• QQ Franz Friedr. Kohl. 



5. Ampulex (Rhinopsis) apicalis Smith. 



Ampulex apicalis Smith, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XII (4. ser.), pag. 292, $ . . 1873 

 »Female. Length 6 lines. Varied with tints of blue and green, the scape of the 

 antennae and apex of the abdomen ferruginous. Head blue or green, with deep con- 

 fluent punctures; the clypeus and mandibles ferruginous; the clypeus with a sharp 

 carina in the middle, its anterior margin subangular. The pro- and mesothorax with 

 large confluent punctures, the former slightly narrowed towards the head; the meta- 

 thorax transverse, the posterior lateral angles dentate, the superior surface with a raised 

 margin, a central longitudinal carina that runs from the base a little beyond the middle, 

 where it divides into a fork which runs to the posterior margin, on each side are three 

 oblique carinae between the carinae coarsely striated; wings fuscous, with a hyaline 

 fascia crassing the superior pair at the base of the first submarginal cell; the apex of the 

 wing is subhyaline. Abdomen smooth and shining, delicately and sparingly punctured, 

 the three apical segments ferruginous. 



»Hab. South Africa (Zulu country). 



»This species belongs to the section of the genus Ampulex which has only two 

 submarginal cells.« 



6. Ampulex assimilis Kohl n. sp. 

 (Beschreibung siehe oben pag. 464 und 476 $.) 

 Aethiop. Reg. (Guinea.) 



7. Ampulex canaliculata Say. 



Ampulex canaliculata Say, Western Quarterly Reporter, Vol. II, Nr. i, pag. 76 1823 

 Ampulex canaliculata Say, The compl. writ. of Th. Say on the Entom. of 



North Amer. by .T. L. Lecont., Vol. I, pag. 165 1859 



»Black; superior wings with a blackish band; antennae and feet piceous. 



»Inhabits Missouri. 



»Mandibles at tip and labrum rufous; front with a carina above each of the an- 

 tennae and another in the middle which descends upon the hvpostoma; coUare densclv 

 punctured and grooved in the middle; thorax sparselv punctured and with two distant 

 longitudinal impressed lines; metathorax with eight dilated grooves, in which are nume- 

 rous transverse elevated lines; wings brownish, superiores with a blackish band and 

 black Stigma; abdomen polished immaculate. 



»Length nearly two-fifths of an inch. 



»These insects have a singular appearance in consequence of their elongated collar 

 and metathorax. The species resembles the Fasciatus .lur., but ditfers in the number 

 of grooves on the metathorax.« 



8. Ampulex chalybea Smith. 



Ampulex chalybea Smith, Cat. Hvm. Ins. Brit. Mus., P. IV, pag. 270, 9^ PIVII, 



Fig. 3 ■ ^ 1856 



»Female. Length 9 lines. — Dark blue, variegated with bright purple tints; the 

 mandibles, anterior tibiae 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 metathorax with a central longi- 

 tudinal 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 im- 

 punctate. 



