14 ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF HYMENOPTERA FROM NARRABRI, 



4. Scolia CORONATA, Smith. 



A large black wasp, with beautiful deep blue wings ; one of our 

 commonest Sydney insects, but with an extensive range. 



5. Pompilius aurifrons, Smith. 



Also an insect with a very wide range, having been recorded 

 from all parts of Australia. 



6. Pelopo:us l^tus, Smith. 



Two specimens of this handsome slender-bodied wasp ; unlike 

 the members of most of the genera of the family S]ihegididce, 

 it constructs clay cells, which it provisions with small spiders. 

 It has a considerable range along the eastern coast, and is a 

 common insect in the dry western or central lands. 



7. Ammophila suspiciosa, Smith. 



This species has a range from South Australia to Queensland, 

 and is another of the common wasps in the western country, 

 where, in company with the last species, it may be taken 

 hovering over the flowers along the banks of creeks and 

 lakes. 



8. Pison spinol,e, Shuckard ; and | 



q "D , T »T,^ T ^.^^ a -4-u c (Farm Larridce.) 



y. P. marginatus, Smith. J v ; 



Members of this genus construct very thin clay nests of an 



oval or elongate form, which they store with lepidopterous 



larva? ; the young wasp larva?, when full grown, form strong 



cocoons in which to undergo their metamorphosis. Both the 



above species are recorded from Adelaide and Sydney. 



10. Odynerus concolor, Saussure. ) 



11. O. bicolor, Saussure. j 



Both species range from North Queensland to New South 

 Wales. 



12. Disccelius sp.? 



I have this species also from Adelaide and Sydney. 



13. Polistes humilis. 



This large red-coloured paper wasp takes the place of our 

 P. variabilis, Sauss., in the western parts of New South 



