444 Franz Friedr. Kohl. [246! 



1 52. Sphex flavo-vestitus Smith. 



Sphex flavo-vestita Smith, Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., P. IV, 253, cf i856 



»Male. Length 12 lines. Black: the head thinlv covered with yellow pubescence, 

 the face densely clothed with golden pubescence; the mandibles ferruginous, their base 

 and apex black; the apical joints of the palpi ferruginous, one or tvvo 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, denselv 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 clavv Joint and the claws black; the wings vellowis- 

 hyaline, the nervures pale ferruginous, the costal and postcostal nervures fuscous. Ab- 

 domen black with a blue tinge, and covered with a fine silkv yellow pile. 

 Hab. India.« 



1 5 3. Sphex fuliginosus Dhlb. 



Sphex fuliginosa Dhlb., Hvm. eur., I, 25 et 436, Q 1845 



»Mus. Ber. 9, magna 5 4 pollic. long., atra subnitida facie aurichalceo-sericea, aus 

 brunneo luteis basi apiceque fuscis; scutello et postscutello diagonali sulcatis, metanoto 

 confertim strigoso. Habitat Brasiliae, Dom. Erichson; Tranquebariae, Dom. Wester- 

 mann.« (p. 25.) 



»Abdomen totum nigrum. Pedes nigri. Alae luteae. Alae basi violascentes. Ab- 

 domen longum, petiolus mediocris. Brasil.« (p. 436.) 



Scheint mir nach den Angaben eine Mischart zu sein. 



154. Sphex fuscus Lep. 



Sphex ßisca Lep., Hist. nat. Ins. Hvm., III, 357, $ 1845 



»Caput nigrum, nigro pilosum. Antennae nigra. Thorax niger, nigro pilosus; 

 metathoracis sulco dorsali longitudinali. Abdomen nigrum, opacum; ano fusce ferru- 

 gineo piloso. Pedes nigri, nigro villosi spinosique. Alae, basi nigricantes, medio rufo- 

 ferrugineae, apice fuscescentes; nervuris, costa punctoque marginali ferrugineis; 

 squamma nigra. Femelle. Long. 1 1 lignes. — Sans patrie. Musee de M. Serville.« 

 Dürfte eine amerikanische Art sein, und zwar mit caliginosus zusammenfallen. 



i55. Sphex gratiosus Smith (non gratiosa Smith, Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc, III, 



i58, c?, i85 9 ). 



Sphex gratiosa Smith, Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., P. IV, 244, c? i856 



»Male. Length 12 lines. The head, antennae, prothorax, legs and abdomen ferru- 

 ginous; 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 transversely sulcated; the wings dark fuscous with a violet 

 iridescence, the tegulae ferruginous; the petiole and extreme base of the abdomen black: 

 beneath, the second Segment has a large fuscous spot at the base. 

 Hab. Tripoli.« 



