi pale testa-
ceous. Abdomen : the basal segment clothed with pale golden-
yellow pubescence ; the apical margins of the first, second and

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third segments with a fascia of silvery pubescence ; the four apical
segments wanting.

Hab. Port Natal.

22. Tachytes velox.

Male. Length 6-8^ hnes.— Black : the head and thorax co-
vered with thin ochraceous pubescence ; the face densely clothed
with pale golden pubescence ; the mandibles rufo-piceovis at their
apex ; the i)alpi pale testaceous. Thorax : the wings fulvo-hyaline,
the nervures ferruginous, the costal nervure and the tegulae rufo-
piceous ; the apical margin of the anterior wings slightly fuscous ;
the tibife and tarsi at the base covered outside with pale golden
downy pile. Abdomen densely clothed with golden pubescence,
which in different lights has a tessellated appearance ; beneath,
smooth and shining ; the apical margins of the second and two
following segments rufo-piceous, the fifth and sixth margins with
bands of golden pubescence.

Hab. Africa (Gambia, W. Africa). (Coll. F. Smith.)

This species resem.bles T. monetarius, but it differs in the colour
of the mandibles, the pubescence of the face, head and thorax,
and also in having the abdomen entirely covered : in T. moneta-
rius the base of the abdomen is black and covered with cinereous
pubescence ; the wings are also differently coloured.

23. Tachytes agilis. B.M.

Male. Length 4 lines. — Black : the face and cheeks with a
little silvery pubescence ; the apical joints of the pal])i pale testa-
ceous, the basal joints rufo-fuscous. The mesothorax and scu-
tellum finely and closely punctured; the metathorax rugose
above, obliquely so at the sides ; wings subhyaline, the nervures
fusco-ferruginous ; the tibiae, tarsi and apex of the femora bright
ferruginous. Abdomen smooth and shining, the margins of the
segments with silvery fasciic ; the tip of the abdomen ferruginous.

Hab. Port Natal.

Species of Australia and New Zealand.
Abdomen black.

24. Tachytes tachyrrhostus. B.M.

Tachytes tachyrrhostus, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys. Genev. xiv. fasc. 1 .
18. 7. t. f. 5 <? .

Female. Length 6-7 lines. — Black : the face covered with

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silvery pubescence ; the clyjjeus rovuided anteriorl}'^ ; the man-
dibles rufo-piceous at their apex. The mesothorax very convex,
closely and finely punctured, not shining ; the metathorax short,
finely shagreened, rounded posteriorly ; wings subhyaline, with
a beautiful iridescence, the marginal cell without appendage ; the
nervures and scales ferruginous; the legs covered with silvery
pile ; the calcaria, spines and claws testaceous. Abdomen smooth
and shining, the segments bordered with silvery bands.

Hah. New Holland.

25. Tachytes hypoleius. B.M.

Female. Length 5^ lines. — Black : the head subopake and
sparingly punctured; the clypeus rounded in front, the sides
emarginate ; the mandibles rufo-piceous. The mesothorax and
scutellum slightly shining, with delicate scattered punctures ; the
metathorax about the same length as the mesothorax, widest at
the base, the apex truncated; the disk finely shagreened, the
truncation and sides strigose ; the wings fuscous, with a slight
violet iridescence ; the marginal cell appendiculated, the third
submarginal cell curved and of equal width ; the posterior tibiae
covered with silvery pile within. Abdomen smooth and shining,
covered with a thin silky pile, the apical margins of the segments
with silvery bands ; the apical segment smooth and shining, not
margined at the sides ; beneath, very smooth and shining.

Hab. Australia (Swan River).

26. Tachytes nigerrimus. B.M.

Larra nigerrima. White, Zool. Erebus and Terror.

Female. Length 5^ lines. — Intensely black and shining, the
face with a thin silvery pubescence ; the clypeus rounded ante-
riorly and emarginate in the middle. The mesothorax and scu-
tellum sparingly and delicately punctured ; the metathorax trun-
cate behind, finely shagreened and opake; the truncation trans-
versely striated, the sides obliquely so ; the wings hyaline, the
nervures black, the marginal cell without an appendage at the
apex, having merely a fuscous line. Abdomen short and conical,
very smooth and shining.

Hab. New Zealand.

27. Tachytes sericops. B.M.

Larra sericops. White, Zool. Erebus and Terror.

Female. Length 3^ lines. — Black : the head and thorax covered
with short cinereous pubescence, the face covered with silvery

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pubescence; the anterior margin of the clypeus rounded; the
tips of the mandibles rufo-piceous. The wings hyahne, the
nervures rufo-fuscous, the marginal cell truncate at the apex ;
the hinder margin of the tegulce pale testaceous ; the legs have
a changeable silvery pubescence. The abdomen with a brilliant
silveiy pile, most dense on the apical margins of the segments.

Hub. New Zealand.

Species of South America,
Sect. 1. Abdomen red and black.

28. TaCHYTES BICOLOR. B.M.

Larra bicolor, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 221. 12.
Hab. Brazil (Para; Villa Nova).

29. Tachytes Amazonum. B.M.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Head and thorax black ; the face
clothed with pale golden pubescence ; the mandibles pale rufo-
testaceous at the base; the cheeks with a thin golden pubes-
cence. Thorax : the lateral and posterior margins of the meso-
thorax covered with bright golden pvibescence ; on the disk it is
sparing, short and fulvous ; the post-scutellum and sides of the
metathorax with a dense golden pubescence ; the sides beneath
the wings, the breast, the coxse and legs with a changeable golden
lustre, very bright on the posterior tibiae outside; the knees,
tips of the joints of the tarsi, the anterior pair entirely, and the
claw-joints ferruginous ; the basal joint of the anterior tarsi more
or less fuscous above ; wings hyaline, the nervures ferruginous,
the tegulfe pale rufo-testaceous. Abdomen ferruginous, having,
when viewed longitudinally, a golden band on the margin of each
segment, but when viewed sideways, the margins ap])ear naked
and the intervening parts covered with golden pile ; the a])ical
segment carinated at the sides and clothed ^^■ith golden pubes-
cence ; in some examples the third, fourth, and sometimes the
fifth segment have a transverse black stripe.

Male. — This sex resembles the female, but is smaller, and has
the legs entirely of an obscure red ; the abdomen fuscous, with
the apical margins of the segments fen-uginous ; covered with
golden pile, and exhibiting the same differences as the other
sex.
Hab. Brazil (Villa Nova). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

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30. Tachytes concinnus. B.M.

Male. Length 4i lines. — Head and thorax black ; the face
covered with pale golden pubescence ; the mandibles yellow at
the base and rufo-piceous towards the apex ; the head and thorax
have a long thin cinereous pubescence ; the cheeks, prothorax, a
spot before and another behind the wings, clothed with bright
golden pubescence ; the legs have a pale golden pile, the tarsi
ferruginous, the calcaria and spines which arm the tibiae of the
same colour ; the wings hyaline, the nervures and tegulse pale
ferruginous. Abdomen : the first and second segments red,
the base of the former black ; the apical margins of the three
basal segments with bands of pale golden pubescence, the apical
segment covered with bright silvery pubescence.

Hub. Brazil (Santarem).

31. Tachytes undatus. B.M.

Female. Length 3 lines. — Head and thorax black and closely
punctured, the face with a silvery pubescence; the sides of the
thorax and the legs have also a thin fine short silvery pubescence ;
the apical joints of the tarsi ferruginous ; the spines which arm
the tibiae and tarsi pale testaceous ; the wings hyaline and irides-
cent, the nervures black. Abdomen ferruginous, smooth and
shining.

Hab. Brazil (Villa Nova).

32. Tachytes Chilensis.

Larra Chilensis, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 324. 2.
Hab. Chih. (Coll. F. Smith.)

33. Tachytes? Gayi.

Larra Gayi, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 324. 3.
Hab. Chih.

34. Tachytes rufitarsis.

Larra rufitarsis, Spiti. Gay's Chili, vi. 323. 1.
Hab. Chih.

Sect. 2. Abdomen black.

35. Tachytes apiformis. B.M.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Black : the head and thorax clothed
with short pale ochraceous pubescence ; that on the face is dense

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and silvery ; tips of the mandibles rufo-piceous, the apical joints
of the palpi pale rufo-testaceous. Thorax opake, the scutellum
shining and punctured ; wings subhyaline, the fore- wings tinged
with yellow, their anterior margins fuscous, the nervures ferru-
ginous ; the calcaria, the spines which arm the tibiae and tarsi,
and the claw-joint of the latter, rufo-testaceous ; the legs have a
thin pale pubescence, most dense on the anterior femora ; they
have also in parts a pale golden lustre, most bright on the pos-
terior tibife outside. Abdomen subovate, fuscous - black, the
apical margins of the segments rufo-piceous and covered with
fine golden pile, the apical segment with bright golden pubes-
cence, beneath smooth and shining ; the margins of the segments
rufo-piceous.

Hab. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

36. TaCHYTES BELLA.

Tachytes bella, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 248. 10.
Hab. Brazil.

37. Tachytes jucundus. B.M.

Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : the face and cheeks clothed
with golden pubescence ; the clypeus with large shallow punc-
tures on each side, the anterior margin with a minute notch in
the middle ; the mandibles yellow towards their apex, the tips
black, the palpi pale testaceous. Thorax : the margins of the
mesothorax covered with bright golden pubescence ; the sides of
the thorax and the metathorax have a changeable bright golden
pubescence ; the disk of the thorax and the scutellum closely and
finely punctured, interspersed with larger punctures ; the wings
flavo-hyaline, their apical margins faintly clouded, the nervures
pale testaceous ; the legs have a changeable golden lustre, that
on the posterior tibiae outside, very brilliant ; the calcaria, spines
and claws ferruginous. Abdomen covered with thin cinereous
pile, the apical margins of the segments with pale golden fasciae,
the apical segment covered above with fusco-ferruginous pubes-
cence ; the sides carinate ; beneath, smooth and shining, with
scattered punctures ; the apical margins of the segments rufo-
piceous.

Hab. Brazil (Villa Nova).

38. Tachytes Pluto.

Female. Length 8 lines. — Deep black : the face shining, the
sides covered with silvery pubescence ; the anterior margin of the

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clypeus with a transverse rugose furrow ; the mandibles ferrugi-
nous a httle beyond the middle, the tips black. The mesothorax
smooth and slightly shining; the metathorax transversely rugose;
wings black, slightly iridescent ; the legs shining, the tibiae with
a cinereous pile within. Abdomen subelongate, pointed at the
apex, the apical margins of the first and three following segments
with fascia? of silvery -white pubescence; the apical segment
carinated at the sides and rather strongly punctured.

Hab. Brazil. (Coll. F. Smith.)

39. Tachytes 3-cinctus.

Liris tricincta, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 229. 5?
Tachytes 3-cincta, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 125.

Hab, Island of St. Thomas.

40. Tachytes labiatus.

Sphex labiata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii, 211. 52.

Pompilus labiatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 247. 9 ; Syst. Piez.

p. 191. 16.
Tachytes murina, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 132 & type sp. in Mus.

Kiel.

Hab. South America.

Species of North America.
Abdomen black.

41. Tachytes aurulentus. B.M.

Larra aurulenta, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 220. 7-
Say, Bost. Journ. i. 371. 3.

Hab. North America.

42. Tachytes dives.

Tachytes dives, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 247. 8.
Hab. Carolina.

43. Tachytes argentipes.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Black : the face, cheeks and man-
dibles at their base covered with silvery pubescence ; the man-
dibles rufo-piceous ; the vertex and thorax thinly covered with
long pale pubescence ; the lateral and posterior margins of the
mesothorax, the post-scutellum, and a spot on the posterior

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margins of the raetathorax touching the coxse, silvery pubes-
cent; the wings hyahne and iridescent, the nervures black ; the
mesothorax and scutellum subopake, very closely punctured ; the
metathorax finely shagreened, and having behind a longitudinal
furrow terminating at the verge of the truncation in a shallow
shinins: fovea ; the tibia? and base of the tarsi covered with a
glittering bright silvery pubescence. Abdomen black, with a
violet iridescence ; the apical margins of the four basal segments
have bands of silvery pubescence ; the apical segment with the
margins carinated, above clothed with fusco-ferruginous pubes-
cence.

Hab. St. Vincents. (Coll. F. Smith.)

44. Tachytes distinctus. B.M.

Female. Length 9 lines. — Black : the face densely clothed
with bright golden pubescence; the mandibles rufo-piceous,
palest at their base. The thorax thinly covered with long pale
yellow pubescence ; the posterior margin of the prothorax, the
lateral and posterior margins of the mesothorax, the tubercles
and sides of the metathorax densely covered with golden pubes-
cence ; the wings yellow-hyaline, the apical margins slightly fus-
cous, the nervures ferruginous ; the tibiae, tarsi, and tips of the
femora, pale ferruginous. Abdomen : the apical margins of the
three basal segments with bands of silvery pubescence.

Var. /3. The femora ferruginous.

Hab. North America; Georgia; Philadelphia.

The species described by Fabricius under the name Larra
aurulenta I consider to be a closely allied species, differing in
being smaller, — usually about 62 lines ; it differs also in having
a minute notch in the middle of the anterior margin of the cly-
peus, and also in having a longitudinal groove extending from the
base to the apex of the metathorax. This species is described
by St. Fargeau as the T. aurulenta of Fabricius.

45. Tachytes trilobus.

Lyroda triloba. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 372. 4.
Hab. North America (Indiana).

46. Tachytes subitus.

Lyroda subita. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 372. 5.
Hab. North America (Indiana).

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47. Tachytes PEPTICUS.

Lyrops peptica. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 371. 2.

Hab. North America (Indiana).

Genus 5. GASTROSERICUS.

Gastrosericus, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 480 (1838).

This genus was established by Spinola for the reception of a
single specimen of a male insect closely resembling a Tachytes^
but differing in having only two complete submarginal cells.
There are also figures of three other examples in the plates to
Savigny's Egypt, tab. 12. figs. 17, 18, 19. All the species known
are from Egypt.

1. Gastrosericus Waltlii.

Gastrosericus Waltlii, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 481 <? .
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 467. 1.

Hab. Egypt.

2. Gastrosericus Drewseni.

Gastrosericus Drewseni, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 467. 2 ? .
Hab. Egypt.

Genus 6. ASTATA.

Sphex, pt., SchranJc, Ins. Austr. 384 (1781).

Astata, Latr. Precis Car. Ins. (1796).

Tiphia, Panz. Faun. Germ. fasc. 53 (1795-1805).

Larra, Donov. Brit. Ins. xii. 73.

Dimorpha, Jurine, Hym. 140 (1807).

1. Astata boops. B.M.

Sphex boops, SchranJc, Enum. Ins. Austr. 384. 777'

Vill. Ent. iii. 249. 82.

Gmelin, i. 2734. 89.

Rossi, Faun. Etrus, i. 128. 284.
Tiphia abdominalis, Panz. Faun. Germ. 53. 5.
Larra pompiliformis, Donov. Brit. Ins. xii. 73. t. 420.
Astata abdominalis, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 297. 1 ; Nouv. Diet.
ed. 2. iii. 25.

St. Farg. Encycl. Meth. x. 144.

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HYMENOPTERA. 309

Astata boops, Spin. Ins. Lig. i. 7-. 1.

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. '2]. 1.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. p. 97. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 140. 72.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 256. 1.

Gner. Icon. Reg. An. iii. 441. t. 71. f- 1-

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 260. t. 12. f. 7.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. p. 73.
Astata victor, Curtis, Brit. Ent. vi. t. 261.
Astata Vanderlindenii, Robert, Mag. Zool. (Guer.) t. 7^ (1843).

Hab. Britain; France; Italy; Germany; Austria; Sweden.

2. Astata stigma. B.M.

Dimorpha stigma, Panz. Faun. Germ. 107. 13.
Astata stigma. Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 29. 4.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 139. 69.
Larra pingiiis, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 436. 1.

Dahlb. Exercit. Hym. 60. 2.
Astata jaculator. Smith, Zool. iv. 1157.

Hab. Britain; Germany; France; Sweden; Norway; Lapland.

3. Astata oculata.

Dimorpha oculata, Jurine, Hym. 146. t. 9.
Astata oculata, Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 28. 2.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 140. 72.

Hab. Europe.

4. Astata affinis.

Astata affinis. Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 28. 3 (? .
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 142. 74.

Hab. Spain.

5. Astata Chilensis.

Astata Chilensis, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, xiv. 23. 12.
Hab. Chili. (Coll. F. Smith.)

6. Astata Spinol^e.

Astata abdominalis. Spin. Faun. Chil. Zool. vi. 321. 1 (nee Latr.).
Astata Spinolee, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, xiv. 22. 11.

Hab. Chili.

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7. ASTATA INTERMEDIA.

Astata intermedia, Dahlb. Hym. Europ, i. 140. 71.
Hab. Germany.

8. Astata Vanderlindenii.

Astata Vanderlindenii, Robert, Mag. Zool. (1833) t. 268.
Hab. Spain.

9. Astata histrio.

Astata histrio, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 257. 2 $ .
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 260.

Hab. Algeria.

*

10. Astata nigra.

Astata unicolor, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 258. 3 (1845) (nee Say),
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 261 S -

Hab. Algeria.

11. Astata unicolor. PI. VIII. fig. 1. B.M.
xistata unicolor, Say, Exped. St. Peter's River (Keating) (1823).
Hab. North America (Missouri).

12. Astata rufitarsis.

Male. Length 4 lines.— Black : the head, thorax, and base
of the abdomen thinly clothed with long silvery-white pubescence ;
the mandibles, tarsi, and apex of the abdomen ferruginous ; the
pro- and mesothorax strongly punctured; the scutellum punctured
at the sides, smooth and shining in the middle ; the metathorax
finely reticulated ; the wings have a slight fuseous cloud which
extends to the apex of the marginal cell, beyond which they are
clear hyaline ; the inferior wings hyaline ; the nervures black.

Hab. Cape of Good Hope. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

13. Astata Australasia.

Astata Australasiae, Shuck. Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. 72. L
Hab. New Holland. (Coll. F. Smith.)

14. Astata orientalis.

Male. Length 4 lines. — Black : the head and thorax covered
with a thin silvery pubescence ; the mesothorax and scutellum
punctured, the latter smooth and shining in the middle ; on the

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mesothorax in front are four slightly raised smooth carinse which
terminate before the middle ; the two lateral earinae elevated at
their extremity, forming minute tubercles ; the wings flavo-hya-
line, their apical margins clear, the nervures ferruginous. The
margins of the segments of the abdomen depressed, the first,
second and basal half of the third red ; the extreme base of the
abdomen red.
Hab. India. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

Genus 7. MISCOPHUS.

Larra, pt., Panz. Faun. Germ. fasc. 106.
Miscophus, J urine, Hym. 206.

The species of this genus being of rare occurrence, and the
male of the type, M. bicolor, varying from black and red to a
totally black msect, it is most probable that one or more of
the following species are only varieties of the type.

1. Miscophus bicolor. B.M.

Miscophus bicolor, Jurine, Hym. 206. t. 11. gen. 25 $ .

Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 72.

Guer. Diet. Class. Hist. Nat. x. 632.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 25. 1.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 92. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. 235. 135.

Smith, Zool. ii. 697 c? ? .

St. Fary. Hym. iii. 237- 1. t. 27. f. 6 ? .

Steph. Illustr. Mand. Supp. vii. 12. t. 42. f . 3 ? .

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 72. 1.
Larra dubia, Panz. Faun. Germ. 106. 14 $ .

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium; Scandinavia; Sweden.

2. Miscophus concolor.

Miscophus concolor, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 236. 137 <? ? .

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 72. 2.
Hab. Scandinavia; Germany (Berlin) ; Belgium (Brussels).

3. Miscophus nicer.

Miscophus niger, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 236. 136 S ? .

Hab. Germany; Gothland.

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4. MiSCOPHUS SPURIUS.

Larra spuria, Dahlb. Exercit. Hym. 56. 7.

Miscophus spurius, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 237. 138 ^ $ .

Hab. Germany; Finland.

Genus 8. SOLIERELLA.

Solierella, Sjnn. Gay^s Chili, vi. 349.

Antennae inserted in the middle of the face. Venter convex.
The anterior tarsi spiuose in both sexes. The superior wings
with one marginal and three submarginal cells, the second sub-
marginal cell petiolated and receiving the two recurrent nervures.

1. SOLIERELLA MISCOPHOIDES. PI. VIII. fig. 2.

Solierella miscophoides. Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 352. 1, Atlas, Hym.
2. f. 5.

Hab. Chih.

Genus 9. DINETUS.

Crabro, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 293 (1793).
Sphex, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 198 (1793).
Pompilus, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 187(1804).
Larra, pt., Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. xiii. 296 (1805).
Dinetus, Jurine, Hym. 209 (1808).

1. Dinetus pictus,

Crabro pictus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 229. 20 $ .

Panz. Faun. Germ. 17. 19^. 72. 10^.
Sphex gutta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 215. 72 ? .
Crabro ceraunius, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. Mant. ii. App. 123. iii. $ .
Pompilus guttatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 252. 34 ; Syst. Piez.

196. 44.
Larra picta, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 296 S •

Spin. Ins. Lig. i. T^. 4.
Dinetus pictus, Jurine, Hym. 209. t. 11. gen. 26 ^ .

Panz. Krit. Revis. ii. 193.

Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. 73.

Guer. Diet. Class. Hist. Nat. ix. 496.

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 26. 1.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 94. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 232. 134 & 467.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 234. 1. t. 27. f. 5 c? .

Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. t. 70. f. 10.

HYMENOPTERA. 313

Dinetus pictus, Steph. Illustr. vii. Supp. 12. t. 42. f. 3.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 73. 1.

Hob. Britain; France; Italy; Germany; Belgium; Austria.

Genus 10. PISON.

Alyson, pt.. Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 253 (1806-8).
Pison, pt., Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 256,
Tachybulus, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 75 (1809).
Nephritlia, BruUe, Trans. Ent. Soc. Fr. ii. 75 (1833).

1. Pison ater.

Alyson ater, Sjnn. Ins. Lig. ii. fasc. 4. 253. t. 3. f. 12 (? .
Pison Jurinii, Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 256.

St. Farg. et Serv. Ency. Meth. x. 143. 1.

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 39. 1.

Sf. Farg. Hym. iii. 230. 1.
Tachybulus niger, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 75.
Pison ater. Shuck. Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. 75. 1.

Hab. Italy; France.

2. Pison punctifrons. B.M.

Pison punctifrons. Shuck. Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. 77- 5'^ .
Hab. India or St. Helena.

3. Pison rugosus.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black : clothed with silvery pubes-
cence, especially the face, cheeks, legs, and apical margins of the
segments of the abdomen ; the sides of the thorax and meta-
thorax, and also the base of the abdomen, with long glittering
silvery-white pubescence ; the head, mesothorax and scutellum
coarsely punctured ; the base of the metathorax coarsely obliquely
striated, with a central deep longitudinal channel which is trans-
versely striated as well as the truncated portion; the sides of
the thorax and the pectus strongly punctured ; the wings hyaline,
the nervures testaceous; the first recurrent nervure received
towards the apex of the first submarginal cell, and the second
recurrent nervure received about the middle of the second sub-
marginal cell. Abdomen shining, the basal segment with strong
scattered punctures, the following segments much more finely
punctured, and most densely so towards the apex.

Hab. India. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

This species belongs to Shuckard's subgenus {Pisonitus).

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4, PiSON REGALIS. PI. VIII. fig. 3. B.M.

Pison regalis, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. New Ser. ii. 34. t. 8. f. 9 $ .
Hab. North China (Ning-po-foo).

5. PiSON XANTHOPUS. B.M.

Nephridia xanthopus. Bridle, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ii. 403.
Pison xanthopus, Shuck. Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. 75. 2.
Pison obscurus. Shuck. Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. 75. 3 (var,).

Hab. Cape of Good Hope.

6. Pison auratus.

Pison auratus, Shuck. Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. 78. 4 $ .
Hab. Cape of Good Hope. (Type in Coll. F. Smith.)

7. Pison argentatus. B.M.
Pison (Pisonitus) argentatus. Shuck. Trans. Ent. Soc, ii. 79. 9 5 •
Hab. The Mauritius.

8. Pison marginatus. B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black : the head opake, the face
with silvery pube&cence. The mesothorax and scutellum slightly
shining, closely punctured; the metathorax obliquely rugose,
the central channel without a carina, the truncation transversely
rugose ; the wings subhyaline, darkest towards their apical mar-
gins ; the nervures testaceous, the outer margin of the tegulae
pale, the costal nervure fuscous; the two recurrent nervures
uniting with the nervures of the petiolated second submarginal
cell. Abdomen thinly covered Avith cinereous pubescence, very
finely punctured, the apical margins of the segments pale testa-
ceous.

Hab. Australia (Hunter River).

9. Pison perplexus. B.M.

Male. Length 5i lines. — Black : the face thinly covered with
silvery pubescence ; the mesothorax and scutellum very closely
and finely punctured ; the metathorax rugose, indistinctly ob-
liquely so, the central channel with a carina which terminates a
httle before the verge of the truncation, the latter transversely
coarsely sulcate, and having a central deeply impressed line ; the
wings hyaline, their apical margins with a fuscous border; the
nervures testaceous, the costal nervure fuscous, the two recurrent
nervm-es received by the second submarginal cell distinctly within.

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Abdomen closely punctured, the apical margins of the segments
with uninterrupted silvery fascise.

Hab. Australia.

This species resembles the P. Westwoodii, but differs in having
a carina in the channel of the metathorax, and in the sculpture ;
the neuration of the wings appears to be the same.

10. PiSON VESTITUS. B.M.

Female. Length 5^ lines. — Black : the face covered with sil-
very pubescence, intermixed on the elypeus with longer fuscous
hairs ; the posterior margin of the prothorax covered with golden
pubescence; the meso- and metathorax without pubescence,
the latter in fresh examples would probably have a covering of
pale pubescence; the mesothorax closely punctured, the scu-
tellum less closely so ; the metathorax shining and finely punc-
tured, with a slightly impressed channel, in which is a carina
that extends to the verge of the truncation ; the latter trans-
versely sulcate, and having a deep depression above ; wings fus-
cous, the two recurrent nervures uniting with the nervures of
the petiolated second submarginal cell; legs simple, without
spines or cilia. Abdomen shining, the apical margins of the
segments with fasciae of golden pubescence.

Hah. Australia.

11. PiSON SpiNOLiE. B.M.

Pison Spinoloe, Shuck. Trans. Efit. Soc. ii. 76. 4 ? .

Pison Australis, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys, Geneve, xiv. 11 . t. f. 2 $ ?

Hah. Sydney; Van Diemen's Land. (Type in Coll. F. Smith.)

P. Australis is said to differ from P. Sjnnolce in being smaller,
in wanting the carinse on the mandibles, and in having horizontal
striae on the metathorax, instead of oblique ones as in P. Spi-
nolce. On examining the typical specimen of P. Spinolce and
referring to the description, it is found that the carina is not on
the external face of the mandible, but on the upper surface, so
that when the mandibles are closed, it is not visible. The size
of the species varies greatly ; the metathorax of the typical spe-
cimen is only obliquely striated at the base ; on the truncation,
or posterior part, it is transverse.

12. Pison (Pisonitus) ruficornis. B.M.

Female. Length 3 lines. — Black : the face densely covered
with silvery pubescence which has a faint golden tinge; the

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palpi, mandibles and antennae ferruginous, the tip of the latter
fuscous. The mesothorax and scutellum very closely and deli-
cately punctured ; the metathorax obliquely and coarsely striated,
having a central longitudinal channel and an abbreviated carina
at the base ; the truncation coarsely rugose, with a deep central
longitudinal furrow ; the wings hyaline and iridescent, the ner-
vures testaceous, the stigma fuscous, the tegulse pale testaceous ;
the legs ferruginous, the coxae and femora dusky. Abdomen :
the basal margin of the second segment depressed; the apical
margin of the first segment narrowly, that of the second more
broadly, and the foin* apical segments rufo-testaceous.

Hah. Australia (Maclntyre River).

13. PisoN Westwoodii. B.M.
Pison Westwoodii, Shuck. Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. 77- 6 ^ .

Hab. Van Diemen's Land.

14. Pison Tasmanicus.

Male. Length 4^-5 lines. — Black : the head and thorax sub-
opake ; the face covered with silvery pubescence ; the head,
thorax and legs with a long thinly scattered griseous pubescence ;
the metathorax obliquely striated, the carina which usually runs
down the central channel obsolete ; wings fusco-hyaline, the
apical margins of the wings with a fuscous border ; the first re-
current nervure entering the first submarginal cell at its extreme
apex, the second received by the third submarginal cell at its
extreme base ; the intermediate and posterior tibise with a few
short scattered spines ; the apical margins of the segments of the
abdomen with fasciae of silvery pubescence.

Hab. Van Diemen's Land.

Very probably the male of P. Spinolce.

15. Pison obliquus.

Female, Length 4 lines. — Black : the head and thorax opake,
the face covered with silvery pubescence; the metathorax
obliquely striated, the central channel nearly obsolete, shallow,
and with the striae crossing the depression ; the truncation trans-
versely striated ; the wings subhyaline, their apical margins with
a fuscous cloud ; the apical margins of the segments with in-
distinct bands of silvery pile ; probably, in fine examples, the
bands are distinct.

Hab. Van Diemen's Land. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

The neuration of the wings is the same as that of P. Spinolce.

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16. PiSON RUFIPES.

Pison (Pisonitus) rufipes, Shuck. Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. 79. 8 $ .
Hab. Van Diemen's Land. (Type in Coll. F. Smith.)

17. Pison morosus. B.M.

Pison morosus, White, Voy. Erebus and Terror.

Female, Length 4 lines. — Jet-black : the face with a little
silvery pubescence, the head opake. The mesothorax very deli-
cately and closely punctured ; an abbreviated shining raised line
on each side over the tegulfe ; the metathorax obliquely strigose,
the central channel slightly impressed, the stride uniting and cross-
ing it; the truncation transversely rugose, its margin slightly
rounded ; the wings hyaline, their apical margins slightly fuscous,
the two recurrent nervures uniting with the nervures of the pe-
tiolated submarginal cell. Abdomen smooth and shining, the
margins of the segments slightly depressed.

Hab. New Zealand.

18. Pison Paraensis.

Pison Paraensis, Spin. Mem. Accad. Torino, xiii. 58. 40 (1853).
Hab. Brazil (Para).

19. Pison Chilensis.

Pison Chilensis, Spin. Gay''s Chili, vi, 326. 1.
Hab. Chih.

20. Pison areolatus.

Pison areolatus, Sjjin. Gay^s Chili, vi. 327. 2.
Hab. Chili.

21. Pison l^vis. B.M.

Female. Length 3i lines. — Head opake, the face covered with
silvery pubescence ; the metathorax smooth and shining, with a
few scattered punctures at the sides, the central channel without
a carina; a deep elongate-ovate fossula in the middle of the
truncation, the margins of the latter rounded ; the wings slightly
fuscous, the nervures black ; the two recurrent nervures uniting
with the nervures of the petiolated submarginal cell. Abdomen
smooth and shining, very delicately punctured, the margins of
the segments slightly depressed.

Hab. Georgia.

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Fam. 5. BEMBICID^.

The labrum produced into a beak.

Bembicites, Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. (1802).
Bembecinai, Fallen, Nov. Hym, Disp. Meth. (1813).
Bembicides, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. (1807).
Bembicites, Newm. Ent. Mag. ii. (1834).
Bembicidae, Westw. Introd. Class. Ins. {Synop.) (1840).

Genus 1. BEMBEX.

Apis, pt., Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 967 (1766).
Bembyx, pt., Fabr. Syst. Ent. 361 (1775).
Bembex, pt., Fahr. Mant. 285 (1787).
Vespa, pt., Graelin, 2768. 153 (1789).

1. Bembex rostrata. B.M.

Apis rostratra, Linn. Faun. Suec. No. 1700 ; Syst. Nat. i. 957- 25.

Vill. Ent. iii. 294. 21.
Bembex rostrata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 362. 3; Ent. Syst. ii. 248. 3;
Syst. Piez. 223. 5.

Panz. Faun. Germ,, i. 10; Krit. Revis. ii. 132.

Latr. Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins. xiii. 300. 1 ; Gen. Crust, et
Ins. iv. 98.

Oliv. Encycl. Meth. iv. 29. 3.

Dumeril, Diet. Sc. Nat. iv. 297 ; Icon. Entom. et Consid. i.
t. 30. f. 10.

Guer. Icon. R. Anim. Ins. iii. 438. t. 70. f. 7.

Van d. Lind, Obs. Hym. Europ. ii. 9. 1.

Daklb. Hym. Europ. i. 173. 107.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 260. 1 .

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 263.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. p. 74.
Vespa (Bembex) rostrata, Gmel. 2768. 153.
Vespa arraata, Sulzer, Hist. Ins. t. 27. f. 10.

Reaum. Gen. t. 27. f. 10.

Christ. Hym. p. 220. t. 29. f, 2 <? .

Hab. Italy; France; Germany; Austria; Sweden; Finland;
Algeria.

2. Bembex olivacea. B.M.

Bembex olivacea, Fabr. Mant. Ins. i. 285. 4 S .
Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 81. 858 cJ ? .
Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 99.
Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 13. 7.

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Bembex olivacea, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 178. 113.

Bridle, Hist. Nat. II. Canar. iii. 90. 46.

St.Farg. Hym. iii. 268. 6.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 263.
Bembex glauca, Fabr. Mant. Ins. i. 285. 5 $ ; Ent. Syst. ii. 249. 5;
Syst. Piez. 224. 8.

Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 174. 3.

Oliv. Encycl. Meth. iv. 291. 6.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 270. 7.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 263.
Bembex olivata. Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 490 (var.).

Hab. France; Italy; Germany; Spain; Portugal; Algeria;
Tranquebar.

3. Bembex oculata. B.M.

Bembex oculata, Jurine, Hym. 175. t. 10. gen. 16 (? .
Panz. Faun. Germ. 84. 22; Krit. Revis. ii. 132.
Sjiin. Ins. Lig. ii. 1/3.
Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 13. 6.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 178. 112.
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 262.

Hab. France; Germany; Italy.

4. Bembex repanda. B.M.

Bembex repanda, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 98. 3.

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 10. 3.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 177- 109.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 263.
Bembex Latreillii, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 266. 5.

Hab. France.

5. Bembex labiata.

Bembex labiata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 259. 5; Syst. Piez. 224.9.
Coqueb. Illustr. dec. ii. 61. t. 15. f. 1.
Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 14. 8.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 179. 114.

Hab. France.

6. Bembex bidentata. B.M.

Bembex bidentata. Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 11. 5.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 178. 111.
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 269. 2.

Hab. France; Italy.

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7. Bembex tarsata. B.M.

Bembex tarsata, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 98. 2.
Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 10. 2.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 176. 108.
St. Fare/. Hym. Europ. iii. 265. 4.

Hab. South of France ; Paris ; Turin.

8. Bembex sinuata. B.M.

Bembex sinuata, Panz. Faun. Germ. 86. 13; Krit. Revis. p. 132.
Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 98. 4.
Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 10. 4.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 117. HO.

Hab. Germany; France.

9. Bembex dissecta.

Bembex dissecta, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 487. 6.
Hab. South of Europe.

10. Bembex Wildei.

Bembex Wildei, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 491. 25.
Hab. Central Europe.

11. Bembex undata.

Bembex undata, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 487. 7.
Hab. Central Europe.

12. Bembex vidua.

Bembex vidua, St. Farg. Hym. Europ. i. 264. 3.
Hab. Lombardy.

13. Bembex Megerlei.

Bembex Megerlei, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 492. 34.
Hab. Austria.

14. Bembex neglecta.

Bembex neglecta, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 489. 12.
Hab. Austria.

15. Bembex mel^ena. B.M.
Male. Length 7 lines. — Black : the scape in front, the ante-

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rior half of the clypeus, a Hne on the inner orbit of the eyes, the
labrum and mandibles, white ; the tips of the mandibles ferrugi-
nous ; the head, thorax and base of the abdomen have a thin
griseous pubescence ; beneath, the hinder margin of the meta-
thorax sometimes with a vellow spot ; the coxa3, trochanters and
femora black ; the tips of the latter, the tibiae and tarsi, pale
yellow; the intermediate femora serrated beneath; the tibise
have a black stri])e behind ; the wings hyaline, the nervures and
hinder margin of the tegvdae ferruginous. Abdomen black : the
second segment with a large compressed cm*ved tooth beneath ;
the sixth segment with a small trigonate tubercle in the middle.
Var. /3. The basal segment witli a narrow hne on each side,
and the two following segments with a curved stripe on each side.

Hab. Albania.

16. Bembex Rossii.

Bembex Rossii, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 492. 31.
Hab. Spain.

17. Bembex notata.

Bembex notata, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 491. 28.
Hab. Rhodes.

18. Bembex turca.

Bembex turca, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 488. 11.
Hab. Rhodes.

19. Bembex basalis.

Bembex basaUs, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 490. 20.
Hab. Rhodes.

20. Bembex flavescens.

Male. Length 7 hues. — Head and thorax black ; the labrum,
clypeus, inner orbit of the eyes, the scape in front, and the man-
dibles, yellow ; the tips of the mandibles ferruginous ; the outer
orbit of the eyes yellow; the flagellum fulvous beneath, andfom*
or five of the apical joints subpcctinate beneath. Thorax : a
narrow line on the collar, two abbreviated ones on the meso-
thorax in front, a stripe over the tegulae, a narrow line on the
posterior margin of the scutellum and post-scutellum, a curved
one on the metathorax, and its posterior angles, yellow ; the sides
of the thorax irregularly maculated with yellow ; the legs yellow.

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with a black spot on the trochanters and another at the extreme
base of the femora beneath. Abdomen yellow, the extreme
base black ; a transverse black line in the middle of the posterior
margin of the first segment, and two similar lines at the base of
the three following segments ; the second segment beneath black
at its base, with a compressed curved acute tooth in the middle ;
the second segment has a narrow black line at its basal margin,
and the two following a bilobed spot; an angular spot at the
base of the sixth segment.

Hab. TenerifFe. (Coll. F. Smith.)

21. Bembex chlorotica.

Bembex chlorotica, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 469. 21 (1838).
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 276. 11.

Hab. Egypt.

22. Bembex soror.

Bembex soror, Dalilb. Hym. Europ. i. 489. 13.
Hab. Egypt.

23. Bembex lusca. B.M.

Bembex lusca. Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 467. 20 (1838).
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 274. 10.

Hab. Egypt.

24. Bembex Westermanni.

Bembex Westermanni, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent.Fr. vii. 470. 13 ( 1838).
Hab. Egypt.

25. Bembex pectoralis.

Bembex pectoralis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 489. 17.
Hab. Nubia.

26. Bembex Fischeri.

Bembex Fischeri, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 470 (1838).
Hab. Africa.

27. Bembex Capensis.

Bembex Capensis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 273. 9.
Hab. Cape of Good Hope.

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28. Bembex carinata. B.M.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Black : the clypeus, labrum, scape
in front, and the mandibles, yellow ; the orbits of the eyes mfo-
testaceous ; the vertex and cheeks have a long hoary pubescence.
Thorax thinly clothed with hoary pubescence, which is most
dense on the metathorax ; the posterior margin of the scutellum
and post-scutellum yellow, sometimes entirely black ; the wings
hyaline, the nervures pale ferruginous ; the legs reddish-yellow,
with coxae, trochanters and base of the femora black ; a black
spot on the anterior and intermediate tibise beneath. Abdomen :
the basal segment with a transverse yellow band attenuated in
the middle ; the following segments have a broad biareuate band ;
beneath black ; the three intermediate segments have an angular
yellow spot at their lateral margins.

The male closely resembles the female, and only differs in
having a central longitudinal carina on the second and sixth
segments.

Hab. Cape of Good Hope.

29. Bembex fuscipennis.

Bembex fuscipennis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 271. 8.
Hab. Cape of Good Hope. (Coll. F. Smith.)

30. Bembex tricolor.

Bembex tricolor, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 180.
Hab. Africa (Cape of Good Hope) ; Guinea.

31. Bembex venator. B.M.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Black : the head and thorax covered
with griseous pubescence ; the clypeus, a transverse line above,
the scape in front, two minute spots in front of the anterior
stemma, the labrum and mandibles, yellow ; the tips of the latter
ferrugmous ; a bilobed black spot at the base of the clypeus ;
the flagellum fulvous beneath ; the outer orbit of the eyes yellow ;
a yellow stripe on the tegulse and another on each side of the
thorax before the insertion of the wings ; the femora yellow in
front towards their apex ; the tibiaj and tarsi yellow ; the tibise
have a black stripe outside ; the wings hyaline, their nervures
ferruginous. Abdomen : all the segments have a narrow biareuate
fascia, the first widely interrupted, the second slightly so, the
following continuous ; beneath, immaculate.

Hab, Cape of Good Hope.

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32. Bembex undulata.

BemlDCX undulata, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 468 (1838).
Dahlh. Hym. Europ. i. 487. 3.

Hab. Cape of Good Hope.

33. Bembex grisescens.

Bembex grisescens, Dahlh. Hym. Europ. i. 489. 16.
Hah. Port Natal.

34. Bembex intermedia.

Bembex intermedia, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 491. 27.
Hah. Port Natal.

35. Bembex Natalis,

Bembex Natalis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 489. 14.
Hab. Port Natal.

36. Bembex flavifrons. B.M.

Female. Length 8-Si lines. — Black : the face yellow, a black
spot above the insertion of each antenna, and two spots at the
base of the clypeus ; the labrum and mandibles yellow, the latter
black at their tips ; the scape in front and the outer orbit of the
eyes broadly yellow. The prothorax yellow ; the sides of the
mesothorax, two abbreviated lines in front, and a transverse spot
at its posterior margin, yellow; a spot on each side of the scu-
tellum, a line on the post-scuteEam, and an arcuate stripe on the
metathorax, yellow ; the thorax beneath and the legs yellow ;
the knees black; the wings hyaline, the nervvu'es testaceous.
Abdomen : the basal segment has a biarcuate fascia, narrow in
the middle and broadly expanded at the sides, yellow ; the second
segment has a broad yellow fascia at the base, its posterior mar-
gin biarcuate, with two black spots at the basal margin ; the
three following segments have a narrower biarcuate fascia in the
middle ; beneath, the two basal segments yellow, the second having
a central longitudinal black stripe ; the two following segments
with a large angular macula on each side.

Var. u,. The fascia on the basal segment interrupted; be-
neath, all the segments black at their base, witTi lateral yellow
spots.

Hah. Australia.

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37. Bembex flavipes. B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Head yellow, the face above the
clypeus black ; a transverse reddish-yellow line in front of the
anterior stemma, which unites with one at the inner orbit of the
eyes. Thorax black above and yellow beneath ; the prothorax
yellow ; the mesothorax has a broad stripe on each side, two in
the middle, and a transverse abbreviated stripe at its posterior
margin ; the posterior margin of the scutellum and the post-scu-
telhim yellow ; a curved bisinuated yellow stripe on the meta-
thorax behind ; the wings hyaline, the tegulse yellow ; a large
spot on the breast, a small one on the coxae and trochanters, and
the extreme tips of the femora, black. Abdomen yellow beneath
and black above ; a bilobed yellow macula at the extreme base
of the first segment ; segments 1-5 with a glaucous-yellow band
on each side, w hich is deeply sinuated on its anterior margin ;
the bands on the fifth segment united ; the apical segment with
a black line in the middle, the sides being ferruginous.

Hab. Australia.

38. Bembex palmata.

Male. Length 74 lines. — Black : the clypeus, labrum, man-
dibles and scape yellow ; the flagellum yellow beneath ; the six
basal joints of the flagellum gradually thickened, the seventh
and following joints half the thickness of the sixth and serrated
beneath ; the inner orbit of the eyes with a broad yellow stripe
which does not quite extend to the vertex, a yellow stripe in the
middle of the face terminating at the anterior stemma. Thorax :
the posterior margin of the prothorax, an epaulet over the tegulae,
and a spot on each side of the scutellum, yellow ; beneath, a
large irregular macula on the sr.les of the ])rothorax, a second
on the sides of the pectus, and a third on each side of the meta-
thorax, yellow ; the legs yellow, the anterior tarsi broadly di-
lated ; wings subhyaline, the nervures ferruginous. Abdomen :
segments 1-5 have on each side a pale stripe, which is pointed
within, the first and third being the narrowest; beneath, the
second segment yellow, with a large stout raised central black
carina, the posterior margin of the segment black; the three
following segments have a yellow spot on each side.

Hab. Australia? (Coll. F. Smith.)

39. Bembex variabilis. B.M.

Female. Length 5-5^ lines. — Black : the head with a griseous
pubescence ; the antenuEe obscurely testaceous beneath ; the
scape yellow in front ; the labrum, clypeus and mandibles yellow;

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two black spots at the base of the clypeus, the tips of the man-
dibles ferruginous ; a triangular spot at the base of the clypeus,
an abbreviated line at the inner orbit of the eyes, and the outer
orbit entirely yellow. Thorax thinly covered with griseous pu-
bescence, most dense on the metathorax ; a line on the collar, a
spot on the tegulae in front, a line at their inner margin, and a
spot on each side of the scutellum, yellow ; the coxae and femora
black, the latter yellow at their apex beneath; the tibiae and
tarsi yellow ; the tibise and basal joint of the tarsi black behind,
the anterior tarsi furnished with long cilia. Abdomen with the
first segment clothed with long griseous pubescence; on the
following segments it is very short, suberect and griseous ; the
first segment has a straight interrupted yellow band, segments
2-5 have an interrupted biarcuate yellow band.

Yar. c6. The basal half of the clypeus black.

Var. /3. The antennae pale testaceous beneath, the apical seg-
ment of the abdomen with two yellow spots.

Var. y. Two abbreviated lines on the mesothorax, a transverse
line in the middle of the posterior margin of the mesothorax, a
curved line on the scutellum and post-scutellum, and the coxas
and trochanters spotted with yellow; the sides of the thorax
with large yellow sj)ots.

Hab. Australia (Hunter River; Port Essington ; Swan River).

This species closely resembles B./Mrc«i«, but it is smaller and
black behind, and the abdomen is covered with griseous pubes-
cence. Var. y. may possibly be a distinct species : a single spe-
cimen only has been received from Swan River.

40. Bembex raptor. B.M.

Male. Length 6^ lines. — Black : the face covered with silvery-
white pubescence ; the anterior margin of the clypeus white ; a
line on the inner orbit of the eyes, three united spots in front of
the anterior sterama, a spot between the antennae and the scape
in front, pale yellow ; the outer orbit of the eyes yellow. The
prothorax yellow, with an irregular-shaped black spot on each
side, and a transverse oblong black spot above ; the meso- and
metathorax black ; the former has two central short stripes in
front, an epaulet over the tegulae, the posterior margin of the
scutellum and post-scutellum, yellow ; a curved yellow macula
on each side of the metathorax, and two oblong spots beneath
the wings ; the legs yellow, with the coxae, trochanters and base
of the femora black ; also a black spot on the anterior and inter-
mediate tibiae beneath; the wings clear hyaline, the nervures
black. Abdomen : all the segments have a borad glaucous-
yellow band ; that on the basal segment is notched in the middle

HYMENOPTERA. 32/

of its anterior margin ; the four following have their anterior
margins notched in the middle and sinuated on each side, their
posterior margins straight, with a notch in the middle ; the sixth
and seventh segments yellow, the latter with a black line in the
middle ; beneath, the posterior margins of the segments have a
yellow fascia which is attenuated m the middle.

Hab. Adelaide.

41. Bembex vespiformis. B.M.

Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : the face covered with silvery-
wdiite pubescence, that on the vertex griseous ; the scape more
or less yellow in front ; the flagellum rufo-testaceous beneath ;
the anterior margin of the clypeus, the labrum, and mandibles at
their base, yellow. Thorax : the scutellum and post-scutellum
have a pale yellow dot on each side ; the metathorax densely
clothed with cinereous pubescence ; wings subhyaline, the ner-
vures black ; the coxae and femora black, the anterior femora
in front and the intermediate and posterior pairs at their apex
above, black ; the tibiae and tarsi yellow ; the anterior and inter-
mediate tibiae have a black stripe outside, the posterior pair
being black beneath ; the basal joints of the anterior tarsi are
black outside and furnished with long cilia. Abdomen : a large
macula on each side of the basal segment, pointed within, and a
small angular macula at the extreme lateral margins of the
second segment, both of a pale yellowish-white ; the apical seg-
ment and apical margin of the fifth segment in the middle,
orange-yellow ; beneath, entirely yellow.

Male. — Closely resembles the female, but with the scape en-
tirely yellow ; the second segment with an elevated carina which
has its superior margin black ; the apical segment black.

Hab. Adelaide.

42. Bembex atrifrons. B.M.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Black : the labrum yellow, with
the base, sides and apex more or less black ; the outer orbit of
the eyes, and a minute spot on the scape in front, yellow. Tho-
rax : a narrow line on the posterior margins of the prothorax
and scutellum yellow; a spot on the tegulae, a Hne over
them and the tubercles, yellow ; the legs yellow, the coxae, tro-
chanters, and base of the femora black; a fusco-ferruginous
stripe on the anterior and intermediate tibiae above, and the
anterior tarsi fm*nished with long ferruginous cilia ; the wings
hyaline, their nervures ferruginous. Abdomen : the basal seg-
ment has on each side a short narrow glaucous stripe, and the

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three following segments a narrow biarcuate glaucous stripe,
slightly interrupted in the middle j beneath, entirely black.

Hah. Australia (Swan River).

43. Bembex furcata. B.M.

Bembex furcata, Erichs. Wiegm. Arch. 1842, p. 266. 240.

Hab. Van Diemen's Land; Australia (Swan River).

Erichson describes the male as having the labrum black, and
the clypeus with a yellow macula ; a series of examples exhibits
every variety, from yellow to black.

44. Bembex lunata.

Bembex lunata, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 24.9. 6; Syst. Piez. 224. 10.
Dahlh. Hym. Europ. i. 492. 33.

Hah. Tranquebar.

45. Bembex trepanda. B.M.
Bembex trepanda, Dahlh. Hym. Europ. i. 181.

Hah. India.

46. Bembex sulphurescens. B.M.
Bembex sulphurescens, Dahlh. Hym. Europ. i. 180.

Hah. India (Madras ; The Punjaub).

47. Bembex melancholica. B.M.

Female. Length 8^ lines. — Head and thorax black ; the cly-
peus, sides of the face, scape in front, labrum, mandibles and
outer orbit of the eyes, livid-yellow ; the clypeus has two black
spots at the base. The posterior margin of the prothorax, a line
on each side of the mesothorax, two stripes on the disk, and a
traitsverse one at its posterior margin united to the central stripes,
livid-yellow; a transverse curved stripe on the scutellum and
post-scutellum, and also the metathorax, livid-yellow ; an angular
black spot on each side of the metathorax, from which a narrow
black line runs obliquely inwards, meeting in the middle of the
base ; a narrow black line runs from the outer angle of the spot
dow^n the sides of the metathorax ; the thorax livid-yellow beneath,
with a black spot in the middle of the pectus, and one or two
smaller ones at tlie sides ; the legs livid-yellow, with a black stripe
on the tibias and femora behind. Abdomen blue-black ; segments
1-5 have a broad livid fascia, the first narrowed in the middle.

HYMENOPTERA. 329

the posterior margins of the others biarcuate ; the second and
third have on each side a transverse black spot ; the fourth and
fifth have their anterior margins bisinuated ; beneath, the poste-
rior margin of the first segment, and a spot on each side of the
following segments, livid-yellow; the abdomen covered above
with short thin black pubescence.

The male only differs in having the middle of the basal mar-
gin of the first segment of the abdomen beneath, produced into
an obtuse tubercle.

Hab. Sumatra.

48. Bembex ciliata. B.M.

Bembex ciliata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 226. 21.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 488. 11.
St. Farg. Hym. Europ. i. 279. 14.

Hab. Brazil (Para; Santarem; Tapajos).

49. Bembex gratiosa. B.M.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Head black ; the inner orbit of the
eyes, the clypeus, scape iu front, labrum and mandibles, of a
glaucous-yellow ; tips of the mandibles ferruginous ; the flagellum
fulvous beneath and fuscous above, the basal joint black; a
glaucous spot in front of the anterior stemma. Thorax black
above and of a livid-yellow beneath ; the prothorax, lateral mar-
gins of the mesothorax, two stripes on the disk dilated anteriorly
and recurved posteriorly and united, the hinder margin of the
scutellum, the post-scutellum, a curved stripe on the metathorax
and its lateral angles, pale yellow ; the legs yellow, in some ex-
amples with a narrow black line on the femora above ; the wings
clear hyaline, the ncrvures pale ferruginous. Abdomen pale
yellow ; the extreme base black, and a cvu-ved spot on the basal
segment above ; a broad black band on the basal margin of the
second segment, which is suddenly narrowed at the sides ; the
apical margin has a narrow black band, which is widest and acute
in the middle ; the following segments are similarly banded, but
the bands are narrower ; the apical segment has a sharp tooth
on each side, and the apex is deeply notched.

The male diff'ers in having a transverse raised carina on the
second segment of the abdomen beneath, which is terminated at
each end by a minute acute tooth ; the apical segment has a
tooth on each side and a deep notch at the apex, as in the
other sex.

Hab. Brazil (Tapajos).

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50. Bembex placida.

Male. Length 5-6 lines. — Black : the scape in front, clypeus,
labrum and mandibles, yellow ; the base of the clypeus and orbits
of the eyes pale testaceous ; the face thinly covered with yellowish
pubescence. Thorax : the posterior margin of the prothorax,
the lateral margins of the mesothorax, two stripes on the disk,
the hinder margin of the scutellum, the post-scutellum, a curved
line on the metathorax, and its lateral angles, yellow ; beneath,
yellow ; the pectus black ; also a black stripe beneath the wings ;
a black spot on the trochanters beneath, another at the extreme
base of the femora and tibiae ; a narrow black stripe at the apex
of the femora above, and a line on the posterior tibiae within; the
claws ferruginous ; the wings hyaline, the nervures black ; a yel-
low spot on the tegulae in front. Abdomen : the basal segment
has a slightly interrupted yellow fascia, the second segment
a broad interrupted fascia on each side enclosing a black dot ;
the three following segments have on each side a curved stripe ;
the sixth segment has a slightly interrupted straight fascia, the
apical segment being yellow at its apex ; beneath yellow, with a
central row of black spots, the second segment having on each
side at its base a small oblique black spot ; the sixth segment
-with a minute acute spine in the centre.

Hab. Columbia. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

51. Bembex Americana.

Bembex Americana, Fahr.Ent.Syst. ii.250. 9; Syst.Piez. 225.13.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 183.

Hob. South America.

52. Bembex Brullei.

Bembex Brullei, Guer. Voy. Coq.Zool. pt. 2. p. 2&3,Atlas,t. 9. f. 3.
Spin. Gay's Chilis vi. 318. 1.

Hab. Chili.

53. Bembex sulphurea.

Bembex sulphurea, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 319. 2.
Hab, Chih.

54. Bembex ventralis.

Bembex ventralis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 180.
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 278. 13.

Hab. Chili; Valparaiso. (Coll. F. Smith.)

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55. BeMBEX FASCIATA. B.M.

Bembex fasciata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 224. 6.

Saj/, Bost. Journ. i. 36/. 2.

Dahlb. Hijm. Europ. i. 184.
Bembex Spinolse, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 277. 12.

Hah. N. America (St. John's BluflP, East Florida).

56. Bembex longirostra.

Bembex longirostra, Say, Bost. Journ. i. 366. 1.
Hab. Mexico.

57. Bembex monodonta. B.M.

Bembex monodonta, Say, Narr. Exped. St. Peter^s River, Ap-
pend. 69.

Hab. Pennsylvania.

58. Bembex inscripta.

Bembex inscripta, Dahlb. Hym, Europ. i. 183.
Hab. ?

59. Bembex affinis.

Bembex affinis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 182.
Hab. ?

Genus 2. MONEDULA.

Vespa, pt., Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 574. ed. 10 (1758).
Apis, pt., De Geer, Ins. iii. 507 (1773).
Bembex, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 247 (1793).
Monedula, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 99 (1809).
Stictia, Illig. ed, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. (1807).

1. Monedula signata. B.M.

Vespa signata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 574. 14. ed. 10 (1758); Syst.

Nat. i. 952. 24. ed. 12.
Apis vespiformis, De Geer, Ins. iii. 570. 2. t. 28. f. 3.
Bembex signata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 361. 2; Syst. Piez. 223. 3.

Oliv. Encycl Meth. iv. 290. 2.
Monedula signata, Latr. Gen. Cr. et Ins. iv. 100.

St. Farg. Sf Serv. Encycl. Meth. x. 498. 1.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 283. 2.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 185. 3.

332 HYMENOPTERA.

Stictia signata, Illig. ed. Rossi, Faun. Etrus. 2nd ed.
Erichs. Faun, und Flora Brit. Guiana, iii. 589?

Hab. South America j Brazil.

2. MONEDULA SURINAMENSIS. B.M-

Apis Surinamensis, De Geer, Ins. iii. 569. 1. t. 28. f. 1.
Bembex contiima, Fobr. Syst. Piez. 225. 15.
Monedula continua, Latr. Gen. Cr. et Ins. iv. 100.

Si. Farg. Sf Serv. Encycl. Meth. x. 498.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 287. 5.
Monedula Surinamensis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 187. 6,

Hab. South America ; Brazil ; St. Domingo.

3. Monedula punctata. B.M.

Bembyx punctata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 361. 2 ? .
Bembex punctata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 248. 2 ; Syst. Piez. 223. 3.
Monedula punctata, St. Farg. 4* Serv. Encycl. Meth. x. 498.
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 284. 3.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 184. 1.
Bembex maculata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 222. 2 3 (var.).
Stictia signata et maculata, Erichs. Faun, und Fl. Brit. Guiana,
iii. 589.

Ha&. S.America; Dernerara; Brazil. (Coil. W.W.Saunders, Esq.)

Var. (3. The yellow markings on the thorax twice as broad as
in the majority of specimens ; the central spots of the abdomen
enlarged and united to the lateral ones ; the legs more broadly
striped with yellow.

4. Monedula spinosa. ' B.M.

Bembex spinosa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 260. 9; Syst. Piez. 22b. 14.
Monedula spinosa, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 494.

Hab. South America.

5. Monedula fuscipennis. B.M.

Monedula fuscipennis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 286. 4.
Monedula Zetterstedti, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 493.

Hab. Brazil.

6. Monedula magnifica. B.M,
Monedula magnifica, Perty, Del. An. Art. p. 144. t. 28. f. 3.
Hab. Brazil.

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7. MONEDULA SIMILLIMA. B.M.

Male. liCngtli / lines. — Black : a pale testaceous line on each
side of the face ; a line at the base of the scape in front, and a
transverse one at the base of the labrum, yellow. Thorax : a
stripe on the post-scutelhim, a curved line beneath, and the pos-
terior angles of the metathorax, 3'ellow; wings smoky-hyaline ;
the anterior and intermediate tibise in front, the first joint of the
tarsi in front, yellow ; the claw-joint of the anterior tarsi pale
testaceous, the claws black ; the apex of the posterior tibiae on
the outer side, and also the base of the first joint of the tarsi
outside, yellow. Abdomen : the five basal segments have on
each side a large subovate macula, pointed within ; the sixth and
seventh segments black, the margins of the apical segment not
toothed ; beneath black, the second segment having in the middle
a minute acute tooth.

Hah. Brazil (Santarera). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

This species in appearance resembles M. heros, from which it
differs not only in the colouring of the head and legs, but in
having the apical segment simple : in M. heros it is armed on
each side with a stout acute tooth.

8. MoNEDULA INSULARIS.

Monedula insularis, Dalilb. Hym. Europ. i. 186. 4.
Hab. "West Indies (St. Thomas).

9. Monedula dissecta. B.M.
Monedula dissecta, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 186. 5.

Hab, Demerara.

10. Monedula Peruviana. B.M.

Bembex peruviana, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii. 43/ S .
Monedula peruviana, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. ii. i)l. /O. f. 6 <J .
Monedula Orbignyi, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii. 437 ? •
Bembex Chilensis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 184.

Hab. Peru; Chih.

11. Monedula Chilensis.

Monedula Chiliensis, Spin. Gay^s Chili, vi. 314.
Hab. Chih.

334 HYMENOPTERA,

12. MONEDULA ANGULATA. B.M.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Head black ; the face and cheeks
with a silvery pubescence ; a spot on the scape in front, the ante-
rior margin of the clypeus, the labrum and mandibles, yellow ;
the tips of the mandibles black ; the clypeus, sides of the face,
orbits of the eyes, a minute spot in front of the anterior stemma,
and the antennse, reddish-yellow ; four or five of the apical
joints of the flagellum black. Thorax black ; the posterior mar-
gin of the prothorax, two abbreviated lines on the mesothorax
anteriorly, a line on each side passing over the tegulse, a trans-
verse interrupted line at the base of the scutellum, the post-
scutellum, an arcuate line on the metathorax and the yjosterior
angles, yellow ; the metathorax emarginate its entire width, the
lateral angles acute and slightly produced j the prothorax varie-
gated with yellow beneath, the mesothorax with an irregular
yellow stripe beneath the wings ; the legs reddish-yellow, striped
or spotted with yellow beneath ; wings hyaline, sometimes faintly
smoky. Abdomen yellow, with a large angular black spot at the
base ; the basal and apical margins of the segments have a nar-
row black band, two or three of the apical bands rufo-fuscousrj
beneath yellow, with a ferruginous stain in the middle.

Male. — This sex ouly diifers in being brighter coloured, and
in having a stout acute tooth, curved backwards, on the second
abdominal segment beneath.

Hab. Brazil (Para; Santarem).

This species, although much smaller than M. Surinamensis,
very strongly resembles it : the acute posterior angles of the
metathorax in both sexes, and the tooth on the abdomen be-
neath, of the male, at once separate them.

13. MoNEDULA SERICEA.

Monedula sericea, Sjjin. Gay's Chili, vi. 315. 2.
Hab. Chili.

14. Monedula Montezuma. ' B.M.

Female. Length 7-8 lines. — Head black ; the ch^peus, sides
of the face, orbits of the eyes, an angulated hue in front of the
anterior stemma, the scape in front, labrum and mandibles, yel-
low ; the latter black at their tips. Thorax black ; the posterior
margin of the prothorax, the tubercles, an irregular stripe beneath
the wings, two abbreviated lines in the middle of the disk of the
mesothorax, a central spot on its posterior margin, a spot on
each side of the scutellum, the post-scutellum, and a curved line

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on the metathorax, yellow ; legs yellow, with a black spot on the
trochanters and femora beneath ; also a black stripe at the base
of the femora above ; wings subhyaline, the nervures ferrugi-
nous. Abdomen yellow, the margins of the segments ferrugi-
nous ; the first segment has the base and a central pointed spot
uniting with it, black, an oblique line on each side black ; the
second segment has a central saddle-shaped spot, and the fol-
lowing segments two central black dots ; the apical segment has
in addition a central elongate-acute angular spot.

The male closely resembles the female, but the spots on the
abdomen are seldom united; the abdomen is yellow beneath,
the second segment having a central longitudinal black stripe,
and also a central minute acute tooth at its apical margin.

Hob. Mexico.

This is a species which varies in the markings of the abdomen ;
the black spots sometimes unite with the black basal margin of
the segments ; in some examples they are all separated, par-
ticularly in specimens of the males.

15. MoNEDULA Carolina. B.M.

Bembex Carolina, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 249. 7; Syst. Piez. 224. 11 .

Coqueb. Illustr. Icon. Ins. dec. 1. t, 6. f. 2$ .
Monedula Carolina, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 100.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 281. 1. t. 28. f. 4.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 185. 2.

Hab. North America j East Florida ; Carolina.

16. Monedula 4-fasciata. B.M.

Monedula 4-fasciata, Say, Narr. Exped. St. Peter's River, Ap-
pend. 70. 1 .
Monedula Sallei, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii. 437?

Hab. Pennsylvania; N. Carolina.

17. Monedula ventralis.

Monedula ventralis, Say, Narr. Exped. St. Peter's River, Append.
70.2.

Hab. Pennsylvania.

18. Monedula pictifrons. B.M.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Head black ; the clypeus, face on
each side, a triangular spot enclosing the anterior stemma, a
central line uniting with it and running to the base of the cly-

q5

336 HYMENOPTERA.

peus, the outer orbit of the eyes, a narrow line on the posterior
margin of the vertex, tlie antennse, labrum and mandibles, yel-
low ; ti])s of the mandibles black. Thorax black ; the prothorax,
two abbreviated central stripes on the mesothorax in front, a line
passing over the tegnla3 which unites with a line on the posterior
margin of the scutellum, the post-scutellum, and a curved line
on the metathorax, yellow j a large macula at the posterior
angles of the metathorax, and a large irregular-shaped spot be-
neath the wings, yellow ; the legs yellow, with a black stripe at
the base of the femora above; wings hyaline, tlie nervures fus-
cous. Abdomen yellow; the basal margins of the segments
black, eac]i with a central bilobed black spot ; beneath, the basal
margins of the segments have a bilobed black fascia ; the apical
segment black, with a heart-shaped yellow spot at the apex.

Hab. North Carolina.

Fam. 6. NYSSONID^.

Mandibles not emarginate beneath; the intermediate tibise
with two spines at their apex. Abdomen resembling the Larridis^

Genus L STIZUS.

Sphex, pt., Drury, Eooot. Ins. ii, 71 (1773).
Vespa, pt., Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 254 (1793).
Stizus, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 100 (1804).
Sphecius, DaJilb. Hym. Europ. i. 154 (1843),
Hogardia, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 288 (1845).

1. Stizus speciosus. B.M.

Sphex speciosus, Drury, Exot. Ins. ii. 71. t. 38. f . 1 $ ,

Vespa tricincta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 254. 5; Syst. Piez. 254. 5,

and Mus. Dom. Banks. Cab. Linn. Soc.
Stizus speciosus, St. Farg.8fServ.Enc.Meth. x. 496. 1. 1, 382. f. 6.
Sphecius s]jeciosus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 154.
Hogardia speciosa, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 290, 2.

Hab. North America.

2. Stizus IIogardii. PI. VIII. fig. 4. B.M.

Stizus IIogardii, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 100. t. 13. f. 12 $ .

St. Farg. Sf Serv. Encycl. Meth. x. 496.
Hogardia rufescens, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 289. 1. t. 28. f. 5.

Hab. St. Domingo; Jamaica.

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3. Stizus nigricornis. B.M.

Stizus nigricornis, Diifour, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 2/1. 2. t. 9.

f. 2 (1838).
Sphecius nigricornis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 480. 1.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 266.
Larra S3Tiaca, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 46. f. 6.

Hab. Albania; South of France.

Specimens of tliis species from Albania differ from those re-
ceived from the South of France in havuig the antennae of the
females more or less ferruginous ; the specimens are also larger :
in other respects they agree with French examples.

4. Stizus pectoralis. B.M.

Female. Length 12 lines. — Ferruginous : the face covered with
silvery-white }>u])escence, which is short and very dense on each
side of the clypeus; the apical half of the mandibles black.
Thorax black beneath ; the metathorax black, as well as the coxae
and femora, the latter fen-uginous at their apex ; the disk of the
thorax has a short ferruginous pubescence ; the wings hyaline,
yellowish towards their base. Abdomen entirely ferruginous,
shining and finely punctured ; the apical segment strongly punc-
tured above.

Hab. Australia.

Genus 2. LARRA.

Sphex, pt., Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 348 (1/75).
Crabro, pt., Fobr. Syst. Ent. p. 373 (1775).
Tiphia, pt., Fabr. Mant. i. 278 (1787).
Vespa, pt., Vill. Ent. iii. 278 (1789).
Bembex, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 251 (1793).
Mellinus, pt., Pa7iz. Faun. Germ. 73. 19 (1795).
Scoha, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 242 (1804).
Larra, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. (1829).
Bicyrtes, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 53 (1845).

The insects included in this genus have been usually placed in
that of Stizus -, but the type of the latter is the Stizus Hogardii
of Latreille, generically distinct from the insects of the present
genus, the type of which is the Larra vespiformis.

1. Larra abdominalis.

Stizus abdominalis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 478.

Hab. Egypt.

338 HYMEN OPTERii,

2. LaRRA iEcYPTIA.

Stizus ^egyptius, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 300. 9.
Hab. Egypt.

3. Larra Caffer, B,M,

Stizus caffer, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, xiv. 28. 15. t. f. 9,

Female. Length 6^ lines. — The head, thorax and legs ferru-
ginous; the disk of the mesothorax and the metathorax black;
the lateral margins broadly ferruginous ; the margins crenulated,
the breast fuscous ; the wings slightly fuscous, tlie nervures fer-
ruginous. Abdomen shining, finely and closely punctured, and
having a violet iridescence ; the four basal segments having on
each side a large yellow macula, the fifth and sixth segments
ferruginous ; beneath, ferruginous.

Hab. Port Natal.

This species closely resembles L.fuscipennis, but it differs in
not having the basal joints of the flagellum slender.

4. Larra amcena.

Female. Length 5-6 lines. — Black : the mandibles, clypeus,
scape, and five basal joints of the flagellum, ferruginous ; the
following joints fuscous ; the extreme apex ferruginous. Thorax
strongly and very closely punctured ; the tegulae and legs ferru-
ginous ; the coxae and trochanters black ; the wings reddish-
brown, their base hyaline. Abdomen smooth, shining, and very
delicately and closely punctured ; the basal segment ferruginous,
its extreme base, as well as its apical margin, black ; the three
apical segments pale ferruginous ; the apical margins of the se-
cond and third segments obscurely rufo-testaceous ; beneath, the
basal segment has a central longitudinal carina ; the three apical
segments pale ferruginous.

Hab. West Africa. (Coll. F. Smith.)

5. Larra annulata.

Larra annulata, King, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t, 46. f . 7 <? .
Hab. Syria.

6. Larra antennata.

Larra antennata, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 46. L 5 S >
Hab.' Syria.

HYMENOPTERA. 339

'i

/. Larra apicalis.

Stizus apicalis, Giier. Icon. Reff. Anim. iii. 437 ? •

Male. Length 9 lines. — Ferruginous : the scape in front, the
apical joint of the flagellum, the labrum, ch'peus, the face above
as high as the insertion of the antennae, the sides, and two spots
before the posterior stemmata, yellow ; the mesothorax fuscous ;
the post-scutelluni and a curved line on the metathorax yellow ;
the wings and abdomen as in the other sex.

Hab. Senegal. (Coll. F. Smith.)

8. Larra argentifrons. B.M,

Male. Length 4} lines. — Black : the palpi, labrum, clypeus,
and antennpe beneath, yellow ; the face densely covered with sil-
very pubescence ; the apical joint of the antennae terminating in
a sharp hook or spine ; the eleventh joint has also a bent spine
at the apex within ; the fourth joint has also a short tooth be-
neath. Thorax : the tubercles, tegular and an epaulet over them,
a stripe at the sides of the scutellum, a transverse line on the
post-scutellum and the legs, yellow' ; the coxse, except their tips,
the trochanters, and the femora more or less at then- base, black j
the wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures testaceous. Ab-
domen : the apical margins of the segments with a bisinuated
yellow band ; beneath, the second and three following segments
have on each side an angular yellow macula.

Hab. Port Natal.

This species very closely resembles Larra tridens of Fabricius,
of which, indeed, it may possibly be an extreme variety.

9. Larra atrox. B.M.

Female. Length 11 lines. — Black : the labrum, clypeus, and
a spot above, the sides of the face and outer orbit of the eyes,
yellow ; the flagellum ferruginous ; the posterior margin of the
prothorax, an epaulet over the tegulfc, and the posterior margin
of the latter, ferruginous ; the anterior and intermediate tibiae
and tarsi ferruginous ; the tips of the femora and the apex of the
tibiae within, ferruginous ; the wings dark fuscous, with a violet
iridescence. Abdomen shining and very delicately punctured ;
at the extreme apex a little fulvous pubescence.

Hab. South Africa.

10. Larra basalis.

Stizus basalis, Guer. Icon. Rtgn. Anim. iii. 438.
Hab. Senegal.

340 hymenoptera.

11. Larra bipunctata. B.M.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Black : the mandibles, labrum,
clypeus and a spot above, the face on each side nearly as high as
the anterior stemma, the scape in front, and the outer orbit of
the eyes, ])ale yellow; the flagelhim fulvous; a black spot at
the base of the cly])eus, and the tips of the mandibles black ; the
head covered with a thin white pubescence. Thorax : the })os-
terior margin of the prothorax, the tubercles, an epaulet over
the tegulaj, two large ovate spots on the scutellum, and a curved
stripe on tlie metathorax, pale yellow ; the wings hyaline, their
nervures ferruginous; the legs reddish-yellow, the coxae and
trochanters black. Abdomen : the basal segment has a pale
yellow band, which is notched or slightly interrupted in the
middle ; the second and three following segments have a broad
waved band, sliglitly interrupted in the middle; beneath, the
second and following segments have on each side an angular
yellow macula.

The males have all the bands interrupted, and have the meta-
thorax immaculate.

Hab> Albania (Yanina).

12. Larra bizonata. B.M.

Stizus bizonatiis. Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 473. 24 (1838) ^ ? ;
fig. Exjjed. Egypt, t. 16. f. 13 ? .
Guer. Icon. Reyn. Anim. ill. 439.
Klug, Symh. Phys. dec. v. t. 46. f. 10 (sphegiformis).
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 302.1].

Hah. EgApt.

13. Larra blandina. B.M.

Female. Length 9 lines. — Black : closely punctured ; the tibiae
and tarsi have a fine short silvery ]nle ; the wings dark brown,
with a violet iridescence ; the tips of the anterior wings and the
base of the posterior pair milky- white. The abdomen red, with
the base black.

Male rather smaller, but closely resembling the female ; the
face densely clothed with bright silvery pile; the metathorax
covered with silvery-white pubescence ; the base of the abdomen
has a little white pubescence ; that on the rest of the abdomen
is short and bright fulvous.

Hob. India.

14. Larra cingulata.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black : the scape in front, the

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inner orbit of the eyes as high as the anterior stemraa, the sides
of the clvpeus aud'labrum, as well as the palpi, yellow; the fla-
gellum pale testaceous beneath. Thorax : the posterior mar-
gin of the prothorax, a minute spot at the posterior angles of
the mesothorax and the post-scutellum, yellow; the metatho-
rax emarginate its enthe width, the posterior angles produced,
forming acute teeth, which are yellow ; the wings hyaline, the
neiTures black ; the anterior tibiae and tarsi yellow in front, the
claw-joint entirely so. The apical margins of all the segments
of the abdomen liave a narrow yellow fascia, which is continued
beneath ; the apical segment has an angular spot on each side
above.
Hab. Brazil. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

15. Larra cinguligera. B.M.

Female. Length 5^ hues. — Black : the scape in front and the
clypeus yellow, the latter covered with bright silvery pile ; the
flagellum beneath, except two or three of the basal joints, ful-
vous. Thorax : the posterior margin of the prothorax and the
tubercles yellowish-white ; the tegulae and legs ferruginous ; the
coxse and anterior femora beneath fuscous ; the wings hyaline,
the nervures fuscous. Abdomen : the first and three following
segments have towards their apical margins an uninterrupted
yellowish-white band ; the apical margins of the segments, be-
neath, have a yellowish-white bisinuated fascia.

Hab, Interior of South Africa.

16. Larra citrina.

LaiTa citrina, Klug, Syjnb. Phys. dee. v. t. 46. f . 4 ? .
Hab. Egypt.

17. Larra combusta. B.M.

Female. Length 8-9 lines. — Head black; a narrow hue at the
outer orbit of the eyes, the face below the anterior stemma, the
clj-peus, mandibles and antennae, ferruginous; the tips of the
manchbles black ; the apical joints of the flagellum fuscous above.
Thorax black ; the prothorax, sides of the mesothorax, the scu-
tellum, the tegulse and legs, ferruginous; the posterior legs more
or less fuscous; wings dark brown, with a violet iridescence.
Abdomen fusco-ferruginous, shining, and closely and finely punc-
tured ; beneath, clear red at the base.

Hab. Asia Minor (Trebizond).

342 HYMENOPTERA.

18. Larra CONICA.

Stizus conicus, Germar, Reise naclt Dalm. p. 262. 358#
Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 16. 3.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 152. 8/-

Hab. Dalmatia (Spalatro).

19. Larra Delessertii.

Stizus Delessertii> Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii. 439,
Hab. India (Pondicherry).

20. Larra dichroa.

Larra dichroa, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 46. i. 9 S »
Hab. Egypt.

21. Larra elegans.

Stizus elegans, Dahlb. Hym, Europ. i. 478.
Hab. Egypt.

22. Larra fasciata. B.M.

Larra fasciata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 253. 7-8 ; Syst. Piez. 221 . 1 3.

Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 46. f. 14?
Stizus fasciatus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 153.

Hab. Tranquebar; Northern India; Ethiopia (Ambukohl).

23. Larra fenestrata. B.M.

Male. Length 8 lines. — Black : the face covered with short
cinereous pubescence ; a slightly raised carina passes from the
base of the clypeus between the antennae, not extending to the
anterior stemma. The metathorax covered with cinereous pu-
bescence ; the wings black, hyaline at their base, and the extreme
apex of the superior pair hyaline. Abdomen shining, finely
punctured, and covered with a cinereous pilosity.

Hab. Congo.

24. Larra ferruginea.

Male. Length 8 lines. — Ferruginous : the clypeus, labrum,
mandibles, scape in front, and outer orbit of the eyes, yellow.
The posterior margin of the prothorax and the tubercles yellow ;
the mesothorax and a transverse stripe beneath the post-scutel-
lum black ; the wings fulvo'hyaline, the nervures ferruginous ;
a dark fuscous cloud occupies the marginal cell. Abdomen : the

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third segment has on each side an arcuate yellow stripe; the
fourth and fifth segments have an interrupted\ellow fascia; the
sixth an entn-e yellow fascia ; beneath, the third and three fol-
lowmg segments have their apical margins vellow. The head
and thorax have a thin cinereous pubescence ; the abdomen has
a short yellow })ubescence.

Hab. The Gambia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

25. Larra flavipes.

Female. Length 4^ lines.— Black : the antennre in front, the
clypeus, labrum and mandibles, yellow. Thorax : the anterior
and posterior margins of the prothorax, the tubercles, a spot be-
neath the wings, the tegulae and an epaulet over them, a spot on
each side of the scutelluin, the post-scutellum, the lateral poste-
rior angles of the metathorax, and the legs, yellow ; the meta-
thorax truncated and hollowed out behind ; the wings hyahne,
their nervures ferruginous. Abdomen : the basal segment has
on each side a large angular yellow spot, the two uniting in the
middle of the segment ; the four following segments have a
bismuated fascia on their apical margins; the sixth segment fer-
ruginous at its apex.

Hab. The Gambia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

26. Larra dubia.

Male. Length 4 Hues.— Black : the clypeus and an angular
spot above, the labrum, palpi, a spot on the mandibles and the
antenna? beneath, yellow; the clvpeus covered with silvery
pubescence Thorax : the posterior margin of the prothorax,
the tubercles, a spot beneath the wings, the teguLx and an
epaulet over them, a spot on each side of the scutellum, the
post-scutellum, and the lateral margins of the metathorax
yellow ; the angles of the latter acute ; the anterior and interme-
diate legs yellow, with a black stripe on the femora and tibia?
behind ; the tarsi have a dark stain behind ; the i)osterior legs
black, a yellow stripe on the femora above at their base ; tlie
knees, and a stripe on the tibia at their ajjex beneath, yeflow ;
the coxa? and trochantei-s black ; wings subh valine, the second
submarginal cell petiolated. Abdomen : the basal segment with
a broad yellow band on its apical margin sinuated in the middle;
the other segments have a bisinuated fascia, the two apical seg-
ments yellow ; beneath, the second and following segments with
a narrow yellow fascia on their a})ical margins ; the abdomen is
thinly covered with short pale pubescence.
Hab. Brazil (Villa Nova).

344 HYMENOPTERA.

This species, having the second submarginal cell petiolated,
would, by a rigorous adherence to the wing-system, be excluded
from the genus Larra ; but an examination of a large number
shows that in all the smaller species the second submarginal cell
has a tendency to become narrowed towards the marginal : in
L. trident at a the nervures frequently unite at their junction with
the marginal cell, and are sometimes even distinctly petiolated ;
under these circumstances the present species is retained in the
genus.

27- Larra fuliginosa. B.M.

Larra fuliginosa, Klvg, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 46. f . 11 c? .
Hab. Egypt ; Gambia.

28. Larra fuscipennis. B.M.

Female. Length 7-9 lines. — Black : the head ferruginous,
with a fuscous stain above the insertion of each antenna, the
stain sometimes nearly obsolete ; the labrum, mandibles and
clypeus usually more or less yellow ; the antennae ferruginous ;
the flagelhim very slender at the base. The prothorax, tubercles,
sides of the mesothorax, tegulae, scutellum and legs, ferruginous ;
in some examples, a large ferruginous spot beneath the wings ;
the head and thorax have a thin griseous pubescence, most dense
on the metathorax; the wings fuscous, their apical margins pale,
the nervures ferruginous. Abdomen delicately punctured,
shining, and having a violet iridescence, thinly covered with
cinereous pubescence, which is most dense on the basal segment;
the second and third segments have on each side a large yellow
macula ; the two apical segments ferruginous ; beneath, the two
basal and a])ical segments ferruginous.

Male. — This sex only diiFers in having the apex of the abdomen
less red.

Hab. Port Natal.

29. Larra grandis. B.M.

Stizus grandis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 293. 2.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 263. 1. 13. f. 8.

Hab. Algeria.

30. Larra hirtula. B.M.

Male. Length 3| lines. — Black : the labrum, clypeus, and
scape in front, white ; a black spot in the centre of the clypeus ;
the flagellum fulvous beneath. Thorax : the posterior margin

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of the pvothorax, the tubercles, tegulae and legs, ferruginous;
the coxae, trochanters and femora at their base black ; the wings
hyaline, their nerviu-es black ; the metathorax truncated. Abdo-
men : the basal segment has a transverse yellow fascia towards
its apical margin, the edge of the fascia bordered with ferrugi-
nous ; the third segment has a ferruginous band on its apical
margin ; the margins of the other segments have a yellow fascia
more or less suffused with ferruginous colouring ; the insect
covered with suberect cinereous pubescence.

Hub. Adelaide.

31. Larra infuscata.

Larra infuscata, Klug, Symb. PJiys. dec. v. t. 46. f. \\ $ .
Hab. Ethiopia (Ambukohl).

32. Larra integer. B.M.

Bembex integer, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 251. 12; Syst. Piez. 226. 18.
Stizus integer. Spin. Ins. Lig. i. 74. 1.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 15. 2.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 152. 86.

Hab. France ; Italy ; Germany ; Spain ; Albania.

33. Larra Klugii.

Larra apicalis, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t.46. f. 13 S (nee. Guer.).
Hab. Egypt.

34. Larra lepida.

Larra lepida, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 46. f . 1 <? .
Hab. Egypt.

35. Larra loriculata.

Male. Length 7~8 lines. — Black : the scape in front, the face
below the insertion of the antennae, a narrow transverse line in
front of the stemmata, and another running down the face to the
base of the clypeus, the latter, and also the labrum, yellow ; the
outer orbit of the eyes reddish-yellow; the mandibles and antennae
ferruginous. Thorax : the ])Osterior margin of the prothorax
and tubercles, as well as the post-scutellum, yellow ; a large
macula on each side of the scutellum; the lateral posterior angles
of the metathorax and the legs fulvous; the coxae and trochanters
black ; the metathorax truncate, the margins of the truncation
denticulate, the teeth ferruginous ; the wings fulvo-hyaline, the

346

HYMENOPTERA.

nervures ferruginous. Abdomen : each segment has a large
bell-shaped macula in the centre, on each side of which is a large
oblong macula, giving the abdomen the appearance of a coat of
mail ; beneath, the apical margins of the segments fulvous.

Hab. The Gambia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

36. Larra melanoptera.

Stizus melanopterus, DaJdb. Hym. Europ. i. 478.
Hab. Rhodes.

37. Larra melanoxantha.

Male. Length 6 lines. — Yellow^ : the flagellum fulvous ; the
vertex black ; the apical joints of the antennae fuscous above ;
the tips of the mandibles rufo-piceous. The mesothorax, the
post-scutellura, and two oblique lines on the metathorax uniting
at its apex, black ; the wings hyaline, the marginal cell occupied
by a fuscous cloud. The extreme base of the abdomen black,
the black colouring prodiiced in the middle into an angular spot
which extends down half the length of the segment ; the apical
margins of the first and three following segments black, and an
angular black spot in the middle of their base ; the apical seg-
ment ferruginous.

Hab. India. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

38. Larra mellea.

Female. Length 5 Hnes. — Honey-yellow : the flagellum and
vertex pale ferruginous ; three longitudinal ferruginous stripes
on the mesothorax, and the margins of the scutellum and post-
scutellum ferruginous ; the legs in some individuals with ferru-
ginous stains ; the wings fulvo-hy aline, a fuscous cloud occupy-
ing the marginal cell, the nervures ferruginous ; the basal and
apical margins of the segments of the abdomen narrowly ferru-
ginous.

Hab. India. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

39. Larra Mionii.

Stizus Mionii, Guer. Icon, Reg. Anim. iii. 438.
Hab. Senegal.

40. Larra moneduloides. B.M.

Female. Length 3 lines. — Black: the margins of the clypeus,
the labrum, palpi, and antennae beneath, pale yellow j the fla-

HYMENOPTERA. 347

gellum somewhat fiilvous beneath ; the fjice has a short silvery
pubescence. Thorax : the posterior margin of the prothorax,
the tubercles, a spot on the tegula3 in front, another at the pos-
terior lateral angles of the raesothorax, a stri})e on each side of
the scutelhim, the post-scutellum, and the lateral angles of the
metathorax, yellow ; the anterior and intermediate tibiaj in front
and the tarsi yellow ; the latter have a ferruginous tinge above ;
the posterior tibiaj have a yellow stripe at their base above, the
tarsi rufo-fuscous ; the wings subhyaline, their nervures fuscous.
Abdomen : all the segments have a bisinuated marginal fascia.

Male. — This sex has the labrum, mandibles, palpi, clypeus,
inner orbit of the eyes, the scape in front and the base of the
flagellum, yellow; the tibiae and tarsi are also yellow; the bands
on the abdomen are broader ; the three basal segments have a
cinereous pubescence, that on the following is black.

Hab. St. John's Bluff, East Florida.

41. Larra nubilipennis. B.M.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Honey-yellow : the flagellum ful-
vous ; the vertex with a transverse black line and a spot before
the anterior stemma. The thorax reddish-yellow, with three
black stripes ; the breast has a large black patch which runs up
the sides to the insertion of the wings; a transverse stripe on
the metathorax at its base, and one or two oblique stripes on the
truncated portion ; the stripes vary in length in different indivi-
duals. Abdomen ferruginous at the base, the apical margins of
the two basal segments fuscous ; sometimes the margins of all
the segments are ferruginous ; beneath, the two basal segments
yellow, the apical segments ferruginous.

Hab. India.

42. Larra ornata. B.M.

Stizus ornatus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 294. 3.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 477-
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 264. t. 13. f. 9.

Hab. Algeria (Oran).

43. Larra peregrina.

Male. Length 5 hues. — Black : the antennae beneath, the
clypeus, labrum, mandibles and palpi, yellow ; the apical joint of
the antenna? produced into a sharp spine, the eleventh joint has
a sharp spine beneath. Thorax : the posterior margin of the pro-
thorax, the tubercles, tegulse and an epaulet over them, a spot

348 HYMENOPTERA.

on each side of the scutellum and the post-seutellum, yellow ;
the wings hyaUne, the nervures ferruginous ; the legs yellow,
with the coxae, except their tips, the anterior and intermediate
femora above, hlack; the posterior femora black, with their apex
yellow, and a black spot on the anterior tibise beneath. Abdomen :
a broad yellow band on the apical margins of all the segments ;
the first "band slightly narrowed in the middle, the three follow-
ing with two square notches on their anterior margin ; beneath
black ; the second segment with a large stout bent tooth in the
middle ; the sixth segment has an obtuse tubercle in the middle.

Hab. Albania (Privesa).

Having only seen a single specimen of this species, it has not
been thought advisable to remove it from the genus Larra, from
which, however, it differs not only in having the venter armed
with a tooth, as in the genus Monedula, but in having also a dif-
ference in the neuration of the wings; the marginal cell does not
extend beyond the third recurrent nervure, and at the apex is
abruptly truncated.

44. Larra Perrisi.

Stizus Perrisi, Diifour, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 269. t. 9. f. T.
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 295. 4.

Hab. France.

45. Larra picta.

Stizus pictus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 478.
Hab. Egypt.

46. Larra pulcherrima. B.M.

Female. Length 9 lines. — Black : the labrum, clypeus, inner
orbit of the eyes as high as the anterior stemma, and a narrow
line at the outer orbit, pale yellow ; a yellow spot on the scape
in front; the apical joint of the antennae and the tips of the other
joints beneath fulvous. Thorax : the posterior margin of the
prothorax and also that of the scutellum, the post-scutellum and
the tubercles, pale yellow ; the legs ferruginous, with the coxae
and trochanters black ; the tegulae and an epaulet over them
reddish-yellow; the wings fulvo-hyaiine, the nervures ferrugi-
nous. Abdomen : an oblong macula on each side of the basal
segment in the middle, another on the second segment rather
longer and pointed within, a bisinuated waved fascia slightly
interrupted in the middle, on the third, a bisinuated entire fascia
at the base of the fourth segment, and a spot in the middle of

HYMENOPTERA. 349

the fourth at its base, of a pale yellow ; beneath, the second and
thii'd segments have on each side a minute yellow spot.

Hab. Shanghai. (Coll. R. Fortune, Esq.)

47. Larra reversa. B.M.

Female. Length 2| lines. — Black : the clypeus and a spot
above, the scape in front, the anterior margin of the labrum and
the palpi, yellow. Thorax : the posterior margin of the pro-
thorax, the tubercles, a spot on the tegulse, another behind
them, a spot on each side of the scutellum, anotlier on the post-
scutellum, and the lateral margins of the metathorax, yellow;
the latter hollowed out behind; the anterior femora beneath, a
stripe on the intermediate femora beneath at their apex, the
anterior and intermediate tibiae and tarsi in front, yellow ; the
posterior tibiae have a yellow stripe at their base above; the
wings hyaline, their nervures testaceous. Abdomen : an inter-
rupted yellow band on the basal segment, an entire one on the
apical margin of the second, widest laterally, a spot in the middle
of the margin of the tiiird, a narrow band on the fourth, and a
spot on each side of the fourth ; the insect covered with a
scattered hoar}^ pubescence.

The male closely resembles the female, but diiFers in having
the clypeus black, and in having five entire yellow bands on the
abdomen, the first broad and sinuated in the middle of its ante-
rior margin.

Hab. Sumatra.

This s])ecies closely resembles the Larra tridentata, but is
quite distinct, the colouring of the face of the sexes being the
reverse of the Euro-pean species ; the abdomen is very delicately
punctured, whereas it is rather strongly impressed in Z/./nc?ew^a/a.

48. Larra rufescens. B.M.

Female. Length 10 lines. — Rufo-fulvous : the face, cl3^peus,
labrum, antennae in front, and the cheeks, reddish-yellow; the
mesothorax, the posterior margin of the scutellum, the post-
scutellum, and an arched stripe on the metathorax, yellow ; the
legs dashed vvith yellow ; the wings yellow-hyaline, a fuscous
cloud occupying the margmal and the second and third submar-
ginal cells ; the nervures ferruginous ; the abdomen has an
ovate-yellow macula on each side of the three basal segments,
that on the first segment minute.

Var. a. The apical margins of the three basal segments fuscous,
or black.

Hab. India (Punjaub).

350 hymenopteua,

49. Larra rufipes.

Bembex rufipes, Oliv. Encycl Meth. iv. 292. 12.
Van d. Lind^ Ohs. ii. 17. 5.
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 299. 8.
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 265.

Hab, France; Algeria. (Coll. F. Smith.)

50. Larra ruficornis. B.M.

Bembex rufieornis, Fabr.Mant.Ins.i.2S6. 9;Ent.Syst.'u.252.\6.

Oliv. Encycl. Meth. iv. 291. 4.
Vespa ruficornis, Vill. Ent. iii. 278. 31.

Gmelin, Sijst. Nat. p. 2769. 159.
Stizus ruficornis, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 303. 2.

Spin. Ins. Lig. i. 74. 2.

Van. d. Lind, Ohs. ii. 14. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 151. 85.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 291. 1.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 264.

Hab. France; Germany; Italy; Spain; Albania.

51. Larra rufocincta.

Stizus rufocinctus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 478.
Hab. Egypt.

52. Larra Servillii. B.M.
Bicyrtes Servillii, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 53. 1,

Hab. North America.

An examination of a large number of species of this genus
shows the necessity for considerable latitude being given for
variation in the neuration of the anterior wings : a slight devia-
tion from the type, L. vespiformis, cannot be regarded as of
generic value ; and the truncation or hollowing out of the meta-
thorax is common to several species ; to this division belong the
species L.fiiscipennis, affinis, loriculata,fenestrata, argentifrons,
and tridentata. A slight diff'erence in the neuration, and the
truncation of the metathorax, are the only difi^erences which con-
stitute the genus Bicyrtes of St. Fargeau.

63. Larra succinea.

Larra succinea, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. vi. t. 46. f. 3 <? § .

Hab. Egypt.

HYMENOrTERA.

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54. Larra tenella.

Larra tenella, Klug, Symb. Pliys. dec. v. t. 46. f . 8 ^ .
Hab. Egypt.

55. Larra tenuicornis.

Male. Length 7 lines.— Black : the face below the insertion
of the antennae, and a narrow line at the inner orbits of the eyes,
not running upwards so high as the anterior stemma, the scape
in front, the clypeus, labrum and outer orbit of the eyes, yellow;
a narrow black line runs from the antennae to the base of the
clypeus, which has a black spot ; the mandibles and antennae
fulvous ; the first joint of the flagellum very slender, its a[)ex
as well as that of the two following produced beneath. Thorax :
the prothorax, the mesothorax on each side, the tubercles,
tegula;, scutellum and legs, ferruginous ; the tibiae have a yellow
stain above ; the wings fusco-ferruginous, the nervures ferrugi-
nous. Abdomen: the basal segment has a yellow macula on
each side, the three following a broad interrupted band; the
fifth and sixth segments yellow, with a central longitudinal fer-
ruginous line ; the apical segment ferruginous ; beneath, the two
basal segments have a large ferruginous macula.

Hah. The Gambia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

56. Larra tridentata. B.M.
Crabro tridentatus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 373. I ; Mant. i. 294. 1 <? .
Vespa tridentata, VilL Ent. iii. 279. 27-

Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 276L 98.
Bembex tridentata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 251. 14.
ScoUa tridentata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 242. 22.
Larra bifasciata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 252. 5 ? ; Syst.

Piez. 220. 6.
Stizus bifasciatus, Jurine, Hym. p. 176. t. 14 <? .

Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 101.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 16. 4 (? ? .

Bahlb. Hym. Eur op. i. 152. 88.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 298. 7-

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 266.

Hab. France; Algeria.

67- Larra tridens.

Vespa tridens, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. 464. 33^; Mant. i. 289. 38.
VilL Ent. iii. 275. 22.

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352 HYMENOPTERA.

Vespa tridens, Gmelin, p. 2751. 42.

Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 686. 83.
Crabro tridens, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 298. 18; Syst. Piez. p.313. 23.
Crabro cinctus, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 890 <J .
Mellinus repandus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 73. 19 ? .
Stizus sinuatus, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 303. 3.

Spin. Ins. Lig. i. 74. 3.
Larra tridens, Illig. ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 890.
Stizus repandus, Jurine, Hym. p. 178.
Stizus tridens. Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 17. 6 S ? •

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 153. 89.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 301. 10.

Lucas, Explo, Sc. Alger, iii. 266.

Hub. Italy; France; Germany; Albania; Algeria.

58. Larra vespiformis. B.M.

Sphex vespiformis, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. 447- 23.

Tiphia vespiformis, Fabr. Mant. Ins. i. 178. 1.

Larra vespiformis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 220. 1; Syst. Piez. 219. 1.

Stizus vespiformis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 154.

' St. Farg. Hym. iii. 297. 6.

Hab. India (Madras ; Punjaub; Northern India).

59. Larra zonata.

Larra zonata, Klug, Symb. PJiys. dec. v. t. 46. f . 2 $ .
Hab. Arabia Felix.

Genus 3. EXEIRUS.
Exeirus, Shuck. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ii. 71 (1836).

1. EXEIRUS LATERITIUS. B.M.

Exeirus lateritius. Shuck. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ii. 72. t. 8. f. 2.
Hab. Sydney ; New South Wales ; Tasmania.

Genus 4. NYSSON.

Crabro, pt., Fabr. Syst. Ent. 373 (1775).
Sphex, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 215 (1793).
Pompilus, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 251 (1798).
Mellmus, pt., Fabr. Ent. Sijst. Supp. 266 (1798).
Nysson, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 305 (1804).
Oxybelus, pt., Fabr. Sysi. Piez. 316 (1804).

hymenoptera. 353

1. Nysson spinosus. B.M.

Crabro spinosus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 3/3. 2 ; Ent. Syst. ii. 293. 1 ;
Syst. Fiez. 307. 1.

Rossi, Faun. Etrus. Mant. i. 139. 308.

Panz. Faun. Germ. 62. 15 S •
Mellinus interruptus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 72. 13 $ .
Nysson spinosus, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 305; Gen. Crust, et Ins.
*iv. 91.

Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 408.

Van d. Lirid, Obs. ii. 30. 1.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 100. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. 169. 100 & 484. 1.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 74. 1.
Sphex spinosa, Villers, Ent. iii. 246. 71.
Nysson geniculatus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 47. 3 S •

Hab. Britain ; France ; Italy ; Germany ; Belgium ; Norway.

2. Nysson interruptus. B.M.

Mellinus interruptus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 266. 4. 5.
Oxybelus interruptus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 316. 1.
Mellinus dissectus, Pa7iz. Faun. Germ. 77- 18. ? $ .
Nysson maculatus, Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 31. 4?

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 170. 103?
Nysson omissus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 485. 3.
Nysson interruptus. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 101. 2.

St. Farg. Hym. Europ. iii. 45. 1.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 80. 5.
Nysson Panzeri, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 52. 8.
Nysson Shuckardi, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 75. 2.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium; Sweden; Scan-
dinavia.

3. Nysson maculatus. B.M.

Sphex maculata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 215. 70.

Pompilus maculatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 251. 32; Syst. Piez.

196. 42.
Crabro trimaeulatus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 78. 18 ? , 51. 13 ^ .
Nysson intermptus, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 306. 3.
Nysson maculatus. Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 31. 4.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 170. 103.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 78. 4.

Hab. Germany ; Brussels ; France ?

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354 hymenoptera.

4. Nysson trimaculatus. B.M.

Crabro trimaculatus, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 95. 892 (?.
Nysson nigripes, Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 45. 38.

St. Fary. Hym. iii. 46. 2.
Nysson interruptus, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 408. 2.
Nysson trimaculatus, Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 30. 2 <? $ .

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 102. 3.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 169. 101.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 77. 3.

Hah. Britain ; Italy ; France ; Germany ; Belgium ; Sweden ;
Lapland; Finland.

5. Nysson dimidiatus. B.M.

Nysson dimidiatus, Jurine, Hym. 199. t. 10. gen. 22.

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 33. 6.

Shuck, Foss. Hym. 104. 5.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 171. 105.

St. Farg. Hym. iii, 49. 5.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 82. 6.
Nysson Wesmaeli, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 50. 6.
Nysson quadriguttatus. Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 43?

Hab. Britain ; France ; Germany ; Belgium.

6. Nysson guttatus. B.M.

Nysson guttatus, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 409. 7.
Shuck. Foss. Hym. 103. 4.

Hab. Britain ; France ; Albania.

This is probably a highly-coloured variety of the N. maculatus;
a still more highly-coloured example of that species is in the
collection of the British Museum, from Albania ; both being, in
all probability, varieties of N. dimidiatus.

7. Nysson scalaris. B.M.

Nysson scalaris, Illig. ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 157.
Nysson Dufourii, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 51. 7-
Nysson Dufouri, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. 485. 8.

Hab. France.

8. Nysson epeoliformis. B.M.

Female. Length 5i lines. — Black : the head and thorax
coarsely punctured ; the face and cheeks with bright silvery
pubescence ; on the vertex and disk of the thorax a thin auri-

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clialceous pile ; the clypeus and base of the mandibles yellowisli-
white ; on the clypeus anteriorly is a triangular black spot, the
tips of the mandibles rufo-piceous, the scape in front and one
or two of the basal joints of the flagellum ferruginous ; the rest
of the flagellum is fusco-ferruginous beneath. Thorax : an in-
terrupted line on the collar, the tubercles and a transverse line
at the base of the scutellum, yellow ; the tegulae, posterior angles
of the raesothorax and the legs ferruginous ; the coxce and tro-
chanters black, except at their apex ; at the base of the meta-
thorax a coarsely reticulated enclosed space ; the lateral angles
spinose and covered with silvery pubescence. Abdomen : the
four basal segments have laterally an oblong subovate pale yellow
macula ; the abdomen is finely punctured above and strongly so
beneath.

Male. — Very closely resembles the female, but has the clypeus
immaculate, the scape and basal joint of the flagellum yellow in
front, and the abdomen has two additional spots on the fifth
segment.

Hab. Albania. (Coll. S. S. Saunders, Esq.)

9. Nysson decem-maculatus.

Nysson decem-maculatus. Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 41.
Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 33. 5.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 171. 104.

Hab. Italy.

10. Nysson abdominalis.

Nysson abdominale, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii. 441.
Hab. Senegal.

11. Nysson basalis.

Male. Length 4 lines. — Black : the face thinly covered with
silvery pubescence ; the a})ical joint of the antenna rufo-testa-
ceous ; the head and thorax rugose ; the posterior angles of the
metathorax covered with silvery pubescence ; the wings fusco-
hyaline. The base of the abdomen covered with silvery pile ; at
the lateral apical margins of the four basal segments an elongate,
subovate, yellowish-white macula, each in succession smaller
than that on the basal segment; sometimes a minute one on the
fifth segment; the lateral apical margins of the sixth and seventh
segments produced into acute spines, the apical margin of the
seventh segment rounded.

Hab. India. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

356 HYMENOPTERA.

12. Nysson? MARGINATUS.

Nysson marginatus. Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 113. 68. t. 3.
f. 11 (1841).

Hab. Cayenne.

13. Nysson rufo-pictus. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Head and thorax black ; the cly-
peus, mandibles, scape, and five or six of the basal joints of the
flagellum, ferruginous. Thorax : the collar, tubercles, a large
spot beneath the wings, the tegulse and posterior angles of the
mesothorax, the scutellum, post-scutellum, and tips of the spines
which arm the metathorax and the legs, ferruginous ; the lateral
angles of the metathorax covered with silvery pubescence.
Abdomen ferruginous ; the basal margin -of each segment has a
central triangular black spot, the entire margin of one or two of
the basal segments is also narrowly black, viith angular black
spots at the sides ; beneath, the third, fourth and fifth segments
are black.

Hab. ?

14. Nysson aurinotus.

Nysson aurinotus. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 368.
Hab. N. America (Indiana).

15. Nysson Gayi.

Nysson Gayi, Spin. Gay's Chili, \i. 347. 1-
Hab. Chili.

Genus 5. SERICOPHORUS.

Sericophorus {Shuck. MSS.), Smith, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist.

2nd ser. vii. 32 (1851).
Tachyrrhostus, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, fasc. 1. 24(1854).

1. Sericophorus chalybeus. PI. IX. fig. 1. B.M.

Sericophorus chalybeus, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd ser. vii. 32.
Tachyrrhostus cyaneus, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, fasc. 1.
26. 14.

Hab. Australia.

2. Sericophorus viridis.

Tachyrrhostus viridis, Sauss.Mem.Soc.Phys. Geneve, fasc. 1 . 25. 13.
Hab. Australia.

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3. Sericophorus relucens. B.M.

Female. Length 3 lines.— Black : the front with a fine golden
pile, that on the cheeks silvery ; the flagellum of an orange-
yellow beneath ; the mandibles ferruginous, palest at their base.
The prothorax posteriorly ferruginous, with an interrupted trans-
verse pale yellow hne ; the scutellum, post-scutellum, tegulse
and legs ferruginous ; the coxa?, trochanters, and extreme base
of the femora black ; the hinder margin of the mesothorax w ith
a httle golden pubescence ; the metathorax has an enclosed
portion at the base above, which is covered with thin golden
pile ; at the base of the metathorax is a transverse deep channel,
from which a broad deep one runs downwards to the insertion
of the abdomen ; the wings hyaline, the nervures ferruginous.
Abdomen covered with a rich effulgent golden pile, the segments
in certain lights exhibiting angular silvery patches of pubescence;
the apical margins of the segments narrowly rufo-piceous ; the
apical segment ferruginous ; beneath smooth and shining, with
a few scattered punctures.

Hab. Australia (Adelaide).

Genus 6. PALARUS.

Crabro, pt., Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. 470.
Philanthus, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 304. 13 (1804).
Palarus, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 74.
Gonius, Jurine, Hym. 205 (1807).

1. Palarus flavipes. B.M.

Crabro flavipes, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. 4/0 ; Mant. Ins. i. 295. 8.

Rossi, Faun. Etriis. Mant. i. 136. 301.

Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 513. 10.
Philanthus flavipes, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 290.7 ; Syst. Piez. 304. 13.

Panz. Faun. Germ. 84. 24.
Palarus flavipes, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 74. t. 14. f . 1 c? ; Encycl.
Meth. viii. 651. 3; Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 74. t. 14. f. 1.

Desm. Diet. Sc. Nat. i. 251.

Guer. Diet. Class, xii. 607.

Van d. hind, Obs. i. 20. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 124. 60.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 232. i. t. 27- f. 4 (? .

Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, xiv. fasc. i. 13.
Gonius flavipes, Jurine, Hym. 205. t. 10. gen. 24 (? .

Panz. Krit. Revis. ii. 178.

Hab. France; Italy; Spain; Germany. ^

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2. Palarus histrio.

Palarus histiio, Spin.Ann. Soc.Ent.Fr.Ut ser. vii.474. 25(1838).

Savigny, Exped, d' Egypt, t. 11. f. 14?

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 233. 2.

Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, xiv. fasc. 1 . 13.
Palarus Isetus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 47. f. 4, 5.

Hab. Egypt (^Sakkara).

3. Palarus Spinol^'.

Palarus Spinolse, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, xiv. fasc. 1. 14.
f. 3$.

Hab. Egypt.

4. Palarus rufipes.

Palarus rufipes, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 651. 2.

Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1st ser. vii. 475. 14 (? .
Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, xiv. fasc. 1. 15.

Hab. Egypt.

5. Palarus Dongalensis.

Palarus Dongalensis, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 47. f. 1, 2.
Hab. Ethiopia (Ambukohl).

6. Palarus humeralis. PI. IX. fig. 2. B.M.

Palarus humeralis, Duf. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (1853) p. 379 <? ? *
Savig. Descr. de l' Egypt, t. 11. f. 13 ? .
Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, xiv. fasc. 1. 13.

Hab. Algeria.

7. Palarus lepidus.

Palarus lepidus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 47. f. 3.
Hab. Egypt (Sakkara).

8. Palarus ambustus.

Palarus ambustus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 47. f. 6.
Hab. Egypt (Sakkara).

Genus 7. HELIORYCTES.

Head transverse, about the width of the thorax ; eyes oval,
converging at the vertex ; the stemmata placed in a triangle to-

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wards the vertex ; antenufB short, subfihform, shghtly thickened
in the middle, pointed at the ai)ex ; the scape short, thick and
cyhndrical ; the first joint of the flagellmn short, about half the
length of the second, the rest of about equal length ; mandibles
arcuate, acute at their apex, not toothed within, with a dentate
process beneath towards the base ; the labrura concealed. Tho-
rax rotundate, the collar narrow, transverse; the scutellum
transverse, oblong-quadrate ; the metathorax truncated, with a
mucro at the sides and about the middle of the truncation ; the
s\i})erior wings with one marginal and three submarginal cells ;
the marginal cell elongate, rounded at the apex, and shghtly
appendiculated ; the first submarginal cell elongate, twice the
len<2;th of the second and third united ; the second submarginal
celf petiolated ; the third oblique, of nearly equal width ; the
first recurrent nervure received by the first submarginal cell near
its apex ; the second recurrent nervure entering the second sub-
marginal cell near its apex ; the legs stout ; the anterior tarsi
cilated outside, the intermediate and posterior tibife spinose ;
the claws simple, having a pulvillus in their fork. Abdomen
ovato-conic, truncated at the base, the apex acute.

1. Helioryctes melanopyrus. pi. IX. fig. 3.

Female. Length 4 lines.— Head and thorax black, opake,
finely and very closely punctured ; the palpi pale rufo-testaceous,
the mandibles ferruginous in the middle. Thorax : the meta-
thorax above enclosed by a half-circular ridge, the enclosed space
reticulated ; wings dark fuscous, nearly black ; the legs ferrugi-
nous, with the coxse, trochanters, and base of the anterior femora
behind, black ; the posterior tibi?e incrassated towards their apex,
roughened outside, and furnished with three rows of short acute
spines; the intermediate tibiae not roughened, but similarly
armed to the posterior ])air. Abdomen ferruginous, very closely
and finely punctured, the two ajncal segments very smooth ami
shining, "with a few scattered fine punctures ; the sides of the
apical segment carinated.
Hab. The Gambia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

Genus 8. GORYTES.

Sphex, pt., Li7in. Sijfit. Nat. i. 941 (1/66)

Yespa, pt., Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 948 (1766).

Crabro, pt., Rossi, Faiin. Etrus. App. 123 (1790).

Mellinus, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 285 (1793).

Gorytes, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 308 (1805).

Arpactus, Jurine, Hym. 194 (1S07).

R 5

360 HYMENOPTERA.

Hoplisus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. But. Fr. i. 62 (1832).
Euspongus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 66 (1832).
Lestiphorus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 70 (1832).
Psammsecius, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 72 (1832).
Agraptus, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 9.

1. GORYTES MYSTACEUS. B.M.

Sphex mystacea, Linn. Faun. Suec. 412. no. 1653 <?; Syst. Nat.
i. 944. 21, 8z Cab. Mus. Linn. Soc.

Villers, Ent. iii. 231. 32.

Christ. Hym. 270.
Vespa cainpestris, Linn. Faun. Suec. 417- no. 1677 $ ; Syst. Nat.
i. 950. 13, & Cab. Mus. Linn. Soc.

Fabr. Syst. Ewf. 369. 31.

Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 88. 873.

Christ. Hym. 234.

Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 689. 96.
Mellinus mystaceiis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 285. 1.

Panz. Faun. Germ. 53, 11.
Mellinus campestris, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 287. 6 ; Syst. Piez.299. 9.
Ai'pactus campestris, Panz. Krit. Revis. ii. 165.
Arpactus mystaceus, Jurine, Hym. 194.
Gorytes mystaceus, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 89.

Illig. ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 144. 873.

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 94. 9.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 211. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 166. 98.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 55. 1. t. 25. f. 8 ? .

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 85. 1.

Hab. Britain; Italy; France; Germany; Belgium; Norway;
N. America.

2. Gorytes quadrifasciatus. B.M.

Mellinus quadrifasciatus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 298. 5 S .
Gorytes 4-fasciatus, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 89.

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 96. 10 <? ? .

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 215.3.

Wesm. Not. Gor. Bull. Acad. Brux. vi. 10. 4.
Gorytes dissectus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 80. 18?
Gorytes arenarius. Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 97- 11 <? .
Euspongus vicinus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 68. 2 (1832).
Gorytes libitinarius, Curtis, Brit. Ent. xi. 524.
Hoplisus quadrifasciatus, Dahlb. Hym. Eur. i. 159. 91.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 86. 1.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium.

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3. GoRYTES Fargeii. BM.

Gorytes campestris, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 68. 2 (1832).
Wesm. Not. Gor. Bull. Acad. Brux. vi. 5. 2, & Hym. Foss.
Belg. 85. 2.
Mellinus quadrifasciatus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 98. 17 {nee synon.).
Gorytes Fargeii, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 214. 2.
Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium; Scandinavia.

4. Gorytes laticinctus. B.M.
Euspongus laticinctus, St.Farg.Ann.Soc.Ent.Fr.i.66.l (1832).
Gorytes laticinctus. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 217-4.

H^esm. Not. Gor\ Bull. Acad. Brux. vi. 11. 5.
Hoplisus laticinctus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. 161. 92?
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 86. 2.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium.

5. Gorytes bicinctus. B.M.

Crabro bicinctus, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. App. 123. 110.
Gorytes bicinctus, Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 93. 7-

Curtis, Brit. Ins. ii. fol. 524. t. 524.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 219. 5.

Wesm. Not. Gor. Bull. Acad. Brux. vi. 11. 6.
Lestiphorus bicinctus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr i. 70. 1 (1832).

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 156. 90.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 94. 1.

Hab. Britain; France; Italy; Germany; Belgium.

6. Gorytes auiNQUECiNCTus. B.M.

Mellinus 5-cinctus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 287- 7; Syst.Piez. 299.11.

Panz. Faun. Germ. 72. 14.
Hoplisus quinquecinctus, Wesm. Not. Gor. Bull. Acad. Brux. vi.
10. 3, & Hym. Foss. Belg. 89. 4.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 162. 91.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 60. 1 .

Hab. France; Germany; Belgium.

This is very distinct from examples of G. 4-cinctus (var. with
five yellow bands) ; the scape and three or four of the basal joints
of the flagellum are yellow beneath, and much more slender
than in G. 4-cinctus ; the femora are yellow, with a black .stri])e
above.

362 HYMENOPTERA.

7. GORYTES ALBILABRIS.

Euspongus albilabris, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 71. 3.
Hab. France (Bordeaux).

8. GoRYTES Lacordairei.

Hoplisus Lacordairei, St. Farg. An7i.Soc.Ent.Fr.i\. 64. 2 {\833);

Hym. iii. 64. 2.
Hab. France.

9. GoRYTES PUNCTULATUS. B.M.

Psamm8eciuspimctulatus,S^Far^./4?m.Soc.Eft^.Fr.i.721(1832);

Hym. iii. 75. 1.
Gorytes pimctulatus, Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 100. 14?
Hoplisus latifrons, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 164. 96?

Hab. France (Paris).

10. Gorytes albidulus.

Hoplisus albidulus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 65. 3 ? (1832);
Hym. iii. 65. 3.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. synop. spec. 482. 2.

Hab. France (Paris).

11. Gorytes pulchellus.

Hoplisus pulchellus, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 90. 5.
Hab. Belgium.

12. Gorytes planifrons.

Hoplisus planifrons, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 87. 3.
Hab. Belgium.

13. Gorytes elegans.

Female. Length 4i lines. — Black : the face opake, the vertex
slightly shining and delicately punctured ; a minute spot on each
side of the clypeus, another on the inner orbit of the eyes, and
a spot on the scape in front, pale yellow ; the palpi pale rufo-
testaceous ; the mesothorax and scutellum smooth and shining ;
the metathorax coarsely rugose, the enclosed space at the base
of the metathorax divergently rugose-striate ; the collar, a spot
beneath the wings, and a transverse one on the scutellum, yellow;
the wings hyaline, with a faint fuscous cloud occupying the
marginal cell; the nervures and teguloe pale rufo-testaceous ;

HYMENOPTERA. 363

the legs ferruginous ; the coxa?, trochanters, and base of the
anterior femora, bhick. Abdomen with tine ])ale yellow bands,
that on the basal segment interrupted, the spots pointed within;
beneath, inipunctate.

Hab. Albania. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

This species very closely approaches the Hoplisus albidulus,
but St. Fargeau describes the scutellura as being immaculate.

14. GORYTES CONCINNUS. B.M.

Sphex concinna, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. (ed. lllig.) ii. 825. t. 6. f. 5.
Gorytes concinnus, Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 92. 3.
Harpactes concinnus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 149. 81.
Agraptus concinnus, Wesni. Hym. Foss. Belg. 9.

Hab. Italy (Florence).

15, Gorytes iridipennis.

Female. Length 3 lines. — Black : the scape in front, the

clypeus, labrura, mandibles and palpi, of a testaceous yellow ;

the tips of the mandibles ferruginous ; the flagellum rufo-testa-

ceous beneath. Thorax : the collar, tubercles, a spot beneath

the wings, an epaulet over the tegulse, the scutellum, post-scu-

tellum, and an oblong-ovate macula on each side of the meta-

thorax, yellow ; the mesothorax with large scattered punctures ;

the suture at the base of the scutellum consute ; at the base of

the metathorax is an angular space longitudinally grooved, but

not enclosed ; on each side are a few scattered punctures ; wings

hyaline and splendidly iridescent, the marginal cell occupied by

a fuscous cloud ; the legs pale rufo-testaceous ; the anterior tibiae

behind, and the intermediate and posterior tarsi, femora and

tibiae, shghtly fuscous above. Abdomen : the basal segment with

a broad yellow band on the apical margin, which is emarginate

in the middle ; the four following segments have a narrow yellow

marginal fascia ; the four apical segments coarsely punctured ;

the marginal fasciae are continued beneath, the apical segment

entirelv vellow.

Hab. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

16. Gorytes sericatus. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black, covered with a fine silky

pile : the clypeus, scape in front, and the mandibles, yellow; tips

of the latter ferruginous. Thorax smooth and shghtly shining ;

. the collar and posterior margin of the scutellum yellow; the

suture at the base of the scutellum consute ; the enclosed space

364 HYMENOPTERA.

at the base of the seutellura elongate, forming half an oval,
which is enclosed by a ridge; outside of the ridge a channel
runs round the enclosed space, the channel transversely striated,
the enclosure longitudinally grooved, forming eight sharp carinae;
the metathorax beyond the enclosure coarsely reticulated ; the
wings hyaline, with a faint cloud crossing the anterior pair at the
base of the first submarginal cell; a cloud also occupies the
marginal cell. Abdomen petiolated ; a narrow yellow band on
the apical margins of the second and three following segments ;
the apical segment reddish-yellow.

Hab. Brazil (Villa Nova). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

17. GORYTES FUMIPENNIS. B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black : thinly covered with a fine
sericeous pile, that on the face bright and silvery ; the head and
thorax impunctate; the scape, extreme apex of the antennae,
clypeus, labrum and palpi, yellow ; an ovate dark macula in the
middle of the clypeus, touching its anterior margin. Thorax : a
minute spot on each side of the mesothorax, touching the tegulse,
a transverse stripe on the apical margin of the scutellum, and a
large oblong-ovate macula on each side of the metathorax, yel-
low ; the suture at the base of the scutellum consute ; the ante-
rior wings dark fuscous, but hyaline beyond the marginal and
second submarginal cells; the posterior wings faintly coloured
at their anterior margin ; the legs yellow beneath, the anterior
tarsi and third and fourth joints of the intermediate and posterior
pairs entirely so ; the coxse and basal joint of the posterior tarsi
black ; the apical joint of the intermediate and posterior tarsi
fuscous. Abdomen petiolated, the basal segment yellow, with a
large subovate black macula in the middle, above; the second
segment has a very narrow yellow fascia on its apical margin.

Hab. Brazil?

18. GoRYTES TRISTRIGATUS.

Mellinus tristrigatus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 299. 7-

Hoplisus Behni, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 165. 97.

Hoplisus tristrigatus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. synop. spec. 4S3.

6c? ?.
Hab. Brazil.

19. GoRYTES Brasiliensis. B.M.

Gorytes Brasiliensis, Shuck. Trans. Ent.Soc. Lond. ii. 80 ( 1 837-40) .
Hoplisus seminiger, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. synop. spec. 483. 7 ? •.

Hab. Brazil.

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20. GoRYTES Cayennensis.

Hoplisus Cavennensis, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. new ser. 116.

71c? (1841).

Hab. Cayenne.

21. GoRYTES VELUTINUS.

Hoplisus velutinus. Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 338. 1.
Hab. Chili.

22. GoRYTES PICTUS. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Head black ; the antennae and
mandibles ferruginous, the scape slightly stained with yellow at
the apex in front; an abbreviated line on the inner and outer
orbits of the eyes, that at the inner orbit widest and not extend-
ing to the clypeus; the anterior margin of the clypeus black;
the mandibles ferruginous, yellow at their base. Thorax : the
mesothorax, and the metathorax at its sides, ferruginous ; the
scutellum, post-scutellum, enclosed portion at the base of the
metathorax, and the entire thorax beneath, black; the collar,
tubercles, and the hinder margin of the scutellum, yellow ; the
wings hyaline, with a dark fuscous spot which occupies the mar-
ginal, second submarginal, and half the third submarginal cells ;
the nervures and tegulae ferruginous ; a spot beneath the wings
and the legs ferruginous ; the anterior tarsi ciliated outside, their
apical joint and the intermediate tibiae yellow in front ; the pos-
terior femora have a fuscous stripe within, and the tibiae and
tarsi are fuscous above. The first segment of the abdomen fer-
ruginous ; the second segment has a narrow pale ferruginous
marginal fascia in the middle of its posterior margin, which ex-
pands at the sides and occupies the entire lateral margins ; the
third and fourth segments pale ferruginous, except their extreme
basal margins, which are black ; beneath, the abdomen is black,
with the apical margins of the segments narrowly rufo-piceous.

Hab. Madi-as. (Coll. Sir Walter Elliott.)

23. GoRYTES Natalensis. pi. XI. fig. 3. B.M.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Black : head slightly shining, the
vertex covered with short fuscous down; the clypeus covered
with thin silvery pubescence, its apical margin and the mandibles
ferruginous ; tips of the latter black ; the scape yellow in front,
the flagellum ferruginous beneath. Thorax : the collar, tuber-
cles, lateral margins of the mesothorax, the tegulse and scutellum.

366 HYMENOPTERA.

obscurely ferruginous ; the metathorax smooth and shining, and
thinly covered with fuscous pile ; the legs ferruginous, with the
coxae fuscous, except at their apex ; the tibiae and femora more
or less fuscous above ; the claw-joint of the anterior and inter-
mediate tarsi, and the posterior pair, yellow, their extreme base
fuscous; the anterior tarsi with long cilia exteriorly; all the
tibiae spinose ; wings slightly coloured, with a dark fuscous cloud
occupying the marginal cell and extending over the upper half
of the second and third submarginal cells, and passing beyond to
the apex of the wing ; a fuscous spot at the apex of the externo-
medial cell. Abdomen petiolated, smooth and shining, the se-
cond segment yellow, the apical segment ferruginous, the supe-
rior surface flat, the lateral margins raised, the surface punc-
tured, the apex produced into an elongate style.

Hab. Port Natal. (Coll. Mr. Plant.)

24. GORYTES TARSATUS. B.M.

Male. Length 4 lines. — Black : the apex of the scape and
the basal joint of the flagellum yellow in front ; an abbreviated
yellow line on the inner orbit of the eyes, in the middle ; the
apical joint of the flagellum slightly bent ; the face thinly covered
with a fine sericeous pile ; the head closely punctured. Thorax
coarsely punctured ; the scutellum and post- scutellum coarsely
rugose-striate ; the metathorax coarsely rugose, the enclosed
space at the base with coarse divergent striae ; the collar with an
orange-yellow spot on each side ; the anterior wings with a dark
fuscous cloud along their anterior margins; the anterior tibiae
and tarsi of a reddish -yellow, the former with a dark stain behind;
the tarsi are also darkest above ; the intermediate and posterior
tarsi pale yellow, nearly white, the apex of the joints black, as
well as the claw-joint of all the tarsi. Abdomen punctured, the
first, second and third segments with an orange-yellow marginal
fascia ; the first two widest and notched in the middle ; the apex
rounded, with the margin ferruginous ; beneath, the second seg-
ment is shining, and has a number of large scattered punctures ;
the following segments finely punctured at their base and coarsely
so on their apical margins.

Hab, Adelaide.

25. GoRYTES CARBONARIUS. B.M.

Female. Length 4i lines. — Jet-black, shining and delicately
punctured : the face, cheeks, sides of the thorax and base of
the abdomen with a thin black pubescence. The anterior tarsi
ciliated ; the mesothorax has an abbreviated slightly impressed

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line in the centre of its anterior margin, and a similar one on
each side ; an impressed line on each side over the tegulae ; the
suture at the scutellum consute ; the metathorax smooth ; the
enclosed s])ace at the base of the metathorax with a central ab-
breviated impressed line at the base ; wings smoky-hyaline, the
uervures black. Abdomen : the margins of the segments slightly
depressed; beneath, the second segment abruptly produced at
the base.

The male only differs in having the antennae longer and the
abdomen more strongly punctured.

Hab. New Zealand.

26. GORYTES BIPUNCTATUS.

Gorytes bipunctatus. Say, Narr. Exped. St. Peter's River, p. 72.
Daklb. Hym. Europ. i. 157.

Hab. Pennsylvania ; South CaroUna.

27. Gorytes fulvipennis.

Female. Length 4^ lines. — Black, smooth and shining : the
clvpeus, labrum, mandibles, an abbreviated line at the inner
orbit of the eyes, and the scape in front, yellow ; the tips of the
mandibles and the antennse ferruginous; the flagellura fuscous
towards the apex above, excepting the apical joint. Thorax :
the collar, tubercles, a s])ot beneath the wings, the hinder margin
of the scutellum, and an ovate spot on each side of the meta-
thorax close to the insertion of the abdomen, yellow ; wings
fulvous, with a fuscous cloud in the marginal cell, the nervures
and tegulae ferruginous ; the legs ferruginous ; the coxae, tro-
chanters and base of the femora black, the apex of the two former
ferruginous. Abdomen : the apical margins of the segments with
a narrow yellow fascia, and the apical segment yellow.

Hab. N. America (United States). (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

28. Gorytes simillimus. B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black : the head shining, deli-
cately punctured, and with larger scattered punctures ; the scajie
in front, four or five of the basal joints of the flagellum, the
clvpeus, and a line on the inner orbit of the eyes, yellow. Tho-
rax : the collar, tubercles, hinder margin of the scutellum, and
a small ovate spot on each side of the metathorax, yellow ; the
disk smooth and shining, with four abbreviated lines at its ante-
rior margin; the suture at the base of the scutellum consute;
the enclosed portion at the base of the metathorax striated at
tlie base and smooth towards the apex; a deep channel runs

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from the base to the apex of the metathorax ; the wings fusco-
hyahne, palest at their apex, with a dark fuscous cloud occupy-
ing the marginal cell ; the tibiae, tarsi, and tips of the femora,
yellow; the tibiae behind and the posterior tarsi above, rufo-
fuscous. Abdomen smooth and shining; a narrow yellow fascia
on the posterior margin of each segment ; a single style or pro-
cess at the apex of the abdomen.

Hah. Nova Scotia. (Coll. Lieut. Redman.)

This species at first sight closely resembles the G. 4-cinctus of
Europe.

29. GORYTES NIGRIFRONS. B.M.

Female. Length 4i lines. — Black : the head finely and closely
punctured, the face with a thin silvery pubescence ; the clypeus
coarsely punctured, and having two minute yellow spots at the
base ; the scape yellow in front, and three or four of the basal
joints of the flagellum of a reddish-yellow l^eneath ; the apical
half of the mandibles ferruginous. Thorax subopake and very
closely punctured; the collar, tubercles, a spot beneath the
wings, a stripe over the tegulae, and the post-scutellum, yellow ;
wings subhyaline, the marginal cell occui)ied by a dark fuscous
cloud, which does not extend beyond it ; the tibiae and tarsi yel-
low, the tibiae with a ferruginous stain behind ; the claw-joint of
the tarsi, the femora and coxae dark rufo-piceous ; the calcaria
and claws pale. Abdomen shining and very finely punctured,
covered with a fine sericeous pile, very brilliant in certain lights ;
the three basal segments with a yellow marginal fascia, the first
widest, slightly notched in the middle and widened laterally;
beneath, black and covered with a short griseous pubescence;
the second segment with some scattered large deep punctures.

Hab. Nova Scotia. (Coll. Lieut. Redman.)

30. GoRYTES PLACIDUS.

Female. Length 32 lines. — Black, shining and strongly punc-
tured : the antennae, clypeus, inner orbit of the eyes, labrum,
mandibles and palpi, orange-red ; tips of the mandibles rufo-
piceous ; the flagellum with the fourth and following joints fus-
cous above. Thorax : the collar, tubercles, an irregular-shaped
spot beneath the wings, the sides of the disk of the mesothorax,
the scutellum and metathorax, orange-red ; the enclosed space
at the base of the metathorax black and longitudinally grooved ;
the suture at the base of the scutellum consute; the anterior
wings with a dark fuscous cloud extending from the base to their
apex, and occupying more than half the width of the wings.

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their posterior margin, as well as the posterior wings, subhyaline ;
the legs orange-red. Abdomen : the basal segment and posterior
margin of the second segment orange-red, the latter widely
emarginate at its anterior margin; the three apical segments
very coarsely punctured.

The male differs in having the flagellum fuscous except the
basal joint ; the clypeus and inner orbit of the eyes yellow.

Hab. East Florida. (Coll. F. Smith.)

31. GORYTES RUFIPES. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black : the head and thorax
strongly punctured ; the scape, flagellum beneath, and three or
four of the basal joints entirely, the anterior margin of the cly-
peus, a hue on the inner orbit of the eyes, the labrum, mandibles
and palpi, reddish-yellow, varying in different specimens. Tho-
rax : the collar, tubercles, a spot beneath the v.ings, the lateral
margins of the mesothorax and the scutellum, reddish-yellow ;
the metathorax and legs ferruginous, the enclosed portion at the
base of the former black and longitudinally striated ; the anterior
wings with a broad fuscous cloud extending from the base to
theii- apex, their posterior margin subhyaline, as well as the pos-
terior wings. Abdomen shining and strongly punctured, the
apical segments coarsely so ; the basal segment ferruginous, its
posterior margin, as well as that of the second, and sometimes of
the two following segments, with an orange-yellow fascia ; the
first two bands widest, the second slightly emarginate in the
middle ; beneath black, the second segment with scattered large
deep punctures ; the following segments are smooth at their basal
and punctured at their apical margins. Some examples have
only two bands on the abdomen.

Hab. East Florida (St. John's Bluff). (Coll. E. Doubleday, Esq.)

32. GoRYTES APICALIS. B.M.

Male. Length 5 lines. — Black, smooth and shining : six or
seven of the basal joints of the antennae ferruginous ; the scape
in front, the clypeus, face on each side, a narrow line at the inner
orbit of the eyes, not reaching their vertex, the labrum, man-
dibles and palpi, sulphur-yellow ; the tips of the mandibles fer-
ruginous. Thorax : the collar, tubercles, an irregularly-sha])ed
large spot beneath the wings, an epaulet over the tegulae, the
scutellum, post-scutellum, and a large subovate macula on each
side of the metathorax, yellow ; the suture at the base of the
scutellum smooth; the anterior legs yellow, the intermediate
and posterior pairs pale ferruginous ; the base of the coxte black ;

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the wings brown, with the apex of the anterior pair hyahne.
Abdomen : the apical margin of the segments with a broad yel-
low fascia which is continued beneath ; that on the first segment
has a small notch in the middle, and the two following are slightly
attenuated in the middle ; beneath, the bands are much dilated
at the sides.

Hab. Georgia.

33. GORYTES DIVISUS. B.M.

Male. Length 4 lines. — Black : the head shining, with scat-
tered punctures ; the antennae, clypeus, sides of the face, labrum,
mandibles and palpi, of a reddish-yellow. Thorax shining, the
collar, tubercles, a spot beneath the wings, and the posterior
margin of the scutellum, yellow ; the wings fusco- hyaline, darkest
in the marginal cell, the nervures and tegulse rufo- testaceous;
the legs ferruginous, the tarsi yellowish ; the suture at the base
of 'the scutellum smooth. Abdomen : the first two segments
smooth and shining, the five apical segments subopake and
strongly punctured, the whole covered with a fine sericeous pile ;
the second segment much swollen, very convex ; the first and
second segments have a broad fascia on their apical margins, of a
bright yellow, more or less suffused with ferruginous ; the third
and fourth segments have a narrow slightly interrupted fascia on
their apical margins, the apex furnished with a single tooth or
minute spine.

Hab. Georgia.

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Genus 9. HARPACTUS.

Mutilla, pt., Latr. Act. Soc. Nat. Par. i. 11 (1/92).
Sphex, pt., Fabr. Fynt. Syst. Supp. 243 (1798).
Evania, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 241 (1798).
Ceropales, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 185 (1804).
Pompilus, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 187 (1804).
Mellinus, pt., Latr. Hist. Not. xiii. 318 (1804).
Arpactus, Jurine, Hym. 192 (1807).
Larra, pt., Dahlb. Exercit. Hym. 51 (1833).
Harpactus, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 221 (1837).

1. Harpactus l^vis. B.M.

Mutilla Iffivis, Latr. Act. Soc. Nat. Par. i. 11. 12.
Sphex cruenta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 244. 54-55.
Evania ruficollis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 241. 3-4?
Ceropales ruficollis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 186. 6?

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Pompilus cruentus, Fahr. Syst. Piez. 192. 20.

Panz. Faun. Germ. 84. 20.

Coqueb. lllustr. i. 23. t. 5. f. 10.
Mellinus cmentatus, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 318. 1.
Gorytes laevis, Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 91. 1.
Arpactus lacvis, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 74. 1 (1832);
Hym. iii. 79. 1.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 221. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 148. 79.

Hab. Britain?; France; Germany; Belgium.

2. Harpactus tumidus. B.M,

Pompilus tumidus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 81. 15 c? .
Mellinus tumidus, Panz. Krit. Revis. ii. 169.
Ai'pactus tumidus, Jurine, Hym. 194.

St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 77- 3.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 222. 2.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 149. 80.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 82. 3.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 95. 2.
Larra tumida, Dahlb. Exercit. Hym. 51. 3.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium; Sweden.

3. Harpactus lunatus.

Gorytes laevis. Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 91. 1. var. ^.
Larra lunata, Dahlb. Exercit. Hym. 52. 4.
Harpactes lunatus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 147. 78.
Arpactus lunatus, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 95. I.

Hab. Germany; Belgium; Norway; Finland (Helsingfors),
(Coll. F. Smith.)

4. Harpactus formosus.

ArjDactus formosus, Jurine, Hym. t. 10. f. 20.

St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 75. 2.
Harpactes formosus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 149. 80.

Hab. France; Germany.

5. Harpactus ornatus.

Female. Length 21 lines. — The head black, with the scape in
front, the clypeus, inner orbit of the eyes, labrum, palpi and
mandibles, yellow; tips of the latter ferruginous ; the hinder mar-
gin of the vertex and upper portion of the inner orbit of the
eyes ferruginous. Thorax red, with a black stain on the pectus ;

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the legs rufo-piceous, more or less fuscous above; the wings
hyaline, with a faint cloud crossing the anterior wings towards
their apex. Abdomen shining black ; the basal segment smooth,
the second punctured, and having on each side a large subovate
white macula, the maculae connected by a narrow band on the
apical margin of the segment ; the fifth segment white.

Hab. Northern India. (Coll. F. Smith.)

This species very closely resembles the European H. formosus,
but it differs in having a red prothorax and vertex, the meta-
thorax is much more coarsely rugose, and the thorax shorter
and broader altogether.

6. Harpactus affinis.

Harpactes affinis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 150. 83.
Hab. Italy.

7. Harpactus elegans.

Arpactus elegans, St. Farg. Hym. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 7^- 5

(1832); Hym. iii.Si. 5.

Hab. France.

8. Harpactus Carceli.

Gorytes Carceli, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 78. 4 S (1832) ;
Hym. iii. 83. 4.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 151. 84.

Hab. France; Germany.

9. Harpactus larroides.

Arpactus larroides. Spin. Gay^s Chili, vi. 341. 2.
Hab. Chili.

10. Harpactus Gayi.

Arpactus Gayi, Spi7i. Gay^s Chili, vi. 340. 1.
Hab. ChiU.

Genus 10. ALYSON.

Sphex, pt., Panz. Faun. Germ. fasc. 51.
Alyson, Jurine, Hym. 196 (1807).

1. Alyson spinosus. B.M.

Alyson spinosus, Jurine, Hym. 196. t. 10. f. 21 $ .

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Alyson spinosus, 5^. Farg. ^- Serv. Encycl. Meth. x. 50. 4.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 89. 3.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 87. 2.
Alyson bimaculatus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i, 146 (var.) & 474.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 99. 2 (var.?).

Hab. France; Germany.

The examples of this species in the Collection of the British
Museum are very distinct from those of ^. bimaculatus; the
sculpture of the metathorax is very different, and the females
have a white scutellum.

2. Alyson tricolor. B.M.

Alyson tricolor, St. Farg. ^' Serv. Encycl. Meth. x. 50. 4.
Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 90. 4.
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 89. 5.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 98. 1.

Hab. France; Germany; Belgium.

3. Alyson bimaculatus. B.M.

Sphex fuscata, Panz. Faun. Germ. 51. 3.
Alyson bimaculatus, Jurine, Hym. 196.

Panz. Krit. Revis. ii. 170.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 88. 2.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 142. 1^ & 474.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 88. 3 $ .

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 99. 2.
Alyson fuscatus, Panz. Krit. Revis. ii. 171.

Si. Farg. Hym. iii. 58. 4.

Hab. France; Germany; Belgium.

4. Alyson melleus.

Alyson melleus, Say, Bost. Journ. i. 380. 2.
Hab. N. America (Indiana).

5. Alyson oppositus.

Alyson oppositus. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 380. 1.
Hab. N. America (Indiana).

Genus 11. DIDINEIS.

Pompilus, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 249 (1798).
Alyson, pt., hatr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 86 (1809).
Didineis, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 96,

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1, DiDINEIS LUNICORNIS. B.M.

Pompilus limicorais, Fabr.Ent. Syst. Supp. 249. 21; Syst.Piez.

194. 32(?.
Alyson lunicornis, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 86.

St. Farg. Sf Serv. Encycl. Meth. x. 50. 1.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 88. 1.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 207. 1 c? ? .

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 142. 75 & 474.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 86. 1.
Alyson Kennedii, Curtis, Brit. Ent. xiii. fol. & tab. 584 ? .
Di'dineis lunicornis, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 97- 1.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium.

M. Wesmael has separated this species from the others in the
genus Alyson in consequence of the neuration of the anterior
wings being different, and the intermediate tibiaj being armed
with only one spur at the apex.

Genus 12. MELLINUS.

Vespa, pt., Linn. Faun. Suec. 418 (1761).
Crabro, pt., Fabr. Mant. i. 294 (1787).
Mellinus, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 285 (1793).

1. Mellinus arvensis. B.M.

Sphex vaga, Linn. Faun. Suec. 414. no. 1664? (type in Cab. Mus.
Linn. Soc. ?).

Scop. Ent. Cam. 785. fig. 785.
Vespa arvensis, Linn. Faun. Suec. 418. no. 1678 (and Cab. Mus.
Linn. Soc).

De Geer, Ins. ii. 2. 820. 3.^

Schrank, Ins. Austr. 392. 791.

Fabr. Mant. i. 291. 49.

Christ. Hym. 234.
Vespa superbus, Harris, Expos. Eng. Ins. 227. 3. t. 37. f. 3.
Crabro bipunctatus, Fabr. Mant. i. 296. 18.

Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 516. 20.
Crabro U-flavum, Fanz. Faun. Germ. 17- 20.
Mellinus bipunctatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 286. 4 ; Syst. Piez.

298. 6.
Melhnus arvensis, Fabr.Ent. Syst. ii. 287. 7 ? ; Syst. Piez. 299. 10.

Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 319. 3.

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 84. 1 (? ? .

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 203. 1.

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Mellinus arvensis, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 440. 1.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 226. 131.
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 91. 1.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 96. 1.

Hab Britain and throughout Europe.

The Sphex vaga of the Linnaean Cabinet is the male of M.
arvensis, but it does not agree with the description in the Fauna
Suecica ; in the Cabinet are also specimens of the Crabro vagus
of Fabricius, and in all probability the label has at some time
fallen off the pin and been attached to the wrong insect ; the
name given by Linmeus to the female is therefore retained;
there can be little doubt of the Sphex vaga being identical with
the Crabro vagus, the description in the Fauna Suecica exactly
suiting that insect.

2. Mellinus sabulosus. B.M.

Crabro sabulosus, Fabr. Mant. i, 296. 17.

Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 515. 19 c? .
Crabro frontalis, Fanz. Faun. Germ. 46. lie?.
Crabro petiolatus, Fanz. Faun. Germ. 46. 12 $ .
Mellinus sabulosus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 286. 2.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 87. 3.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 205. 2.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 230. 133.

Curtis, Brit. Ent. xiii. fol. 180. tab. 180.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 96. 2.
Mellinus ruficornis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 286. 3 ? .

Panz. Faun. Germ. 77- 17.

Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 519. 4.
Mellinus fulvicornis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 300. 13 S .

Panz. Faun. Germ. 98. 18.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 86. 2.

Hab. Britain; France; Italy; Germany; Belgium; Sweden.

Fam. 7. CRABRONIDtE.

Head usually very large ; the labrum not projecting ; the
abdomen oval or elliptical, sometimes gradually clavate.

Crabronites, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. (1804).
Crabronida, Leach, Edin. Encycl. (1812).
Crabronidae, Leach, Edin. Encycl. (1817).

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376 HYMENOPTERA.

Genus 1. TRYPOXYLON.

Sphex, pt., Liiin. Syst. Nat. 941 (1766).
Trypoxylon, Latr. Prec. Car. Ins. (1796).
Apius, Jurine, Hym. 140 (1807).

1. Trypoxylon figulus. B.M.

Sphex figulus, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1650; Syst. Nat. i. 942. 11.

Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 61. 810.

Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 203. 19.

Schrank, Faun. Boic. ii. 322. 2160.

Christ. Hym. 291.

Panz. Faun. Germ. 80. 16.
Sphex fuliginosa. Scop. Ent. Cam. 711.

Rossi, Faun. Etrus. 63. 817.
Sphex leucostoma, Schrank, Ins. Austr. 771.

Illig. ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 63. 817.
Trypoxylon figulus, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 330.

Fabr. Syst. Piez. 181. 2.

Illig. ed. Faun. Etrus. 93. 810.

Spin. Ins. Ligur. i. 65. 1.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 114. 1.

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 40. 1.

Zett. Ins. Lapp. 445. 1.

Dahlb. Dispos. Meth. Spec. Hym. 13. 82 ; Hym. ^Europ. i.
280 & 509. 2.

Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. t. ']\. i. 3.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 228. 2.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 106. 1.
Apius figulus, Jurine, Hym. 140. t. 9. gen. 8.

Hab. Britain ; Italy ; France ; Germany ; Belgium ; Sweden ;
Finland; Lapland.

2. Trypoxylon clavicerum. B.M.

Trypoxylon clavicerum, St. Farg. ^- Serv. Encycl. Meth. x. 750. 1.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 118. 3.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 279. 175.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 107. 2.
Trypoxylon tibiale, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 466.

Hab. Britain ; France ; Germany ; Belgium ; Sweden ; Lapland.

3. Trypoxylon attenuatum. B.M.
Trypoxylon attenuata, Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym. Append. 120.
Hab. Britain (Bristol).

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4. Trypoxylon ALBIPES.

Female. Length 42- lines. — Black : the face covered with
bright silvery pubescence ; the mandibles and palpi pale testa-
ceous; the cheeks have a silvery ])ubescence. Thorax thinly
covered with a scattered silvery-white pubescence, which is most
dense and glittering at the apex of the metathorax, on the pectus
and anterior coxa3 ; the mesothorax and scutellum smooth and
shining ; at the base of the metathorax is an enclosed space,
which is coarsely reticulated and has a deep central channel ; on
each side of the enclosed space it is transversely sulcate ; wings
hyaline and splendidly iridescent, the tegulffi pale testaceous ;
the base and extreme apex of the tibife pale rufo-testaceous; the
tarsi white, with the apical joints slightly ferruginous. Abdomen
elongate; the first two segments as long as the thorax, the basal
segment slender ; a fine silky short silvery-white pubescence
entirely covers the abdomen, very bright in certain lights, parti-
cularly on the sides.

Hab. Albania. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

5. Trypoxylon pileatum.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black : the ch^peus covered with
silvery pubescence ; the face above the insertion of the antennae
produced into a shield-shaped form, rounded towards the vertex
and triangular in front ; from the lateral angles an acute edge
runs into the emargination of the eyes, on each side of which is
a smooth oblique plane. The mesothorax and scutellum smooth
and shinmg ; the metathorax enclosed at the base, the enclosure
with coarse divergent strise ; from the apex of the enclosure an
impressed channel runs downwards to the insertion of the abdo-
men ; on each side of the channel it is delicately transversely
striated and thinly covered with glittering silvery-white pubes-
cence ; the wings hyaline and beautifully iridescent. Abdomen
shining, the margins of the three basal segments slightly con-
stricted.

Hab. Madras. (Walter EUiott, Esq.)

6. Trypoxylon bicolor. B.M.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Head and thorax black ; the head
thinly covered with scattered cinereous pubescence; the face
with bright silvery pile ; the mandibles rufo-]nceous, the palpi
pale testaceous. Thorax thinly covered with hoary pubescence ;
the metathorax above with a slightly im])ressed central channel,
subiuterrupted at the verge of the oblique truncated })ortion,
beyond which it is much broader and more deeply impressed and

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is continued downwards to the insertion of the abdomen ; the
wings hyaUne and iridescent, the tegulse pale testaceous ; the
anterior tibiae in front, the tarsi, and also the tips of the interme-.
diate and posterior tibiae, the knees and tips of the joints of the
tarsi, pale rufo-testaceous ; the calcaria pale testaceous ; in some
examples the tips of the coxae, the trochanters, and the tips of the
other joints are pale testaceous. Abdomen petiolated ; the first
segment very slender and black, the apex swollen and ferruginous,
as well as the three following segments, these segments frequently
more or less fuscous above, the three apical segments black.

Hab. Singapore ; Java.

7. Trypoxylon elongatum. B.IV^'

Male. Length 3 lines. — Black : head rugose, the clypei
with silvery ])ubescence ; the tips of the mandibles and the pal[
pale testaceous. The mesothorax and scutellum shining; thi
metathorax transversely rugose, with a deep central longitudinal
channel and two oblique ones at the base which unite with the
central one and form an enclosed space ; the wings hyaline, with
their apical margins clouded; the anterior tarsi and apical joints oi
the intermediate and posterior pairs testaceous. Abdomen elon-
gate, smooth and shining; the basal segment as long as the thorax

Hab. Sierra Leone.

8. Trypoxylon frontale.

Female. Length 3 lines. — Black : head subquadrate, very
closely and finely punctured; the mandibles pale rufo-testaceous;
the front produced into an angular prominence between the
antennae, the apex acute ; a slightly impressed line runs from the
anterior stenima to the angular point. The posterior margin of
the prothorax and the tegulae, the anterior tibiae in front, and
the tarsi, pale testaceous ; the mesothorax and scutellum very
closely and finely punctured ; the wings hyaline and splendidly
iridescent ; the metathorax transversely striated ; at the base is
an enclosed space which is obliquely striated, with a deep longi-
tudinal channel, slightly interrupted at the verge of the oblique
truncation. Abdomen smooth and shining, covered with a fine
cinereous pile.

Hab, Africa. (Coll. F. Smith.)

y. Trypoxylon rufimanum.

Trypoxylon rufimanum. Spin. Mem. Accad. Torino, xiii. 59. 42

(1853).

Hab. Brazil (Para).

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10. Trypoxylon annulare.

Trypoxylon annulare, Dahlb. Uym. Europ. i. 282.
Hab. Brazil.

11. Trypoxylon aurifrons. B.M.

Trypoxylon aurifrons, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 117- 2.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 285.

Hab. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. II. W. Bates.)

12. Trypoxylon fugax. B.M.

Trypoxylon fugax, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 182. 4.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. 281.

Hab. Brazil.

13. Trypoxylon fuscipenne. B.M.

Trypoxylon fuscipennis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 181. 3.
Trypoxylon fuscipenne, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 283.

Hab. Brazil.

14. Trypoxylon albitarse. B.M.

Trypoxylon albitarse, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 180. 1.

St. Farg. Sf Serv. Encycl. Meth. x. 750.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 286.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 228. 1 . t. 2/. f. 3.
Trypoxylon politum. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 373. 1 .

Hab. Brazil (Para) ; California ; United States.

15. Trypoxylon nitidum.

Female. Length A} lines.— Black : the face covered with
silvery pubescence ; the mandibles and palpi rufo-testaceous.
Thorax : above shining ; the mesothorax rather strongly but not
closely punctured; the metathorax obhquely striated at the base,
beyond which it is striated transversely, at the sides is a little
silvery pubescence; the thorax beneath smooth, shining and
punctured; wings hyaline, faintly clouded at their apex; the
knees, apex of the femora and basal joint of the tarsi rufo-testa-
ceous. Abdomen : the two basal segments very smooth and
shining, the base of the second segment rufo-testaceous; the
apical margins of the third, fourth and fifth segments narrowly
testaceous.

Bab. Brazil. (Coll. F. Smith.)

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16. Trypoxylon ORNATUM.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black : the face clothed with
golden pubescence, inchiding the emargination of the eyes ; the
palpi and mandibles pale testaceous, the latter ferruginous at
their apex ; the cheeks have a thin golden pubescence. The
posterior margin of the prothorax, the tubercles, an epaulet over
the tegulae, and a patch on each side of the post-scutellum,
covered with golden pubescence ; the mesothorax and scutellum
shining, with scattered shallow punctures ; the metathorax trans-
versely striated ; from the insertion of the abdomen a broad deep
groove passes about half-way upwards, at its termination is a
shallow subtriangular depression ; the wings hyaline, their apical
margins clouded, the nervures testaceous. Abdomen clavate,
the base of the second segment rufo-testaceous.

Hab. Brazil. (Coll. F. Smith.)

This species closely resembles the T. fugax of Fabricius, but
is at once distinguished by the sculpture of the metathorax ; in
fugax it is smooth, shining and convex.

17. Trypoxylon excavatum. B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black: the face covered with
silvery pubescence ; the mandibles rufo-piceous, palest at their
base. Thorax: the sides, beneath the metathorax and legs, with
a thin cinereous pubescence, at the sides of the metathorax it
has a silvery brightness ; the mesothorax and scutellum very
smooth and shining ; at the sides of the post-scutellum a little
silvery-white pubescence ; the metathorax above with a broad
deep excavation which narrows towards the verge of the trunca-
tion, and forms a deep channel which runs down to the insertion
of the abdomen; the excavation has a few faintly impressed
transverse lines in the middle ; wings hyaline, with a fuscous
cloud occupying the marginal cell as well as the extreme apex of
the wings. Abdomen covered with fine cinereous pile, most
dense on the basal margins of the segments.

The male closely resembles the female, but has the mandibles
paler, and has also the base of the first joint of the anterior and
intermediate tarsi pale ; the second and third segments of the
abdomen are deeply concave beneath, and very smooth and
shining.

Hab. Jamaica.

18. Trypoxylon subimpressum. B.M.
Male, Length 4 lines. — Black : the face with a dense silvery

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pubescence ; the mandibles obscurely rufo-piceous ; the cheeks
with bright silvery pile ; the vertex opake, and having a number
of large subimpressed punctures. Thorax : a line of silvery pu-
bescence on the posterior margin of the prothorax, another over
the tegulac ; the anterior and posterior margins of the scutellum,
and the sides of the metathorax covered with silvery pubescence;
a silvery line in the middle of the pectus and also on the margins
of the mesothorax beneath, very bright and glittering ; a short
thin hoary pubescence is scattered over the thorax ; the meso-
thorax very smooth and shining, covered with faintly impressed
punctures ; the metathorax shining and similarly sculptured to
the mesothorax, the truncation transversely striated, and having
a deeply impressed longitudinal channel ; wings hyaline, a dark
fuscous cloud occupying the marginal cell and passing round the
a])ex of the wings. Abdomen smooth and shining, the basal
margins of the segments with bands of cinereous pile.

Hab. St. Domingo.

19. Trypoxylon clavatum. B.M.
Tiypoxylon clavatus. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 374. 2.

Hab. N. America (United States).

20. Trypoxylon carinatum.
Trypoxylon carinatus. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 3/4. 3.
Hab. N. America (Indiana).

21. Trypoxylon collinum. B.M.

Female. Length 5^ lines. — Black : the face covered with
golden imbescence ; the anterior margin of the clypeus, the
sca])e, and five or six of the basal joints of the tiagellum, ferru-
ginous. The prothorax, tegulae, legs, and two basal segments of
the abdomen, ferruginous ; the wings fuscous, with a violet iri-
descence, palest towards their base ; the vertex, mesothorax and
scutellum strongly punctured ; the base of the metathorax with
divergent striae, beyond which it is transversely coarsely rugose ;
in some examples the metathorax has a ferruginous stain at the
base.

Hab. East Florida (St. John's Bluff). (Coll. E. Doubleday, Esq.)

22. Trypoxylon frigidum. B.M.

Female. Length 3| lines. — Black : the head subopake ; on
the face between the antennae is a slightly elevated carina ; the
face and cheeks covered with silvery pubescence. Thorax sub-

382 HYMENOPTERA.

opake, very delicately punctured, and with fine, short, downy,
silvery pubescence, most dense on the sides and beneath ; the
outer margin of the tegulse pale testaceous ; the wings subhya-
line, their apical margins dark fuscous, the nervures black ; the
raetathorax obliquely striated above, the striation extending to
the verge of the truncation, which has a deep central channel and
is obhquely and finely striated ; the legs simple, the calcaria pale
testaceous. Abdomen shining, with a fine thin sericeous pubes-
cence.

Hab. Hudson's Bay.

Very like Trypoxylon figulus, but it is proportionally a shorter
insect, the abdomen is more thickened at the base, and the
metathorax more evenly striated, and wanting the broad central
channel which characterizes T. figulus.

Genus 2. NITELA.
Nitela, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 210. 1 (1806),

1. Nitela Spindly. PI. XII. fig. 4.

Nitela Spinolae, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 77-
Oliv. Encycl. Metk. viii. 204. 1.
Guerin, Diet. Class, xi. 572.
Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 39. 1,
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 297. 180.
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 210. t. 27. f . 1 ? .

Hah, France; Italy; Sweden.

Genus 3. OXYBELUS,

Vespa, pt., Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 948 (1766).
Apis et Nomada, pt., Fabr. Mant. i. (1787).
Crabro, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 293 (1793),
Oxybelus, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. (1805).

1. Oxybelus uniglumis. B,M.

Vespa uniglumis, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1681; Syst. Nat. i. 951. 18.

Villers, Ent. iii. 271. 14.

Christ. Hym. 246.
Crabro uniglumis, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 376. 12 ; Ent. Syst. ii. 300,

Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 92. 884.

Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 595. 34,

Pans:. Faur\,. Gerrfi. 64, 14,

IIYMENOPTERA. 383

Oxybelns uniglumis, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 307. 2.
Fahr. Syst. Piez. 316. 2.
Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 595. 8.
Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 35. 5.
Shuck. Foss. Hym. lO/. 1.
Zett. Ins. Lapp. 446. I.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 273. 172.
Guer. Icon. R. Anim. Ins. t. 71' f- 2.
St.Farg. Hym. iii. 221. 13.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 157- 1.

Hab. Britain; France; Italy; Germany; Sweden; Lapland.

2. OXYBELUS MUCRONATUS. B.M.

Crabro mucronatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 300. 2b.
Oxybelus mucronatus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 318. 5.

Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 79.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 265. 162.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 157. 2.
Oxybelus ferox. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 108. 2 S •
Oxybelus argentatus, Curtis, Brit. Ent. x. 480 $ .

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 111. 5.

Hab. Britain; France; Italy; Germany; Belgium; Sweden.

3. Oxybelus trispinosus. B.M.

Apis trispinosa, Fabr. Mant. i. 303. 60.
Crabro trispinosus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 301. 26.
Oxybelus trispinosus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 318. 7-

Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 597. 15?

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 38. 13?

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 270. 169.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 222. 14.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 159. 4.
Oxybelus nigripes, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 596. 12? .

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 109. 3.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 217. 7-

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 37. 10.
Oxybelus mucronatus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 216. 6<??

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium; Sweden.

4. Oxybelus quatuordecim-notatus. B.M.

Oxybelus 14-notatus, Jurine, Hym. 217. t. 11. f. 5.
Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 79.
Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 596. 13.

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384 HYMENOPTERA.

Oxybelus I4-notatus, Van d. hind, Ohs. ii. 37. 11.

' St. Farg. Hym. iii. 220. 12.
Oxybelus quatuordecim-guttatus. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 112. 6.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 270. 168.

Hab. France; Italy; Greece.

5. Oxybelus bellicosus. B.M.

Oxybelus bellicosus, Olw. Encycl, Metli. viii. 595. \).
Shuck. Foss. Hym. 110. 4 c? .
Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 36. 7-
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 269. 167.
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 217. 8.
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 262.

Hab. France; Germany (Silesia).

The type specimen in the Collection of the British Museum is
certainly a male : it is described by Shuckard as a female.

6. Oxybelus lineatus. B.M.

Nomada lineata, Fabr. Mant. i. 206. 3.
Crabro lineatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 300. 24.

Panz. Faun. Germ. 73. 18.
Oxybelus lineatus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 317- 3.

Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 594. 3.

Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 79.

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 34. 2.
Crabro tridens, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 270. 24-5.
Oxybelus tridens, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 318. 5.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 37. 9.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 223. 15.

Hab. France; Germany.

7. Oxybelus bipunctatus. B.M.

Oxybelus bipunctatus, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 597. 16 ? .

Vand. Lind, Obs. 38. 14?

S^. Far^. Hym. iii. 220. n .

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 160. 5.
Oxybelus nigro-seneus. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 113. 8 ^ .

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 266. 163.
Oxybelus hsemorrhoidahs, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 272. 170?

Hab. France; Germany; Belgium.

8. Oxybelus furcatus.

Oxybelus furcatus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 214. 4 ? .

HYMENOPTERA.

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85

Oxvbelus furcatus, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 138. 5.
Oxybelus mucronatus, Van d. Litid, Obs. ii. 37- 8 J .

Hab. France; Germany; Belgium.

9. Oxybelus armiger.

Oxybelus armiger, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 594. 5.
Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 56. 6.
St. Farg. Hym. ii. 213. 3.

Hab. France.

10. Oxybelus latro.

Oxybelus latro, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 594. 4.
Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 35. 3.
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 211. 1.

Hab. France; Italy.

11. Oxybelus pugnax.

Oxybelus pugnax, Oliv. Encycl, Meth. viii. 595. 6 ? .
Van d. Lindy Obs. ii. 35. 4.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 163. 7 <? ? •

Hab. Geneva.

12. Oxybelus raptor.

Oxybelus raptor, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 219. 10? .
Hab. France (Paris).

13. Oxybelus pygm^us.

Oxybelus pygmaeus, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 597. 17.
Hab. France.

14. Oxybelus nigricornis. B.M.

Oxybelus nigricornis, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 112. 7 <? ? •
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 2(i'J. 164.

Hab. Britain?

15. Oxybelus bellus.

Oxybelus bellus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 268. 166.
Hab. Germany.

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HYMENOPTERA.

16. OXYBELUS H^MORRHOIDALIS.

Oxybelus hscmoirhoidalis, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 596. 13.
Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 38. 12 ?

Hab. France; Germany.

17. Oxybelus fissus.

Oxybelus fissus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 215. 5.
Hab. Lyons.

18. Oxybelus victor.

Oxybelus victor, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 218. 9.
Hab. Paris.

19. Oxybelus variegatus.

Oxybelus variegatus, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 162. 6 ? .
Hab. Geneva.

20. Oxybelus maculipes.

Female. Length 3 lines. — Black : the scape yellow in front ;
the flagellum ferruginous, slightly fuscous above ; the mandibles
ferruginous, their tips black ; the face covered with silvery down ;
the head and thorax strongly punctured ; a spot on each side of
the collar, the tubercles, a spot on each side of the scutellum,
and the squama at the posterior margin of the scutellum, yellow;
the latter membranaceous exteriorly ; the mucro at the base of
the metathorax slightly curved, grooved above and acute at its
apex ; wings hyaline, nervures testaceous, the tegulae pale tes-
taceous ; the legs ferruginous, the anterior and intermediate
femora beneath and the base of the tibiae yellowish-white. Abdo-
men strongly punctured ; the first and second segments have a
large pale yellow macula on each side, those on the second pointed
within ; the third and fourtii segments have a transverse band,
attenuated in the middle, that on the third sometimes slightly
interrupted ; the fifth has a semicircular spot ; the apical seg-
ment ferruginous.

Hab. Albania. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

21. Oxybelus lancifer.

Oxybelus lancifer, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 594. 2.
Van d. hind, 0U» ii. 34. 1.

Hab. Spain.

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22. OXYBELUS HASTATUS.

Oxybelus hastatus, Fahr. Syst. Piez. 317- 4.
Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 594. 1.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 273. 171.

Hab. Mogadore ; Spain.

23. Oxybelus lamellatus.

Oxybelus lamellatus, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 593. 7.
Hab. Egypt.

24. Oxybelus Arabs. B.M.

Oxybelus Arabs, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 213. 3.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 261 . t. 12. f. 6.

Hab. Algeria (Oran).

25. Oxybelus agilis. B.M.

Male. Length 3 lines. — Black : head punctured ; the flagellum
ferruginous, the mandibles rufo-piceous at their apex. Thorax
punctured ; a spot on each side of the collai', the tubercles,
tegulse in front, the squama, and the lateral margins of the scu-
tellum narrowly, of a yellowish-white ; the scutellum rugose and
having a central carina; the mucro at the base of the metathorax
concave above and obtuse at the apex; the anterior and inter-
mediate tibiai as well as the tarsi rufo-fulvous ; the anterior and
intermediate tibiae ovitside, the base of the posterior pair and a
stripe within, white ; the latter are fusco-ferruginous outside.
The abdomen with a subinterrupted yellowish-white fascia on the
five basal segments ; the apical segment obtuse at the apex,
somewhat swollen at the base, the sides margined and coarsely
j)unctured ; above, the abdomen is shining and strongly punc-
tiu-ed, and the entire insect has a thinly scattered short griseous
pubescence, the face being silvery.

Hab. India.

26. Oxybelus tridentatus. B.M.

Male. Length 21 lines. — Black : the head and thorax thinly
sprinkled with short glittering silvery hairs, most dense on the
face and cheeks ; the apex of the scape and the first joint of the
flagellum yellow in front ; the flagellum fusco-ferruginous ; the
anterior margin of the clypeus armed with three stout teeth ; the
mandibles yellow at their base and ferruginous at their apex.
Thorax : the collar, tubercles, tegular, the squama, and two

388 HYMENOPTERA.

oblique lines on each side of the scutellum, running to the base
of the wings, white ; the anterior and intermediate tibiae in front,
and the posterior pair at their base, white ; the posterior tibiae
have also a white stripe within ; the anterior and intermediate
tibiae behind and all the tarsi fulvous ; the mucro at the base of
the metathorax slightly curved, linear, with the apex obtuse.
Abdomen : the basal segment with a broad, the second and
sometimes the third, with a narrow slightly interrupted white
fascia; the apical segment coarsely punctured and truncate at
the apex.

Hab. India.

Some examples differ in having the pale markings more or
less yellow.

27. OXYBELUS RUFICORNIS. B.M.

Female. Length 2^ lines. — Black : head closely punctured ;
the face and cheeks with bright silvery pubescence ; a thin gri-
seous pubescence on the vertex ; the antennae ferruginous, the
scape white in front ; the mandibles white, their apex ferrugi-
nous. Thorax punctured, thinly covered with griseous pubes-
cence; the collar, tubercles, tegulae and extreme base of the
wings, an ovate spot on each side of the scutellum, the squama,
the tip of the mucro at the base of the metathorax, and two
narrow lines running from the base of the wings to the scutel-
lum, yellowish -white ; the wings hyaline, the nervures pale tes-
taceous ; the coxae and femora ferruginous, the tips of the latter,
the tibiae and tarsi, yellowish-white ; the intermediate and pos-
terior tibiae with a ferruginous stripe outside. Abdomen finely
punctured and shining ; the basal segment with a large subovate
macula on each side, the second segment with a broad fascia,
emarginate in the middle anteriorly and narrowed towards the
lateral margins, and a narrower continuous fascia on the apical
margins of the two following segments, yellowish-white ; the
apical segment obscurely ferruginous.

Hab. India.

28. OxYBELUS SABULOSUS. B.M.

Female. Length 2i lines. — Black : head punctured, the face
and cheeks with a silvery pubescence ; the flagellum fulvous
beneath towards the apex ; the mandibles yellow at their base
and ferruginous at their apex. Thorax strongly punctured ; the
collar, tubercles, and squama, yellow ; the scutellum with a cen-
tral carina ; the mucro short, broad, concave above and notched

HYMENOPTERA. 389

at the apex ; the anterior femora outside and the tibia; yi'Ilow ;
the intermediate femora at their apex beneath, the tibife at their
base and also the base of the posterior pair, )ellow ; the inter-
mediate and posterior tibitr; at their apex and also the tarsi fer-
ruginous; the wings subhyaline, the tegula; pale rufo-testaceous.
Abdomen : the four basal segments have a subovate yellow
macula on each side, the apex ferruginous.

Hab. India.

29. OXYBELUS MARGINATUS. B.M.

Female. Length 3 lines. — Black : head and thorax closely
but not coarsely j)unctured ; thinly sprinkled with short yellow
pubescence ; the face and cheeks covered with silvery pubes-
cence ; the antennjE fulvous towards their apex beneath ; the
mandibles obscurely ferruginous in the middle. A narrow line
on the collar, the tubercles, a stripe on the anterior and interme-
diate femora beneath, and a line on the anterior tibiae outside,
yellow ; the scutellum and post-scutellum with a minute yellow
dot on each side ; the squama pale testaceous ; the raucro at
the base of the metathorax broad, grooved above, the sides
])arallel and the apex deeply notched. Abdomen finely punc-
tured, the apical margins of the segments with a narrow pale
yellow fascia.

The male closely resembles the female, but has the anterior
tarsi fulvous, the intermediate and posterior pair obscurely
so, and the posterior tibiae are yellow behind ; the thoracic
mucro is more produced and notched, as in the other sex.

Hab. Brazil (Santarem and Villa Nova). (Coll. H. "VV. Bates.)

30. OxYBELUS AURIFRONS.

Female. Length 3 lines. — Black : the face and cheeks covered
with golden pubescence ; the flagellum ferruginous, more or less
fuscous towards the base above. The collar, tubercles, a spot on
each side of the scutellum, the anterior tibiae in front, and a spot
at the apex of the intermediate femora behind, black ; the claw-
joint of the tarsi pale rufo-testaceous, the pulvillus black ; the
scutellum and post-scutellum with a central longitudinal carina ;
the squama pale testaceous, the mucro dilated at the apex, hol-
lowed above, deeply emarginate at the tip. Abdomen shining,
finely punctured; the first and three following segments with
a narrow, waved, transverse yellow stripe, which is slightly
interrupted in the middle, and placed a little before their apical
margins.

Hab. Brazil. (Coll. F. Smith.)

390 HYMENOPTERA.

31. OXYBELUS CORDATUS.

Oxybelus cordatus. Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 364. 1.
Hab. Chili.

32. Oxybelus marginellus.

Oxybelus marginellus, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 365. 2.
Hab. Chili.

33. Oxybelus impatiens. B.M.

Female. Length 3 lines. — Black : the flagellum fulvous be-
neath ; the face has a silvery pubescence, on the vertex and disk
of the thorax it is yellow, short, and sparing ; a minute spot on
the tubercles, another on the tegulae, and a minute spot at the
base of the intermediate and posterior tibiae, yellow ; the anterior
tibiae yellowish-white in front, the claw-joint of the tarsi fulvous;
the squama pale testaceous, the mucro linear, grooved above and
rounded at the apex. Abdomen : each segment has a narrow
pale yellow line on each side, the apical segment immaculate.

Hab. California.

34. Oxybelus l^tus.

Oxybelus Isetus, Say, Bost. Journ. i. 375. 3.
Hab. North America (Indiana).

35. Oxybelus emarginatus. B.M.
Oxybelus emarginatus, Say, Bost. Journ. i. 375. 1.

Hab. North America (Indiana).

36. Oxybelus 4-notatus.

Oxybelus 4 -notatus. Say, Narr. Exped. St. Peter's River, Append.
p. 71 ; Bost. Journ. i. 375. 2.

Hab. Pennsylvania.

Genus 4. CRABRO.

Sphex, pt., Linn. Faun. Suec. 411 (1761).
Vespa, pt., Linn. Faun. Suec. 415 (1761).
Crabro, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 293 (1793).
Pemphredon, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 314 (1804).
Rhopalum, Kirby, Steph. Syst. Cat. 366 (1829).

HYMENOPTERA.

391

Solenius, Blepharipus, Ceratocolus, Thyreopus, Crossocerus,
Lindenius, Corvnopus, Phvsoscelis, Dasyproctus, St. Farg.
Ann. Soc. Ent.'Fr. iii. (18;i4).

Entouiognathus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 295 (18-i5).

Ectemnius, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 389 (1845).

Brachymerus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. Synop. 519 (1845).

Megapodium, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 295.

Podagritus, Spin., Gay's Faun. Chil. vi. (1854).

Div. 1. Abdomen petiolated.

1. Crabro clavipes. B.M.

Sphex clavipes, Linn. Faun. Suec. 411. 1694 <?; Syst. Nat. i.

924. 8.
Crabro crassipes, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 2/0. 26-7,
Pemphredon crassipes, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 315. 3.
Crabro ruiiventris, Panz. Faun. Germ. 72. 12.
Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 72. 34.
Shuck. Foss, Hym. 178. 35.
Physoscelis rufiventris, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 805.1 <? ?

('1834); Hym. m. 207. 1.
Rhopalum clavipes, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 291. 178.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 126. 1.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Sweden; Norway.

2. Crabro tibialis. B.M.

Crabro tibialis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 271. 27-8.

Panz. Faun. Germ. 83. 14.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 73. 35.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 177. 34.
Pemphredon tibialis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 315. 4.
Jorvnopus tibialis, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 803. 1 (1834) ;

Hyjn. iii. 205. 1.
Rhopalum tibiale, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 288. 177.

IVesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 127. 3.

Hab. Britain ; France ; Germany ; Denmark ; Norway ; Fin-
land; Sweden.

3. Crabro gracilis,

Rhopalum gracile, W€S7n. Hym. Foss. Belg. 126. 2.
Hab. Geneva.

4. Crabro flavO'PICtus. B.M.
Female. Length 5 lines. — Black and shining : the clypeus

•^92 HYMENOPTERA.

covered ^Yith silvery pubescence ; the mandibles and scape yel-
low, the tips of the former ferruginous ; the vertex with an im-
pressed oblique channel running from each of the posterior ocelli;
the cheeks covered with silvery down. Thorax dehcately punc-
tured on the disk; the collar, tubercles, two minute spots on
the scutellum and the post-scutellum, yellow ; an enclosed shining
subcordate space at the base of the metathorax, which has a
longitudinal impressed line from the base to the apex; wings
hyaline, faintly coloured towards their apical margins, the ner-
vures black ; the legs have the tips of the coxae, trochanters and
femora, the anterior and intermediate tibiae and the base and
apex of the posterior pair, yellow ; the anterior and intermediate
tibiae have a dark stain behind; the tarsi of a reddish-yellow,
with the apical joint rufo-fuscous. Abdomen : the basal petio-
lated segment yellow, with a longitudinal dark stripe ; the second
and two following segments have on each side an irregular sub-
ovate macula, the apical margin of the fifth yellow, the sixth of
a reddish-yellow ; beneath, the second and three following seg-
ments have an obscm'e testaceous-yellow waved line at their
apical margins.

Hab. Northern India.

5. Crabro bipunctatus. B.M.

Dasyproctus bipunctatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 802. 1
(1834); Hym. iii. 203. 1.
DaJilb. Hym. Europ. i. 294, 61.
Megapodium Westermanni, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 295. 1 (var.?).

Hab. Cape of Good Hope.

Having several specimens of this insect for examination, it is
found to vary in colouring as follows : —

Var. /3. The scape, collar, tubercles, a spot on the scutellum,
two on the second segment of the abdomen, and a transverse
line on the fifth segment, pale yellow ; the posterior tibiae black.
This is C. bipunctatus.

Var. y. The scape, collar, tubercles, two spots on the second
segment of the abdomen, and a transverse line on the fifth, pale
yellow ; the posterior tibiae ferruginous ; the scutellum immacu-
late. This appears to be the Megapodium Westermanni f
Dahlbom.

6. Crabro Westermanni.

Crabro Westermanni, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 295.
Hab. Cape of Good Hope.

HYMENOPTERA. 393

7. Crabro SIMILLIMUS.

Female. Length 4-4^ lines. — Black : the scape yellow, the
clypeus covered with silvery ))ubesceuce. Thorax : a slightly
interrupted yellow line on the collar ; the tubercles, tegulae, tips
of the femora, the tibisc and tarsi, ferruginous ; the metathorax
rugose, the disk of the thorax finely roughened ; the wings fusco-
hyaline. Abdomen : the second segment with a transverse spot
on each side in the middle, a similar spot on the fourth segment,
and a transverse line on the fifth segment, yellow.

The male resembles the female, but is remarkable for having
the intermediate and posterior tibiae and femora fringed beneath
with long white pubescence.

Hab. Cape of Good Hope.

This species is closely allied to C. Westermanni, but the uni-
formity of colouring in a number of specimens must be regarded
as of specific value.

8. Crabro frater.

Megapodium frater, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 295. 2.
Hab. Cape of Good Hope.

9. Crabro Gayi. B.M.

Podagritus Ga)4, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 357. 1» Atlas, Zool. t. 2,
Hym. f. 6. 6 ff, 6, c$ .

Hab. Chili.

The genus Podagritus does not differ from the Rhopalum of
Kirby, the latter only varying from the type of the genus Crabro
of Fabricius in having the abdomen petiolated ; but in this ex-
tensive and eccentric genus every intervening form may be found :
the neuration of the wings is the same in the three above-named
genera.

10. Crabro pallipes.

Phvsoscelis pallipes, St.Farg.Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 806. 2(1834)j

Hym. iii. 209. 2.
Rhopalum pallipes, Dahlh. Hym. Europ. i. 294.

Hab. South America (Montevideo).

11. Crabro brevinodus.

Physoscehs brevinodus. Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 361. 2, Atlas, Hym.

t. 2. f. 8 $ .

Hab. Chili.

394 HYMENOPTERA.

12. Crabro LONGINODUS.

Physoscelus longinodus, Sjnn. Gay's Chili, vi. 359. 1, Atlas, Hym.

t. 2. f. 7 <? .
Hab. Chili.

13. Crabro crassinodus.

Phvsoscelus crassinodus. Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 362. 3, Atlas,
Hym. t. 2. f . 9 <? ,

Hab. Chili.

14. Crabro tricolor. B.M.

Male. Length 5 lines. — Black : the scape yellow ; the clypeus
covered with silvery pubescence ; the second joint of the flagel-
lum slightly produced at its apex beneath ; an oblique depression
on the side of each of the posterior ocelli. Thorax slightly
shining, the sides with a fine short glittering pubescence ; the
anterior and intermediate legs yellow, with the extreme base of
the femora black ; the tips of the posterior femora yellow ; the
tibiae and tarsi wanting, probably yellow; the wings slightly
coloured, beautifully iridescent, their extreme base yellow. Ab-
domen : the apex of the first segment, the second segment, and
base of the third, red; the apical segment punctured and
sprinkled with pale hairs.

Hab. Tasmania.

Div. 2. Abdomen sessile.
* Anterior tibia of the males dilated into abroad flattened plate.

15. Crabro cribrarius. B.M.

Vespa cribraria, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1675 <? .
Sphex cribraria, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 945. 23,

Sulz. Gesch. Ins. t. 21 . i. ^ S .

Schrank, Ins. Austr. 384. 779.

Christ. Hym.. 281. t. 27. f. 1.
Guepe ichneumon, De Geer, Ins. ii. 810. t. 28. f. 1-5 S .
Sphex patellaria, Schreb, Naturf. 20. 95. 1.
Crabro cvihra.rms,Fabr.Ent.Syst.\\. 297- 14; Syst.Piez.SW. 16.

Panz. Faun. Genu. 15. 18 c? . 15. 19 $ .

Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 323, 1.

Dumeril, Consid. gen. t. 31. f. 3,

Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 178. 13.

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 40. 1.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 126. 1.

HYMENOPTERA.

395

Crabro crlbravius, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 444. 7-
Dahlb. Hym. Eiirop. i. 353. 231.
TVesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 146. 25.
Thyreopus cribrarius, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 752. 1 ;
Hym. iii. 158. 1.

Hah. Britain, and throughout Europe.

16. Crabro patellatus. B.M.

Crabro patellatus, Fanz. Faun. Germ. 46. 4 ^ .

Van d. Lindy Obs. ii. 43. 3 ^ ? .

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 128. 2.

Dahlb. Hym. Eiirop. i. 356. 232.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 145. 24.
Crabro peltatus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 311. 15.
Crabro clypeatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 297. 15.
Crabro dentipes, Panz. Faun. Germ. 46. 9 ? .
Thyreopus patellatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 75^- 3 ;

Hym. iii. 161, 3.
Hab. Britain; Germany; France; Belgium; Sweden.

17. Crabro interruptus.

Thyreopus interruptus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 755. 2 S ;

Hym. iii. 160. 2.
Crabro interruptus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 359. 233.

Hab. France. ,

This in all probability is the male of C. chrysarginus.

18. Crabro cetratus. B.M<

Crabro cetratus, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 131. 4,

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 337. 221.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 133. 10.
Crabro dilatatus, Herr. Schciff. Faun. Germ. 181. 54.

Hab. Britain; Germany; Sweden; Norway; Finland.

19. Crabro pterotus. B.M.

Crabro pterotus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 83. 16 c? . 83. 17 ? .

Fabr. Syst. Piez. 311. 17.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 43. 4.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 360. 234.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 145. 23.
Thyreopus pterotus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 760. 5<?;
Hym. iii. 165. 5.

396 HYMENOPTERA.

Ceratocolus reticulatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 7^7- 6 ? ?
Hym. iii. 152. 6.

Hab. France; Germany; Austria; Sweden.

20. Crabro scutatus. B.M.

Crabro scutatus, Fabr. Mant. i. 296. 15 S ; Ent. Syst. ii. 298. 16.

Panz. Faun. Germ. 15. 22,

Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 515. 1/.

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 44. 5.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 129. 3 <? $ .

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 329. 216.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 135. 13.
Vespa scutata, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 5. 2763. 116 c? .
Sphex palmaria, Schreb. Naturf. xx. 100. 6. t. 2. f. 9 <? .
Crossocerus scutatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 764. 1 S
(1834); Hym. iii. 168. 1.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium.

21. Crabro latipes. B.M.

Male. Length 4 lines. — Black : the head a little wider than the
thorax, much narrowed behind the eyes ; the stemraata placed in
a curve backwards on the vertex ; the clypeus yellow, with a black
carina in the middle ; the mandibles with a yellow stripe outside ;
the scape white, with a black line behind, broad and narrowed at
the base; the flagellum subfusiform, concave beneath, and serrated
on the exterior. Thorax : the metathorax rugose ; the wings
fulvo-hyaline and iridescent, the uervures rufo-testaceous ; the
anterior legs have the trochanters a little dilated and flattened
beneath, and of a very pale yellow colour; the femora pale yel-
low, broadly dilated, widest at their apex, at the base furnished
with two incurved acute teeth ; the tibiae dilated into large ob-
long concavo-convex plates, the lower posterior angle furnished
with an acute spine, the anterior margin pale yellow, behind
which it is entirely of a dusky brown, with two or three longitu-
dinal paler lines, at the base having a few narrow whitish streaks ;
the intermediate femora with a yellow stripe behind ; the tibiae
yellow, with a black stain at the base beneath ; the tarsi yellow;
the posterior legs have the tibiae and basal joint of the tarsi yel-
low outside. Abdomen : a pale yellow subinterrupted fascia on
the first and three following segments, that on the fifth conti-
nuous ; the sixth segment with an oblong spot on each side.

Hab. Nova Scotia. (Coll. Lieut. Redman.)

HYMENOPTERA.

397

** Anterior tarsi ivith one or more of the basal joints

dilated.

22. Crabro clypeatus. B.M.

Sphex clypeata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 945. 24 <J .

Schrank, Ins. Austr. 386. 780.

Christ. Hym. 285. t. 27. f. 5.
Crabro clypeatus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 375. 7 <?; Ent. Syst. ii. 297.
15; Syst. Piez. 3\2. 18.

Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 90. 880.

Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 515. 16.

Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 323. 2 ; Nouv. Diet. 2nd ed. 8. 358.
Crabro vexillatus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 46. 5 c? ,

lUig. Faun. Etrus. ii. 149.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 45. 6 S (nee ? ).

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 132. 5 S .

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 375. 212(? ? .
Crabro vexillatus, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 147- 27.
Crabro lapidarius, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 309. 6 ? .

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 55. 14.

Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym. 120.
Thyreopus clypeatus, -S^. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 758. 4 $ .
Solenius lapidarius, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 721. 8? ;

Hym. iii. 117. !•
Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Italy; Sweden; Norway;
Finland.

A comparison of specimens with the type in the Linnaean
Cabinet convinces me of the identity of the British insect with
the Swedish one, which has the name clypeata attached to it iu
the handwriting of Linnaeus.

23. Crabro palmipes. B.M.

Sphex palmipes, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 944. 20 S ,

Gmelin, i. 2730, 20,

Vill. Entom. iii. 231. 31.
Crabro palmipes. Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 47. 8.

St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 765. 2 ; Hym. iii. 169. 2.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 332. 217.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 135. 14.
Crabro tarsatus. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 163. 23.
Crabro pusillus, Herr. Schciff. Faun. Germ. 181. 55. t. 24, & t. 23.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium; Sweden.

398 hymenoptera.

24. Crabro Laport^i.

Crabro Laportsei, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 712. 14 j
Hym. iii. 115. 14.

Hab. France.

25. Crabro subterraneus.

Crabro subterraneus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 295. / ; Syst. Piez.
309. 8.

Rossi, Faun. Etrus. Illig. ed. ii. 151. 883.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 46. 7-

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 370. 240; Exam. Crabr. 71. 20;

Dispos. Meth. Spec. Hym.. 15. 109.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 146, 26.
Ceratocolus philanthoides,S^.F«r^. Ann. Soc. Ent, Fr. iii. 742.3;
Hym. iii. 147. 3.

Hab. Britain ; Italy ; France ; Germany ; Belgium ; Finland.

*** Joints of the antennee more or less emarginate, sometimes
produced beneath, forming teeth j the legs simple.

26. Crabro alatus.

Ceratocolus alatus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 46. 6.

St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 750. 10(?; Hym. iii. 156. 10.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 372. 241.

Hab. France; Germany.

27. Crabro auratus.

Solenius dives, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 716. 4 ; Hym.
iii. 122. 5.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 387. 262.

Hab. France.

28. Crabro cephalotes. B.M.

Crabro cephalotes, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 308. 5.
Panz. Faun. Germ. 62. 16.
Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 55. 13.
Shuck. Foss. Hym. 135. 7-
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 408. 273.

St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 697. 1; Hym. iii. 100. 1.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 151. 33.

KYMENOPTERA.

399

Cnibro siiiuatus, Fabr. Sj/st. Piez. 310. 12.
Crabro vespiformis, J^oh d. hind, Obs. ii. 54. 12.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium; Norway; Sweden;
Denmark.

29. Crabro chrysostomus. B.M.

Crabro fossorius, Panz. Faun. Germ. 72. 11? (nee Linn.) $ .

Van d. Liinl, Obs. ii. 51. 10 c? ? (nee Linn.).
Crabro lapitlavius, Panz. Faun. Germ. 90. 12 (nee Fabr.) S •

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. 405. 272.

WesM. Hym. Foss. Belg. 151. 32.
Crabro chrysostomus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 704. 7 $ ;
Hym. iii. 107. 7-

Herr. Schnff. Faun. Germ. 181. 22. t. 13 c? .
Crabro xylurgus, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 139. 9.

Hab. Britain ; France ; Germany ; Belgium ; Austria ; Sicily ;
Norway; Sweden; Lapland; Finland.

30. Crabro comptus.

Crabro comptus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 705. 8 ; Hyin.
hi. 108. 8.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 385. 254.

Hab. France.

Both Dahlbom and Wesmael regard this as the male of C.
chrysostomus ; but, as St. Fargeau does not mention the deep
eraargination of the third and fourth joints of the fiao-ellum, the
synonym appears doubtful.

31. Crabro dives.

Crabro dives, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 716. 4 J $ ; Hym.
iii. 122. 5.

Herr. Schtiff. Faun. Germ.. 181. 26. t. 17, 18.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 396. 2(59.

IVesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 150. 30.
Crabro alatus, Dahlb. Exam. Crabr. 85.23.t.5 S ; Dispos. 15. 111.

Hab. France; Asia Minor; Germany; Belgium; Sweden.

32. Crabro fumipennis.

Solenius fuscipennis, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 714. 1 ;
Hym. iii. 120. 2. (See Spec. 144.)
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 386. 259.

Hab. France.

T

400 hymenoptera.

33. Crabro Lindenius. B.M.

Crabro Lindenius, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 143. 10.
Crabro interruptus, Dahlh. Hym. Europ. i, 418. 275.
Crabro striatus, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 156. 35.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 321. 204.

Hab. France; Belgium; Austria; Sweden; Lapland.

The synonymy of this species is apparently very much con-
fused. Dalilbom considers it to be identical with the Crabro
striatus of St. Fargeau : that it cannot be so is proved by the
position of the stemmata, in a curve ; in the genus Crabro of
St. Fargeau they are in a triangle. Since the remarkable stria-
tion of the mesothorax, transversely in front and longitudinally
behind, is not mentioned in the descriptions of St. Fargeau's
Crabro, Ceratocolus, or Crossocerus striatus, it is impossible to
adopt either of the species as identical with C. Lindenius.

34. Crabro fasciatus.

Ceratocolus fasciatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 746. 5 S ;
Hym. iii. 151. 5.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 382. 247.

Hab. France.

35. Crabro fossorius.

Sphex fossoria, Linn. Faun. Suec. no. 1662; Syst. Nat. i. 946.32.

Vill. Ent. iii. 236. 39.
Crabro fossorius, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 422. 276.

Zett. Ins. Lapp. 442. 1.
Solenius fossorius, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 7^5. 10;
Hym. iii. 130. 10?

Hab. France; Austria; Germany; Sweden; Finland; Lapland.

36. Crabro grandis.

Solenius grandis, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 718. 5; Hym.
iii. 124. 6 $ (var. C.fossoriusl).

Hab. France.

37. Crabro larvatus. B.M,
Crabro larvatus, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 148. 29.

Hab. Britain ; Belgium.

hymenoptera. 401

38. Crabro impressus.

Ceratocolus punctatus, -S^. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 749. 9 c? $ ;
Ht/m. iii. 154. 9.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 388. 2G3.

Hah. Vienna.

39. Crabro lituratus.

Crabro lituratus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 90. 13 $ .

St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 702. 5 ; Hym. iii. 105. 5.

Hah. Britain; France.

40. Crabro maurus.

Ceratocolus maurus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 153. 7 ? ;
Hym. iii. 153. 7.

Dahlh. Hym. Europ. i. 382. 248.

Hah. Vienna.

41. Crabro octavo-notatus.

Solenius octavo-notatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 719. 6;
Hym. iii. 125. 7-
Dahlh. Hym. Europ. i. 388. 263.

Hah. France.

42. Crabro ornatus.

Crabro ornatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 709. 10 $ ; Hym.
iii. 112. 10.

Dahlh. Hym. Europ. i. 321. 203.

Hah. France.

43. Crabro philanthoides.

Crabro philanthoides, Panz, Faun. Germ. 83. 15.
Fabr. Syst. Piez. 309. 11.

Hah. Germany.

44. Crabro petiolatus.

Solenius petiolatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 726. 11 ;
Hym. iii. 131. 11.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 388. 265.

Hah. France.

T 2

402 hymenoptera.

45, Crabro punctatus.

Solenius punctatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 710. 7 S
Hijm. iii. 126. 8.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 383. 250.

Hnb. France.

46. Crabro reticulatus.

Ceratocolus reticulatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 747. 6 S ',

Hym. iii. 152. 6.
Crabro pterotus, Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 43, 4.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 360. 234.

Hab. France.

47. Crabro sexcinctus. B.M.

Crabro sexcinctus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 295. 9 ?
Panz. Faun. Germ. 64. 13?
Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 55. 13 S (nee ? ).
Herr. Scliaff. Faun. Germ. 181. 18.
Shuck. Foss. Hym. 137. 8 c? .
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 154. 34.

Hab. Britain; Germany; Belgium,

48. Crabro vagus.

Spliex vaga, Linn. Faun. Stiec. no. 1661 ; Syst. Nat. 1. 946. 36.

Vill. Ent. iii. 238. 44.

Schaff. Icon. Ins. Ratisb. t. 94. f. 4, 5, & t. 127. f. 6.
Crabro vagus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 375. 8; Spec. Ins. i. 471. 10;
Ma7it. i. 296, 16; Ent. Syst. ii. 298. 17; Syst. Piez. 313. 22.

Panz. Faun. Germ. 46. 10.

Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 91. 881.

OUv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 515. 18.

Schrank, Faun. Boic. ii. 338. 2188.

Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 324. 4.

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 57. 16.

Shuck. Foss. Hym,. 145. 11.

Zett. Ins. Lapp. 442. 2.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 392. 268.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 147- 28.
Solenius vajjus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 722. 9 ; Hym.
iii. 147. 28.

Hab. Britain, and throughout Europe.

hymenoptera. 403

49. Crahro vespiformis. B.M.

Crabro vespiformis, Panz. Faun. Germ. 53. 14?

St. Farij. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 701. 4 ; llym. iii. 104. 4.

Hab. France.

50. Crabro Ziegleri.

Ceratocolus puuctatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 748. 8 $ ;
Hym. iii. 154. 8.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 383. 249.

Hab. Viemia.

51. Crabro zonatus.

Crabro zonatus, Fanz. Faun. Germ. 47- 7 S (var. C.sexcinctusl).
St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 700. 3; Hym. iii. 103. 3.

Hab. Paris; Germany.

**** Joints of the antenna simple; the legs simple. The
opposite sex of many of the species not known.

52. Crabro anxius. B.M.

Crabro exiguus, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 174. 32 (nee Van d. hind).

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 326. 214.
Crabro anxius, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 137. 16^ ? •

Hab. Britain; Belgium; Sweden.

53. Crabro albilabris. B.M.

Crabro albilabris, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 302. 31.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 55. 28 <? ? .

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 171. 30.

Zett. Ins. Lapp. 444. 9.
Crabro leucostoma,Po/?2:. Faun. Germ. 15. 24; Krit. Revis. ii. 185.
Pemphredon albilabris, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 316. 8.
Lindenius albilabris, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 795. 4 ;
Hym. iii. 197. 4.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 300. 182.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 124. 1.
Crabro canescens, Dahlb. Exam. Crabr. Scand. 23. 2. t. 1 $ .

Hab. Britain; France; Italy; Germany; Belgium; Saxony;
Denmark ; Sweden ; Norway ; Lapland.

The species included in the genus Lindenius of St. Fargeau
only differ from the rest of the genus Crabro in having the ocelli

404 HYMENOPTERA.

in curve, and the mandibles not notched at the base ; but the
latter character is common to many species of other divisions of
the genus : an examination of a large number of species from
other countries shows that the former character is evanescent ;
the ocelli are disposed in every form between an angle and a
slight curve.

54. Crabro bimaculatus. B.M.

Crossocerus bimaculatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 788.

25(?; Hym. iii. 191. 25.
Crabro geniculatus. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 169. 28.
Crabro bimaculatus, Dahlb. Hym. Eur op. i. 310. 190.

Hab. Britain ; France ; Germany ; Austria.

55. Crabro brevis. B.M.

Crabro brevis, Van d. hind, Ohs. ii. 70. 32 <? $ .

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 175. 33.
Lindenius brevis, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 800. 10; Hym.

202. 10.
Entomognathus brevis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 295. 179.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 124. 1.

Hab. Britain; France (Paris); Germany; Italy; Belgium;
Austria ; Sweden.

This species only differs from the majority of the genus in
being of a shorter and more robust form, and in having
a deep notch, or rather an obtuse tooth, at the base of the man-
dibles ; these differences cannot be regarded as of more than
specific value.

56. Crabro capitosus. B.M.

Crabro capitosus, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 159. 20 $ .

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 317. 198 c? $ .

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 129. 3.
Crabro leevipes, Herr. Schlijf. Faun. Germ. 179. 22. p. 43.

Hab. Britain ; Germany ; Sweden.

57. Crabro dimidiatus. B.M.

Crabro dimidiatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 298. 19 $ ; Syst. Piez.
313. 24.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 58. 20 d^ $ .
Shuck. Foss. Hym. 151. 14.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 345. 228.

HYMENOPTERA.

405

Orabro serripes, Panz. Faun. Germ. 46, 8.

Herr. Schaff. Faun. Germ. \7'J. 20.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 128. 1.
Blepharipus pauperatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 733. 5 ;

Hym. iii. 138. 5.
Hab. Britain J France; Germany; Norway; Sweden.

58. Crabro diversipes. ^.^l.

Crabro pubescens, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 165. 25 $ .

Dahlh. Hym. Europ. i. 311. 1^1.
Crabro diversipes, Herr. Schaff. Faun. Germ. 181. 49 <? $ .

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 134. 12.

Hab. Britain; Belgium.

59. Crabro elongatus.

Crossoeerus elongatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 790. 27
(? $ ; Hym. iii. 193. 27.

Hab. Belgium.

60. Crabro exiguus. B.M.

Crabro exiguus. Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 72. 33 ? .
Shuck. Foss. Hym. 174. 32 ? , not the <? .
Wes7n. Hym. Foss. Belg. 141. 21 <? ? .

Hab. Britain.

61. Crabro hyalinus.

Crabro hyalinus, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 161. 21.
Hab. Britain.

62. Crabro interstinctus.

Crabro interstinctus. Smith, Zool. ix. Append, p, cxxvi.
Hab. Britain. (Coll, F. Smith.)

63. Crabro leucostoma.

Sphex leucostoma, Linn. Faun. Suec. no. 1663; Syst. Nat. i.
946. 36.

Villers, Entom. iii. 237. 43.
Crabro leucostoma, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 376. 13 ; Spec. Ins. i. 472.
17; Mant. i. 297. 27 ; Ent. Syst. ii. 301. 27.
Oliv. Encycl. MM. vi. 518. 35.
Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 61. 24.

406 HYMENOPTERA.

Crabro leucostoma. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 153. 15.

Zett. Ins. Lapp. 444. 9.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 341. 223.

Herr. Schdff. Fatm. Germ. 48. 56.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 133. 11.
Pemphredon leucostoma, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 314. 1.
Crossocems leucostoma, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 777- 13 ;

Hym. in. 180. 13.
Crabro bideiis, Halid. Ent. Mag. i. 516 (^ .

Hah. Britain ; France ; Germany ; Belgium ; Sweden ; Lapland.

64. Crabro luteipalpis. B.M.

Crossocerus luteipalpis, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 785.

23 J; Hym. iii. 188. 22.
Crabro elougatulus, Van d. Lind, Ohs. ii. 62. 25 c? .

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 315. 196.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 154. 16.

Wesjn. Hym. Foss. Belg. 138. 18.
Crabro luteipalpis. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 155. 17.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium; Norway.

65. Crabro oBLiauus. B.M.

Crabro obliquus. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 167. 26 iS ^ .
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 315. 195.

Hab. Britain.

66. Crabro podagricus. B.M.

Crabro podagricus, Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 60. 23 $ .
Shuck. Foss. Hym. 157. 19 <? $ .
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 130. 5.
Crossocerus podagricus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 7^6. 24;

Hym. iii. 189. 23.
Crabro vicinus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 333. 218.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium; Sweden.

67. Crabro proximus.

Crabro proximus, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 156. 18.
Hab. Britain.

68. Crabro Panzeri. B.M.

Crabro Panzeri, Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 67. 29 ^ ? .
Shuck. Foss. Hym. 173. 31.

HYMENOPTERA. 407

Linilenius Panzeri, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 7'^H. 7; Hyin.
iii. 201. 8.

Dahlb. Hijm. Europ. i. 302. 183.
Wesm. Hijni. Foss. Belg. 124. 1.

Hah. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium; Denmark; Swe-
den ; Finland.

6y. Crabro 4-maculatus. B.M.

Crabro 4-maculatus, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 294. 4; Syst. Piez. 308.4.
Spin. Ins. Ligiir. fasc. iii. 177- 9.
Bahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 351. 230 <? $ .
M'esm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 139. 19.
Crabro mediatus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 312. 20.
Crabro subpunctatus. Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 58. 19 (nee Rossi).

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 147. 12.
Crossocerus subpunctatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 76^-3 ;

Hym. in. 170. 3(? ?.
Blepharipus pauperatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 733. 5;
Hym. iii. 130. 5,

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Italy; Belgium; Denmark;

Sweden.

70. Crabro scutellaris.

Crabro scutellaris, Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym. Append, p. 121.
Hab. Britain. (Coll. F. Smith.)

71. Crabro Shuckardi. B.M.
Crabro exiguus. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 174. 32 (nee Van d. Lind),

the S only.

Hab. Britain.

72. Crabro sigxatus. B.M.

Crabro signatus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 53. 15 $ .

Jurine, Hym. 212.

Herr. Schiiff. Faun. Germ. 179. 20 & 21.

Wesm. Hym.. Foss. Belg. 128. 2(? ? .
Crabro dimidiatus. Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 60. 20.

Hub. Britain; Germany; Belgium.

73. Crabro transversalis. B.M.

Crabro transversalis, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 162. 22 c?.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 317. 197-

Hab. Britain.

T 5

408 HYMENOPTERA.

74. Crabro VAGABUNDUS. B.M.

Crabro vagabundus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 53. 16 J .

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 57. 18.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 149. 30.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 132. 8.
Blepliaripus mediatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 735. 6;

Hym. iii. 140. 6 c? $ .
Blepliaripus 5-maculatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 738.
9 S (var.) ; Hyyn. iii. 144. 9.

Herr. Schaff. Faun. Germ. 179. 39 (^ $ .
Crabro subpunctatus, DaJilb. Hym. Europ. i. 349. 229.
Crabro 4-cinctus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 526. 32 $ var. ?

H«6. Britain ', France ; Germany ; Belgium ; Sweden ; Nova
Scotia.

Tb. Crabro varius.

Crossocerus varius, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 775. 12;
Hym. iii. 179. 12.

Herr. Schoff. Faun. Germ. 181. 48. t. 23.

BaJilb. Hym. Europ. i. 322. 205.
Crabro spinipectus, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 163. 23 c? ? .

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 327. 215 (not var. b & c).
Crabro varius, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 137. 15.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium.

Wesmael refers the C. spinipectus $ to C palmipes, which ic
certainly is not ; the female of C. palmipes has been taken in
this country since the publication of Shuckard's work, who did
not know that sex, which, as Wesmael points out, differs,
amongst other particulars, in having black spines at the apex of
the anterior tibiae. Crabro spinipectus appears to be correctly
reduced to a synonym of the C. varius; both sexes have all the
spines at the apex of the tibiae yellow.

76. Crabro Walkeri. B.M.

Crabro Walkeri, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 170. 29^.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 140. 20.

Hab. Britain ; France ; Belgium ; Sweden.

77. Crabro Wesmaeli. B.M.

Crabro Wesmaeli, Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 63. 26 c? ? .
Shuck. Foss. Hym. 164. 24.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 312. 192.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 137. 17.

HYMENOPTEKA. 409

Crossocerus Wesmaeli, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 7<^'l 20 ;
Hym. iii. 186. 19.

Hab. Britain ; France ; Germany ; Belgium.

78. Crabro affinis.

Crossocerus affinis, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 781. 18$;
Hym. iii. 184. 17.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 324. 209.

Hab. France.

79. Crabro armatus.

Crabro armatus, Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 71- 31.
Liudenius armatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 793. 2; Hym.
iii. 195. 2.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 299. 181.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 125. 4.

Hab. France ; Belgium.

80. Crabro ambiguus.

Crabro ambiguus, Dahlb. Dispos. Meth. Spec. Hym. i. 14. 95 ;
Hym. Europ. i. 336. 220.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 131. 5.
Crossocerus gonager, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 188. 21 ?
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 325. 212.

Hab. Geneva; Versailles?

81. Crabro Aphidium.

Crossocerus Aphidium, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 789.27 ? ;

Hym. iii. 192. 26.
Crabro Aphidium, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 308. 189.

Herr. Sch'dff. Faun. Germ. 181. 62.

Hab. France.

^2. Crabro apicalis,

Lindenius apicalis, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 75^4. 3 ? ;
Hym. iii. 196. 3.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 307. 188.

Hab. France.

410 hymenoptera.

83. Crabro annulipes.

Blepharipus annulipes, St, Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 729. 2 $ ;
Hym. iii. 134. 2.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 320. 201.

Hab. France.

84. Crabro binotatus.

Crossocerus binotatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 1/5. /? ;
Hym. iii. 1/5. 7.

Hab. France.

85. Crabro Fargeii.

Ceratocolus striatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 744. 4;
Hym. iii. 149. 4.

Hab. Paris.

86. Crabro flavipes.

Crabro flavipes, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 699. 2 ; Hym.
iii. 102. 2.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 384. 253.

Hab. France.

87- Crabro intricatus.

Crossocerus striatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. fV. iii. 776. 11 5 •
Dahlb. Hym. Ew^op. i. 381. 245.

Hab. France.

88. Crabro luteipes.

Blepharipus flavipes, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 736. 7 ;
Hym. iii. 142. 7-

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 384. 253.

Hab. France.

89. Crabro Lefebvrei.

Crossocerus Lefebvrei, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 174.6 ^ ;
Hym. iii. 174. 6.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 384. 252..

Hab. France.

HYMENOPTERA.

411

90. Crabro Lepeletieri.

Crossocerus striatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 77^. 11 ;

Hi/i".. iii. 17'~^- 11 •
Crossocerus striatulus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 321. 204.

Hab. France.

91. Crabro morio.

Crossocerus morio, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 781. 17;
Hym. iii. 183. 16.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 323. 208.

Hab. France.

92. Crabro nicer.

Crossocerus niger, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 782. 19 S ;
Hym. iii. 185. 18.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 324. 210.

Hab. France.

93. Crabro nigritus.

Blei)baripus nigrita, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 134. 1 ?;
Hym, iii. 134. 1.

Dahlb, Hym. Europ. i. 320. 200.

Hab. France.

94. Crabro decoratus.

Crossocerus ornatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 774. 10 $ ;
Hym. iii. 177. 10. (See Spec. 42.)
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 385. 255.

Hab. France.

95. Crabro ovalis.

Crossocerus ovalis, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 780. 16.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 323. 207.

Hab. France.

96. Crabro pallidipalpis. B.M.

Crossocerus pallidipalpis, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 779.

15; Hym. iii. 182. 15.
Crabro pallidipalpis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 314. 194.

Hab. France.

412

HYMENOPTERA.

97. Crabro PYGM^US.

Crabro pygmaeus, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. Mant. ii. Append. 124. 112 ?

Van d. hind, Ohs. ii. (^di. 30 $ .
Lindenius pvgmseus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 797- 6 ;
Hym. iii. 199. 6 ? .

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 305. 185.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 125. 3.
Lindenius curtus, St. Farg. Ann, Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 799. 9 J ;
Hym. iii. 201. 9.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 306. 187.

Hah. France; Germany; Belgium.

98. Crabro pusillus.

Crossocerus pusillus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 778. 14 ;
Hym. iii. 181. 14.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 225. 208.
Crabro pusillus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 323. 206.

Hab. France; Algeria.

99. Crabro rubicola.

Solenius rubicola, Dufour, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ix. 25. 10. t. 2.

f. 33-36 <? ? .
Crabro (Ectemnius) rubicola, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 389. 267.

Hab. France.

100. Crabro l^viceps.

Crossocerus rufipes, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 784.21 J;
Hym. iii. 187. 20.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 324. 211.

Hab. France.

101. Crabro striatulus.

Blepharipus striatulus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 737-

8 c?; Hym. iii. 143. 8.
Crabro striatulus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i, 367. 238.

Hab. France.

102. Crabro striatus.

Crabro striatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 70/. 9 ; Hym.
iii. 110. 9.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 245.

HYMENOPTERA.

413

Crabro cephalotes, Oliv. Eiicycl. Meth. vi. 513, 9 ?
Panz. Faun. Germ. 62. 16.
Sjnn. Ins. Ligiir. ii. 1/8. 11.

Hab. France.

103. Crabro sub^neus.

Lindenius subicneus, St. Fary. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 7^8. 7 ;
Hym. iii. 200. 7-
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 305. 186.

Hab. Paris.

104. Crabro venustus.

Lindenius venustus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 79^. 5 $ ;
Hym. iii. 1.98. 5.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 304. 184.

Hab. France.

105. Crabro varipes.

Crossocerus varipes, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 773. 9 ^ ;
Hym. iii. 176. 9.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 321. 202.

Hab. France.

106. Crabro assimilis.

Crabro affinis, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 130. 6 $ (nee St. Farg.).
Hab. Belgium.

107. Crabro dentricus.

Crabro dentricus, Herr. Schaff.Faun. Germ.\Sl.4S. no.'J .t. 20 ^ .
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 143. 22.

Hab. Belgium.

108. Crabro l^vipes.

Crabro la3vi])es, Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 67- 27 (var. 4-maculatus S ?).
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 313. 193.
Herr. Schdff. Faun. Germ. 317- 198?

Hab. Belgium.

109. Crabro guttatus.

Crabro guttatus, Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 49. 9.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 400. 270.

414 HYMENOPTERA.

Crabro guttatus, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 150. 31.
Crabro spinicollis, Herr. Schdff. Faun. Germ. 181. 27. t. 1 & 2.
Crabro parvulus, Herr. Schdff. Faun. Germ. 181. 37. t. 15 <? .
Crabro borealis, Dahlb. Exam. Crabr. 81. 22. t. 5 J ; Dispos. 15.

112.
Hah. Belgium ; Germany ; Austria ; Sweden ; Finland.

110. Crabro congener.

Crabro congener, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 335. 219 $ .
Hab. Germany.

111. Crabro Loewi.

Crabro Loewi, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 368. 239 J .
Hab. Germany.

112. Crabro rugifer.

Crabro rugifer, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 404. 271 c? .
Hab. Germany.

113. Crabro sinuatus.
Crabro sinuatus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 310. 12.
Hab. Germany.

114. Crabro annulatus.

Crossocerus annulatus, St.Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.iii. 787. 24 $ ;
Hym. iii. 190. 24.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 325. 213.

Hab. Austria (Vienna).

115. Crabro Kollari.

Crabro Kollari, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 415. 274.
Hab. Austria; Germany.

116. Crabro varus.
Crabro varus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 62. 17-
Hab. Austria.

HYMENOPTERA. 415

117. CrABRO BASALIS. B.M.

Female. Length 4} lines. — Black : the head closelj' punc-
tnvcd ; the clypeus covered with silvery pubescence ; the scape
yellow, three or four of the basal joints of the tiagellura of a
reddish-yellow ; the mandibles obscurely ferruginous. Thorax
longitu(hually coarsely rugose, the metathorax behind, and at
the sides, transversely striate ; a spot on each side of the collar
and the tubercles yellow ; the wings slightly coloured, the ner-
vures and teguhie ferruginous ; the legs ferruginous, the anterior
tibise yellowish. Abdomen closely punctured ; the basal segment
ferruginous, the second, third, fourth and fifth segments with
an ovate pale yellow macula on each side ; beneath, the first
and second segments and the extreme apex ferruginous.

Hab. Polish Ukraine.

118. Crabro cinxius.

Crabro cinxius, Dahlb. Hpn. Europ. i. 318. 199.
Wes7n. Hym. Foss. Belg. 129. 4.

Hah. Norway.

119. Crabro Lapponicus.

Crabro lapponicus, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 443. 3 $ .
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 363. 235.

Hab. Lapland ; Norway.

120. Crabro melanarius.

Crabro podagricus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 339. 222 (nee Shuck.).
Crabro melanarius, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 133.

Hab. Sweden.

121. Crabro sulphureipes. B.M.

Male. Length 4 lines. — Black : the head as large as the
thorax, finely punctured, the sides swollen; the clypeus covered
with silvery pubescence ; the scape and mandibles yellow, their
tips rufo-piceous. Thorax closely punctured, the metathorax
rugose, with a longitudinal channel extending from the base to
the apex ; the collar, tubercles, scutellum, post-scutellum, and
legs of a sulphur-yellow; the coxae, trochanters, and extreme
base of the femora, black ; the wings fulvo-hyaline ; the collar
produced on each side into a sharp subdentate angle. Abdomen
with three broad yellow bands, the first at the base' of the second
segment and subiuterrupted; the second at the base of the fourth.

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and the third at the base of the fifth; sometimes a narrow stripe
at the base of the sixth.

Hab. Sicily.

This species bears a close resemblance to C. vagus, but is at
once distinguished by the acuter angles of the prothorax. The
femora have sometimes their basal half black.

122. CrABRO BUCEPHALUS.

Male. Length 2| lines. — Black and shining : the head wider
and larger than the thorax, with scattered punctures, the ocelli
placed in a triangle on the vertex, a deep depression at the side
of the posterior pair ; the face deeply depressed, thinly covered
as well as the clypeus with silvery pubescence ; the tips of the
scape and the fiagellum rufo-piceous ; a yellow spot at the inner
orbit of the eyes, towards the vertex ; the mandibles yellow, fer-
ruginous towards their apex, with the tips black. Thorax with
a few scattered punctures ; the collar elevated, the anterior
lateral angles acute ; the scutellum, tubercles and collar yellow ;
the wings hyaline and iridescent ; the legs rufo-testaceous ; the
tips of the anterior and intermediate femora, their tibiae and
tarsi, yellow, the tibiae with a dark stain beneath ; the posterior
femora yellow at their base. Abdomen : the first segment with
two spots in the middle, the second segment with a large ovate
macula on each side.

Hab. Sicily.

12.3. Crabro hilaris. B.M.

Female. Length 4| lines. — Black : the head closely punc-
tured ; the scape, basal joint of the fiagellum, the clypeus and
mandibles, yellow, the latter black at their apex ; the clypeus
covered with golden pubescence. Thorax closely punctured;
the collar, tubercles, an oblong spot beneath the wings, with
one or two minute dots behind, the tegulae, scutellum, and a
minute spot at its anterior angles and two spots on the post-scu-
tellum, yellow ; the metathorax ruggedly sculptured ; the wings
fulvo-hyaline, the nervures and a stain on the tegulse ferrugi-
nous ; the apex of the wings smoky ; the legs yellow, a rufo-
piceous stain on the anterior and intermediate femora above, the
posterior pair entirely so ; the claw-joint of the tarsi ferruginous.
Abdomen elongate, lanceolate, the first segment narrowed at its
base and forming a petiole ; the petiole dark rufo-piceous, the
apical half -of the segment yellow ; two large maculae on the
second segment nearly touching in the middle, the third, fourth
and fifth segments with a broad yellow fascia on their apical

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417

marj^ins ; beneath, each segment with a broad bisinuated yellow
band on its apical margin ; the apex of the tirst and the base of
the second segment ferruginous.
Hab. Florida (St. John's BluiF). (Coll. E. Doubleday, Esq.)

124. CrABRO IMPRESSIFRONS.

Crabro tibialis, Saij, Narr. Exped. St. Peter's River, Append.

p. 73. 1.
Hab. Pennsylvania.

125. Crabro dubius.

Solenius interruptus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (1834) iii. 716.

3 J Hijm. iii. 122. 4.
Crabro confluentus. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 376 (1834-7) (var. ?).

Hab. North America.

126. Crabro maculatus. B.M.
Crabro maculatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 295. 8; Syst. Piez. 309. 9.
Hab. North America.

127. Crabro pictus.

Blepharipus maculatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 730. 3;

Hym. iii. 135. 3 (nee Fabr.).
Crabro maculatus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 344. 226.

Hab. North America.

128. Crabro macultpennis. B.M.
Blepharipus maculatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 730. 3 $

(nee Fabr.) ; Hym. iii. 135. 3.
Crabro maculatus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 344. 226.

Hab. North America.

Specimens from Hudson's Bay have the wings spotted a little
differently to the description of St. Fargeau, as follows :— a small
oblong-quadrate brown spot in the middle of the marginal cell,
another at the apex of the externo-medial cell, and a third in the
middle of the first recurrent nervure ; in other respects the insects
agree with St. Fargeau's description ; but the species is quite
distinct from the maculatus of Fabricius.

129. Crabro singularis. B.M.

Male. Length 5-6 Unes. — Black : the head narrower than the
thorax, the vertex much narrowed behind ; the face deeply chan-

418 HYMENOPTERA.

neled and striated longitudinally before the ocelli, and trans-
versely so behind ; the mandibles and scape yellow, the latter with
a black spot behind ; the base of the flagellum reddish-yellow,
the third joint emarginate at the base and thickened at the apex.
Thorax : the collar channeled, the lateral angles subdentate, and
having a yellow spot on each side, the tubercles yellow ; the raeso-
thorax longitudinally striated ; the scutellum shining and punc-
tured ; the metathorax very coarsely rugulose ; wings yellowish, a
narrow fuscous stain on the anterior margin beyond the stigma,
the nervures ferruginous ; the legs yellow, the intermediate femora
fuscous beneath, the posterior pair rufo-fuscous, yellowish at
their apex above ; the apical joints of the tarsi black. Abdomen
smooth and shining, subpetiolate ; the second and four following
segments with an ovate macula on each side at their basal mar-
gins, each one smaller than the preceding.

Hab. North America (Trenton Falls). (Coll. E. Doubleday, Esq.)

130. Crabro 6-maculatus. B.M.

Crabro 6-maculatus, Say, Narr. Exped. St. Peter^s River, Append.
p. 74. 3.

Hah. Pennsylvania.

131. Crabro scutellatus.

Crabro scutellatus. Say, Narr. Exped. St. Peter's River, Append.
p. 74. 2.

Hab. Pennsylvania.

132. Crabro scaber.

Solenius scaber, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 715. 2 c?; Hym.
iii. 121. 3.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ: i. 387. 260.

Hab. Philadelphia.

133. Crabro rufipes.

Ceratocolus rufipes, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 741. 2$;
Hym. iii. 146. 2.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 381. 244.

Hab. Carolina,

134. Crabro obscurus. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black : head large, subquadrate ;
the ocelli in a triangle on the vertex ; the clypeus covered with

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golden pubescence ; the middle of the mandibles and the scape
yellow. Thorax : a s]iot on each side of the collar, the tubercles,
and a s])ot in the middle of the post-scutelhim, yellow ; the
mesothorax louiiitudinally roughened ; the scutellum shining
and with longitudinal punctures ; the mctathorax with a deep
central longitudinal channel, which is transversely striated ; the
base of the mctathorax coarsely obliquely striated, posteriorly
transversely so ; the wings slightly coloured, the nervures nifo-
testaccous; the tibia? and tarsi yellow; the claw -joint fnscous,
as well as the second, third and fourth joints of the posterior
pair. Abdomen smooth and shining, the second, third and fourth
segments with a yellow fascia on their basal margins, the first
three interrupted ; the apical segment ])inclied at the sides and
covered with yellow pubescence ; beneath, immaculate.

The male closely resembles the female, but has a silvery pu-
bescence on the clypeus, and the spots on the collar and post-
scutellum obliterated ; the fascia; on the abdomen reduced to
oblong lateral spots; the tibia? have a black stain beneath.

Hab. Hudson's Bay. (Coll. G. Barnston, Esq.)

135. Crabro trifasciatus. B.M .

Crabro trifasciatus, Say, Narr. Exped. St. Peter^s River, Append,
p. 74. 4 (var. G-maculatus?J.

Hab. Pennsylvania; Hudson's Bay.

This species scarcely differs from C. vagus, and may be re-
garded as the American representative of it : the yellow markings
are much paler ; the antennae of the male are of the same form
as in C. vagus, and are apparently 12-jointed, as in that species,

136. Crabro frigidus. B.M.

Female. Length 5| lines. — Black : the head finely punctured,
the cheeks sparingly so, smooth and shining; the ocelli in a
curve on the vertex ; the scape and mandibles yellow, the base
and apex of the latter black. Thorax : the mesothorax longitu-
dinallv striated ; the scutellum shining, punctured at the base,
and longitudinally striated beyond ; the mctathorax with a sub-
defined half- circular space at its base, Avhich is coarsely striated
obliquely ; ])osteriorly it is very coarsely and deeply rugulose ; a
spot on each side of the collar and the tubercles yellow, the an-
terior lateral angles of the collar subdentate ; the knees, tibiae
and tarsi yellow, the apical joints of the latter fuscous, the ex-
treme apex of the tibia; with a ferruginous stain; the wings

420 HYMENOPTERA.

fusco-hyaline. Abdomen smooth and shining, the first segment
verj- dehcately punctured, the following segments more distinctly
so ; the second and three following segments with an ovate pale
yellow macula on each side at their basal margin ; the apical
segment produced into an obtuse spine, which has a sharp raised
margin, and is covered sparingly with oblong punctures.

Hab. North America.

137. Crabro confluentus. B.M.
Crabro confluentus. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 3/6.

Hab. N. America (Indiana).

138. Crabro collinus. B.M.

Male. Length 5 lines. — Black : the head closely punctured ;
the clypeus and face with a golden pubescence ; the cheeks thinly
covered with silvery pubescence ; the antennse simple ; the scape,
basal joint of the flagellum, and the mandibles, yellow, the apex
of the latter black. Thorax : the mesothorax coarsely punc-
tured; the metathorax with a transverse enclosed space at its
base, which is closely punctured, and with a series of deep fos-
sulets around its margins, the sides and posterior portion very
coarsely rugulose ; the collar, tubercles, a spot on the tegulse in
front, and the post-scutellura, yellow ; the legs yellow, with the
femora reddish ; wings fusco-hyaline, the tegulae ferruginous.
Abdomen shining, closely punctured, most sparingly but most
strongly so at the base ; an elongate-ovate yellow spot on each
side of the three basal segments ; the two following have a trans-
verse narrow yellow band, the first slightly interrupted.

Hab. East Florida (St. John's Bluff). (Coll. R. Foster, Esq.)

139. Crabro chrysarginus. B.M.

Crabro chrysarginus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 711. 12;

Hym. iii. 114. 12.
Crabro arcuatus. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 377-
Crabro chrysargurus, Dalilb. Hym. Europ. i. 386. 257.

Hab. N. America (Indiana) ; Hudson's Bay.

140. Crabro aurifrons. B.M.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Black : the clypeus and face co-
vered with golden pubescence ; the scape, basal joint of the fla-
gellum, and the mandibles, yellow outside ; the head as wide as
the thorax, delicately punctured, with the ocelli in an obtuse

HYMENOPTERA. 421

triangle. Thorax : the collar slightly interrupted, the tubercles,
a line at the base of the scutellum, and the ])Ost-scutellum, yel-
low; the mesothorax and scutellum coarsely imnctured; the
metathorax with an enclosed space at its base and a broad longi-
tudinal channel which is transversely carinatcd, and entirely
coarsely rugose; the wings fulvous, the nervures and tegulse
ferruginous ; the legs reddish-yellow, the femora darkest, the
apical joints of the tarsi fuscous. Abdomen finely punctured ;
the first and second segments with a lateral ovate yellow spot in
the middle ; the third, fourth and fifth segments with a narrow
line on each side in the middle, the lines extending further in-
wards on each successive segment.

Hab. Georgia.

141. Crabro advena. ^ B.M.

Female. Length 41 lines.' — Black : the head with fuscous
pubescence ; the scape, clypeus, and a stripe on the mandibles,
yellow ; the clypeus covered with silvery pubescence ; the ocelli
in a triangle on the vertex. Thorax : a slightly interrupted line
on the collar, tubercles, and a transverse stripe at the base of the
scutellum, yellow ; the mesothorax closely punctured, the meta-
thorax very coarsely rugose ; the tibise and tarsi yellow, a fuscous
spot on the tibise beneath at their apex ; the apical joints of the
tarsi rufo-fuscous ; the wings fusco-hyaline, the nervures and
tegulse ferruginous. Abdomen : the first, second and third seg-
ments with an interrupted yellow band placed a little behind the
middle ; the fourth and fifth segments with a yellow fascia on
their apical margins ; the apical segment forming an elongated
triangle, obtuse at the apex and longitudinally rugose ; beneath,
smooth, shining and impunctate.

Male. — The clypeus and mandibles black ; the flagellura ful-
vous beneiith, with the second, third, fourth and fifth joints
produced into a tooth at the apex ; the punctures of the meso-
thorax running into elongate striae ; the thorax beneath covered
with hoary pubescence ; the anterior femora are ferruginous
within, black behind, and have a yellow stripe beneath ; the in-
termediate femora yellow at their apex ; the tibiae are yellow
above and black beneath ; the tarsi yellow, their apical joints
fusco-ferruginous ; all the segments of the abdomen with yellow
fasciae, the first four slightly interrupted.

Hab. Nova Scotia.

142. Crabro unicolor. B.M.
Female. Length 6 lines. — Black : the head and thorax opake ;

422 HYMENOPTERA.

the abdomen siiining; the stemmata in a triangle on the vertex ;
the face deeply canaliculated, covered, as well as the clypeus,
with silvery pubescence. The disk of the thorax very finely and
closely punctured, slightly shining ; the metathorax finely longi-
tudinally rugose, with a central longitudinal channel extending
from the base to the apex; wings smoky, the posterior pair
palest. Abdomen faintly punctured towards the apex, the apical
segment more strongly so, with the margins carinated, the apex
rounded.
Hab. Sandwich Islands.

143. Crabro distinctus. B.M.

Female. Length 3 lines. — Black : the head and thorax opake ;
the stemmata in a curve on the vertex ; the face canaliculated ;
the inner orbit of the eyes half-way towards their vertex, and
the clypeus, covered with golden pubescence ; the scape and
mandibles yellowish-\A hite, the tips of the mandibles, and a nar-
row stripe on the scape within, black. Thorax : an interruj)ted
line on the collar, the tubercles and a spot behind, the scutellum
and post-scutellum, yellowish-white ; wings faintly coloured and
iridescent. Abdomen: the basal segment with a large trans-
verse irregular-shaped spot, which is somewhat arched in front,
and with two deep rounded emargiuatious behind, which have a
wide one outside extending to the apex of the spot ; the second,
fourth and fifth segments have an uninterrupted fascia at their
base, of a yellowish-white; the apical segment shining and
punctm'cd.
Hah. Sandwich Islands.

144. Crabro fuscipennis.

Crabro fuscipennis, St.Farg..Ann.Soc.Ent.Fr.m. /lO. 11; Hyin.
iii. 113. 11.

Dahlb. Rym, Europ. i. 385. 255.

Hab. India.

145. Crabro insignis.

Female. Length 6| lines. — Black : head opake, subquadrate,
rather wider than the thorax ; the stemmata in a curve placed
forwards on the vertex ; the clypeus covered with pale golden
pubescence ; antennaj and mandibles black. Thorax opake ;
the collar grooved, wdth the anterior angles acute ; the meso-
thorax longitudinally striated, with three abbreviated carinte in
front; the metathorax with a half-circular space at its base,

HYMENOPTEKA. 423

enclosed by a sharp ridge, in the centre of which are two longi-
tudinal carina; ; on each side it is striated ;' the sides coarsely
rugose, behind transversely striated; the wings fusco-hyaline,
with a violet iridescence, the nervures rufo-fuscous ; the anterior
. tibia; ferruginous ^^•ithiu ; the posterior femora with a yellow
stripe above, and the tibia; with a stripe outside. Abdomen
shining, the first segment with a yellow band in the middle
which emits a quadrate spot in front and has two deej) notches
behind; the second, third, fourth and fifth segments with a
yellow fascia at their basal margins, which are narrowed in the
middle ; beneath, the second and third segments have a yellow
spot on each side.

Hab. India. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

146. Crabro argentatus.

Lindenius argentatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 1\)2. I ;
Hym. iii. 194. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. 300. 182.

Hab. India.

147. Crabro semipunctatus,

Crabro semipunctatus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 711- 13 $ ;
Hym. iii. 115. 13.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 386. 258.

Hab. Rio Janeiro.

148. Crabro opulentus. B.M.

Female. Length 4 hues.— Black : the head closely punctured,
the ocelli in a curve ; the face, above the insertion of the an-
tennae, with a changeable golden pile ; a similar lustre on the
vertex behind the eyes ; that on the lower portion of the cheeks,
base of the mandibles, clypeus, and inner orbit of the eyes, is
dense, bright and silvery ; the scape yellow. Thorax : the meso-
thorax covered with large confluent punctures; the scutellum
with distinct separated punctures ; the mesothorax has a central
carina, and on each side of it a much more elevated one, all
extending from the base to the'disk ; the metathorax with a deep
longitudinal central channel, and a half-circular sub-enclosed
space at its base, which is obliquely and very coarselv grooved;
on each side of the enclosure it is coarsely sculi)tured; the pos-
terior portion of the metathorax coarsely rugose, the lateral
margins raised; the collar, tubercles, a spot beneath the wings,
a double spot at the anterior lateral angles of the scutellum, and
the post-scutellum, yellow ; a spot at the apex of the anterior

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424 HYMENOPTERA.

femora beneath, another on the tibiae above ; the intermediate
femora beneath, the tibiae at their base above, and the posterior
tibiae with a stripe at their apex outside, yellow ; the tarsi rufo-
piceous ; the wings slightly coloured and iridescent. Abdomen :
the two basal segments strongly punctured, the base of the first •
smooth and shining, the apical margins of both depressed ; the
first and second segments with a broad, oblong, transverse
macula on each side in the middle ; the third, fourth and fifth
segments with a narrow interrupted fascia, also in the middle ;
the apical segment pinched in at the sides, which are yellow ;
above, with the sides raised, forming an oblong channel.

Hah. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. H. W.Bates.)

149. Crabro flavipennis.

Ceratocolus flavipennis, -S^. Farg. Ann. Sqc. Ent. Fr. iii. 740. I;
Hym. iii. 145. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 381. 243.

Hab. Brazil.

150. Crabro crcesus.

Solenius croesus, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 727. 12 c? $;
Hym. iii. 132. 12.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 388. 266. •

Hab. Cuba.

151. Crabro carbonarius. B.M.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Black : the head and thorax slightly
shining ; the clypeus covered with silvery pubescence. Thorax :
the lateral angles of the collar produced and acutely margined ;
at the sides, immediately beneath the raised margin, is a fossulet;
the collar above has sometimes two slightly raised tubercles ; the
mesothorax smooth, with an abbreviated impressed line on each
side, rather before the tegulae ; the impressed line at the margins
of the scutellum simple, that at the base of the metathorax con-
sute ; the metathorax smooth and shining, with a deeply im-
pressed line down the centre, which expands into a broad fossulet
at the apex ; at the sides a little griseous pubescence ; the wings
hyaline, the nervures ferruginous, the costal nervure black ; the
tegulae testaceous ; the apical joints of the tarsi testaceous. Ab-
domen highly pohshed, smooth and shining ; the fourth segment
pubescent; its apical margin fuscous; the apical segment
punctured and sprinkled with pale hairs, its margins raised.

Hab. New Zealand.

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152. Crabro occultus.

Crabro? occultus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 310. 14.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 343. 221.

Hab. Tangiers.

153. Crabro chrysis.

Crossocerus chrysis, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 770. 5 S ;
Hym. iii. 173. 5.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 366. 236.

Hab. Brazil.

154. Crabro Tasmanicus. B.M.

. Female. Leugth 6 lines. — Black : head subopake, very closely
punctured, the inner orbit of the eyes and the clypeus covered
with silvery pubescence, the latter with a central carina ; antennae
wanting. Thorax opake ; an interrupted line on the collar,
which is deeply grooved, with the lateral angles acute; the
enclosed space at the base of the metathorax obliquely rugose,
the posterior portion transversely so; wings slightly coloured;
the tegulae rufo-testaceous ; the anterior femora ferruginous, the
intermediate and posterior pairs above and the tibiae and tarsi fer-
ruginous. Abdomen shining, very closely and finely punctured,
the second segment with an oblique yellow stripe on each side
at the base ; the fourth segment with a yellow band at the basal
margin; beneath, veiy smooth and shining.

Hab. Tasmania.

155. Crabro luteicollis.

Crossocerus lutei-collis, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 76.9. 4 ;
Hym. iii. 172. 4.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 384. 251.

Hab. ?

Genus 5. SPILOMENA.

Stigmus, pt., Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 74 (1829).
Celia, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 182 (1837).
Spilomena, Shuck. Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. 7^ (1840).

1. Spilomena troglodytes. B.M.

Stigmus troglodvtes. Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 74. 2.
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 99. 2.

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426 HYMENOPTERA.

Celia troglodytes, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 182. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 238. 139.
Spiloraena troglodytes, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg 123. 1.

Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym. 32. gen. 4.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium; Sweden.

Genus 6. STIGMUS.
Stigmus, Jurine, Hym. p. 139 (1804).

1. Stigmus pendulus. PI. X. fig. 1. B.M.

Stigmus pendulus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 86. 7-

Van d. hind, Ohs. ii. 74. 1.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 181. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 239. 141.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 98. 1.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 122. 1.
Stigmus ater, Jurine, Hym. 132. t. 9. gen. 7-

Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 84.

Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 174. 1; Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (1840) p. 35.

Hab. Britain; France; Italy; Germany; Belgium; Sweden.

Genus 7- PASSALOECUS.

Pemphredon, pt.. Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 79 (1829).
Diodontus, pt., Curtis, Brit. Ent. xi. 496 (1835).
Xylsecus, Shuck. Foss. Hym. Consp. Gen. (1837).
Passalcecus, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 188 (1837).

1. Passalcecus insignis. B.M.

Pemphredon insignis, Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 79. 3 J (non $ ).

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 96. 3 ?
Diodontus insignis, Curtis, Brit. Ent. fol. 497. pi. 497.
Passalcecus insignis, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 189. 1,

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 248. 148.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 122. 4.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium.

2. Passaloecus corniger. B.M.

Passalcecus corniger. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 191. 3.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 245. 145.

Hab. Britain; Sweden.

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427

3. PaSSALCECUS TURIONUM.

Passaloecus Turionum, Dahlb. Hijm. Europ. i. 24(j. 14G.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 122. 3.

Hab. Germany; Sweden; Norway.

4. Passalcecus gracilis. B.M.

Diodoutus gracilis, Curtis, Brit. Ent. xi. t. 496.
Passaloecus gracilis, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 190. 2.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. 242. 142.

lVes7n. Hym. Foss. Belg. 121. 1.

Hab. Britain; Germany; Norway; Sweden; Finland.

5. Passalcecus monilicornis.

Pemphredon insignis, Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 79. 3 ? (non <? ).
Passalcecus monilicornis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 243. 144.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 122. 2.

Hab. Germany ; Sw^eden ; Norway ; Finland.

6. Passalcecus singularis.

Passaloecus singularis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 243. 143 (var. gra-
cilis <? ?).
Hab. Scandinavia.

7. Passalcecus borealis.

Passaloecus borealis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 247- 147 S $ •
Hab. Lapland ; Norway.

8. Passalcecus cuspidatus. B.M.

Female. Length 3J lines.— Black : the head finely and closely
pimctured ; the scape in front, the labrum and mandibles yellow,
the latter rufo-piceous at their apex ; the palpi yellow. Thorax
closely and finely punctured on the (Usk ; the metathorax coarsely
rugose ; the wings fusco-hyaline, the costal nervure and stigma
black, the nervures testaceous ; the anterior tibiae in front, the
tubercles and base of the posterior tibiae, yellow^; the apical
joints of the tarsi fusco-ferruginous, the anterior pair palest.
Abdomen : the petiole very short, rugose above ; the abdomen
smooth and shining.

Hab. Hudson's Bay.

428 HYMENOPTERA.

Genus 8. PEMPHREDON.

Crabro, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 293 (1793).
Sphex, pt., Panz. Faun. Germ. 52 (1804).
Pemphredon, Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. xiii. (1805).
Cemonus, Jurine, Hym. 214 (1807).

1, Pemphredon lugubris. B.M.

Crabro lugubris, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 302. 30.
Sphex unicolor, Panz. Faun. Germ. 52. 24.
Ceraonus unicolor, Panz. Krit. Revis. ii. 187.

Jurine, Hym. t. 11. gen. 28.
Cemonus lugubris, Jurine, Hym. p. 214.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 94. 1.
Pemphredon lugubris, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 325.

Fabr. Syst. Piez. 315. 2.

St. Farg. Sf Serv. Encycl. MeU. x. 48. 1.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 80. 4.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 196. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. 259. 159.

Zett. Ins. Lapp. 441. 1.

Wesm. Hym, Foss. Belg. 118. 1.

Hab. Britain ; France ; Germany ; Belgium ; Sweden j Norway.

2. Pemphredon luctuosus. B.M.

Pemphredon luctuosus, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 197. ^S -
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 258. 158.

Hab. Britain.

This is in all probability a variety of the male of lugubris, the
only difference being that the ridge which encloses the subcordi-
form space at the base of the metathorax is smooth and shining,
whereas it is usually obhquely striated; but every degree of
approach to smoothness is to be met with. No example of the
female has occurred with the smooth limbus, although many
hundreds have been examined.

3. Pemphredon montanus.

Pemphredon montanus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 262. 160 ^ c?

Hab. Italy ; Norway ; Lapland.

HYMENOPTERA.

429

4. Pemphredon lugens.

Pemphredon lugens, Dahlb. Disp"! Meth. Spec. Hym. 12. 76 ? <? •
Zett. Ins. Lapp. 444. 1.

Hab. Sweden; Lapland; Gothland.

5 Pemphredon annulatus.

Pemphredon? annulatus, Say, Bost. Journ. i. 379. 2.

Hab. N. America (Indiana).

6. Pemphredon concolor.

Pemphredon? concolor. Say, Narr. Exped. St. Peter's River, Ap-
pend, p. 72. 1.

Hab. Pennsylvania.

7. Pemphredon marginatus.

Pemphredon? marginatus, Say, Bost. Journ. i. 379. 1.
Hab. N. America ; Pennsylvania.

Genus 9. MIMESA.

Trypoxylon, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 182. 6 (1804).
Psen, Latr. Nouv. Diet. 2nd ed. 28 (1816).
Mimesa, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 228 (1837).

1. Mimesa unicolor. B.M.

Psen unicolor. Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 105. 3.
Mimesa unicolor, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 231. 3c??.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 108. 1.

Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym. 41. 3.
Mimesa boreahs, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 2. 2 <? ? .

Hab. Britain; Germany; Belgium; Sweden.

Dahlbom, in the diagnosis of this species, says that the petiole
is carinated above, the carina being "non svilcata." The examina-
tion of a large number of examples shows this to be a variable
character : in some specimens of males the channel is scarcely
perceptible ; and there can be little doubt of the correctness of
Wesmael's opinion in regarding the M. borealis as synonymous
with M. bicolor.

430 HYMENOPTERA.

2. MiMESA Dahlbomi. B.M.

Mimesa unicolor, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 1. 1 c? ? .

Psen unicolor, St.Farg. Hym. iii. 44. 4.

Mimesa Dahlbomi, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 108. 2.

Hah. Britain; France; Belgium; Sweden; Lapland.

This species is here introduced for the first time into the
British list. It was detected amongst the examples arranged as
M. unicolor in the collection of the late J. F. Stephens, Esq.

3. Mimesa EauESTRis. B.M.

Trypoxylon equestre, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 182. 6.
Psen rufa, Panz. Faun. Germ.. 96. 17 ? ?
Psen equestris, Panz. Krit. Revis. ii. 110.

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 107. 4.

Curtis, Brit. Ent. i. t. 25 $ .
Mimesa equestris, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 229. 1 c? $ .

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 4. 5.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 109. 3 ?
Mimesa Shuckardi, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 115. 5.

Hah. Britain ; France ; Germany ; Sweden.

M. Wesmael has been misled in changing the name M.
equestris to M. Shuckardi, supposing the British species to be
distinct from the equestris of Fabricius ; this is quite possible,
and the examples referred to this species by M. Wesmael are
probably distinct; but although Shuckard has not described
the petiole so minutely as Wesmael, yet all his characters
belong to it : its dorsal surface is flat, shining, and more or less
rugose j the lateral faces are bordered by an elevated longitu-
dinal lirie, and have also a central carina j beneath, it is flat
and slightly hollowed out at its extremity, and the second seg-
ment has sometimes an irregularly shaped black spot.

4. Mimesa bicolor. B.M.

Psen bicolor, Jurine, Hym. t. 13 (? .

Mimesa bicolor. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 230. 2 <? $ .

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 113. 4.
Mimesa lutaria, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 4. 4.
Psen equestris, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 43. 3.

Hab. Britain ; France ; Belgium ; Scandinavia.

5. Mimesa fraternus.

Mimesa? hsLternus, Say, Narr.Exped.St.Peter'sRiver,App€nd.73.
Hab. Pennsylvania"

IIYMENOPTERA. 431

6. MiMESA MELLIPES.

Pseu? mellipes, Say, Bost. Journ. i, 369. 1.
Hab. N. America (Indiana).

7. MiMESA BOREALIS. B.M.

Male. Length 2v lines. — Black : the head shining and finely
punctured on the vertex, the face with a thin silvery pubescence ;
the antennsie clavate ; tips of the mandibles ferruginons. Thorax
shining and punctured, sparingly jnibescent above, more thickly
so on the sides and beneath, the pubescence of a silvery brigiit-
ness ; the metathorax very coarsely rugose ; the tarsi pale rufo-
testaceous; the wings hyaline and iridescent. Abdomen very
smooth and shining, beyond the first segment thinly covered
with short silky pubescence; the petiole with a longitudinal
central carina, its apex acuminate, and having a central channel
running from the base to the apex.

Hab. Hudson's Bay.

This species closely resembles the M. unicolor, but the antennte
are much more clavate; the metathorax is also much more coarsely
scul})tured .

8. MiMESA ANTENNATA. B.M.

Female. Length 4^ lines. — Black : the head smooth and
shghtly shining ; the face and mandibles densely covered with
silvery pubescence ; the clypeus produced, with an obtuse tooth
in the "middle ; the mandibles ferruginous at their apex ; the
antennae longer than the thorax ; the flagellum very slender at
the base and much thickened at the apex ; the cheeks armed
with stout curved spines. Thorax smooth and shining; the
metathorax rounded behind, with a central impressed hue in the
middle which runs upwards to the verge of the truncation;
wings hyaline, slightly clouded at their apex; the pectus and
femora beneath covered with glittering silvery pubescence.
Abdomen : the petiole narrowed towards the base ; the abdomen
very smooth and shining; the apical segment margined at the sides,
and covered with scattered punctures and short glittering hairs.

The male closely resembles the female, but has the antenna
less thickened at the apex.

Hab. Sandwich Islands.

Genus 10. DIODONTUS.

Crabro, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 293 (1/93).
Pemphredon, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 314 (1804).

u 5

432 HYMENOPTERA.

Stigmus, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 84 (1806).
Cemonus, Jurine, Hym. 214 (1807).
Diodontns, Curtis, Brit. Ent. ii. 496 (1836).

1. DiODONTUS MINUTUS. B.M.

Crabro minutus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 302. 32.
Pemphredon minutus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 316. 9.

Va7i d. hind, Obs. ii. 78. 2.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 96. 2 ? (non S )•
Sphex pallipes, Fans. Faun. Germ. 52. 22?
Cemonus minutus, Jurine, Hym. 214.
Stigmus minutus, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 84.
Diodontus minutus, Curtis, Brit. Ent. fol. 496.

Shuck, Foss. Hym. 185. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 252. 152.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 121. 2.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Italy; Belgium; Sweden;
Denmark.

2. Diodontus tristis. B.M.

Pemphredon tristis, Van d. Lirid, Obs. ii. 76. 1.
Diodontus tristis, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 187- 3.

DaJilb. Hym. Europ. i. 249. 149.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 120. 1.
Diodontus pallipes, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 250. 151.

Hab. Britain; Germany; Belgium; Sweden.

3. Diodontus luperus. B.M.

Diodontus luperus. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 186. 2.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 254. 153.

Hab. Britain; Germany.

4. Diodontus medius.

Diodontus medius, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 250. 150.
Hab. Sweden.

Genus 1 1 . CERATOPHORUS.

Pemphredon, Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 82 (1829).
Cevatophorus, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 198 (1837).

HYMENOPTERA.

433

1. Ceratopiiorus morio. B.M.

Pemphredon, Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 82. 5 $ c? . ^

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 198. 3.
Ceratophorus morio, Shuck. Foss. Hym. (note) 198.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 256. 57.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 118. 1.

Hab. Britain ; Belgium ; Sweden.

2. Ceratophorus anthracinus.
Ceratophorus anthracinus, Smith, Zool. App. ix. 126.
Hab. Britain (Dpvon).

Genus 12. CEMONUS.

Pemphredon, jit., Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 84 (1806).
Cemouus, Jurine, Hym. 214 (1807).

1. Cemonus unicolor. B.M.

Pemphredon unicolor, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 84.

St. Farg. 8f Sen. Encycl. Meth. x. 48. 3.

Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 83. 6.

Zett. Ins. Lapp. 441. 2.

Curtis, Brit. Ent. xiv. t, 632.
Cemonus unicolor, Jurine, Hym. 214 (2nd Fam. note, without
the synonyms).

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 200. 1 <? $ .

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 255. 155.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 94. 2.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 119. 1.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium; Lapland.

2. Cemonus lethifer. B.M.

Cemonus lethifer. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 201. 2 $ c? .
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. 254. 154.
Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg, 119. 3.

Hab. Britain; Portugal; Belgium; Sweden.

3. Cemonus rugifkr.

Cemonus rugifer, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 256. 156; Synop. Spec.
507.3?? c?.

Wes7n. Hym. Foss. Belg. 119. 2.

Hab. Belgium; Sweden; Silesia.

434 HYMENOPTERA.

4. Cemonus PARALLELUS.

Stigmus parallelus, Say, Bost. Journ. i. 378. 1.
Hab. Mexico.

5. Cemonus fraternus.

Stigmus fraternus, Say, Narr. Exped, St. Peter's River, Append.

p. 73.
Hab. Pennsylvania.

6. Cemonus pusillus.

Cemonus? pusillus, Say, Bost. Journ. i. 378. 2.
Hab. N. America (Indiana).

7. Cemonus inornatus. B.M.

Cemonus inornatus, Say, Narr. Exped. St. Peter's River, Append.
p. 73. 2.

Hab. Pennsylvania. (Coll. E. Doubleday, Esq.)

Genus 13. PSEN.

Psen, Latr. Precis (1796).
Sphex, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 243 (1798).
Pelopoeus, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 202 (1804).
Trypoxylou, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 180 (1804).

1. Psen ater. PI. X. fig. 2. B.M.

Sphex atra, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 244. 18. 19.

Panz. Faun. Germ. 72. 7-
Pelopoeus unicolor, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 204, 10.
Pelopoeus compressicornis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 204. 11 <? $ .
Trypoxylon atratum, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 182. 5 $ .
Psen atra, Panz. Krit. Revis. ii. 108.
Psen pallipes, Spin. his. Lig. i. 94. 2.
Psen serraticornis, Jurine, Hym. t. 8. gen. 6 S ■
Psen ater. Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 102. 1.

Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 300?

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 225. 1.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 40. 1.
Mimesa atra, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 2. 3.
Mesopora ater, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 116. 6.

Hab. Britain ; France ; Italy ; Germany ; Belgium ; Scandinavia.

HYMENOI'TERA. 4'.ib

M. Wesmael has proposed the removal of this species from the
geuus Psen, in consequence of a ditFerence in the neuration ot
the posterior wings. Throughout this catalogue the determina-
tion of the genera has been estabhshed on the neuration of the
anterior wings in connexion with other characters.

2. Psen pallipes. B.M.

Sphex palhpes, Panz. Faun. Germ. 52. 22 <? .
Tryj)oxylon atratum, Ponz. Faun. Germ. 98. 15.
Psen atra, Panz. Krit. Revis. ii. 109.
Psen atratus, Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 103. 2.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 227. 2.

Da/ilh. Hym. Europ. i. 5. 6.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 40. 1.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 116. 1.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Belgium; Sweden; Finland.

3. Psen fuscipennis.

Psen fuscipennis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 5. 7 ? •
Hab. Scandinavia.

4. Psen medius. B.M.
Male. Length 3 lines. — Head black, closely punctured ;

the face covered with silvery pubescence ; the mandibles and
flagellum beneath rufo-fulvo'us. Thorax black, strongly punc-
tured, the punctures confluent in the middle of the disk; the
metathorax very coarsely rugose; the sides and beneath the
thorax with a short glittering pubescence ; the tubercles, tegula;,
extreme base of the wings, anterior and intermediate legs, and
the posterior tibiae and tarsi, rufo-fulvous ; the intermediate
femora with a dark stain beneath ; the wings hyaline and beauti-
fully iridescent. Abdomen black, with the apical margin of the
first segment and the second entirely red; the petiole wider at
its extremity than at its base ; the apical margins of the third
and following segments rufo-piceous ; the entire abdomen has a
thin silky pile ; beneath, coloured the same as above.

Hab. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

This insect has exactly the appearance of M. bicolor, but it
differs considerably from 'it in sculpture, and the neuration of its
wings is that of Psen : it appears to form a connecting hnk be-
tween the two genera.

436 HYMENOPTEUA.

5. PSEN CONCOLOR.

Psen concolor, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. Q.'^.
Hah. Gothland.

Genus 14. CERCERIS.

Sphex, pt., Linn. Faun. Suec. no. 1660 (1/61).

Crabro, pt., Fabr. Sijst. Ent. 374 (1775).

Vespa, pt., Harris, Expos. 127 (1776).

Philanthus, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 288 (1793).

Cerceris, Latr. Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins. xiii. (1804).

Diamma & Didesmus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ.x. 225 & 502(1843-5).

1. Cerceris arenaria. B.M.

Sphex arenaria, hinn. Fn. S«ec. 413. 1660; Syst. iVa^.i.946.31 ? .

Villers, Ent. iii. 235. 38.
Vespa exultus & petulans, Harris, Expos, t. 37. f. 1. 2 <? $ .
Crabro 5-cinctus, Fabr. Mani. i. 295. lie?.

Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 514. 13.

Schrank, Faun. Boic. ii. 335. 2182.
Crabro arenarius, Fabr. Mant. i. 297. 20.
Philanthus arenarius, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 290. 5; Syst. Piez.

303. 9.
Philanthus laetus, Fabr. Ent, Syst. ii. 291. 10; Syst. Piez. 305. 18.

Panz. Faun. Germ. 63. 11.
Cerceris aurita, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 268. 1.

Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 315. 1.

Spin. Ins. Ligur. i. 96. 1.
Cerceris Igeta, Curtis, Brit. Ent. vi. fol. 269. t. 269 ? .
Cerceris arenaria. Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 109. 3.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 233. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. 205. 122.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 16. 11.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 100. 1.

Hab. Britain; France; Italy; Germany; Austria; Belgium.

2. Cerceris ornata. B.M.
Philanthus ornatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst.ii. 290. 6; Syst. Piez. 304. 11.

Panz. Faun. Germ. 63. 10; Krit, Revis. ii. 174.
Crabro variabiUs, Schrank, Faun. Boic. ii. 339. 2190.
Philanthus semicinctus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 47. 24.
Cerceris ornata, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 317- 3 ; Nouv. Diet. ed. 2.
V. 512.

HYMENOPTERA. 437

Cerceris oniata, JValck. sur le genre Halict. 80.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 117. 13.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 239. 4.

fVes7n. Hym. Foss. Bely. 105. 6.
Cerceris variabilis, Daklb. Hym. Europ. i. 196. 118.

Hab. Britain ; France ; Germany ; Belgium ; Sweden ; Finland ;
Scandinavia ; Algeria.

3. Cerceris interrupta. B.M.

Crabro 5-fasciatus, Rossi, Faun, Etrus. Mant. i. 139. 207?
Philanthus quinqnecinctus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 63. 12 S , nee

Fabr.
Philanthus interruptus, Fanz. Faun. Germ. 63. 17 ? •
PhiUmthus ruticornis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 292. 11?
Cerceris 5-fasciata, Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 1 15. 9 (teste Wesm.).

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 103. 4.
Cerceris interru])ta, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 238. 3.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 7- 4.
Cerceris nasuta, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 215. 128.
Cerceris subdepressa, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 12. 7 ?

Hab. Britain; France; Italy; Germany; Belgium; Sweden.

4. Cerceris labiata. B.M.

Crabro labiatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 296. 11 ? .
Crabro cunicularius, Schrank, Faun. Boic. ii. 335. 2183.
Crabro bidens, Schrank, Faun. Boic. ii. 335. 2183.
Philanthus labiatus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 63. 16 $ .

Fabr. Syst. Piez. 303. 10.
Philanthus arenarius, Paiiz. Faun. Germ. 46. 2 <? .
Cerceris nasuta, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 94 <? ? .
Cerceris labiata. Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 111. 5.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 236. 2.

Dahlb. Dispos. 16. 123; Hym. Europ. i. 217- 129.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 104. 5.

Hab. Britain ; France ; Italy ; Germany ; Austria ; Belgium ;
Sweden ; Finland.

5. Cerceris emarginata. B.M.

Philanthus emarginatus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 63. 19.
Cerceris variabilis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 196. 118 (var.).

Hab. Britain; Austria; Albania; Sicily.

This species differs so much from all the recorded varieties of

4d8 HYMENOPTERA.

C. ornata, that, without counecting links, it appears to be speci-
fically distinct ; several examples from Devonshire are in the
Museum, all agreeing in having the legs entirely yellow, dashed
with ferruginous, a large ovate macula on the sides of the meta-
thorax, and four yellow emarginate bands on the abdomen;
they agree with C. ornnta in having a semicircular carina at the
base of the second segment beneath.

6. Cerceris sabulosa. B.M.

Philanthus sabulosus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 63. 13 S -
Philanthus quadricinctus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 63. 15 $ .
Cerceris fasciata. Spin. Ins. Ligur. i. 97- 2 $ .
Cerceris quadricincta, hatr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 316. 2.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 144. 8.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 243. 5.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 212. 126 (nee var. /S).

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 23. 15.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 254.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 102. 3.
Cerceris cincta, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 204 ?

Hab. Britain; France; Italy; Sicily; Germany; Belgium.

7. Cerceris bidentata.

Cerceris bidentata, St, Farg. Hym. iii, 9. 5.
Hab. France (Paris).

8. Cerceris brevirostkis.

Cerceris brevirostris, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 13. 8.
Hab. France (Paris).

9. Cerceris bupresticida.

Cerceris bupresticida. Dufour, Ann. des Sci. Nat. Zool. 2nd ser.

XV. 370. 1. 11. f. r$.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. Synop. Spec. i. 498.
Hab. South of France ; Spain.

10. Cerceris frontalis.

Cerceris argentifrons, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 25. 17c?? (nee Guer.).
Hab. France (St. Sevres).

This is probably only a variety of C. ornata.

HYMENOPTERA.

4:39

11. Cerceris minuta.

Cerceris minuta, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 27. 18<J $ .
Hab. France (St. Sevres).

12. Cerceris tuberculata. B.M,

Sphex tuberculata, Vill. Ent. iii. 253. 95.

Philanthus rufipes, Fair. Ent. Syst. ii. 290. 4 ; Syst. Piez. 303. 8.
Cerceris vespoides, Illig. Faun. Etrus. Mant. ii. 133. 859.
Cerceris major. Spin. Ins. Ligur. ii. 50. t. 1. f. 2 a, 6 $ , c (? .

Germ. Faun. Europ. 12. 22.

Drop. A)in. Sc. Phys. i. 297. 24.
Cerceris tuberculata. Germ. Reise n. Dalm. 281. 354.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 108. 2.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 220. 131.

St. Farg. Hym. Europ. iii. 10. 6.

Hab. France; Ital)^; Dalmatia; Albania; Belgium; Spain.

13. Cerceris Fargeii.

Cerceris Dufourii, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 14. 9 ? (nee Guer.).
Hab. France (St. Sevres).

14. Cerceris Ferrei. B.M.

Cerceris Ferrei, Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 112. 6 ? .
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 4. 2,^ ?.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 219. 103.

Hab. South of France ; Albania.

15. Cerceris nitiba.

Cerceris nitida, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 100. 2$ .
Hab. Belgium.

16. Cerceris hortorum. B.M.
Cerceris hortorum, Panz. Faun. Germ. 63. 9.

Hab. Germany ; Dalmatia.

This may probably be a mere variety of C. emarginata. Some
specimens of the female from Dalmatia have merely a lateral
yellow square spot on the third segment of the abdomen and a
minute one on the fifth, the latter frequently obsolete.

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HYMENOPTERA.

17- Cerceris ANNULATA. B.M.

Crabro annulatus, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. Append. 123. 109.
Vespa annulata, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. (ed. Illiff.) ii. 145. 874.
Cerceris annulata. Van d. hind, Ohs. ii. 115. 10.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 214. 127-

Hab. Italy.

18. Cerceris albo-fasciata.

Crabro albo-fasciata, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. Mant. ii. 138. 306.
Vespa albo-fasciata, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. (ed. lllig.) ii. 143.
Cerceris albo-fasciata, Van d. hind, Ohs. ii. 116, 12.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 201. 119.
Cerceris tricincta. Spin. Ins. Ligur. i. 27. 11. t. 1. f. 9 c? .

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 116. 11.

Hab. Italy ; Tuscany ; Prussia.

19. Cerceris albo-notata. B.M,

Cerceris albo-notata, Spin. Ins. Ligur. i. 99. 5.
Van d. hind, Ohs. ii. 120. 17.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ, i. 203. 121.

Hab. Italy ; Dalmatia ; Albania.

20. Cerceris modesta. B.M.

Female. Length 3^ lines. — Black, closely punctured : the
sides of the face, two minute spots on the clypeus (sometimes
obsolete), the mandibles and scape in front, pale yellow;. the fla-
gellum fulvous beneath ; the tips of the mandibles ferruginous.
Thorax : a spot on each side of the collar, another on the tegulae
and the post-scutellum, yellowish-white ; the subcordiform space
at the base of the metathorax punctured ; the wings slightly
coloured, with a darker cloud at their apical margins, the nervures
ferruginous ; the anterior femora at their apex in front and the
tibiae and tarsi pale yellow, the posterior tibiae with a fuscous
stain at their apex within. Abdomen : the first segment of the
abdomen ferruginous ; the third and fifth segments with a large
pale yellow macula on each side, pointed within; the spots on
the fifth segment uniting or usually subinterrupted.

The male difi^ers in having the face yellow below the antennae,
and in having the basal segment of the abdomen black.

Hah. Albania.

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21. Cerceris flavicornis. B.M.

Cerceris flavicornis, Brulle, Exped. Sc. de Moree, iii. 373. 824.
t. 51. f. 3.

Hab. The Morea ; Albania.

22, Cerceris capitata.

Female. Length 6^-7 lines. — Black, closely punctured : the
head wider than the thorax ; the clypeus produced at its apex
and rounded, not elevated, but curving slightly upwards ; a large
spot behind the eyes, two small ones on the vertex, the scape in
front, a large ovate spot on the clypeus, a small one on each
side, the sides of the face as high as the antennae, and a spot at
the base of the mandibles, yellow ; the mandibles ferruginous ;
the flagellum fulvous beneath. Thorax : an interrupted line on
the collar, the tegula?, a minute spot on each side of the scu-
tellum, the post-scutellum, and an angular spot on each side of
the metathorax, yellow ; the wings slightly coloured, a darker
cloud at the apical margins of the anterior pair, the nervures
ferruginous; the subcordiform space at the base of the meta-
thorax roughly punctured; the legs of a reddish-yellow, with
the tarsi, the tibise, and femora in front, yellow ; the coxae rufo-
fuscous. Abdomen : the first segment with a yellow spot on
each side, the three following with a subinterrupted fascia on
their apical margins, widest at the sides ; the fifth segment
yellow, with an angular black spot in the middle of its base ;
beneath black, with the middle of the segments rufo-piceous.

Hah. Albania. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

23. Cerceris trifasciata. B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black : the head and thorax strongly
punctured ; the face, below the insertion of the antennae, yellow ;
the margins of the clypeus and the triangular spot above it,
black ; the mandibles yellow, with their tips black ; the basal
joints of the flagellum ferruginous beneath, the tip ferruginous.
Thorax : the tegulae black, smooth and shining ; the wings slightly
coloured, the nervures ferruginous, the anterior margin of the
fore-wings clouded towards their apex ; the anterior and inter-
mediate tibiae and tarsi yellow, the latter slightly ferruginous; the
posterior tibiae and tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen punctured, the
two basal segments strongly so, the three following much more
finely so and shining ; the apex of the fifth and the sixth strongly
punctured ; the second, third and fourth segments with a narrow

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yellow fascia on their apical margins, slightly attenuated in the
middle.

Hab. Polish Ukraine.

24. Cerceris rufipes. B.M.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Black, strongly punctured : an
ovate spot above the clypeus, opposite to which, on each side of
the face, touching the orbit of the eyes, a larger spot, and a very
minute one at the base of the clypeus, yellow ; a minute yellow
spot behind the eyes. Thorax : a yellow spot on the tegulae in
front ; the wings fusco-hyaline ; the legs ferruginous, the poste-
rior tibiae and tarsi dashed with yellow. Abdomen : a small
yellow spot on each side of the first segment ; a narrow yellow
band on the second, third and fourth segments, very slightly in-
terrupted and narrowed in the middle, and a broader one on the
fifth, slightly narrowed in the middle ; beneath, immaculate.

Hab. Polish Ukraine.

25. Cerceris citrinella. B.M.

Female. Length 4i lines. — Pale yellow, thickly and strongly
punctured : a transverse black stripe between the eyes, enclosing
the ocelli, from which two narrower lines run downwards to the
insertion of the antennse; the tips of the mandibles rufo-piceous.
The prothorax black anteriorly ; the mesothorax with three lon-
gitudinal black stripes which unite with a transverse one at the
base ; a black spot behind the tegulae ; the wings hyaline, their
nervures pale ferruginous ; the posterior legs with ferruginous
stains. Abdomen : the apical and basal margins of the segments
narrowly and slightly ferruginous, the apical segment entirely
so ; beneath, the apical margins only ferruginous.

Hab. Siberia.

26. Cerceris flaviventris.

Cerceris flaviventris. Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 107. 1.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 195. 117-

Hab. Spain.

27. Cerceris concinna.

Cerceris concinna, Brulle, Hist. Nat. II. Canar. iii. 90. 48.
Hab. Canary Islands.

28. Cerceris semirufa. B.M.
Female. Length 5^ lines. — Black : the head not very strongly

HYMENOPTERA. 44.'3

or thickly punctured ; the antennae ferruginous, with the a])ical
half of the ilagellum fuscous above ; the face below the antennse
yellow ; the margins of the clyi)eus and the carina above, black ;
the mandibles yellow, with their tips rufo-j)iceous. Thorax
delicately punctured, the mctathorax more strongly so ; the
collar with an interru])ted stripe, the tegulae, scutellum and
post-scutellum, yellow ; the wings hyaline, the nervures ferrugi-
nous ; the legs ferruginous. Abdomen : the three basal segments
rufous, the three apical ones black ; the first segment punctured
at the base, the intermediate segments nearly impunctate, the
apical ones sparingly punctured ; the apical margins of the third,
fourth and fifth segments with a narrow pale yellow fascia,
slightly attenuated in the middle ; a spot on the margin of the
second segment, laterally.

Hab. Siberia.

29. Cerceris truncatula.

Cerceris truncatula, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 210. \24 (var. in-
terrupta ?).

Hah. Sweden.

This is probably a mere variety of C. interrupta : the females
sometimes have the clypeus slightly elevated.

30. Cerceris spinipectus. B.M.

Female. Length 8 lines. — Head yellow, with the cheeks
beneath and the maxill?e black ; a black spot on the vertex
touching the orbit of the eyes, its hinder margin curved ; in
front are two black lines emanating from it and running down
to the base of each antenna ; two obhquely placed spots behind
the posterior stemmata ; the tips of the mandibles black. Thorax
black ; the collar, tubercles, two sj^ots beneath the wings, the
tegulse, scutellum and post-scutellum, and a large ovate macula
on each side of the metathorax, yellow ; wings hyaline, a fuscous
cloud occupying the marginal cell, extending a little beneath it
and passing round the apical margins of the wings, the nervures
pale rufo-testaceous ; the mesosternum swollen and produced
laterally, where it is armed with a spine in the middle, and a
second at its postero -apical margin ; the legs orange-yellow.
Abdomen yellowy the extreme basal margin of the segments
black ; beneath, immaculate : — the entire insect strongly punc-
tm-ed.

Male. Length 6 lines. — Very closely resembles the other sex.

444 HYMENOPTERA.

but the basal margins of the abdomeu are merely rufo-piceous,
not black.

Hab. Trebizond.

This species closely resembles the C. pulcliella of Klug, but is
at once distinguished by having the anterior margin of the clypeus
rounded ; in C. pulchella it is emarginate its entire width.

31. Cerceris insularis.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Black : the face and mandibles
reddish-yellow, the tips of the latter rufo-piceous ; a large ferru-
ginous spot beneath the wings ; the scape yellow, the flagellum
fulvous towards the base. Thorax : a broad stripe on the collar,
a lunate spot beneath the wings, with a minute one beneath it,
the tegulae, hinder margin of the scutellum, the post-scutellum,
and the sides of the metathorax, yellow ; the subcordate space at
the base of the metathorax longitudinally striated ; wings fulvo-
hyaline, a faint cloud occupying the marginal cell and extending
to the apex of the wings. Abdomen : the apical margins of the
segments with yellow marginal bands; the first and second
notched in the middle, the third and fourth widely emarginate ;
the fifth segment yellow, with an angular black spot in the
middle of its base : beneath, rufo-piceous ; a broad, yellow,
slightly interrupted band in the middle of the second, third and
fourth segments ; two minute yellow spots on the fifth segment.

Hab. Sicily. (Coll. F. Smith.)

32. Cerceris insignis.

Cerceris insignis, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 47- f. 12 ? .
Hab. Arabia.

33. Cerceris vidua.

Cerceris vidua, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 47. f . 11 <? .
Hab. Arabia.

34. Cerceris dispar.

Cerceris dispar, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. Synop. Spec. i. 499. 9.
Hab. Egypt.

35. Cerceris erythrocephala.

Cerceris erythrocephala, Dah lb . Hym. Europ . Synop . Spec. 502. 27.
Hab. Egypt.

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36. Cerceris excellens.

Cerceris excellens, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 47- f- 15 <J .
Hab. Lower Egypt (Sakkara).

37. Cerceris histrio.

Cerceris histrio, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. Synop. Spec. i. 499. 11.
Hab. Egypt.

38. Cerceris histrionica.

Cerceris histrionica, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 47. f. 9 <? $ .
Hab. Lower Egypt (Sakkara).

39. Cerceris Klugii.

Cerceris annulata, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 47. f. \3 S (nee
Rossi).

Hab. Egypt.

40. Cerceris pulchella. B.M.
Cerceris pulchella, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 47. f. 14 c? .
Hab. Egypt.' (Coll. F. Smith.)

41. Cerceris solitaria.

Cerceris solitaria, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. Synop. Sjyec. i. 502. 26.
Hab. Egypt.

42. Cerceris albicincta.

Cerceris albicincta, Klug, Sym.b. Phys. dec. v. t. 47. f. \0 ^ .
Mab. Ethiopia (Ambukohl).

43. Cerceris abdominalis. B.M.

Philanthus abdominalis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 306. 24.
Cerceris rufiventris, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 29. 20.
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 255. t. 13. f. 3.

Hab. Tangiers; Algeria (Oran).

This species is subject to considerable variation in the mark-
ings ; the head is frequently immaculate as well as the abdomen.

446 hymenoptera.

44. Cerceris capito. B.M.

Cerceris capito^ St. Farg. Hym. iii. 15. 10 <? $ .
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger. 251. t. 12. 9.

Hab. Algeria (Oran).

45. Cerceris clitellata.

Cerceris clitellata, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 28. 19.
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 255. t. 13. f. 2.

Hab. Algeria (Oran).

46. Cerceris fasciata. B.M.

Cerceris fasciata, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 30. 21.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 256. t. 13. f. 6.

Hab. Algjeria (Oran).

47. Cerceris foveata.

Cerceris foveata, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 31. 22.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 257. t. 13. f, 5,

Hab. Algeria (Oran).

48. Cerceris laticincta. B.M.

Cerceris laticincta, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 18. 12_^.
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 252. t. 12. f. 10.

Hab. Algeria (Oran).

49. Cerceris Lindbnii.

Cerceris Lindenii, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 19. 13.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 253. t. 12. f. 11.

Hab. Algeria (Oran).

50. Cerceris nasuta. B.M.

Cerceris nasuta, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 6. 3 c? $ .
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 250. t. 12. f. 8.

Hab. Algeria ; Port Natal.

*&*

51. Cerceris vittata.

Cerceris vittata, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 24. 16 $ .
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii, 254. t. 13. f. 1,

Hab. Algeria (Oran).

HYMENOPTERA.

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52. Cerceris bicolor.

Female. Length 5^ lines. — The head and thorax black, the
legs and abdomen ferruginous ; the head and thorax closely but
not coarsely punctured ; the clypeus elevated from its base,
convex above, with a transverse yellow s])ot ; the sides of the
face and the carina between the antennae, yellow ; the basal half
of the mandibles and a minute s])Ot behind the eyes, yellow ; a
spot on each side of the collar, and another on the tegulsc, yellow ;
wings dark fuscous, with a violet iridescence. The abdomen
sparingly punctured, an indistinct yellow line on the apical
margin of the first segment.

Hab. The Gambia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

53. Cerceris tyrannica.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black and punctured : the face and
a large spot behind the eyes yellow, the latter forming a triden-
tate shape above the antennae ; the hinder margin of the vertex
ferruginous, with two yellow spots in the middle ; the mandibles
yellow and also the scape in front ; the antennae ferruginous, tips
of the mandibles black. Thorax : the collar, sides of the thorax
beneath the wings, the tegula3, scutellum, post-scutellum and
the sides of the metathorax, yellow ; wings hyaline, the nervures
ferruginous ; the apical margins w^ith a dark fuscous cloud ; the
legs ferruginous, with a large, ovate, yellow macula on each side
of the segments, occupying nearly their entire width ; the apical
segment yellow ; the space between the spots on the basal seg-
ment black ; beneath ferruginous.

Hab. The Gambia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

54. Cerceris fossor.

Male. Length 5 lines. — Head and thorax black, coarsely
punctured ; the face ferruginous, with a yellow spot on the ante-
rior margin of the clypeus, and a smaller one at the anterior
angles of the face ; the scape yellow^ in front ; the mandibles
yellow, with their apex rufo-piceous. Thorax : an interrupted
line on the collar, a spot on the tegulae in front, the post-scu-
tellum, and a minute spot on each side of the metathorax,
yellow ; wings fusco-hy aline, with a purple iridescence, the sub-
cordate space at the base of the metathorax transversely striated,
the metathorax swollen at the sides; a yellow spot at the apex
of the anterior femora outside ; the tibiae and tarsi yellow, the
apical joints of the latter slightly ferruginous ; the intermediate
legs have the apex of the coxte, the trochanters, the tibiae and
tarsi yellow ; the posterior legs, with the coxae, trochanters, and

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448 HYMENOPTERA.

base of the femora, yellow. Abdomen ferruginous ; the basal
segment black, with a narrow yellow Hne on the apical margin.

Hab. The Gambia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

55. Cerceris flavifrons.

Male. Length 4^ lines. — Head and thorax black, closely
punctured ; the face, scape in front, and the mandibles pale
yellow; a minute yellow spot behind the eyes; the flagellum
fulvous towards the base. Thorax : an interrupted line on the
collar, a spot on the tegulae in front, two spots on the scutellum,
the post-scutellum, and a large oblong macula on each side of the
metathorax and the legs, yellow ; the femora above rufo-piceous,
the tarsi and the posterior tibiae slightly ferruginous ; the wings
fusco-hyaline, with a violet iridescence. Abdomen pale ferrugi-
nous, with a yellow line on the posterior margin and at the sides.

Hab. West Africa. (Coll. F. Smith.)

56. Cerceris Perboscii.

Cerceris Perboscii, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. 444.
Hab. Senegal.

57. Cerceris picta.

Cerceris picta, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 222.
Hab. Senegal.

58. Cerceris fulviventris.

Cerceris fulviventris, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. p. 444; Voy. Abyss.
Lefeb. vi. 358.

Hab. Senegal; Abyssinia; Gambia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

59. Cerceris luxuriosa.

Cerceris luxuriosa, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. Synop. Spec. i. 498.
Hab. Abyssinia (Syrkut).

60. Cerceris Syrkuti.

Cerceris Syrkuti, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. Synop, Spec. i. 502. 28.
Hab. Syrkut (Abyssinia?).

61. Cerceris Formosa. B.M.
Cerceris formosa, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. Synop. Spec. 499. 12.
Hab. Port Natal.

hymenoptera. 449

62. Cerceris raptor. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black and i)uncture(l ; the clypeus,
sides of the face, the carina between the antennjc, the scape in
front, and the mandibles, yellow ; the flagellum fulvous beneath.
Thorax : a spot on each side of the collar, another in front of
the tegulffi, and the post-scutellum, yellow; the anterior and
intermediate femora yellow beneath, except at their base ; the'
tibiae and tarsi yellow, a black spot at the tip of the posterior
tibiae within, and the four apical joints of the tarsi fuscous ;
wings hyaline, with a black spot at the apex of the anterior
pair. Abdomen : a transverse yellow spot at the base of the
second segment ; the third segment yellow, with a deep emargi-
nation in front ; the fifth segment yellow, with a similar emargi-
nation to that of the fifth segment ; the third segment beneath
yellow at the sides, and the apical margin with a narrow yellow
band.

Hab. West Africa (^Vhydah).

This species very closely resembles the C. ornata, but is more
deeply punctured, and is at once distinguished by the black spot
on the wings : otherwise they approach very closely.

63. Cerceris rigida. B.M.

Male. Length 4 lines. — Black : the face below the antennae,
the scape in front and the mandibles, yellow ; the scape above
and the flagellum rufo-piceous. Thorax and abdomen covered
with large deep confluent punctures ; the post-scutellum, a spot
on the tegulae in front, and another on each side of the meta-
thorax, yellow ; the wings hyaline, with a dark cloud at their
apical margins ; the legs yellow, the anterior and intermediate
femora with a black stripe at their base above, the posterior
femora and tibiae black above, with their base and apex rufo-
piceous, the posterior tarsi rufo-piceous. Abdomen : the basal
segment with a spot on each side, the following segment with
an interrupted yellow line on its apical margin, the fourth and
fifth usually entire.

Hab. Port Natal.

64. Cerceris lunigera.

Cerceris lunigera, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. Synop. Spec. i. 499.
Hab. Cape of Good Hope.

65. Cerceris albifrons.

Male. Length 4 lines. — Black, closely punctured : the face

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450 HYMENOPTERA.

white ; the flagellum fulvous beneath. Thorax : a white spot
on the tegulse in front ; the tibiae and tarsi pale testaceous, the
femora rufo-testaceous as well as the posterior tibiae and tarsi ;
wings fulvo-hyaline and iridescent. Abdomen : the basal seg-
ment ferruginous, the third segment with a narrow white mar-
ginal fascia.

Hab. Africa. (Coll. F. Smith.)

66. Cerceris militaris.

Cerceris militaris, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 224.

Hah. Africa.

67- Cerceris nigrifrons. B.M.

Male. Length 4i lines. — Black, punctured : the scape in
front, a short carina between the antennae, and two minute spots
on the face, yellow ; the flagellum beneath, and the mandibles
ferruginous, the apex of the former fuscous. Thorax coarsely
punctured; the tegulae yellow in front; the wings slightly
coloured, with a fuscous cloud at their apical margins, that on
the fore wings occupying the marginal cell, and darkest from
thence to the apex of the wing ; the legs ferruginous, with the
anterior and intermediate tibiae in front, and the basal joint of
the tarsi pale testaceous ; the tibiae have a dark fusco-ferruginous
stain behind ; the apical joints of the tarsi fuscous above. Abdo-
men : the basal segment ferruginous ; the second narrowed at
the base, the third with a yellow band at its apical margin,
the sixth entirely yellow ; beneath, the second segment shining,
with large scattered punctures ; the following segments have some
coarse punctures at the sides ; the third has a yellow band at its
apical margin.

Hah. Africa.

68. Cerceris argentifrons.

Cerceris argentifrons, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. 445.
Hah. Madagascar.

69. Cerceris nigro-cincta. B.M.
Female. Length 5 lines.—Black : the head, thorax, and basal

segment of the abdomen, coarsely punctured ; the second, third
and fourth segments more finely and distantly punctured ; the
fifth more strongly so, as well as the sides of the sixth segment ;
the latter transversely rugose above. The clypeus, a large spot
on each side of the face, and the scape in front, yellow, some-

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times of an orange colour ; the flagellum fulvous beneath ; the
mandibles of a retldish-yellow, with their tips rufo-piceous.
Thorax : a spot on each side of the collar, the tegulaj, post-scu-
tellum, and legs, orange ; the second segment of the abdomen,
the fourth and following segments orange; the first and third
black.

Hab. Australia (Adelaide).

70. Cerceris antipodes. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black, punctured : the clypeus,
sides of the face, the mandibles, and the carina between the
antenna?, yellow ; the flagellum fulvous beneath ; a minute yel-
low spot behind the eyes. Thorax immaculate ; the tegulae
fulvous ; the wings slightly coloured with a fuscous cloud at the
anterior margin of the superior pair towards their apex ; the
nervures ferruginous ; the legs fulvo-ferruginous ; the basal joint
of the intermediate tarsi yellow ; the posterior pair slightly fus-
cous ; the coxfc and base of the femora black. Abdomen : the
second, fourth and fifth segments of an orange-yellow ; the
fourth segment more or less black at the base ; beneath, the base
of the segments rufo-piceous.

Male. — This sex diff'ers in having the scape yellow in front,
two minute spots on the vertex, two spots on the collar, two on
the scutellum, the post-scutellum, and two minute spots on the
metathorax, orange-yellow ; the sixth and seventh segments
yellow.

Hab. Australia.

71. Cerceris bifasciata.

Cerceris bifasciata, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. 443. t. 71. f. ^J-
Hab. Bengal.

72. Cerceris flavo-picta. B.M.

Female. Length 4-4^ lines. — Head yellow, the vertex black,
with a transverse yellow line behind, and a black stripe running
downwards to each antenna ; the clypeus projecting, the apex
truncate; the antennae ferruginous, with the scape yellow in
front ; the tips of the mandibles black. Thorax yellow, the disk
of the mesothorax black, a black line behind the wings, running
downwards obliquely to the posterior coxae ; a central black
strij)e down the metathorax, the subcordiform space at the base
of the metathorax smooth and shining ; the wings hyaline,
with a dark fuscous spot at the apex of the anterior pair ; legs

452 HYMENOPTERA.

yellow, the intermediate and posterior pairs slightly stained with
ferruo-inous. Abdomen yellow, the basal margin of the segments
black^ and a black line running down the middle of the four
basal segments, narrowest on the first and foiu-th ; beneath, pale
ferruginous, with a yellow macula on each side of the second
and two following segments.

The male differs in not having the clypeus elevated, and m
being of a paler yellow ; the apex of the posterior femora and
tibife have a fuscous spot, and the bands on the abdomen are very
slightly interrupted.
Hab. Northern India.

73. Cerceris hilaris. ^•^•

Female. Length 5^ lines.— Black and punctured ; an oblong
spot on each side of the face, a transverse lunate one on the
clypeus, which is elevated, and the base of the mandibles, yellow ;
a yellow spot behind the eyes ; the anterior margm of the cly-
peus deeply emarginate ; the scape more or less yellow m front.
Thorax : an interrupted line on the collar, a Ime, or two spots
on the scutellum, the post-scutellum, and a large ovate macula
on each side of the metathorax, yellow; the wmgs slightly
coloured, the anterior pair with a fuscous cloud at their apical
margins; the legs ferruginous. Abdomen: the first segment
with a broad emarginate fascia on its apical margin ; the
four following segments with a narrow yellow fascia on their
apical margins ; the fascia bordered anteriorly with ferruginous,
the second segment almost entirely ferruginous ; beneath, simi-
larly coloured, but less brightly.
Hab. Northern India.

73 a. Cerceris interstincta.

Crabro interstincta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 269. 11.

Cerceris interstinctus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 306. 21.

Hab. India.

74. Cerceris instabilis. B.M.

Female. Length 4^ lines.— Head black and punctured ; the
hinder margin of the vertex and the cheeks ferruginous ; the
mandibles, scape in front, face below the antennae, and the
carina between them, yellow ; sometimes a hne above the carina
terminating at the anterior ocellus also yellow ; the flagellum
ferruginous. Thorax ferruginous; the collar, scutellum, post-
scutellum, and the apex of the metathorax more or less, yellow ;

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the anterior and posterior margins of the raesothorax beneath,
black ; sometimes a yellow spot beneath the wings ; the wings
hyaline, with a dai'k fuscous spot at the apex of the anterior
pair, the nervures ferruginous ; the legs ferruginous, variegated
with yellow. Abdomen ferruginous; a transverse s])ot at the
base of the second segment, the third and fifth segments, yellow ;
the third segment has sometimes a broad emarginate band, the
emargination being black or ferruginous; the extreme base of
the segments usually black.

The male closely resembles the female, but the colours are
brighter ; the mesothorax is usually more or less black ; the
subcordate space at the base of the metathorax is black in both
sexes and striated ; the legs are more variegated with yellow
and the posterior tibiae are fuscous at their apex.

Hab. India; China.

This species varies considerably in the colouring, scarcely two
individuals being exactly alike ; in some examples the vertex is
black, with one or two ferruginous stripes ; others are entirely
fen-uginous, with yellow spots and bands.

75. Cerceris mastogaster. B.M.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Black, punctured : the sca])e in
front, the clypeus, sides of the face, the carina between the
antennae and the base of the mandibles, yellow ; the flagellum
fulvous beneath ; the head has a thin hoary pubescence, that on
the clypeus more bright and silvery. Thorax : a spot on each
side of the collar, the post-scutellum, and a spot on the teguhe,
cream-coloured; wings slightly coloured, with a dark cloud or
spot beyond the marginal cell; the nervures fusco-testaceous ;
the tibia? and tarsi of a yellowish-white, the anterior and inter-
mediate femora at their apex beneath, with a white spot ; the
posterior femora and coxae ferruginous ; all the tibiae have a
fuscous stain beneath ; the metathorax, three basal segments of
the abdomen and a spot in the middle of the fourth segment,
ferruginous ; the subcordate space at the base of the metathorax
black, smooth, and shining, with a few striae at the base ; two
spots at the base of the second segment of the abdomen and a
large one on each side of the third and fifth segments, white :
beneath, the third, fourth and fifth segments have on each side
a small erect plate, concave within ; viewed sideways having the
appearance of rows of teats ; the segments, except the apical
one, ferruginous.

Hab. ^ladras. (Coll. Walter Elliott, Esq.)

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76. Cerceris orientalis. B.M.

Female. Length 10^ lines. — Reddish-brown: the tips of the
mandibles and the basal margins of the second and three follow-
ing segments of the abdomen black ; the clypeus elevated, deeply
and widely emarginate, forming a crescent-shaped appendage ;
the wings yellow, with a fuscous border to their apical margins ;
the nervures pale rufo-testaceous.

The male differs in having the mesothorax and also the vertex
fuscous, the face reddish-yellow, and the apical joint of the
antennae bent.

Hab. Madras. (Coll. Walter Elliott, Esq.)

77- Cerceris vigilans. B.M.

Male. Length 5-51^ lines. — Head and thorax black, opake ;
the clypeus and a line above terminating in a point at the ante-
rior ocellus, a broad stripe at the inner orbit of the eyes, yellow ;
the flagellura ferruginous beneath, the apical joint bent ; the
vertex and cheeks with a thin hoary jmbescence. Thorax : the
sides of the thorax, the metathorax and the coxa and femora with
thin hoary pubescence ; a white stripe on the tibiae outside, and
the basal joint of the intermediate tarsi, white ; wings fuscous,
with a darker cloud at their apex. Abdomen ferruginous, the
basal and two apical joints black ; an interrupted broad white
fascia on the basal segment.

Hab. Madras. (Coll. Walter Elliott, Esq.)

78. Cerceris pictiventris.

Cerceris pictiventris, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. Synop. Sp. i. 498,
Hab. Java.

79. Cerceris fuliginosa. B.M.

Female. Length 6| lines. — Black, immaculate; the face
covered with cinereous pubescence; the head and thorax opake.
Thorax rugose, the scutellum longitudinally striated, the stria?
punctured ; the triangular space at the base of the metathorax
obliquely striated ; wings dark fuscous, the posterior pair paler.
Abdomen slightly shining, not very closely punctured.

Hab. Celebes. (Coll. Madame Ida Pfeiffer.)

80. Cerceris ferox.

Female. Length 5^ lines. — Black, the head and thorax closely
punctured ; the head wider than the thorax, the face widest
anteriorly ; the clypeus, the carina above it, a lai'ge semicircular

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spot on each side of the face, the face on each side of tlie cly-
peus, the mandibles, and a Une on the inner side of the scape,
yellow ; an ovate s])ot behind the eyes, and two oblong s])Ots
placed obliquely on the vertex, yellow. Thorax : a spot on each
side of the collar, another beneath the wings, the margins of the
tegula\ the scutelhun, post-scutellum, sides and apex of the
metathorax, yellow ; the enclosed subcordate space longitudi-
nally striated at the base ; the wings slightly coloured, a fuscous
cloud on the anterior margin of the superior pair ; the legs yel-
low, a fuscous stripe on the femora above, and on the interme-
diate and posterior tibiaj behind ; the a])ical joints of the tarsi
ferruginous, the posterior pair fusco-ferruginous. Abdomen :
the first segment somewhat elongate and dee])ly punctured ; the
following segments smooth and shining ; a minute yellow spot
towards the apex of the first segment above, two placed obliquely
at the base of the second, its apical margin with a narrow yellow
baud, interrupted on each side, the third, fourth and fifth seg-
ments with narrow bands on their apical margins which are
broadly expanded at the sides of the abdomen ; beneath, the
second, third and fourth segments with a large angular spot on
each side.

Hab. Sumatra. (Coll. F. Smith.)

81. Cerceris bicornuta. B.M.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Black : the clypeus, a tridentate
spot above, the mandibles, a line behind the eyes, two minute
spots on the vertex, and the scape in front, yellow ; the flagellura
fulvous beneath ; the clypeus elevated, deeply emarginate, form-
ing two horns, rounded at their apex. Thorax : an interrupted
line on the collar, a band beneath the wings, which crosses the
breast, the tegulae, two large spots on the scutellum, the post-
scutellum, and a large macula on each side of the metathorax,
yellow; the wings slightly coloured, with a fuscous cloud extend-
hig from the base of the marginal cell to the apex of the wings ;
the legs yellow, more or less ferruginous above. Abdomen : the
sides of the basal segment and a band at the basal margin of the
second segment yellow ; another on the apical margin, as well as
on the apical margins of the three following ; beneath, yellow ;
the apical margins of the segments rufo-testaceous ; the apical
margin ferruginous.

Hab. North China.

82. Cerceris fervida. B.M.

Female. Length 8 lines. — Black, closely and strongly punc-
tured ; the face below the antennsc yellow ; tlie clypeus produced

X 5

456 HYMENOPTERA.

and acute in the middle ; a yellow spot on the mandibles at their
base ; the metathorax with a triangular-shaped space at the base
in the centre, which is obliquely striated ; wings dark fuscous ;
the legs ferruginous, with a yellow stripe in front of the anterior
and intermediate tibiae and tarsi; the posterior tibiae serrated
exteriorly, and covered with shining pile within. Abdomen : the
first, second, and base of the third segment ferruginous; the
apical portion of the third segment yellow, with a shght emargi-
nation in the middle ; the sixth ventral segment armed with an
acute spine on each side at the apex.

Hab. North China. (Coll. R. Fortune, Esq.)

83. Cerceris Sinensis. B.M.

Female. Length 4^ lines. — Black : the face below the antennae,
the scape in front, and the mandibles, yellow, the tips of the
latter ferruginous ; the apex of the clypeus slightly elevated.
Thorax : the collar, a spot behind the tubercles, the tegulse, two
spots on the scutellum, the post-scutellum, and an ovate macula
on the posterior lateral angles of the metathorax, yellow ; wings
subhyaline, with a fuscous cloud occupying the marginal cell and
extending to the apex of the wing ; legs yellow, the base of the
coxae, and of the anterior and intermediate femora, black ; the
])Osterior femora black, with their extreme apex yellow ; the
jyosterior tibiae above, except their base, and the tarsi, rufo-
piceous. Abdomen : the first segment with a narrow yellow
band on its apical margin, the second segment with a large
macula at its base, and another smaller spot on each side of its
apical margin, the three following segments with a yellow band
on their apical margins, yellow ; the three bands attenuated in
the middle ; beneath, the second, third and fourth segments uith
transverse attenuated yellow bands in the middle ; the second
segment sometimes yellow, with a dark macula in the middle.

Hab. North China.

84. Cerceris unifasciata. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black : the face below the antennae,
the scape in front, and the mandibles, yellow ; the flagellum
fulvous beneath. Thorax : an obscure line on the collar laterally,
a spot on the tegulro in front, and the post-scutellum, yellow ;
a minute spot on each side of the metathorax ; the wings sub-
hyaline, the apex of the anterior wings with a dark fuscous cloud,
which also occupies the marginal cell ; the apex of the coxae, the
trochanters, and tips of the femora, the anterior and intermediate

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tibifE and tarsi, yellow ; the tibire with a ferruginous stain behind.
Abdomen : the third sei^mcnt with a broad yellow band on its
apical margin, the margins of the segments narrowly yellow-tes-
taceous ; beneath, the apical margins of the segments are yellow.

Hab. North China.

85. Cerceris zonalis. B.M.

Cerceris zonalis. Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. new ser.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Black and punctured; the scape
in front, the face below the antenna; and the mandibles, yellow ;
the flagellum fulvous beneath ; the face with a short thin silvery
pubescence. Thorax : the collar and post-scutellum fulvous ; the
tegulfc pale rufo-testaceous ; the wings slightly coloured, with a
smoky cloud along the anterior margin of the superior pair ; the
legs (lark rufo-piceous, the joints paler, with the tibiae and tarsi
yellow beneath. Abdomen : the first segment ferruginous, with
the base black ; the third, with a yellow band on its apical mar-
gin and an indistinct one on the fifth, obscure reddish-yellow ;
the margins of all the segments rufo-piceous above and be-
neath.

Hab. North China. (Coll. R. Fortune, Esq.)

86. Cerceris aquilina. ^ B.M.

Female. Length 4^ lines. — Black and punctured; the cly-
peus elevated from its base ; the carina between the antennae
much elevated and slightly arched, when viewed sideways in
conjunction with the clypeus, forming a kind of beak ; the cly-
peus, sides of the face and the cheeks, pale testaceous, and
covered with short silvery pile ; the base of the mandibles yel-
lowish, as well as the scape in front ; the flagellum ferruginous
beneath towards the base. Thorax : the collar, tegula; in front,
the scutellum, two spots on the post-scutellum, and a spot on
each side of the metathorax, yellow-testaceous ; the wings sub-
hyaline, with a dark fuscous cloud occupying the marginal cell,
and extending to the apex of the v^'ing ; the anterior and inter-
mediate femora beneath yellowish-white ; the tibia3 and tarsi
testaceous ; the posterior tibia) testaceous at the base, the tarsi
fuscous ; the intermediate tibiae with a dark stain behind. Ab-
domen : the apical margin of the first, fourth and fifth segments
testaceous yellow ; the two latter dilated at the sides, the second
and apical segments entirely testaceous ; the extreme base of the
second segment black; the extreme margin of the segments
more or less ferruginous ; beneath, the margins of the segments

458 HYMENOPTERA.

broadly testaceous ; the fovir apical segments distantly punc-
tured.

Hab. Brazil (Villa Nova). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

87. CeRCERIS ATRlCEPS. B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black and punctured ; the basal
"joint of the flagellum obscurely ferruginous beneath ; the face
covered with silvery pubescence. Thorax : a line on the outer
margin of the tegulse, and the post-scutellum, yellow ; the sub-
cordiform space at the base of the metathorax smooth and
shining, with an impressed line down the centre ; the wings
hyaline, with a fuscous stain along the anterior margin of the
superior pair ; the tibiae with a testaceous stripe in front, and
the posterior femora testaceous at their apex beneath. Abdomen :
a narrow ovauge-yellow band on the apical margin of the third
segment ; the abdomen is thinly covered with short hoary pile,
most observable at the sides and beneath.

Hab. Brazil (Para). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

88. Cerceris basalis.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black and strongly punctured ;
an abbreviated line at the inner orbit of the eyes, and the base of
the mandibles, yellow. Thorax : a narrow yellow line on the
posterior margin of the scutellum ; the tibiae in front, and the
anterior and intermediate tarsi beneath, yellow ; the tips of the
femora yellow beneath ; the wings with a fulvous stain towards
their base ; a fuscous cloud occupies the first submarginal and
the marginal cells, and extends to the apex of the wings, the
nervures ferruginous ; the subcordate enclosed space at the base
of the metathorax coarsely punctured. Abdomen covered with
a fine changeable silky pile ; the first segment not so narrow as
is usual in the genus, and widest at its apex ; the third and fol-
lowing segments yellow ; the segments beneath with yellow
bands on their apical margins ; the fifth and sixth yellow.

Hab. Brazil. (Coll. F. Smith.)

89. Cerceris imitator. B.M.

Male. Length 5 lines. — Head and thorax black and shining,
strongly punctured ; the scape in front, face and mandibles, yel-
lowish-white ; the flagellum pale testaceous towards the base
beneath ; the collar, tegulae in front, and two transverse ovate
spots in the middle of the metathorax, yellowish-white, the legs
beneath are of the same colour ; the posterior tarsi fuscous ; the

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459

wings hyaline, with a fuscous cloud at their apex. Abdomen
ferruginous, with the basiil and two aj)ical segments bUick and
strongly punctured, with a short silky j)ubescenee beneath ; the
first segment with a broad emarginate yellow band on its a])ical
margin ; a narrow yellow line on the a])ical margin of the fitth
segment laterally, an uninterrupted one on the sixth, and the
sides of the seventh yellow.

Hub. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

90. CeRCERIS INTRICATA. B.M.

Male. Length 5 lines. — Black : the face, scape in front, and
the mandibles, yellow ; a minute yellow s])Ot behind the eyes,
and a large one on the cheeks ; the flagellum of a testaceous
yellow beneath. Thorax : a minute spot on each side of the
collar, a line on each side of the prothorax anteriorly, a spot
beneath the wings, a curved line on each side of the pectus, a
spot on the tegulse in front, another on each side of the scu-
tellum, the post-scutellum, a line down the middle of the sub-
cordate space at the base of the metathorax, two ovate spots
beneath it, and a minute one on the posterior Literal angles of
the metathorax, yellow ; wings hyaline, with a broad dark fus-
cous cloud on the anterior margin of the superior pair ; the legs
yellow beneath ; the anterior and intermediate tarsi yellow, the
tips of the joints slightly ferruginous above ; the posterior pair
black, the joints slightly dilated and bordered with bright silky
pile within ; the head and sides of the thorax with a thin short
cinereous pubescence. Abdomen : the sides and posterior mar-
gin of the basal segment yellow ; a narrow yellow band on the
posterior margins of the four following segments ; beneath, the
first segment yellow, the second with a spot at the base and one
on each side ; the following segments are more or less spotted on
each side, and thinly covered with silky pvibescence.

The male difi'ers in being smaller and in having more yellow on
the collar and scutellum ; the posterior tibiae are yellow at their
base.
Hab. Brnzil (Santarem). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

91. Cerceris latro. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black and punctured : the clypeus
elevated, forming an obtuse tuberclo, rounded above and flattened
beneath, the lower or flattened side pale testaceous ; the sides
of the face, mandibles, and scape beneath, of the same colour;
the flagellum fulvous beneath. Thorax : an interrupted narrow
line on the collar, a spot on each siile of the scutellum, the post-

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scutellum, and a stripe on each side of the thorax, yellow ; the
wings shghtly coloured, with a dark fuscous cloud on the ante-
rior margin of the superior pair ; the nervures rufo-testaceous,
brightest at the base of the wings ; the tegulje ferruginous ; the
legs fuscous above and yellow beneath; the coxae and poste-
rior femora fuscous, their apex testaceous ; the posterior tarsi
fuscous. Abdomen : the apical half of the first segment yellow ;
the apical margin of the third segment with a narrow yellow
band; the apical margins of all the segments very narrowly
testaceous; beneath, the margins have a very narrow yellow
band.

Hab. Brazil (Para). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

92. Cerceris marginata. B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black : the clypeus, sides of the
face as high as the antennsc, a triangular spot above the cly-
peus, the carina above the antennae, the mandibles, and scape in
front, yellow ; the flagellum fulvous beneath ; the tips of the
mandibles ferruginous. Thorax : the collar transverse, straight,
not arched, angulated on each side ; the collar, tubercles, two
spots on the scutellum, a transverse interrupted line on the post-
scutellum, an oblique line on each side of the subcordate space
at the base of the metathorax, and a stripe on each side of the
metathorax, yellow; the punctures on the metathorax coarse,
and running into longitudinal striae ; the subcordate space at the
base of the metathorax transversely grooved, with a central lon-
gitudinal impressed line which passes downwards to the apex of
the metathorax ; the metathorax with large deep scattered punc-
tures ; the coxae, trochanters, and femora beneath, yellow ; the
tibiae in front, and the anterior and intermediate tarsi, yellow ;
the apical joints of the intermediate tarsi and the posterior pair
fuscous ; the wings hyaline, with a fuscous spot at the apex of
the externo-medial cell, and a cloud occupying the marginal
cell and extending to the apex of the wing. Abdomen strongly
but not closely punctured ; the sides and apex of the first seg-
ment yellow ; a yellow band on the apical margin of the third
and three following segments ; the apical segment entirely yellow,
with a black spot in the middle of its base.

Hab. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

93. Cerceris rixosa. B.M.

Female. Length 4i lines.— Black and coarsely punctured;
the face, scape in front, and the mandibles, yellow ; the flagellum
fulvous beneath. Thorax : the tegular and post-scutellum yel-

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low ; the siibcordate sjiace at the base of the mctathorax longi-
tudinally striated ; the apex of the coxa3, the intermediate and
posterior trochanters, and the apex of the anterior pair, yellow ;
the anterior and intermediate tibia3 and tarsi yellow, the tibifE
with a dark stain behind ; the posterior tibia3 yellow beneath ;
wings hyaline, the anterior pair with a fuscous cloud at their
apex. Abdomen : the third segment yellow, with the extreme
base black ; the three following segments with a narrow yellow
band on their apical margins ; a yellow spot on the a])ical seg-
ment at its base.

Hab. Brazil (Villa Nova). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

94. Cerceris rugosa. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black : coarsely punctured, the
punctures on the disk of the thorax running into longitudinal
striee, on the abdomen they are large, deep, and confluent ; the
face, mandibles, and scape in front, yellow ; the face covered
with silvery pubescence ; the flagellum fulvous beneath, the apical
joint entirely so. Thorax : a yellow line on the posterior margin
of the scutellum ; the anterior and intermediate tibia3 in front,
and the tarsi, yellow ; the posterior femora at their apex in front
yellow ; the tibise and tarsi black ; the wings hyaline, a fuscous
cloud on the anterior margin of the superior pair. Abdomen :
a broad yellow band on the posterior margin of the first segment
and a narrow one on that of the third ; beneath, a pale lunate
spot in the middle of the second segment.

Hab. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

95. Cerceris s^vissima. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black and strongly punctured ;
the face below the antennae and the mandibles pale testaceous,
the tips of the latter ferruginous ; the clypeus slightly elevated ;
the flagellum fulvous beneath. Thorax : a narrow indistinct
line on the collar, the teguLx, two spots on the clyi^eus, an in-
distinct narrow line on each side of the subcordiform space at
the base of the mctathorax, and a narrow line at the sides, of an
oransre-vellow : the winffs sliorhtlv coloured, with a dark fuscous
cloud on the anterior margin of the superior j)air ; the tips of the
coxpc and trochanters pale testaceous ; the anterior and interme-
diate femora yellow^ beneath ; the posterior pair rufo-testaceous
beneath ; the anterior tibia; and tarsi yellow, the tibiae black
above. Abdomen : the apical margin of the basal segment pale
testaceous-yellow : the second segment black, the following tes-

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taceous-yellow, with the extreme base of the third segment
black ; beneath, dark rufo-testaceous, with the apical margins of
the segments pale testaceous.

Hah. Brazil (Villa Nova). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

96. Cerceris simplex. B.M.

Female. Length 7 lines. — Black, punctured : the clypeus
produced in front, obconic, slightly elevated ; the flagellum ful-
vous beneath towards the base ; the post-scutellum, a spot on
the subcordate space at the base of the metathorax and two
elongate spots beneath it, yellow ; the legs fusco-ferruginous,
brightest beneath ; the anterior half of the fore wings dark fus-
cous, the ])osterior portion hyaline ; the posterior wings slightly
coloured. A.bdomen : the sides and apical margin of the basal
segment yellow ; the sides of the abdomen and beneath thinly
covered with a fine silky white pubescence.

The male differs in having a yellow line at the inner orbit of
the eyes, and a yellow spot on each side of the metathorax, the
spot on the subcordate space and also those below it being
obsolete.

Hab. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. H.W. Bates.)

97. Cerceris tricolor. B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black : the face yellow ; the scape
in front, the base of the mandibles and a large spot on the
cheeks, yellow ; the vertex ferruginous, with a large black spot
on the front, which encloses the ocelli ; the antennee ferruginous,
the flagellum fuscous above towards the apex. Thorax : the
collar, a spot in front of the tegulse, two beneath the wings,
another on each side of the scutellum and the post-scutellum,
yellow ; the sides of the metathorax ferruginous ; w ings fusco-
hyaline, with a darker cloud at their apical margins ; the nervures
fuscous, the costal nervure and stigma pale ferruginous ; the
leas ferruginous, with the tibiae yellowish in front. Abdomen :
the basal half of the first segment ferruginous, the apical half
yellow ; the apical margins of the third and fifth segments with
a narrow vellow band ; beneath, immaculate.

The male diff'ers in having the vertex and metathorax black ;
the first segment of the abdomen is black at the base ; the mark-
ings are the same, with the addition of two transverse spots on
the vertex.

Ha6. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

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98. Cerceris viduata. B.M.

Female. Lenpitli 6 lines. — l^laek : the punctures deep and
close on the face, but more distant on the vertex ; the clypeus
elevated, forming a somewhat conical tubercle, subacute at the
apex, the extreme a])ex black, the rest of the clypeus yellow ;
a line on the inner orbit of the eyes, not running higher than the
antenna?, a large macula on the anterior angles of the face, the
middle of the mandibles outside, and the carina between the
antennai, yellow ; a yellow stripe crossing the vertex behind the
eyes; the extreme base of the flagellum beneath fulvous; the
face with short golden pubescence at the sides. Thorax : the
mesothorax opake, the punctures shallow and distant ; an inter-
rupted line on the collar, a spot beneath the wings, the front of
the tegulae, a spot on each side of the scutellum, the post-scu-
tellum, two longitudinal stripes on the metathorax, extending
from the apex halfway towards the base, yellow ; the fore wings
with a fuscous cloud along their anterior margins ; the anterior
legs with a yellow stripe on the femora beneath ; the tibia? in
front and the basal and apical joints of the tarsi ferruginous ; the
intermediate and posterior legs with the coxae and femora be-
neath, the intermediate tibise in front, the posterior tibiae at their
bnse beneath, yellow; the basal joint of the intermediate and
posterior tarsi pale testaceous. Abdomen : the first segment
black and strongly punctured, the apical margin yellow; the
rest of the abdomen ferruginous, with a fuscous stain in the
middle of the first segment, the following segments more or less
fuscous ; the second segment subpetiolate, with a narrow yellow-
band on the apical margin ; beneath, the first segment yellow
and carinated in the middle, the second yellow with a ferruginous
stain in the middle.

This may possibly prove to be the female of the C. binodis of
Spinola ; but, independent of the different colouring of the ab-
domen, the sculpture is very different : in C. binodis the thorax
is strongly punctured, whilst in the present species the punctures
on the mesothorax are very delicate, not being visible without a
magnifying power.

Hab. Brazil (Para). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

99. Cerceris vulpina. B.M.

Male. Length 5 lines. — Black, punctured : the face, scape
in front, mandibles at their base, a large spot on the cheeks, a
minute one behind the eyes, two minute ones on the vertex,
vellow ; the flagellum pale testaceous beneath. Thorax : an
interrupted line on the collar united to a spot beneath the wings,

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a curved line on each side of the pectus, two in front of the an-
terior coxae, two on the prothorax beneath, the tegulae, two Knes
on the disk of the mesothorax, a spot on each side of the scutel-
lum, the post-scutellum, and the metathorax, yellow ; the sides
of the subcordate space, and an angular spot beneath it, black ;
the anterior margins of the fore wings fuscous ; the coxae and
trochanters yellow beneath, the femora and tibiae yellow in front ;
the anterior and intermediate tarsi yellow. Abdomen : the basal
segment yellow, with a black spot in the middle of its base ; the
four following segments with a narrow yellow band on their
apical margins.

Hab. Brazil.

100. Cerceris binodis, B.M.

Cerceris binodis. Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. new ser. 11/. t. 3.

f. 3 c? (1841).
Diamma Spinole, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 225. 1.
Diesmus Spinolae, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. Synop. Spec. i. 502. 1.

Hab. Cayenne ; Brazil (Villa Nova). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

This species has the appearance of a wasp, closely resembling
some of the species of the genus Zethus ; on closer inspection it
will be found to be a Cerceris, differing from the generality of
the species in having the basal segment ovate, and the second
campanulate : in other respects it offers no remarkable differ-
ence. The neuration of the wings is identical with Cerceris.

101. Cerceris cribrosa.

Cerceris cribrosa. Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. new ser. 119.

74 ? 0^1841).

Hab. Cayenne.

102. Cerceris dilatata.

Cerceris dilatata. Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. new ser. 118. 73 S

(1841).

Hab. Cayenne.

103. Cerceris Chilensis. B.M.
Cerceris Chilensis, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 344. 1.

Hab. Chili. (Coll. F. Smith.)

HYMENOPTERA.

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104. Cerceris Gayi.

Cerceris Gayi, Spin. Goy's Chili, vi. 346. 2.
Hab. Chili.

105. Cerceris LiEviGATA. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black and very delicately punc-
tui*ed ; the face, base of the mandibles, and a line behind the
eyes, yellow ; the flagellum fulvous beneath. Thorax : the col-
lar, tubercles, a spot beneath the wings, the scutellura, and an
oblong macula on each side of the post-scutellum, yellow ; the
anterior and intermediate tibiae, and the posterior pair at their
base, yellow; the anterior tarsi yellow, with the apical joints
slightly ferruginous, the intermediate and posterior pair fusco-
ferruginous; wings shghtly coloured, with a fuscous cloud on
the anterior margin of the superior pair. Abdomen very deli-
cately and sparingly punctured and shining ; the first segment
with its apical margin yellow, a slight notch in the middle of the
band; the second, third and fourth segments with a yellow
fascia on their apical margins, very much attenuated in the
middle and widened at the sides.

The male has a yellow band on the first and four following
segments,

Hab. St. Domingo.

106. Cerceris clypeata. B.M.

Cerceris clypeata, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 221.

Hab. North America (Wilmington, Delaware). (Coll. E. Dou-
bleday, Esq.)

107. Cerceris deserta. B.M.
Cerceris deserta. Say, Narr. Exped. St. Peter's River, Append.

p. 76-

Hab. N. America (Missouri ; Pennsylvania ; North Carolina).

108. Cerceris fumipennis. B.M.
Cerceris fumipennis. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 381. 1.

Hab. N. America (Indiana).

109. Cerceris sexta.

Cerceris sexta. Say, Bost. Journ. i. 382. 2.
Hab. N. America (Missouri).

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110. Cerceris nigrescens. B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Black : the sides of the face and
the clypeus pale yellow, the margins of the latter black ; the
mandibles yellow at their base ; the clypeus transverse, project-
ing from its base, very obsoletely emarginate in front; the fla-
gellum slightly fulvous towards the base beneath. Thorax : a
minute spot on each side of the collar, another on the tegulse
and the post-scutellum, yellow ; the mesothorax sparingly punc-
tured, the metathorax strongly so, the subcordiform space at the
base longitudinally striated ; the anterior and intermediate tibiae
in front yellow^ ; the tarsi ferruginous ; the posterior legs entirely
black ; the wings subhyaline, the nervures fen'uginous. Abdo-
men : the basal segment with a yellow spot on each side, the
following segments with uninterrupted fasciae narrowed in the
middle ; beneath, entirely black.

Hah. Nova Scotia.

111. Cerceris Dufourii.

Cerceris Dufourii, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. 444.
Hab. New Orleans.

112. Cerceris verticalis.

Female. Length 6 lines. — Black, thickly punctured ; the head
ferruginous behind the eyes ; the scape and second joint of the
flagellum ferruginous ; the face below the antennae yellow ; the
margins of the clypeus black ; the mandibles ferruginous, their
extreme base yellow. Thorax : the collar yellow, interrupted
iu the middle by a ferruginous spot ; the post-scutellum and a
spot on the tegulae yellow ; a large ferruginous blotch on each
side of the metathorax ; the wings smoky -hyaline ; the legs fer-
ruginous. Abdomen : the basal segment ferruginous, with a
minute yellow spot on each side ; the second segment yellow,
with the basal margin and a produced quadrate spot in the
middle ferruginous ; the margins of the following segments with
a narrow band which is widened at the sides ; beneath, rufo-
piceous, brightest at the base.

Hab. Georgia. (Coll. F. Smith.)

113. Cerceris bicornuta. B.M.

Cerceris bicornuta, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. 443.

Hab. United States (New Orleans ; Georgia; Delaware).

This species is very variable in colouring, the abdomen and

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thorax being very indistinctly marked with fulvous ; the post-
seutellum is frequently yellow.

114. Cerceris elegans. B.M.

Male. Length 3 lines. — Black, coarsely punctured ; the face
below the antennae, the scajje in front, and the mandibles, yellow,
the tips of the mandibles ferruginous ; the anterior margin of
the clypeus rounded ; the anterior angles of the face produced into
small quadrate lobes ; the flagellum and scape behind ferruginous.
Thorax : a spot on each side of the collar and the tegulae in
front yellow ; wings smoky-hyaline and beautifully iridescent ;
the legs yellow, with the coxa? and the femora at their base more
or less rufo-piceous ; the metathorax very coarsely rugose.
Abdomen : the two basal segments ferruginous, the apical mar-
gin of the second segment yellow ; an elongate yellow spot on
each side of the following segments on their a})ical margins, the
spots widest at the margins of the segments and pointed within.

Hab. East Florida. (Coll. E. Doubleday, Esq.)

115. Cerceris rufo-picta. B.M.

Male. Length 4 lines. — Black, coarsely punctured ; the face
yellow below the antennae ; the anterior margin of the clypeus
black, crenulated, and angular; the anterior margin of the face
has on each side an angular filament close to the eye ; the man-
dibles yellow, their tips ferruginous ; the antenn<c ferruginous ;
the flagellum fuscous above towards the apex, the apex pale.
The prothorax, tegulae, scutellura, post-scutellum, with some-
times a spot on each side, and the legs, ferruginous; the wings
fusco-hvaline, the apical margins of the anterior wings darkest.
Abdomen : the two basal segments ferruginous ; the a])ical mar-
gin of the third with a narrow ferruginous band ; the fourth and
following segments more or less banded at the sides with ferru-
ginous or sometimes with reddish-yellow.

Hab. East Florida. (Coll. E. Doubleday, Esq.)

Genus 15. PHILANTHUS.

Vespa, pt., Fabr. Syst. Ent. 362 (\775).
Crabro, pt., Rossi, Mant. i. 138 (1/92).
Philanthus, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 288 (1/93).
Simblephilus, Jurine, Hym. 185 (180/).
Trachypus, Klu^, Berl. Mag. iv. 43 (1810).
Anthophilus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 497 (1843-5).

468 HYMENOPTERA.

Div. 1. Abdomen sessile.

1. PhILANTHUS TRIANGULUM. B.M.

Vespa triangulum, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 373. 49 ? . Cab. Mus. Dom.
Banks. ; Sp. Ins. i. 469. 68 ; Mant. Ins. 294. 82.

Villers, Entom. iii. 276. 25.

Christ. Hym. 136.

Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 693. 116.
Vespa limbata, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 693. 118.
Crabro androgynus, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. Mant. i. 138. 305.
Philanthus pictus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 43. 23 S -

Fabr. Syst. Piez. 362. 5.
Philanthus apivoms, Latr. Fourm. 317- t. 12. f. 2 a, b.

Spin. Ins. Ligur. i. 95. 1.
Philanthus discolor, Panz. Faun. Germ. 63. 18 <? .
Philanthus triangulum, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 289. 2 ; Syst. Piez.
302. 4.

Dumeril, Consid. t. 59. f. 6. 7.

Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 122. 2.

Shuck. Foss. Hym. 246. 1.

Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 187. 115.

St. Farg. Hym. iii. 34. 2.

Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 105. 6.
Simblephilus diadema, Jurine, t. 10. gen. 18 $ .
Philanthus androgynus, Curtis, Brit. Ent. vi. t. 273 $ .

HaS. Britain; France; Germany; Italy; Denmark.

2. Philanthus coronatus. B.M.
Philanthus coronatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 288. 1 ; Syst. Piez.

301. 1.

Latr. Hist. Ins. iii. 367.
Panz. Faun. Germ. 84. 23.
Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 121. 1.
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 189. 116.
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 36. 3.
Simblephilus coronatus, Jurine, Hym. 188 $ .

Hab. Italy; France.

3. Philanthus venustus.

Crabro venustus, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 94. 889.
Philanthus venustus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 37. 4.

Hab. France.

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4. Philanthus Melliniformis. B.M.

Male. Length 3^ lines. — Black : the face below the antennae,
a large ovate spot on the forehead in front of the anterior ocellus,
the scape in front, and five or six of the basal joints of the fla-
gellum in front, yellow ; a spot at the base of the mandibles
yellow. Thorax : the collar, tubercles, post-scutellum, tegula?,
tips of the femora, tibia and tarsi, yellow ; the wings hyaline
and iridescent, the nervures testaceous, with the stigma yellow.
Thorax strongly punctured, with two elevated longitudinal carinae
in the middle, and an impressed line on each side over the tegulaj ;
the metathorax with a depression at its base surrounded by a
smooth shining space. Abdomen shining, with strong scattered
punctures ; the basal segment with a broad interrupted yellow
band in the middle, the second with two very large ovate yellow
maculae placed obliquely and uniting in the middle; the four
following segments with narrow yellow fasciae on their apical
mai-gins, the first two slightly interrupted ; beneath, black.

Hab. Sicily.

5. Philanthus pulcherrimus. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines. — Black : the face below the antennae,
the mandibles, three basal joints of the flagellum, the scape, a
coronet -shaped spot on the forehead, and a line behind the eyes,
yellonish-white ; the flagellum fulvous in front. Thorax shining,
with deep scattered punctures ; the collar, tubercles, and a spot
behind them, the hinder margin of the scutellum, the post-
scutellum, the tips of the femora, the tibiae and tarsi, pale yel-
lowish-white ; the coxae and femora more or less rufo-piceous ;
the wings hyaline, the nervures testaceous, the stigma yellow.
Abdomen shining, with fine scattered punctures ; the basal seg-
ment ferruginous, with a minute white spot on each side ; the
second segment with a broad waved fascia, the third spotted at
the side, the fourth with a very broad fascia, the fifth with a
narrow band on its apical margin, widened in the middle and at
the sides, and the sixth entirely yellowish-white ; beneath, with
pale irregular bands.

Male. — Smaller, but very like the female ; and the face is more
convex ; the scutellum is entirely pale ; the abdomen has only
two pale fasciae, one on the second and another on the fourth
segment.

Hab. India.

6. Philanthus sulphureus.

Male. Length 4 lines. — Sulphur-yellow, shining and strongly

470 HYMENOPTERA.

punctured ; the face below the antennic white ; the mandibles,
the scape in front, and two or three of the basal joints of the
flagellum, nearly white, the following joints becoming gradually
dark fusco-ferruginous towards the apex ; the eyes brown, a
black line round them above, from which a line passes across
the vertex, and a second across the forehead passing between
the ocelli. Thorax : the mesothorax with three longitu-
dinal black stripes united by a transverse line at the apical and
basal margins ; a black stripe at the extreme basal margin of the
metathorax, an angular black spot in the middle, in which is a
deep fossulet ; wings hyaline, the nervures pale testaceous, the
stigma yellow ; the femora pale ferruginous, their base and apex
yellow. Abdomen : the base and the apical margins of the seg-
ments ferruginous.

Hab. Northern India. (Coll. F. Smith.)

7. Philanthus depredator.

Male. Length 6^ lines. — Feri'uginous : the face as high as
the emargination of the eyes, the scape in front, the cheeks,
and the mandibles at their base, yellow. Thorax : the collar,
sides of the breast, the tegulae and a minute spot over them, the
scutellum, post-scutellum, and a spot on each side of the meta-
thorax, yellow ; an oblong depression at the base of the meta-
thorax in the middle, the depression black ; the wings fulvo-
hyaline, the nervures ferruginous ; the apex of the wings clouded,
the anterior pair darkest ; the tibise and tarsi yellow ; the ante-
rior and intermediate femora yellow beneath. Abdomen : the
second, third and fourth segments with a large yellow macula
on each side ; the fifth, sixth and seventh yellowish beneath ;
the second and third segments yellow, with their base narrowly
ferruginous ; the second segment has on each side a longitudinal
black line terminating at the middle of the segment.

Hab. India. (Coll. F. Smith.)

8. Philanthus pallidus.

Philanthus palhdus. King, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 47. f . 8 <? .
Hab. Ethiopia (Ambukohl).

9. Philanthus dimidiatus.

Philanthus dimidiatus, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 47. i. 7 3 •
Hab. Ethiopia (Ambukohl).

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10. Philanthus raptor.

Philanthus ra[)tor, Sf. Farg. Hym. iii. .38. 5.
Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 259.

Hah. Algeria (Oran).

11. Philanthus diadema. B.M.

Philanthus diadema, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 289. 3, & Cab. Mus.
Dom. Banks. ; Syst. Piez. 302. 6.

Coqueb. III. Icon. Ins. dec. iii. t. 22. f. 1.
Philanthus Abdelkader, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 33. 1.

Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 257- t. 13. f. 7-

Hab. Africa (the Cape of Good Hope ; Port Natal ; the Gambia ;
Sierra Leone ; Egypt ; Algeria).

This species has been obtained from all the above localities ;
on examining a large number of specimens, it proves to be an
insect subject to much variety. The most highly coloured indi-
viduals are from the Gambia : some specimens have the head
and thorax ferruginous ; there are two black spots above the tri-
dentate spot on the face, and another which encloses the
ocelli ; the thorax has a black stain before the scutellum and
another at the base of the metathorax, otherwise entirely ferru-
ginous and yellow. Specimens from the Cape have usually less
of the yellow and ferruginous colouring, and the scutellum is
sometimes nearly or entirely black.

12. Philanthus formosus. B.M.

Male. Length 6 lines. — Black : the face as high as the emar-
gination of the eyes, yellow; a minute black spot above the
clypeus, and another above the insertion of each antenna ; the
mandibles and base of the flagellum ferruginous; the hinder
margin of the vertex and cheeks ferruginous. Thorax : the col-
lar with a narrow yellowish-white line, sometimes a yellow inter-
rupted line on the post-scutellum ; wings fuscous, palest at the
hinder margin of the posterior pair ; the nervures, tegulse and
legs ferruginous ; the coxae and sometimes the base of the femora
black. Abdomen : the first segment, the apical margins of the
four following, and the two apical segments entirely, ferrugi-
nous ; the second segment has on each side at its base an oblong
whitish macula pointed within ; the third, fourth and fifth seg-
ments have a narrow undulating white marginal line.

Hab. Cape of Good Hope.

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13. Philanthus Dufourii. B.M.
Philanthiis Dufourii, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alyer. iii. 258. 1. 13. f. 6.
Hab. Algeria; Cape of Good Hope.

14. Philanthus fuscipennis.

Philanthus fuscipennis, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii. 443.
Hab. Senegal.

15. Philanthus sicarius. B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines. — Head and thorax black ; abdomen
and legs ferruginous; the wings dark fuscous, paler at their
base ; the mandibles, clypeus, face on each side, two spots be-
tween the antennae, a transverse line above, the scape in front,
and a spot behind the eyes, yellow ; a black line on each side of
the clypeus, not extending to the anterior margin of the face ;
the tips of the mandibles black ; the flagellum beneath and the
apical joint entirely fulvous; an interrupted line on the collar
and a spot on the tegulse yellow. Abdomen closely and finely
punctvu-ed, and more or less yellow beneath.

Hab. West Africa (Whydah) ; Fernando Po.

16. Philanthus Bucephalus. B.M.

Male. Length 4^-62 lines. — Head and thorax black, very
closely and rather finely punctured, opake ; the face as high as
the antennae, a waved transverse line above their insertion, an
oblong angular spot behind the eyes, and a stripe on the man-
dibles, yellowish-white : in rare instances the line above the
antennae is obsolete. Thorax : a slightly interrupted line on the
collar, a spot beneath the wings, sometimes obsolete, a spot on
the tegulae, and the scutellum and post-scutellum, yellowish-
white ; the wings dark fuscous, with a violet iridescence ; the
femora at their apex, the anterior and intermediate tibiae in front,
and the anterior tarsi in front, yellow ; the tarsi rufo-testaceous ;
the extreme base of the posterior tibiae yellow. Abdomen yellow
with the base black, and usually a ferruginous stain at the apex ;
the abdomen is very finely and closely punctured, and is sub-
opake.

Hab. The Gambia.

This species is nearly allied to the P. fumipennis of Guerin ;
but the specimens which agree with the description of that au-
thor have a distinctly enclosed rugose space at the base of the
metathorax ; the abdomen is not so closely punctured, and the
scutellum and post-scutellum are black in both sexes.

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17- Philanthus BASALIS. B.M.

Female. Length 5h lines. — Black : the head and thorax closely
and rather finely punctured ; the punctures on the scutellum
distant ; the clypeus and anterior margins of the face, a line on
the inner orbit of the eyes, terminating at their emargination,
where they are narrowest, an oblique spot above the insertion of
each antenna, a short narrow line in front of the anterior ocellus,
two spots on the vertex, a line behind the eyes, and the mandi-
bles, yellow ; the latter black at their apex. Thorax : a narrow
line on the collar, a spot behind the tegulae, and the scutellum,
yellow ; the wings slightly coloured, a fuscous spot beyond the
marginal cell ; the femora ferruginous, beneath rufo-piceous ;
the tibiae black, the anterior and intermediate pairs yellow in
front, their tarsi yellow beneath ; a yellow spot at the tip of the
femora in front. Abdomen smooth and shining, the first seg-
ment ferruginous at the base, and having on each side an oblong
transverse macula ; the three following segments with a narrow
slightly interrupted yellow band on their apical margins ; be-
neath, the second and two following segments have on each side
a broad oblique stripe.

Hab. Ceylon.

18. Philanthus incertus.

Trachypus incertus, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 336. 2.
Hab. Chih.

19. Philanthus solivagus.
Philanthus solivagus, Say, Bost. Journ. i. 383.
Hab. N. America (Indiana).

20. Philanthus barbatus.

Male. Length 5 hues. — Black : closely and rather finely
punctured on the face ; the vertex shining, the punctures scat-
tered; the anterior ocellus placed in a fossulet; the clypeus,
anterior margin of the face, inner orbit of the eyes not quite so
high as their emargination, and a large ovate spot above the
antennae, yellow ; the face furnished with a long dark beard on
each side of the clypeus or its anterior margin. Thorax shining,
sparingly punctured ; a spot beneath the wings and the post-
scutellum yellow ; wings fulvo-hyaline, the nervures pale ferru-
ginous. Abdomen shining, the first segment with a few large
deep punctures, or foveae ; the second segment with similar punc-
turing; the third segment has a few punctures on its apical

y2

474 HYMENOPTBRA.

margin ; a minute spot on each side of the basal segment ; a
broad interrupted fascia in the middle of the second segment ;
the third, fourth and fifth segments with a narrow fascia on their
apical margins, abruptly widened at the lateral margins, yellow ;
beneath, black.

Hab. North America. (Coll. F. Smith.)

21. Philanthus ventilabris. B.M.

Philanthus ventilabris, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 269. 11-12.
Anthophilus ventilabris, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 497.

Hab. North Carolina ; East Florida (St. John's Bluff). (Coll.
E. Doubleday, Esq.)

22. Philanthus politus. B.M.

Philanthus politus, Say, Narr. Exped. St. Peter's River, Append.
p. 75. 2.

Hab. Pennsylvania.

23. Philanthus punctatus. B.M.

Philanthus (Cheilopogon) punctatus. Say, Narr. Exped. St. Pe-
ter's River, Append, ii. p. 75. 1.

Hab. Pennsylvania; North Carolina.

24. Philanthus crabroniformis. B.M.

Male. Length 4^ lines. — Black : the face below the antennse,
with a line continued upwards along the orbit of the eyes as high
as the eraargination, a large campanulate-shaped spot above the
clypeus, a spot behind the eyes, two on the vertex, the mandibles,
scape, and three basal joints of the flagellum in front, yellow ;
the head large, shining, finely but not closely punctured. Tho-
rax : the hinder margin of the collar raised, yellow, and sub-
interrupted in the middle ; the tegulae, tubercles, two spots be-
neath the wings, two on the scutellum, the post-scutellum, a
spot at the lateral posterior angles of the metathorax, the apex
of the femora, the tibiae and the tarsi, yellow ; the wings fulvo-
hyaline, the nervures pale ferruginous, with a faint cloud beyond
the marginal cell ; the mesothorax smooth and shining, and
having a few scattered punctures ; in the middle is a deep longi-
tudinal channel, and a finer one on each side ; the posterior
margin closely punctured in front of the scutellum. Abdomen
shining, with deep scattered punctures ; the first segment with a
broad shghtly interrupted band in the middle ; the second seg-

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inent has a broad band at its base, its hinder margin waved ; the
two following segments yellow, except their extreme base ; the
three apical segments entirely yellow.

Hab. California.

25. Philanthus frigidus. B.M.

Male. Length 5 lines. — Black, closely and rather finely punc-
tured ; the clypeus and an oblong spot above it, a minute spot
between the antennae, the sides of the face a little above the an-
tennae, the scape in front, the mandibles, and a short narrow line
behind the eyes, yellow ; the flagellura fulvous beneath ; the
face and cheeks with a thin cinereous pubescence ; the eyes not
emarginate. Thorax : the collar, tubercles, a spot in front of the
tegulae, a transverse line at the base of the scutellum, a spot on
the post-scutellum, the tibiae, tarsi, and tips of the femora, yel-
low ; wings hyaline, the nervures pale ferruginous. Abdomen :
an ovate spot on each side of the basal segment, a transverse
slightly interrupted fascia a little before the apical margin of the
second, a narrower one on the third, fourth and fifth segments,
similarly situated and interrupted, yellow ; a similar band on the
three intermediate segments beneath, slightly interrupted and
rather broader than the fasciae above.

Hab. Nova Scotia. (Coll. Lieut. Redman.)

Div. 2. Abdomen petiolated.

26. Philanthus Gomesii, B.M.

Trachypus Gomesii, Klug, Berl. Mag. iv. 43. t. L f. 5.
Philanthus petiolatus. Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. v. 12L 309. t. 3.

f. 4 $(1841).
Philanthus Gomesii, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, xiv. 8. 1.
Simblephilus Spinolae, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 190. 43.

Hab. Brazil.

27. Philanthus denticollis.

Trachypus denticollis, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 335. 1.
Hab. Chili.

28. Philanthus Patagonensis.

Philanthus (Trachypus) Patagonensis, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys.
Geneve, xiv. 10. 4. t. f. 1 c? .

Hab. Patagonia.

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29. Philanthus Romandi.

Philanthus (Trachypus) Romandi, Sauss. Mem, Soc. Phys. Geneve,
xiv. 8. 3 ? .

Hab. Brazil.

30. Philanthus (Trachypus) elegans. B.M.

Male. Length 4^ lines. — Black : the head closely punctured,
the face below the antennae covered with silvery pubescence ; a
minute spot on each side of the clypeus in front, another at the
anterior part of the emargination of the eyes, the scape, and a
spot at the base of the mandibles, yellow ; the scape with a black
spot behind ; the two basal joints of the flagellum and also the
apical one fulvous. Thorax : the mesothorax shining, with scat-
tered punctures, and having anteriorly three deeply impressed
lines which extend to the disk ; the collar (which is raised and
has the lateral angles rounded), the tubercles, a spot beneath the
wings, another on the tegulse in front, two at the base of the
scutellum, the post-scutellum, and two elongate spots at the
apex of the metathorax, yellow ; the wings hyaline, with a nar-
row fuscous line running from the stigma to the apex of the wing ;
the tips of the anterior and intermediate femora, the tibiae and
tarsi, yellow ; the posterior tibiae with a yellow stripe above, not
extending to their apex ; the tarsi white, with the tips of the
joints fuscous ; the anterior and intermediate tibiae with a rufo-
piceous stain beneath. Abdomen : the extreme apex yellow ;
the second segment with a waved yellow fascia a little before its
apical margin, continued beneath; the second segment has a
narrow fascia a little before its apical margin, emarginate or in-
terrupted on each side ; the following segments have each a
continuous fascia ; beneath, the margins are yellowish on each
side.

Hab. Brazil (Villa Nova). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

31. Philanthus (Trachypus) apicalis. B.M.

Male. Length 5-6 Unes. — Black and shining ; head strongly and
closely punctured ; the anterior stemma placed in a fossulet from
which an impressed line passes down to the insertion of the an-
tennae, below which the face is covered with a golden pubescence ;
the first joint of the flagellum of a yellowish-white beneath ; the
apical joint truncated at the tip, which is of an orange-yello\'\ .
Thorax : the mesothorax strongly punctured, with a deep central
depression at its base ; the base of the metathorax smooth and
shining, with a central abbreviated impressed line, which termi-

HYMENOPTERA. 477

nates in a deep fovea at the verge of the truncation ; immediately
beneath is a second fovea, which extends to the apex ; the sides
of the metathorax closely and finely punctured ; the anterior and
intermediate tibiae and all the tarsi yellowish-white; the apex of
the tarsal joints rufo-piceous ; the anterior and intermediate
femora yellow at their apex in front ; the anterior tibia with a
row of cilia beneath ; the collar yellow, transverse, elevated, with
the lateral angles acute ; a spot on the tegulae in front, the post-
scutellum, and a longitudinal line at the apex of the metathorax
on each side of the insertion of the petiole of the abdomen, yel-
low ; the w ings hyaline, with a fuscous spot at the apex of each
wing ; the apex of the petiole with a spot on each side ; the first,
third, fourth and fifth segments with a narrow fascia on their
apical margins, the three latter fasciae bisiuuated on their ante-
rior margins.

Hab. Brazil (Villa Nova). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA.

Page 10. Mutilla bifasciata, Klug, (nee Swed.) change to M. bizonata.

Page 30. After No. 64, add 64* Mutilla soluta, Erichs. Wiegm. Arch.
(1842) Erichs. Ins. Van Diem. Land, and Mutilla blanda,
Erichs. Ins. Van Diem. Land.

Page 36. Mutilla rufiventris (nee Klug) change to M. ruficeps.

Page 116. After line 22, add Fam. I. SAPYGIDiE.

Page 393. Crabro affinis (nee St. Farg.) change to Crabro cognatus.

HYME]SrOPTERA

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HYMENOPTERA

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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.

PLATE VI.

Fig.

hcBmorrhoida-

1 . Trigonopsis

lis.

2. Sphex ephippium.

3. Podium luteipennis.

4. Harpactopus crudelis

5. Wing of Ammophila.

Fig.

6. Wing of Coloptera,

7. Wing of Misciis.

8. Wing of Chlorion.

9. Wing of Pronceus.
10. Wing of Stethorectus.

PLATE Vn.

L PelopcBus Icetus.

2. Rhinopsis Abboitii.

3. Ampulex chalybeus.

4. Aphelotoma Tasmanica.

5. Larrada aurulenta.

6. Wing of Dolichurus.

7. Wing of Tachytes.

8. Wing of Trirogma.

9. Thorax of Tachytes.

10. Thorax of Larrada.

11. Wing of Lftrra^cena.

12. Wing of Exeirus.

PLATE VIIL

1 . Astata unicolor.

2. Solierella miscophoides.

3. Pison regalis.

4. Larra Hogardii.

6. Wing of Miscophus.

6. Wing of Dinetus.

7. Head of Bembex.

8. Head of Pison.

9. Wins: of Bembex.
10. Wing of Monedula.

480

EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.

PLATE IX.

Fig.

1. Sericophorus chalybeus.

2. Palarus humeralis.

3. Helioryctes melanopyrus.

4. Crabro {Dasyproctus) fra-

ternus.

5. Crabro (Podagritus) Gayi.

6. Wing of Larra.

Fig.
7. Wing
Wing
Wing
Wing
Wing
Wing

8.

9.
10.
11.
12.

of Oxybelus.
of Nysson.
of Gorytes.
of Harpactus.
of Alyson.
of Mellinus.

PLATE X.

4

1.

Stigmus pendulus.

6.

Wing of Cemonus.

2.

Psen ater.

7.

Wing of Philanthus.

3.

Cerceris orient alls.

8.

Wing of Ceratophorus.

4.

Cerceris {Trachypus) bi-

9.

Wing of Pemphredon

nodis.

10.

Wing of Diodontus.

5.

Crabro cribrarius.

11.

Wing of PassalcEcus.

PLATE XI.

1. Philanthus {Trachypus)

apicalis.

2. Philanthus diadema.

3. Gorytes Natalensis.

4.
5.
6.

T
/.

Nitela Spinola.
Wing of Ceratophorus.
Wing of Cemonus.
Anterior leg of Crabro vex-
illatus S '

8. Anterior leg of Crabro

palmipes $ .

9. Anterior leg of Crabro

scutatus $ .

10. Anterior leg of Crabro

cetratus S .

1 1 . Antennae of Crabro cribra-

rius S '

12. Anterior tarsus of Crabro.

481

List of the typical specimens of Fossorial Hymenoptera in the
Museum at Kiel, described by Fabricius in the Systema Pieza-
torum, referred by Professor Behn to the genera in which they
appear in this Catalogue.

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rufieollis, „ „

Pompilus assimilis, „

labiatus, „

tentonus, „

maculatus, „

pictus, „

guttatus, „

bicolor, „

Pelopoeus abbreviatus „

Sphex sabulosa, „

clavus, „

Pepsis arenaria, „

liitaria, „

crucis, „

fervens, ,,

luteipeunis,

flavipennis,

maxillosa,

violacea,

cyanea,

femorata,

Chlorion lobatum,

ciliatum, „

ichueumoneum, „

compressum, „

Bembex maculata, „

signata, „

punctata, ,,

rostrata, „

— fasciata,

olivacea,

glauca,

lunata, „

repanda, „

americana, „

spinosa, „

continua, „

striata, „

integra, „

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186.6.

189.9.
191. 16.
194. 34.
196.42.
196.43.
196.44.
198.56.

204. 8.

205. 1.

206. 3.
207. 1.

208. 2.

209. 4.
209. 6.

210. 10.
210. 13.
213.27.
211.16.
211.17.
212. 20.

217.1.
218.2.
219.6.

219.7.

222. 2.
223. 3.

223. 4.

223. 5.
2-21. 6.

224. 7.
224. 8.

224. 10.

225. 12.
225. 13.
225. 14.

225. 15.
226. 17.

226. 18.
226. 20.

Nysson spinosus.
Harpactus lajvis (var.).
Larra fasciata.
Tachytes labiatus.
Larrada anathema.
Nysson maculatus.
Dinetus pictus <? .

pictus $ .

Tachytes bicolor.
Amraophila abbreviata.

sabulosa.

holosericea.

viatica.

lutaria.

Sphex crucis.
Parasphex fervens.
Podium luteipennis.
Sphex flavipennis.

flavipennis.

Pelopoeus violaceus.

. cyaneus.

femoratus.

Chlorion lobatum.
Pronaeus ciliatus.
Sphex ichneumonea.
Ampulex compressum.
Monedula maculata.
signata.

punctata.

Bembex rostrata.

fasciata.

olivacea.

glauca.

lunata.

repanda.

americaua.

Monedula spinosa.

continua.

striata.

Larra Integra.

sexfasciata.

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482

Lii'is intermpta, Syst. Piez. p. 230. 8.
Mellinus mystaceus, „ „ 297. 1-

campestris, „ „ 299. 9.

ruficornis, „ „ 298. 3.

4-fasciatus, „ „ 298. 5.

tristrigatus,

tricinctus,

5-cinctus,

fulvicornis,

Philanthus auritus,

rufipes,

arenarius,

labiatus,

ornatus,

flavipes,

5-cinctus,

4-fasciatus,

interstinetus,

Crabro spinosus,

fossorius,

cephalotes,

lapidarius,

nitidulus,

philautlioides,

sinuatus,

peltatus,

cribrarius,

pterotus,

clypeatus,

scutatus,

mediatus,

vagus.

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dimidiatus, „

tricinctus, „

Pemphredon leucostoma,

lugubris, „

crassipes, „

tibialis, „

albilabris, „

minutus, „

Oxybelus uniglumis, „

lineatus, „

mucronatus, „

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299. 7.

299. 8.

299.11.

299. 13.
301.2.
303. 8.
303. 9.

303. 10.
304.11.

304. 13.

304. 15.

305. 16.
306.21.

307. 1.

308. 3.

308. 5.

309. 6.
309. 7.

309.11.

310. 12.
311.15.

311. 16.

311.17.

312. 18.
312. 19.

312. 20.

313. 22.
313. 23.
313.24.
313.25.

314.1.
315.2.
315.3.
315.4.
316.8.
316.9.
316.2.
317.3.
318.5.

Palarus interruptus.
Gorytes mystaceus S •

mystaceus ? •

Mellinus sabulosus.
Gorytes quadrifascia-

tus.

tristrigatus.

Nysson spinosus,
Gorytes quinquecinc-

tus.
Mellinus sabulosus.
Cerceris arenaria.

tuberculata.

arenaria.

labiata.

ornata.

Palarus flavipes.
Cerceris arenaria.

arenaria.

interstincta.

Nysson spinosus.
Crabro fossorius.

cephalotes.

vexillatus.

Tachvtes nitidula.
Crabro vexillatus.

cephalotes.

patellatus.

cribrarius.

pterotus.

vexillatus.

scutatus.

subpunctatus.

vagus,

Larra tridens.

Crabro dimidiatus.

Gorytes tricinctus.

Crabro leucostoma.

Pemphredon lugubris.

Crabro clavipes.

tibialis.

albilabris.

Diodontus minutus.

Oxybelus uniglumis.

lineatus.

mucronatus.

483

List of the typical specimens of Fossorial Ilymenoptera in the
Banksian Collection, preserved in the Musenm of the Linnaean
Society of London, described by Fabricius in the Systema Pieza-
torum; referred to the genera in which they appear in this
Catalogue, with the size of the typical specimens in twelfths of
an inch.

Pelopceus erithrocephalus, S.Pi'ez. p. 203. 2. Ammophila ery-

throcephala.

Madraspatanus,

Sphex clavus,

Pepsis haemorrhoidalis,

Pennsylvanica,

tibialis,

Chlorion lobatura,
Sibiriciun,

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compressum,

Berabex punctata,

Crabro raaculatus,

3i )y

203. 3. Pelopceus Madra-
spatanus.

206. 3. Ammophila cla-

vus.
209. 8. Sphex hjemor-
rhoidalis.
2n.l5. Pennsylva-
nica.
212. 2L Pelopceus tibiaHs.
217. L Chlorion lobatum.

218.4. Ampnlex Sibiri-

cum.

219.7. compressum.

223. 4. Monedula punc-
tata.

309. 9. Crabro maculatus.

INDEX.

A.

Abbotii, 109, 273.

abbreviata, 220.

Abdelkader, 471.

abdominalis,23,67,74,
81, 97, 280, 308,
337, 355, 445.

abnormis, 131.

Acheron, 18.

acuminatus, 124.

advena, 421.

.Egyptia,227,266,338.

-Egyptiaca, 73.

aenea, 271.

aeneus, 240.

aeruginosa, 184.

aestivus, 149.

affinis, 23, 93, 120,
209, 226, 234, 240,
244, 309, 331, 372,
393, 409.

afra, 244.

Agenia, 118.

agilis, 120, 126, 284,
387, 301.

Agraptus, 360.

agrestis, 7.

alatus, 398, 399.

albicincta, 445.

albidultts, 362.

albifrons, 131, 449.

albigena, 124.

albilabris,85,362,403.

albipes, 377.

albiplagiata, 183.
albisecta, 267.
albitarse, 379.
albocincta, 192.
albocinctus, 300.
albo-fasciata, 440.
albo-notata, 440.
albo-notatus, 122.
Alecto, 17.
Alexandri, 98.
algidus, 158.
Algira, 13, 168.
aliena, 113.
alienatus, 159.
alienus, 132.
alternatus, 127.
Alyson, 313, 372.
amator, 246.
Amazonum, 303.
ambiguus, 132, 409.
ambulator, 129.
ambustus, 358.
Americana, 40, 330.
Americanus, 157.
amethystina, 199.
amethystinus, 148.
Ammophila, 207.
Ammophilus, 234.
amoena, 338.
araoenus, 175.
Ampulex, 268.
analis,30,78,143, 291.
anathema, 274.
andreniformis, 55.

androgynus, 468.
angulata, 334,
angusticolUs, 9, 271.
annulare, 379.
annulata,100,338,440.
annulatus, 127, 414,

429.
annulipes, 410.
anomalipes, 179.
Anoplius, 118.
antennalis, 161.
antennata,31,103, 186,

252, 338.
antennatus, 134.
Anthophilus, 467.
anthracina, 71, 115,

183.
anthracinus, 433.
antica, 287.
anticus, 134.
Antiguensis, 57.
antipodes, 451.
anxius, 403.
Aphelotoma, 273.
Aphidium, 409.
apicalis, 23, 90, 126,

180, 189, 224, 239,

253, 262, 339, 369,
409, 476.

apicicornis, 90, 93.
apiculatus, 157.
apiformis, 304.
Apis, 295, 318, 331,
382, 376.

486

INDEX.

apivorus, 468. '
Aporus, 174.
Apterogyna, 63.
aquilina, 457.
Arabica, 10, 73, 103.
Arabs, 228, 387.
arachnoides, 57.
architectus, 157, 233.
arcuata, 71, 113, 293.
arcuatus, 420.
ardens, 112.
arenaria, 9, 208, 436.
arenarius, 360.
areolatus, 317.
argentata, 51, 252,292,

297.
argentatus, 314, 383,

423.
argentea, 50, 211,208.
argenteo-signata, 155.
argentifrons, 339, 450.
argentipes, 31, 306.
argyra, 49.
argyrea, 41, 276.
argyrellus, 175.
armata, 41, 209, 318.
armatus, 409.
armiger, 385.
Arpactus, 359.
arvensis, 223, 374.
assimilis, 413.
Astarte, 22.
Astata, 273, 308.
ater, 126, 268, 313,

426, 434.
aterrima, 282.
atra, 16, 65, 434.
atramentarius, 157.
atrata, 108, 198, 266,

275.
atratum, 434, 435.
atriceps, 41, 221, 458.
atrifrons, 327.
atripennis, 59.
atripes, 217, 46.
Atropos, 22, 186,
atrox, 157, 183, 339.
attenuata, 59, 431.
attenuatum, 376.
aucta, 4.

audax, 136, 182.
Audouinii, 73.
aulica, 37, 96.
auraiitiaca, 73.
aurata, 23, 276.
auratus, 314, 398.
aurea, 10, 97.
aureicoUis, 101.
aureipennis, 94.
aureola, 103.
aureosericea, 182.
aurifex, 191.
aurifluus, 256.
aurifrons,31,161,300,

379, 389, 420.
aurinotus, 356.
auripennis, 148, 190.
aurita, 436.
auroguttata, 52.
aurozonata, 191.
aurulenta, 55, 102,

276.
aurulentus, 306.
Australasise, 23, 310.
Australis, 161, 170,

285,315.
Austriaca, 2.
azureum, 238.

B.

Barbara, 10, 14, 186,

225.
barbatus, 493.
basalis, 138, 214,321,

339, 355, 415, 458,

472.
basilicus, 300.
Behni, 364.
bella, 305.
bellicosus, 384.
bellus, 385.
Bembex, 318, 331.
Bembicidae, 318.
Berigalensis, 32, 230.
Beniniensis, 213.
Bethylus, 80.
bicincta, 86, 97.
bicinctus, 361.
bicolor, 10, 168, 171,

174, 176, 189, 242,

296, 303,311,377,

430, 447.
bicornuta, 455, 466.
Bicvrtes, 337.
bidens. 111, 124, 172,

406, 437.
bidentata, 319, 438.
bifasciata, 10, 58, 86,

97, 125, 351, 451.
bifurca, 53.
biguttata, 87.
biguttatus, 158.
bilineata, 52.
bimaculata,2,lll,115.
bimaculatus, 233, 373,

404.
binodis, 464.
binotata, 87.
binotatus, 410.
bipartitus, 158.
bipunctata,14, 76,180,

340.
bipunctatus, 122, 367,

384, 392.
bitseniata, 50.
bituberculata, 2, 149.
bistrimacula, 106.
bizonata, 340.
blanda, 32.
blandina, 340.
blandus, 143.
Blepharipus, 391.
Bohemanni, 245.
Bonge-Spei, 212.
Bonariensis, 199.
boops, 308, 309.
borealis,41 4, 427,429,

431.
Brachymerus, 391.
Bradynobaenus, 65,
Brasiiiensis, 364.
Bretonii, 138.
breviceps, 221.
brevinodus, 393.
brevipennis, 84, 176.
brevirostris, 438.
brevis, 404.
Brullei, 330, 296.
brunneus, 132.
Brucerii 20,

INDEX.

487

brunnipes, 65.
bucephala, 53.
buceplialus, 53, 416,

472.
bupresticida, 438.

C.

caerulans, 7, 87.
caerulea, 190, 273.
caeruleum, 238.
caeruleus, 147, 232.
Caffer, 338.
Cajennensis, 85.
calcaratus, 123,
Calicurgus, 118.
caliginosa, 261.
calipterus, 158.
calva, 2, 6.
Campbellii, 238.
campestris, 106, 224,

286, 360.
Campsomeris, 86, 100.
Canadensis, 67, 233.
caiicscens, 112, 211,

246, 267, 292, 403.
canifrons, 146.
canina, 58.
Capensis, 74, 84, 138,

186, 322.
capitata, 58, 74, 111,

114, 441.
capitatus, 153.
capito, 446.
capitosus, 404.
captivus, 154.
carbonaria, 30, 124,

247.
carbonarius, 162, 366,

424.
Carceli, 372.
carinata, 323.
carinatum, 381.
Carolina, 335.
castanea, 95, 111.
castaneipes, 244.
castaneus, 137.
Cavennensis, 365.
Ceiaeno, 22.
Celia, 425.
cementaria, 223.

cementarius, 234.
Cemonus, 432, 133.
cephalotes,51, 90, 398.
Ceplius, 18,
Ceratocolus, 391.
Ceratophorus, 432.
ceraunius, 312.
cerbera, 51.
Cerceris, 436.
Ceropales, 118, 177,

370.
cetratus, 395.
chalybea, 84, 270.
chalvbeatus, 127.
chalybeus, 229, 356.
Chaiybion, 227.
Charaxus, 17.
Chiesi, 11.
Chilensis, 59, 155,179,

189, 234, 259, 304,

309, 317, 333, 464.
Chiliensis, 112.
Cliinensis, 38.
Chlorion, 237, 268.
chlorosoma, 149.
chlorotica, 322.
chrysarginus, 420.
chrysis, 425.
chrysobapta, 191, 257.
chrysocephala, 46.
chrysodora, 53.
chrysophthalma, 10.
chrysostomus, 399.
chrvsotricba, 93.
ciliata, 3, 283, 329.
ciliaius, 127.
cincta, 438.
cinctellus, 125.
cinctus, 352.
cinerascens, 10, 246.
cinereo - rufo - cincta,

243.
cinereus, 162.
cingulata, 340.
cingulatus, 127, 175.
cinguligera, 341.
citrina, 341.
citrinella, 442.
cixius, 415.
clausa, 8.

clavatum, 381.
Clavelia, 167.
claviceruni, 376.
clavicornis, 117.
clavigera, 247-
clavipes, 391.
clavus, 214.
clitellata, 446.
clypeata, 257, 465.
clypeatus, 126.
coccinea, 61,
coccineus, 127.
cognata, 13, 248.
coUaris, 78, 100, 103.

162, 169.
collinum, 381.
collinus, 420.
Coloptera, 225.
Colpa, 86, 98.
combusta,59, 184,341.
comparatus, 134.
complanatum, 236.
completa, 190.
compressa, 82, 268.
corapressicornis, 434.
compressura, 268.
comptus, 144, 399.
concinna, 30,294, 442.
concinnus, 304, 363.
concolor,210,31 1,429.

436.
conditor, 223.
confinis, 243.
confluenta, 109.
confluentus, 420.
conformis, 106.
confusa, 8.
congener, 414.
conica, 342,
conjuncta, 10.
consanguinea, 41.
consanguineum, 235,
consobrinus, 131.
conspicua, 107, 276.
continua, 13, 332.
contracta, 60, 68.
cordata, 28.
cordatus, 390.
corniculus, 268.
corniger, 426.
z 5

488

INDEX.

cornuta, 9.
Coromandelicus, 231.
coronalis, 287.
coronata, 3, 112.
coronatus, 468.
coruscus, 156.
Corynopus, 391.
costalis, 107.
costata, 78.
costipennis, 258.
Crabro, 312, 390, 467.
Crabronidse, 375.
crabroniformis, 474.
crassa, 11.

crassicornis, 123, 296.
crassinodus, 394.
crassipes, 391.
cribraria, 394.
cribrarius, 394,
cribrosa, 464.
Croesus, 149, 262, 284,

424.
Crossocerus, 391.
Crucis, 259.
crudelis, 264.
cruenta, 370.
crux, 56.
Ctenocerus, 167.
cunicularius, 437.
cuprea, 269.
curtus, 119, 412.
cuspidatus, 427.
cyanea, 8, 94, 201,

232.
cyaneus, 150.
cyanipennis, 87, 90,

213, 259.
cyatiipes, 269.
cyaniventris, 256.
cylindrica, 68, 71.
Cyparissa, 17.

D.

Dahlbomi, 430.
dasyproctus, 391.
decemguttata, 117.
decemguttatus, 122.
decem-maculatus, 355.
decipiens, 139.
decolorata, 198.

decorata, 53, 88, 190,

287.
decoratus, 411.
deformis, 231.
Dejeanii, 87.
Delessertii, 342.
denticoUis, 475.
denticulata, 48.
denticulatum, 236.
dentipes, 395.
dentricus, 413.
depredator, 470.
derasa, 50.
deserta, 465.
desponsa, 38.
destillatorius, 227.
deuteroleuca, 196.
diaderaa, 42, 468,470.
Diarama, 436, 464.
dichroa, 76, 299, 342.
dichrous, 132.
Didesmus, 436, 464.
Didineis, 373.
differens, 8.
difficilis, 258.
dilatata, 464.
dilatatus, 395.
dimidiata, 8, 71, 114,

168, 198, 216, 262,

296.
dimidiatus, 80, 354,

404, 470.
Dimorpha, 309, 308.
Dinetus, 312.
Diodontus, 426, 431,

432.
diophthalma, 52.
diplionicus, 155.
discolor, 103, 468.
Diselene, 200.
dispar,14, 93, 131,444.
dissecta, 320, 333.
dissectus, 353, 360.
dissimilis, 171.
distincta, 8, 93, 169,

292.
distinctus, 307, 422.
distinguenda, 25.
diversa, 32.
diversipes, 405.

dives, 32, 190, 209,
243, 306, 399.

divisa, 11.

divisus, 370.

Dolichurus, 268.

domestica, 67.

Domingensis, 199.

Dongalensis, 358.

dorsalis, 14, 76, 146,
259.

dorsata, 55.

dorsigera, 30.

Dorycus, 246.

Doumerci, 266.

Drewseni, 308.

Drvinus, 239.

dubia, 55, 97, 311,343.

dubitata, 60.

dubius, 174, 417.

Dufourii, 354, 466,
471.

dumosus, 150.

E.
ebenina, 211.
Ectemnius, 391.
egregius, 132.
Ehrenbergii, 63.
elegans, 30, 99, 201,

216, 262, 342, 362,

372, 467, 476.
elevata, 189.
Elis, 69, 86.
elongata, 199, 210.
elongatura, 378.
elongatus, 405.
emarginata, 242, 437.
emarginatus, 390.
Enodia, 267.
epeoliformis, 354.
ephippiger, 158.
ephippium, 3, 7, 79,

109, 249.
Episyron, 118.
Epomidiopteron, 85.
equestris, 430.
ericetorum, 128.
eriophora, 103.
errans, 135.
erraticus, 150.

INDEX.

489

erythrina, 57.
erythrocepbala, 5, 86,

110, 216, 144.
erythropus, 213, 281.
erythropyga, 93.
erythrosonia, 113.
erythrostethus, 162.
erythrus, 156.
Etrusca, 297.
Eugenia, 220.
Europaea, 1.
Euspongus, 360.
Eva^ethes, 174.
Evania, 118, 370.
exaltatus, 120.
exasperatus, 139.
excavatura, 380.
excellens, 445.
excoriata, 5.
Exeirus, 352.
exiguus, 403, 405.
exilipes,278.
eximia, 99, 219, 246.
exultans, 60.
exultus, 436.

Fabricii, 122, 253.
facilis, 98.
familiaris, 150.
Fargeii, 361,410,439.
farinosus, 139.
fasciata, 12, 68, 87,

169, 178, 294,331,

342, 438, 446.
fasciatella, 103.
fasciatellus, 123.
fasciatopennis, 103.
fasciato-punctata, 87.
fasciatus, 163, 175,

176,234,400.
feraoralis, 125, 174.
femorata, 81, 285.
femoratus, 153, 228.
fenestrata, 42, 104,

169, 184,342.
fenestratus, 144.
fera, 210, 242.
ferox, 383, 454.
Ferrei, 439.

Ferreola, 167.
ferrugata, 60.
ferrugiuea, 180, 253,

342.
ferrugineipes, 211,283.
ferruginea, 114.
ferrugineus, 159.
ferruginijiennis, 192.
ferus, 140.
fervens, 267.
fervida, 87, 89, 455.
fervidus, 298.
festiva, 46, 211.
festivus, 133.
fidicula, 49.
figulus, 234, 376.
fimbriata, 10, 100.
Fischeri, 322.
fissiceps, 48.
fissus, 386.
fistularis, 233.
flabellata, 20.
flammipennis, 155.
flava, 182.
flavescens, 71, 321.
flaviceps, 86.
flavicornis, 163, 185,

441.
flavidula, 115.
flavifrons, 110, 324,

448.
flavipennis, 85, 157,

241, 424.
flavipes, 79, 155, 233,

263, 325, 343, 357,

410.
flavipunctata, 234.
flaviventris, 442.
flavopicta, 76,91,178,

451.
flavo-pictus, 391.
flavo-vestita, 253.
flebibs, 228.
floralis, 11, 189.
formicaria, 23, 66.
formiciformis, 68.
formosa, 115,254,448.
formosus, 230, 371,

471.
fossor, 447.

Fossores, 69, 207.
fossorius, 399, 400.
fossulana, 109.
foveata, 446.
fragibs, 219.
frater, 393.
fraterna, 6, 94, 180.
fraternus, 135, 431.
frigida, 60, 180.
frigidum, 381.
frigidns, 419, 474.
frontale, 378.
frontalis, 12, 1()3, 169,

177,375,438.
fugax, 163, 379.
fubginosa, 79, 257,

288, 344, 376, 454.
fubginosus, 137.
fulva, 115.
fulvic9rnis, 69, 375.
fulvipennis, 144.
fulvipes, 159.
fulviventris, 286, 448.
fulvofimbriata, 93.
fumigatus, 136.
furaipennis, 131, 192,

249, 270, 364, 399,

466.
funeraria, 37.
fiinerea, 92.
funereus, 159.
furcata, 328.
furcatus, 384.
furva, 53.
fusca, 68, 102, 121,

243.
fuscata, 106,121,243.
fuscatus, 121, 373.
fusciformis, 69.
fuscipenne, 379.
fuscipennis, 72, 130,

179, 229,323, 332,

422, 435, 471.
fuscus, 118, 121.

G.
gastricus, 155.
Gastrosericus, 308.
Gayi, 59, 65, 155, 304,
356, 372, 393, 465.

490

INDEX.

geniculata, 70, 281.
geiiiculatus, 353, 404.
gentilis, 133.
Ghiliani, 5.
gibba, 6.
gihbosa, 61.
gibbulus, 119.
gibbus, 119.
gigantea, 54.
giganteum, 237.
glabrata, 33, 279.
glabratus, 137.
glauca, 319.
globosa, 251.
globularia, 63.
globularis, 63.
Gomesii, 475.
gonager, 409.
Gonius, 357.
Gorytes, 359.
gracilis, 42, 71, 128,

175, 197, 221, 391,

427.
gracillimus, 150.
Grffica, 7.
Graellsii, 130.
grandis, 344, 400.
grapbicus, 148.
gratiosa, 46, 244, 329.
Gravesii, 155.
grisescens, 8, 324.
grossa, 99, 189.
Gryphus, 222.
Guerinii, 74.
Guineensis, 20.
gutta, 125, 312.
guttata, 97.
guttatus, 312,354,413.

H.

habrocoma, 100.
haematodes, 97.
haematogastrum, 235.
haematopus, 130.
haemorrhoidalis, 79,

110, 143, 243, 280,

384, 386.
Halensis, 9.
Harpactoides, 294.
Harpactopua, 264.

Harpactus, 370.
hastatus, 387.
Helioryctes, 358.
Hellus, 116.
Hemipepsis, 181, 189.
hemipterus, 229.
heraldica, 54.
heros, 189.
bexagona, 61.
hexaspilota, 106.
Hevdeni, 209.
hilaris, 416, 452.
bircanus, 126.
hirsuta, 83, 208.
hirsutulus, 154.
birsutus, 300.
hirta, 86.
hirtella, 98.
hirticeps, 154.
hirticolHs, 103.
birtipennis, 95.
birtula, 344.
bistrio, 19, 138, 178,
233, 310, 358, 445.
histrionica, 445.
Hogardii, 335.
bolosericea, 209.
bonestus, 144.
Hopbsus, 360.
bortorura, 110, 439.
bospes, 272.
Hottentotta, 14.
Humboldti, 168.
huraerabs, 358.
Hungarica, 6.
byabna, 103, 106.
byabnatus, 123, 124.
byabnus, 405.
hypoleius, 302.

icbneumon, 234, 394.
icbneumonea, 261.
icbneumoneus, 151.
icbiieumoniformis, 274
icbneumonoides, 6G.
ignipennis, 288.
ignita, 24, 101.
ignitus, 142.
iUudens, 280.

imitator, 458.
impatiens, 390.
imperiaUs, 188.
impressifrons, 417.
impressus, 401.
inaurata, 54.
incana, 211.
incertiis, 473.
incompleta, 5.
inconspicuus, 154.
Indica, 33, 42.
Indostana, 33.
inermis, 52, 174.
infuscata, 93, 345.
infuscatiis, 128.
ingens, 237, 257.
inornata, 85.
inornatus, 434.
inscripta, 331.
insignis, 56, 188, 213,

422, 426, 444.
instabiUs, 27, 88, 214,

240, 263, 452.
insubrica, 86, 113,
iusularis, 333, 444.
integer, 345.
intercepta, 223.
intermedia, 68, 310,

324.
intermedins, 131.
interrupta, 5, 79, 85,

112, 113, 180, 437.
interruptus, 353, 395.
interstincta, 92.
interstinctus, 405,452.
intricata, 459.
intricatus, 410.
iridicolor, 95.
iridipennis, 363.
Iris, 100.
irregularis, 107.
irrorata, 284.
Italica, 7.

J.

jaculator, 279, 309.
Jamaicensis, 234,'260.
Javana, 101.
Javanus, 146, 231.
Jobannis, 260.

INDEX.

491

jucundus, 305.
Julii, 85.
Jurinii, 297, 313.

K.

Kachiriensis, 6.
Kennedii, 374.
Klugii, 55, 81, 167,

209, 346, 445.
Kollari, 414

L.

labiata, 319, 437.
labiatus, 306.
laboriosa, 278.
lacinia, 2"5.

Lacordairii, 174, 362.
Iseta, 46, 57, 436.
Isetus, 138, 229, 358,

390, 436.
Iseviceps, 91, 412.
lasvifrons, 291.
laevigata, 215, 465.
laevigatus, 143.
laevior, 59.
laevipes, 404, 413.
Isevis, 317, 370.
lamellatus, 387.

lanata, 51.
lancifer, 386.
Lanierii, 256.
lapidarius, 397, 399.

Laportaei, 398.

Lapponicus, 415,

Larra, 273, 295, 308,
311, 312,337.

Larraxena, 293.

Larridae, 273.

larroides, 372.

larvata, 43.

larvatus, 400.

lateralis, 30, 93.

laterisetosa, 289.

lateritius, 352.

laticincta, 446.

laticinctus, 361.

latifrons, 362.

latipes, 396.

Latreillei, (54.80,173,
235, 260, 319.

latro, 261, 385, 459.
Lefebvrei, 410.
Lepeletieri, 411.
lepida, 346.
lepidus, 159, 358.
Lestiphorus, 360.
lethifer, 433.
leucobasis, 193.
leuconota, 242.
leucopyga, 12.
leucostoma, 376, 405
libitinarius, 360.
limata, 81.
limbata, 197, 468.
limosa, 109.
Lindenii, 100, 128,

446.
Lindenius, 391, 400.
lineatus, 384.
lineola, 43, 254.
litigiosa, 113.
littoralis, 7.
lituratus, 401.
lobatum, 237.
Loewi, 414.
longicornis, 93.
longinodus, 394.
longipes, 179.
longirostra, 331.

loriculata, 346.

Loris, 273.

Lucasii, 14.

lucidula, 193.

luctuosa, 14,101, 224,
250, 289.

luctuosum, 235.

Ludovicus, 212.

lugens, 429.

lugubris, 14, 428.

lanata, 328.

lunatus, 164, 371.

lunicornis, 374.

lunigcra, 449.

lunulata, 59.

luperus, 432.

lusca, 43, 322.

lutaria, 27, 208, 430.

luteicollis, 425.

luteicornis, 151, 190.

luteipalpis, 406.

luteipennis, 129, 235.
luteipes, 410.
luxuriosa, 448.
Lyrops, 295.

M.

Macquarti, 4.
Macromeris, 181.
maculata, 28, 78, 96,

177, 332.
maculatiis, 353, 417.
maculipennis,124, 159,

417.
maculipes, 386.
maculosa, 1 1.
Maderiae, 210.
Madraspatana, 72.
Madraspatanus, 144,

231.
magnifica, 332.
major, 439.
Mandariniae, 256.
raandibularis, 239.
raarginata, 6,113, 199,

267, 460.
margiuatus, 160, 314,

356, 389, 429.
marginellus, 390.
Marocana, 16.
Martini, 117.
Masaris, 116.
mastogaster, 453.
Maura, 3,94, 255, 277.

Maurillus, 170.
maurus, 401.

maxillaris, 239.

maxillosa, 241.

mediatus, 407, 408.

medius, 432, 435.

Medon, 20.

Megaera, 188.

Megerlei, 320.

melaena, 50, 260, 320.

melanaria, 94.

melanarius, 130, 415.

melancholica, 328.

melanocephala, 54, 65.

melanopa, 257.

melanoptera, 87, 346.

nielanopus, 210.

492

INDEX.

melanopyrus, 359.
melanosoma, 238.
melanoxantha, 346.
melanurus, 175.
melas, 133.
Melicerta, 16.
mellea, 346.
melleus, 373.
Melliniformis, 468.
Mellinus, 374.
mellipes, 159, 431.
Memnonia, 281.
mendica, 92.
Menechma, 70, 190.
Mephitis, 21.
Meria, 80.
meridionalis, 128.
Merope, 21.
inetallica, 28.
Methoca, 66.
Mexioana, 68.
micans, 92, 127, 151.
Micropteryx, 176.
militaris, 61,153, 450.
Millefolii, 80.
Mimesa, 429.
minor, 131.
Minos, IG.
minuta, 82, 69, 439.
miniitulus, 119.
minutus, 129, 432.
Mionii, 346.
miranda, 33.
miscophoides, 312.
Miscophus, 311.
Miscus, 224.
modesta, 29, 91, 248,

440.
modestus, 138, 299.
mcEstus, 133.
monachus, 164.
Monedula, 331.
moneduloides, 346.
Moneta, 219.
monetarius, 298.
monilicornis, 427.
monodonta, 331.
Monspeliensis, 5,
montana, 5.
Montezuma, 199, 334.

Montezumae, 61.
morio, 164, 411, 433,

82.
morosa, 27.
morosus, 140, 317.
Morphota, 293.
mucronatus, 383.
multicolor, 177.
mutabilis, 194.
Mutilla, 1, 370.
Mutillidae, 1.
mutilloides, 64.
Mygnimia, 181.
Myrmosa, 65.
mystaceus, 360.
Myzine, 69.

N.
namea, 78.
Naomi, 177.
nasuta, 210, 437, 446.
Natalensis, 300, 365.
Natalis, 324.
nebulosa, 270.
nebulosus, 160.
neglecta, 320.
uemoralis, 6.
neoxenus, 225.
Nephridia, 313.
nigella, 255.
niger, 124, 311, 313,

411.
nigerrimus, 302.
nigra, 65, 210, 275,

310.
nigrella, 43.
nigrescens, 196, 466.
nigricans, 223.
nigricornis, 337, 385.
nigri-cyaneus, 154.
nigrifrons, 368, 450.
nigripennis, 19, 296.
nigripes, 33, 73, 215,

237,254,354,383.
nigrita, 2, 114, 244,

280.
nigritulus, 136.
nigritus, 137, 411.
nigro-senea, 24.
nigro-aeneus, 384.

nigro-cincta, 450.
Nilotica, 12,
Nitela, 382.
nitens, 127.
nitida, 67, 77, 84, 163,
194,210,275,439.
nitidiuscula, 289.
nitidiventris, 12, 258.
nitidula, 80.
nitidulus, 154, 298.
nitidum, 235, 379.
nivosa, 265.
nobilis, 33, 156.
nobilitata, 97.
nodosa, 75.
Nomada, 382.
notata, 16, 86, 321.
notatus, 125, 126.
Notocyphus, 172.
nubilipennis, 164, 347.
nudata, 110.
nudatus, 133.
nudipennis, 113.
Nysson, 352.
Nyssonidae, 336.

0.
obliqua, 281.
obliquata, 43.
obliquus, 316, 406.
obliterata, 8.
obscura, 79,89,97,189.
obscurella, 251.
obscur||,140,314,418.
obsoleta, 40.
obsoletus, 296.
obtusiventris, 120.
occidentalis, 61.
Occitanica, 242.
ocellaris, 52.
ocellata, 201.
ochrocerus, 135.
octavo-notatus, 401.
octomaculata, 9.
octopunctatus, 129.
oculata, 30, 309, 319.
oculatus, 425.
oculifera, 46.
odontellus, 129.
olivacea, 318.

INDEX.

493

olivata, 319.
Olivieri, 64.
omissus, 353.
opaca, 4, 260.
opalinum, 236.
oppositus, 373.
optima, 34, 245.
optimus, 141.
opulenta, 34,219,250,

276.
opulenius, 423.
Oraniensis, 14, 74.
Orbignyi, 333.
orichalcea, 280.
orientalis,66,310,454.
ornata, 12, 96, 111,

179, 256,347,436.
ornatipeiinis, 165.
ornatum, 380.
ornatus, 137,371, 401.
ovalis, 411.
Oxybelus, 382.

P.

pacca, 117.
pagana, 286.
Palarus, 357.
pallidicornis, 160.
pallidipalpis, 411.
pallidas, 470.
pallipes, 282,393, 432,

434, 435.
Pallosoma, 181.
palmaria, 396.
palmata, 325.
palraipes, 397.
Panzeri, 2, 296, 353,

406.
Paracusis, 317.
parallela, 43.
parallelus, 434.
Parapompilus, 176.
Parasphex, 267.
parvula, 50, 70, 99.
parvuliis, 414.
Passalcecus, 426.
Patagoniensis, 475.
patellaria, 394,
patellatus, 395.
patricialis, 110.

Paulienerii, 246.
Paulinierii, 130.
pauperatus, 405, 407.
pectinipes, 123, 296.
pectoralis, 151, 322,

337.
Pedemontana, 4, 7.
pedestris, 147.
pedunculata, 12.
pedunculatus, 145.
pedunculus, 69.
Peleterii, 50.
pelopcEiformis, 245.
Pelopoeus, 227, 434.
peltatus, 395.
Pelterii, 165.
Pemphredon,426,428.
pendulus, 426.
Pennsylvanica,61,109,

261,292.
pensilis, 228.
Pepsis, 189, 239, 265.
pepticus, 308.
Perboscii, 448.
peregrina, 108, 347.
perplexa, 185, 255, 26.
perplexus, 147, 314.
Perrisi, 318.
personata, 91.
perspicularis, 51.
Peruviana, 333.
petiolaris, 5.
petiolata, 7, 72, 124,

160,259,375,401.
Petitii, 109, 197.
petulans, 436.
phaeopterus, 128.
phalerata, 52.
phaleratus, 151.
Pbiladelphica, 262.
philantboides, 398,

401.
Pbilantbus, 467.
Pbilippinensis, 40.
Physoscelis, 391.
picea, 69.
picta, 179, 312, 348,

448.
pictifrons, 165, 335.
pictipennis, 165.

pictiventris, 454.
pictus, 231, 312, 365,

417, 468.
pileatum, 377.
pinguis, 309.
Pison, 268, 313.
placida, 221,330.
placidus, 368.
planiceps, 173.
planifrons, 362.
plebega, 98.
Plesia, 69.
plumbea, 122.
plumipes, 109.
Pluto, 305.
podagricus, 406.
Podagritus, 391.
Podium, 234, 237.
Poeyi, 66.
Polistoides, 152.
polita, 48.
politum, 379.
politus,474.
Polocbrum, 116.
Pompilidae, 118.
pompiliformis, 167,

295, 297, 308.
Pompilus, 118, 181,
273, 312.

Praslinus, 245.

pretiosa, 189.

princeps, 293.

Priocnemis, 118, 181.

Priononyx, 265.

prisma, 117.

prismatica, 102, 200.

procera. 111, 224.

proditor, 242.

Pronaeus, 237, 239.

propinquus, 129.

proxima, 78, 225, 258.

proximus, 406.

pruinosa, 43, 242.

pruiiiosus, 141.

Psammaicius, 360.

Psammotberma, 20.

Psen, 429, 434.

pterotus, 395, 402.

pubescens, 246, 267
405.

494

INDEX.

pugnax, 385.
pulcheila,29,189,218,

445.
pulchellus, 362.
pulcher, 122, 127.
pulcherrima, 348.
pulcherrimus, 469.
pulchra, 62, 88, 238.
pulchrina, 34.
pulvillatus, 153.
punctata, 4, 87, 117,

218, 282, 332.
puuctatus, 401, 402,

403, 474.
punctifrons, 313.
punctipes, 125.
pmictulatus, 362.
punctum, 124,
purpnrascens, 194.
purpurea, 270.
pusilla, 37.
pusillus, 397, 412,

434.
pygmaeus, 385, 412.
pyreuccus, 128.
Pythia, 18.

Q.
quadrata, 29, 198.
4-cinctas, 408.
quadrifasciata, 100,

289, 335.
quadrifasciatus, 360.
quadriguttatus, 354.
quadrimaculata, 14,

109.
4-maculatus, 407.
quadrinotata, 12, 109.
quadrinotatus, 390.
quadri punctata, 87,

117.
quadripunctatus, 117,

128.
quadripustulata,44,87.
quadrum, 52.
quatuordecim-notatus,

383.
quinquecincta, 113.
quinquecinctus, 361,

436.

quinquefasciata, 11,

104, 437.
5-inaculatus, 408.
quinquenotatus, 160.
quinquepunctata, 12,

117.

R.

radula, 97, 100, 105,

109.
raptor, 271, 326, 385,

449, 470.
rectangulum, 50.
regalis, 6, 314.
regia, 38.
regius, 1 52.
repanda, 319.
repandum, 116.
repandus, 352.
relucens, 357.
representans, 35.
reticulata, 35.
reticulatus, 396, 402.
reversa, 349.
Rhinopsis, 273.
Rhopalum, 390.
Richardi, 156.
rigida, 449.
rixosa, 460.
rixosus, 173.
robusta, 24.
Romandi, 475.
Romandii, 78.
Rossii, 321.
rostrata, 318.
Rousselii, 74.
rubella, 26, 280.
rubescens, 136.
rubicola, 412.
rubiginosa, 111, 212.
rubra, 97, 190.
rubricans, 4, 130.
rubricata, 286.
rubricol'.is, 15.
rubripes, 211.
rubrocincta, 15.
rubro-maculata, 99.
rufa, 62, 98, 430.
rufescens, 68, 336,349.
ruticeps,15,75,lll,200

ruficollis, 7.
ruficornis, 24, 84, 95,

198, 315, 350, 375,

388, 437.
ruficosta, 220.
ruficrus, 137.
rufifrons, 80.
rufimanum, 378.
rufipennis, 252.
rufipes, 3, 73, 83, 95,

121, 122, 200, 220,

235, 260, 317, 350,

358, 369, 418, 439,

442.
rufitarsis, 304, 310.
rufiventre, 226.
rufiventris, 36, 52, 80,

97, 280, 391.
rufo-cincta, 241, 350.
rufo-cinctus, 141.
rufo-femorata, 83.
rufo-gastra, 36.
rufo-picta, 467.
rufopictus, 232, 356.
rugicollis, 25, 212.
rugifer, 414, 433.
rugosa, 36, 461.
rugosum, 239.
rugosus, 313.
rustica, 177,
rusticus, 153.
rutila, 86.
rutilus, 138.

S.
sabulosa, 49, 76, 187,

207, 438.
sabulosus, 375, 388.
sEBva, 222.
ssevissima, 461.
saevissimus, 172.
spevus, 265.
Salius, 167, 171.
Sallei, 335.
sanguinea, 170.
sanguinicollis, 13.
sanguinolentus, 130.
Sanvitali, 66.
sapphirus, 198.
Sapyga, 69, 116.

INDEX.

495

Sardonius, 228.
Savignyi, 64, 73, 280.
scaber, 418.
scalaris, 354.
Schiodtei, 168.
Schrenkii, 87.
Scleroderma, 67.
Scolia, 63, 85.
Scoliadie, 69.
scrupea, 62.
scurra, 122, 129, 171.
scutatus, 396.
scutellaris, 4, 407.
scutellatus, 418.
seladonica, 194.
sellata, 3, 79.
semiaurata, 36.
semicinctus, 152, 436.
semiluctuosus, 166.
seminiger, 364.
semipunctatus, 423.
semirufa, 442.
semistriata, 13.
Senegalensis, 15.
senex, 51, 94.
senilis, 104.
sepicola, 121.
7-cincta, 105.
septemniaculatus, 122.
serena, 79.
sericans, 134.
sericatus, 120, 363.
sericea, 255, 285,

334.
sericeus, 131, 175.
Sericophorus, 356.
sericops, 302.
sericosoraa, 146.
serraticornis, 434.
serripes, 121, 405.
Servillei, 74, 100, 108,

233, 350.
sesquialterus, 132.
severa, 182.
sexcincta, 70, 78.
sexcinctus, 402.
sexfasciata, 70.
sexmaculata, 6, 37, 78,

113.
sexraaculatus, 418.

sexpunctata, 13.
sexpunctatus, 11 7,122.
sexta, 466.
Shuckardi, 353, 407,

430.
Sibiricum, 269.
sicarius, 472.
sicula, 87.
signata, 13, 75, 86,

105, 331.
signatipennis, 137.
signatus, 407.
Simblephilus, 467.
similis, 139, 78.
simillima, 62, 217,275,

333.
simillimus, 367.
simplex, 47, 462.
simulans, 57.
Sinensis, 39, 148, 299,

456.
singularis, 50, 261,

417, 427.
sinuata, 13, 320.
sinuatus, 352, 414.
Sirex, 116.
smaragdina, 195.
Smithii,217.
sobrinus, 154,
Solenius, 391.
Solierella, 312.
Solieri, 231, 243.
solitaria, 445.
solivagus, 473,
solstitialis, 283.
sordida, 243.
sordidus, 160.
soror, 96, 243, 322.
specifica, 89.
speciosa, 40, 190, 195.
spectrum, 187.
speculifera, 146.
Sphecius, 336.
sphegea, 51.
Sphegidae, 207.
Sphex, 85, 118, 240,

295, 308, 312.
Spliex T, 260.
Spilomena, 425.
spinicollis, 414.

spinifera, 13.
spinigera, 19.
spinipectus, 443.
SpinolK, 15, 65, 80,

260, 309, 315, 358,

382.
spinosa, 50, 71, 332.
spinosus, 353, 372.
spirifex, 227.
spissus, 129.
splendida, 181.
splendidum, 238.
squamata, 55.
stellata, 190.
Stethorectus, 237.
Stictia, 331.
stigma, 309.
stigmus,425,426,432.
Stizus, 336.
striata, 266.
striatulus, 411, 412.
striatus, 411, 412.
stridula, 7.
strigosa, 27.
Stygia, 47.
subaeneus, 413.
subcomata, 5.
subdepressa, 437.
subfuscata, 242.
subimpressum, 380.
subitus, 307.
submarginatus, 125.
subobscura, 102.
subpetiolata, 290.
subpetiolatus, 139.
subpunctatus, 408.
subterraneus, 398.
subtessellata, 277.
subtruncata, 244.
subviridis, 143.
succincta, 44.
succinea, 350.
sugillatus, 137.
sulphurea, 330, 469.
sulphureicornis, 199,
sulphureipes, 415,
sulphurescens, 138,

328.
sumptuosa, 197.
superbus, 374.

496

INDEX.

Surinamensis, 332.
suspiciosa, 214.
Sycorax, 19.
Syriaca, 337, 92.
Syrkuti, 448.

T.

Tabida, 15.
Tachus, 80.
Tacliybulus, 313.
Tachyrrhostus, 301,

356.
Tachytes, 295.
Tamasieri, 143.
tarda, 85.

tarsata, 219, 281, 320.
tarsatus, 297, 366,397.
Tasmanica, 273.
Tasmanicus, 316, 425.
Telamon, 20.
tenella, 351.
Tengyra, 66.
tenuicornis, 293, 351.
tenuis, 212.
tenuiventris, 59.
terminata, 190, 210,

291.
testacea, 11.
tetragonodera, 59.
teutonus, 274.
Thomae, 265.
thoracica, 65, 67, 81,

104,271.
Thunbergii, 189, 260.
Thyreopus, 391.
tibialis, 125, 137, 229,

262, 391.
tinctus, 145.
Tiphia, 1.81,85, 296,

308.
Tisiphone, 187.
Trachypus, 467.
transversal is, 407.
trepanda, 328.
triangulum, 241, 468.
trichargyra, 244.
tricincta, 440.
tricolor, 11, 97, 296,

323, 373, 394, 462.
tridens, 87, 384, 351.

tridentata, 351.
tridentatus, 387.
trifasciata, 108, 290.
trifasciatus, 419, 441.
Trigonopsis, 226.
trilobus, 307.
trimaculata, 19.
trimaculatus, 354.
tripunctata, 80.
tripunctatus, 1 22.
Trirogma, 273.
trispinotus, 383.
tristis, 44, 277, 432.
tristrigatus, 364.
trivialis, 119.
troglodytes, 425.
tropicus, 161.
truncata, 290.
truncatula, 443.
Trypoxylon, 376. 429,

434.
tuberculata, 2, 51,439.
tuberculatus, 166.
tubifex, 228.
tumensis, 15.
tumidus, 371.
turca, 321.
turcicus, 152.
Turiouum, 427.
tyrannica, 447.
tyrannicus, 173.
tyrannus, 264.

U.

U-flavum, 374.

umbrosus, 133.

uudata, 109, 320.

undatus, 304.

undulata, 104, 324.

unicincta, 16.

unicolor, 66, 67, 75,
170, 174, 297, 310,
421,428, 429, 433.

unifasciata, 38, 86,
456.

unifasciatus, 145.

uniglumis, 382.

uniocellatus, 130.

urnaria, 223.

Urvillii, 112.

ustulata, 189.

vaga, 44, 374,
vagabunda, 218,
vagabundus, 408.
vagans, 62.
vagus, 402.
valida, 47.
Vanderlindenii, 309,

310.
varia, 117.
variabilis, 122, 325,

436.
varicolor, 93.
variegata, 39, 108,122,

178.
variegatus, 126, 386.
varipennis, 173, 195,

246.
varipes, 413.
varius, 153, 408.
varus, 414.
vau-alba, 195.
velox, 301.
velutinus, 365.
venator, 323.
ventilabris, 474.
ventralis, 330, 335.
venusta, 26, 90, 196.
venustus, 174, 413,

468.
versicolor, 63.
verticalis, 63, 96, 466.
Vespa, 109, 318, 331,

336, 382, 390, 436,

467.
vespiforrais, 133, 185,

327, 331, 352, 403.
vespoides, 439.
vestita, 63, 103, 248.
vestitus, 315.
vexillatus, 397.
viatica, 118, 208.
vicina, 80, 253.
vicinus, 129, 360, 406.
victor, 309, 386.
vidua, 45, 249, 320,

444.
viduata, 463.

INDEX.

497

viduatus, 167.
vigilans, 63, 299, 454.
villosa, 11, 82, 97.
vindex, 186, 234.
vindicatus, 142.
violacea, 87, 95, 181.
violaceipennis, 132,

224, 262.
violaceus, 226, 228.
virescens, 194.
viridatis, 25.
viridi-cffiruleuni, 238.
viridipennis, 96.
viridis, 195, 356.
viridisetosa, 198.

vitripennis, 108, 142,

197.
vittata, 9, 446.
vivida, 89.
volvulus, 70.
vulgaris, 130, 208.
vulpina, 463.

W.

Walkeri, 408.
Waltlii, 175, 308.
Wesmaeli, 108, 354,

408.
Westermanni,322,392.
Westwoodii, 316.

Wildei, 320.

X.

xanthocera, 195.
xanthopus, 154, 314.
XylcEcus, 426.
xylurgus, 399.

Z.

zonalis, 457.

zonata, 51, 73, 116,

352.
zonatus, 403.
Zetterstedti, 332.
Ziegleri, 403.

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