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third ventral segments; of this variety I have before me five specimens, 

 three of which are 10? lines long, while the other two are 9 and (U 

 lines long. Another specimen (7 lines long) varies in having a trans- 

 verse yellow line on the postscutellum, and another on the apical mar- 

 gin of the fourth dorsal segment of the abdomen ; the second and third 

 ventral segments have each a broad apical yellow band, more or less 

 interrupted on the middle; the prothorax has also an obscure yellowish 

 spot on each side anteriorly. Another specimen (also 7 lines long), 

 varies considerably from the others, and may possibly be a distinct spe- 

 cies ; it is not quite so robust ; both the scutellum and postscutellum 

 have a broad transverse yellow line, as in the males, while the bands on 

 the three first dorsal segments of the abdomen are much narrower than 

 in the other specimens, and instead of being broadly and deeply euiar- 

 ginate in the middle anteriorly, they are merely obtusely emarginate on 

 each side ; the apical margin of the fourth dorsal segment is narrowly 

 yellowish, as is also those of the second and third ventral segments, but 

 more widely interrupted in the middle than in the preceding species 

 otherwise there seems to be no difference. 



The males vary in length from 4? to 8i lines ; all have four yellow- 

 ish (mostly lemon-yellow) bands on the dorsal surface of the abdomen 

 (segments 1 — i), very much as in the males of S. plumipes, while the 

 clypeus, anterior margin of the thorax, scutellum and postscutellum, 

 and a line on all the femora and tibiae, are yellow in all the specimens 

 before me. 



Scolia (Elis) fulvohirta, n. sp. 



Black, densely clothed with rufo-fulvous pubescence ; tibiae and tarsi rufo-fer- 

 ruginous : wings subhyaline, orange-yellow along the costa, with a dark cloud 

 near the tip; 9 with a large spot on each side of prothorax, and one on each 

 side of the four basal segments of abdomen, dull yellow; % with clypeus, two 

 spots oh scutellum, line on postscutellum, and apical margins of the three or 

 four basal segments of abdomen yellowish, the apical segment above silvery. 



Female. — Black; head shining, clothed with rather long rufo-fulvous 

 pubescence, dense on the face and occiput; vertex smooth and polished, 

 rest of the head with a few scattered punctures ; mandibles piceous ; 

 antennae black. Thorax above densely clothed with rather long rufo- 

 fulvous pubescence ; collar with a pale yellowish spot on each side ; 

 prothorax grossly punctured, with a large yellow spot on each side ; 

 mesothorax grossly and closely punctured, a smooth shining space on 

 the disk, divided in the middle by a broad punctured line ; scutellum 

 and postscutellum smooth and shining, with a few deep scattered punc- 

 tures ; pleura and metathorax densely clothed with long, pale, golden- 



