498 



Franz Friedr. Kohl. 



and centre, basal third varied with pale duskv. metanotum exarate, with g longitudinal 

 ridges, between which therc are short transverse sulci: abdomen polishcd. 5 lines long, 

 cxpanse about the same. 



»Inhabits woods, taken in S. E. Pensylvania in September. On account of the 

 obliquity of the median recurrent nervure (Romand), the interior angles ofthe i*^' dis- 

 coidal and i*^ cubital are acute, and similar. Radialand cubital nervures nearly parallel, 

 the latter rectilinear.« 



Scheint identisch zu sein mit Ampiilex canaliciilata Say. 



47. Ampulex pilipes Kohl n. sp. 

 (^Beschreibung siehe oben pag. 484, cf.) 

 Aethip. Reg. (Guinea — Mus. zool. reg. Berol.), 



48. Ampulex psilopus Kohl n. sp. 



(Beschreibung siehe oben pag. 477, 9.) 

 Aethiop. Reg. (Guinea — Mus. zool. Berol.). 



49. Ampulex purpurea Westw. 



Chlorion purpureum Westw., Arcan. Ent., Vol. II, pag. 65, PI. 65, Fig. i, 9 1844 

 »C. laete purpureum, valde punctatum, mesonoto obscuriore, metanoto trans- 

 verse striato, carinisque novem (2'^^' et 3"-' utrinque a medio discretis) antennis clypeo 

 tibiis tarsisque nigris; alis anticis fuscis fascia lata pone medium alisque posticis sub- 

 hyalinis; abdomine postice minus compresso quam in A. compresswentre Guer. ; coUare 

 postIce tuberculo elevato instructo; mandibulis nigris apice piceis; tarsorum articulo 

 penultimo minore quam in congeneribus, articulo basali antennarum subtusrufescenti 9. 

 Long. corp. 9 lin. 7. Expans. alar. lin. 8' A. 



»Hab. in Africa Australiori, D. Burchell.« 

 Aethiop. Reg. 



50. Ampulex raptor Smith. 



Ainpulex raptor Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. Brit. Mus., P. IV, pag. 271, ^^ . . . 1856 

 »Male. Length 5 lines. Bright green: head thickly and coarselv punctured; the 

 clvpeus carinated in the centre and produced into an acute spine at the apex. The pro- 

 and mesothorax covered with large deep coarse punctures, the metathorax with a central 

 carina and four lateral ones, between which it is transversely striated; the lateral apical 

 margins of the superior surface produced into a stout long curved spine; the truncation 

 rugose; wings hyaline, with a faint cloud crossing the second submarginal cell, and 

 occupying also the base of the marginal cell; the legs with tints of blue on the tibiae 

 and tarsi, the coxae and thorax beneath with large, not very close, deep punctures. 

 Abdomen ovate, with a blue tinge on the disk; the first, third and following segmcnts 

 coarsely punctured; the second Segment with finer scattered punctures. 

 »Hab,: Venezuela. 



»This species is most nearly allied to A. thoracica, but differs in wanting the pro- 

 minent angles at the anterior margin of the face; the prothorax is of a different form 

 and is ditlerently sculptured, and the abdomen is coarsely punctured; in A. thoracica it 

 is smooth and shining. 



51. Ampulex regalis Smith. 



Ampulex regalis Smith, Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. Zool., Vol. V, pag. 83, 9 ■ • 1861 

 »A. fulgide purpureus, abdomine viridi variegato; alis anticis obscure uni- 

 fasciatis. 



