r2j.q'I Die llymcnoplcrcngruppc licr Spliccincn II _^^- 



162. Sphex lautus Crcsson. 



5p//(?.Y /rt^/^rt Crcsson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. Philad., IV, 212, 9 . . . 1872 — 1873 



> g — Vclvctv black, covcred with a very Hnc pale golden scriceous pile, more 

 obvious in ccrtain lights; head with rather long golden pubcsccnce; face, clypeus, spot 

 on chccks, uppcr posterior margin of prothorax, broad lateral margin of mesothorax, 

 connected posteriorlv bv a narrow line, postscutellum, upper surface of metathorax 

 entirelv, an oblique line on each extreme side, the tubcrcles and a spot immediatcly 

 bchind, bright golden; tegulae black; wings yellowish-hyaline, apical margin broadly 

 luliginous; legs black, with a pale sericeous pile, anterior femora bcncath with a stripe of 

 golden pubcsccnce, tibiae brown-scriceous within; abdomen clongate-ovate, fusco- 

 ferruginous, pale sericeous in certain lights, pctiolc very short, stout, black, with pale 

 golden pubescence. Lenght i — i-i5 inch. 



o var. — Abdomen entirely black. 



Five specimens found on Sumach flowers in August. This magnificent species 

 closelv resembles Lanierii Guer., which, however, has red legs and palcr abdomen. 

 Should the varictv with black abdomen probe to be a distinct species, id mav be named 

 illustris. « 



Nearktische Region: Texas. 



i63. Sphex mandarina Smith. 



Sphex Mandarina Smith, Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., P. IV, 256, 9 i856 



»Female. Length i3 lines. Black: the face covered with tine silvery pile; the 

 anterior margin of the clypeus straight in the middle and sinuated at the sides; the vertex 

 smooth and having a few scattered punctures; a few stiff black hairs scattered over the 

 face. Thorax: the pro- and mesothorax very delicately punctured, interspersed with a 

 few large punctures; a deep depression in the middlc of the scutellum; the postscutellum 

 and metathorax opake, the enclosed space above, Hnelv rugose, the sides bevond obli- 

 quely strigose; the claws ferruginous; the tarsi furnished with stout spines, the anterior 

 pair stronglv ciliated autside; the tibiae with a few stout spines; the wings subhvaline, 

 the nervures ferruginous, the apical margins slightlv cloudcd; the second submarginal 

 cell narrow, rcceiving the first recurrent nervure in the middle. Abdomen red, with 

 the petiole and three apical segments black. 

 Hab. North China (Shanghai). 

 (Nach Smith wahrscheinlich synonym mit Sphex Salier i Lep.) 



164. Sphex mandibularis Cresson. 



5p/ze.v wa;;rf/^?//t7r/.v Cresson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. Philad., 11, 2q3, (^ 1868 — 1869 

 »o ^ — Deep black; broad anterior orbits, chceks, pectus, narrow posterior margin 

 of prothorax, three lines on mesothorax (the lateral ones confluent behind), tubcrcles, 

 spot behind, stripe above each of the four posterior coxae, and the postscutellum, 

 bright silvery; head thinly dothed with long black pubescence, whitish on the cheeks; 

 mandibles flavo-testaceous, apical half black; pleura and metathorax with long thin, 

 whitish pubescence; sides of metathorax and coxae with silvery pile, more obvious in 

 certain lights; metathorax opaque, rounded above and behind, the surface not distinctly 

 sculptured; tegulae shining-black; wings smokv hyaline, with a brilliant violet reflexion, 



Aiinalcn des k. k. naturhistorischen Hormuscums, Bd. V, Hott '}, 1890. 3q 



