756. 

 CEROPALES VARIEGATUS. 



Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Pompilidae. 



Type of the Genus, Ceropales maculatus. Fab, 



Ceropales Lat., Fab., Jur., Van Lin., Shuck., Curt. — Pompilus 

 Panz. — Ichneumon Geof. — Evania Fab. 



Antennce inserted in the middle of the face, approximating, not 

 much longer than the thorax, filiform, simply curved in both 

 sexes and indistinctly articulated, 13-jointed in the male, 12- 

 jointed in the female (1), basal joint short, stout and ovate, 2nd 

 small, cup-shaped, the following oblong, 3rd not longer than 

 the 4th, terminal joint ovate. 



Labrum exserted, semiorbicular, cilia line and short (2). 

 Mandibles slender, curved and bifid, the inner tooth small, pi- 

 lose and slightly bristly outside (3). 



Maxilla terminated by a broad bristly rounded lobe. Palpi long 

 pubescent and 6-jointed, basal joint not verjr short, pyriform- 

 truncate, 2nd longer and stouter, 3rd the stoutest and as long 

 as the following which are slenderer, apical joint rounded at 

 the tip (4). 



Mentum short, rhombiform. Palpi short and attached on each 

 side of the anterior margin, pubescent and 4-jointed, joints 

 nearly equal, elongate-obovate, 2nd truncated obliquely, 4th 

 ovate-conic. Lip large orbicular, slightly ciliated (5). 

 Head transverse, as broad as the thorax : eyes lateral, moderate, ovate : 

 ocelli 3 in triangle on the crown. Thorax oblong ; collar angu- 

 lated : scutel gibbose, semiovate. Abdomen short, narrowed at the 

 base, sometimes elliptical and narrower than the thorax in the male, 

 the apex truncated; stouter and ovate-conic in t he female : oviposi- 

 tor visible and elevated. Wings, superior with 1 marginal and 4 

 submarginal cells, the Ind and Zrd receiving each a recurrent ner- 

 vure. Legs, anterior short, hinder very long : coxae large : thighs 

 moderate : tibiae, anterior with 1 , the others with 2 rather long spurs 

 at the apex : tarsi very long, simple in both sexes, basal joint the 

 longest, 4th the shortest : claws curved acute : pulvilli large, undi- 

 vided (8, afore leg). 



Variegatus Fab. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 670. 3. 



In the Cabinets of the British Museum and Mr. Rudd. 



The females of this genus are readily distinguished from those 

 of Pompilus (pi. 238) by their antennae, which are not convo- 

 luted, but simply curved like those of the male ; the anterior 

 feet are also simple, and not ciliated with long spiny bristles, 

 and the ovipositor is a little exserted ; the males are less easily 

 separated, but on an examination of the trophi, very decided 

 differences will be found in the labrum and mandibles. 



