Im'] 



l)ic Ilymcnoptcrcngruppe der Sphecinen. II. 44* 



143. Sphex cognatus Smith. 



Spliex coi^natd Smith, CiU. Ilvm. Brit. Mus., P. IV, 248, n |856 



»Fcmalc. Lcngth \o hiics. Black: thc face dcnscly covcrcd with a rieh golden 

 pubcsccncc; ihc anterior margin of thc clypeus proJuced, subangular, notched in the 

 middle, the lateral angles of the notch produced, forming obtuse teeth. The pro- and 

 mesothorax thinlv covered with short golden pubescence; the scutellum nakcd, the 

 post-scutellum and metathorax covered with silvery- white pubescence; the legs have a 

 tine silky cincreous pilc; the posterior tibiae at their apex within have a short reddish- 

 brown pubescence. Abdomen: the petiole short, scarcely as long as the tirst scgmcnt, 

 at the base covered with a Hne changcable silky pile. Hab. Australia. 



This specics closely ressembles Spliex opulenta, but is distinguishcd at once by the 

 notch in the margin of thc clypeus.« 



144. Sphex Crucis Fabr. 



Pe/i^/^ CrHc/5 Fabr., Syst. Piez. 209 »804 



»P. nigra, fronte thoracisque limbo auro villosis, abdomine rufo: petiolo nigro.« 

 »Habitat in Americae merjdionalis Insulis Dom. Smidt Mus, Dom. Lund.« 

 »Affinis certeP. Thomae at duplo major. Antennae totae nigrae. Caput nigrum: 



fronte tomento aureo tecto. Thorax niger: margine antico, laterali scutelloque aureo 



villosis, sub scutello cinereo villosus. Abdomen petiolatum, ovatum, rufum: petiolo 



nigro. Pedes nigri tibiis valde spinosis.« 



Scheint fast sicher das Weibchen von Sphex Thomae F. zu sein. 



145. Sphex decorata Smith. 



Sphex decorata Smith, Jottings, Cruise of Curacoa by Brenchley, 461, 



Taf. XLIV, Fig. 4 1873 



»Length 12 lines, Black, the base and apex of the abdomen ferruginous. Head: 

 the scape and two or three of the basal joints of the flagellum ferruginous; the clypeus 

 and mandibles ferruginous, the latter black at their tips; the face and cheeks with golden 

 pubescence. Thorax covered with a fine shorth changeable golden pubescence, most 

 dense on thc metathorax; the tcgulae, nervures of the wings, and the legs ferruginous, 

 the claws tipped with black; the wings fulvo-hyaline. Abdomen ferruginous, with the 

 second segment black above, and with two large black maculae beneath. Hab. North- 

 Wcst Coast of Australia. — In Coli. Brit. Museum.« 



(Ob nicht eine Abänderung des Sphex aiirulentus? Annierk. d. Aut.) 



146. Sphex difßcilis Spinola. 



Sphex difficilis Spin., Mem. d. r. Accad. d. scienze diTorino, ser. 2, XIII, 54, o i853 

 ^ Sphex nigra, facie aurea, alis nigro-violaceis, superiorum nervt) primo recur- 



rente interstitiali. 



Long. 24 mm. — Lat. prope originem alarum, 5 mm. 



Tota nigra, antennis pedibusque concoloribus, posterioris capitis paginae pilis, 



erectis albidis, anterioris derasis velutinis aureis. Mesothoracis dorsum opacum, scutello 



postscutelloque laevigatis medio excavatis singulatim bigibbosis. Metathoracis dorsum 



