SFHEGIDiE. 13 
SPIIEGIDiE. 
Plate XLI. fig. 1. 
Aporus bicolor. $ 
Av. Ate?', abdominis segmentis tribus saturate rubris. (Long. Corp. 
2i— 3^ liu.) 
Ap. bicolor. Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 34. — Steph. Catal. No. 48G2. 
Deep opaque black ; the 3 anterior segments of the abdomen dull deep 
red, or rust-coloured. Male with the anterior portion of the face, except- 
ing the clypeus, metathorax, coxse and trochanters clothed with a dense 
silvery pubescence ; with the margin of the first, and base of the 
second abdominal segments deep pitchy-red. 
Rare : found in Dorsetshire, and in South Wales, near Swansea^ 
in June ; and at Weybridge, in August. 
Plate XLI. fig. 2. 
Pompilus notatus. 
Po. Niger ; antennis thorace paullo longioribus, abdominis segmento 
secundo supra fascia rubrd scepe obsoletd, pedibus partim nigris, 
partim rubris. (Long. Corp. 3f lin.) 
Po. notatus, Rossi.— Vo. formosns.— Steph. Catal. No. 4884. 
Black : antennae slender, rather longer than the thorax ; mandibles reddish 
at the tip ; abdomen with a broad red band at the base of the 2nd 
segment, sometimes obscure ; anterior femora within, with their tibiae 
and tarsi, the intermediate femora at the tip and their tibiae, and also 
the hinder femora dull-red ; wings hyaline, slightly clouded with brown 
at the tip. 
Very rare ; taken in June near Ripley. 
