440 Franz Fricdr. Kohl. [242] 



anus rufus. Valvuhi analis vcntralis subscmilunata mutica, segmentum proximum apice 

 profunde emarginatum lobulis arcuatis. Port Natal. 



iSg. Sphex (Priononyx) brunipes Cresson. 



Priononyx brunipes Cresson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. Philad., IV, 2i3, cT 1872 — 1873 



»cf — Black, clothed with black pubescence, face and clypeus faintly silvery in 

 certain lights; mandibles toward tips and scape beneath at tips dull reddish; thorax 

 entirely black, without any silvery markings; metathorax opaque, Upper surface sparsely 

 and indistinctly punctured, with a very shallow longitudinal central deprcssion, widened 

 posteriorly, sides somewhat obliquely striated; tcgulae pale luteous on outer margin, 

 base brown; wings fuscous; legs dark brown, coxae and fcmora before black; abdomen 

 shaped as in Thomae (S, dark brown, varied with black at apex, petiole black. Length 

 65 inch. 



One specimen found on Sumach flowers in August. Very distinct from Thomae 

 by the total absence of silvery pubescence.« 



Nearktische Region: Texas. 



Vielleicht identisch mit Sphex neoxenus Kohl. 



140. Sphex Chiliensis Lep. (non Spin.) 



Sphex Chiliensis Lep., Hist. nat. Ins. Hym., III, 341, 9 1845 



»Caput ferrugineo hirsutum, antice aureo pubescens. Antennae nigrae. Thorax 

 ferrugineo hirsutus. Abdomen ferrugineo pubescens. Pedes: coxis trochanteribusque 

 ferrugineis, ferrugineo villosis; femoribus nigricantibus, tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis, pilis 

 spinisque ferrugineis, unguibus nigris. Alae subfuscae, aurulentae, fascia ante apicem 

 fusciori; nervuris, puncto marginali costaque nigricantibus, squamraa nigra. 



Nota. Color non designatur ubi sub hirsutie latet. 



Femelle. Long. 12 lignes. Chile. 



Scheint nur ein Männchen des Sphex Latreillei zu sein. 



141. Sphex cinerascens Dhlb. 



Sphex cinerascens Dhlb., Hym. eur., I, 2 5 et 436 1845 



»cf mediocris - 3 pollic. long., nigra obscura cinereo-tomentosa, alis flavescenti- 

 pallidis apice fuscis, tibiis tarsisque posterioribus rufescentibus, metanoto subtilissime 

 coriaceo. E Guinea. Specimen a Dom. Westermann accepimus. Corpus et petiolus 

 mediocria. 



142. Sphex clypeatus Smith. 



5/7/zejc c[r^ea^a Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. Brit. Mus., P. IV, 257, cT i856 



»Male. Length 10 lines. Black: the face covered with silvery pubescence and 

 sprinkled with long black hairs; the clypeus very convex, produced anteriorly, its margin 

 truncated; the thorax has a thinly scattered black pubescence; the wings fuscohyaline; 

 the nervures and extreme base of the wings dark fuscous, the apical margins with a 

 pale fuscous cloud. The abdomen shining and covered with a Hne grey silky pile; the 

 apex fringed with curled yellow pubescence; the two apical segments beneath densely 

 covered with similar pubescence. 

 Hab. Brazil.« 



