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striated ; rnesotliorax with scattered deep punctures, and a short, deep, 

 longitudinal stria on each side opposite the tegulae; scutelluni margined 

 behind by a row of deep punctures ; metathorax with a few scattered 

 feeble punctures, bounded on the sides and behind by an acute carina, 

 the disk with three approximate carinae, the central one sometimes not 

 reaching the posterior carina, lateral truncation polished, obliquely 

 striated, posterior truncation finely rugose on the sides; tegulse black, 

 smooth and polished. Wings subhyaline, slightly stained with fuscous ; 

 nervures fuscous. Legs black, shining, the tibiae and tarsi densely 

 clothed with a glittering silvery pubescence. Abdomen black, polished ; 

 first and second segments with a few scattered punctures, more dense 

 on the apical margin of the latter; third, fourth and fifth segments 

 more closely and deeply punctured, the apical margins, especially on 

 the sides, fringed with long, pale glittering pubescence; apical segment 

 depressed, rugose and pubescent, the apical margins reflexed ; beneath 

 rather densely punctured, the apical margins fringed with pale glitter- 

 ing pubescence. Length 5 — 5o lines; expanse of wings 7£ — 8 lines. 



Male. — Resembles the female, but more sleuder and hairy; the punc- 

 tures of the mesothorax and abdomen deeper and closer, especially to- 

 wards the apex of the latter, and the wings are hyaline, with a slight 

 fuscous tinge about the tip, especially in the marginal cell, which is. as • 

 usual, closed, and the stigma large and black. Length 4 lines; expanse 

 of wings 6 lines. 



Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. Two 9 , two S specimens. 



Genus SCOLIA, Fabr. 

 Scolia (Elis) atrata, Fabr. 

 Scolia atrata, Fabr., Ent. Syst. ii, p. 228; Syst. Piez. p. 239. Burin. Abh. Nat. 



Ges. Halle, i, p. 23. 

 Colpa atrata, St. Farg. Hym. iii, p. 535. 



Scolia micans, Guer., Voy. Cog. Zool. ii, pt. 2, p. 251. Beauv. Ins. Afriq. et 

 Ame'r. p. 258. pi. 10, fig. 3 9 . 

 Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. Numerous % and $ specimens. 



Scolia (Elis) trifasciata, Fabr. 



Tiphia trifasciata, Fabr., Ent. Syst. ii, p. 246 % ; Syst. Piez. p. 235. 



Scolia trifasciata, Klug, Weber & Mohr, Beitr. i, p. 32. Sauss. Ann. Soc. Ent. 

 Fr. 3e ser. vi, p. 245. 



Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. Seven 9 , eight % specimens. 



The females of this species vary much in size and markings. The 

 normal variety is entirely black, except the large yellow or yellowish- 

 ferruginous marks or bands on the three first dorsal segments of the 

 abdomen, and the lateral transverse spot on each side of the second and 



