COLLECTED AT CELEBES. 5 



Fam. ANDEENID^,, Leach. 

 Gren. Sphecodes, Latr. 



1. Sphecodes insularis. S. niger, abdominis segmentis primo 

 secundo et tertio (basi) rubris ; alls hyalinis. 



Male. Length 3^ lines. Head and thorax black, closely and strongly 

 punctured ; the face below the antennae with silvery- white pubescence; 

 the joints of the flagellura submoniliform ; the mandibles ferruginous. 

 Thorax : the tegulse pale rufo- testaceous, wings hyaline, the nervures 

 ferruginous ; the metathorax coarsely rugose ; the articulations of the 

 legs and the tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen : the first, second, and base 

 of the third segments red, the apical ones black, very finely and 

 closely punctured, with the apical margins of the segments smooth 

 and shining ; a black spot in the middle of the basal segment. 



Hab. Celebes. 



Gren. NoMiA, Latr. 



1. NoMiA PUNCTATA. N. nigra nitida punctata, alis nigro-fuscis. 

 Male. Length 4^ lines. Shining black : head and thorax coarsely 



punctured, the metathorax ruggedly sculptured, truncate at the apex, 

 the truncation and sides smooth with a few fine punctures ; the ab- 

 domen closely and rather finely punctured, the apical margins of the 

 segments smooth and shining. The tips of the mandibles, the tarsi 

 and apex of the abdomen rufo-testaceous, the wings fuscous. 

 Hab. Celebes. 



2. NoMiA FLAViPES. N. nigra pedibus flavis, abdomine cinereo fas- 

 ciato, alis hyalinis. 



Female. Length 3^ lines. Black ; the face and cheeks densely clothed 

 with short cinereous pubescence, the vertex thinly so; the margins 

 of the prothorax, mesothorax and scutellum with a line of pale 

 ochraceous pubescence, the disk of the thorax thinly covered with 

 short pubescence of the same colour, the emargination of the meta- 

 thorax as well as its sides with longer pubescence of the same colour ; 

 the base of the abdomen and basal margin of the second and following 

 segments covered with short cinereous pubescence. The flagellum 

 beneath fulvous; the mandibles ferruginous. The legs reddish- 

 yellow, with the coxae and base of the femora black; the wings 

 hyaline ; the tegulae yellow, the nervures pale testaceous. 



Hab. Celebes. 



3. NoMiA FORMOSA. JV. capite thoraccquc nigris ; abdomine chalybco ; 

 marginibus apicalibus segmentorum caeruleo fasciatis. 



Female. Length 5^ lines. Head and thorax black and very closely 

 punctured ; the face covered with griseous pubescence ; the clypeus 

 with a central longitudinal carina. Thorax : the apical margin of the 

 prothorax, the margins of the scutellum, and the sides of the meta- 



