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the lower portion of the inner orbits of the eyes, the sides of the 

 clypeus, and mandibles, testaceous-yellow; the apex of the latter 

 ferruginous; the palpi pale; the antenna; fulvous beneath. The 

 posterior margin of the prothorax testaceous-yellow ; wings fuscous, 

 palest towards their base ; the intermediate and posterior tibire and 

 the basal joint of their tarsi with long acute spines ; the inner calcai" 

 at the apex of the tibia; nearly as long as the basal joint of the tarsi. 

 Abdomen elongate and shghtly shining. 

 Hub. Makassar. 



3. PoMPiLus NiGRO-c^RULEUS. P. obscurc caerulco-niger; alisfuscis, 

 viridi et violaceo micantibus. 



Female. Length 9-10 lines. Of an obscure blue-black; the face and 

 clypeus slightly silvery, the anterior margin of the latter slightly 

 emarginate ; the mandibles obscurely ferruginous in the middle. The 

 posterior margin of the prothorax subangular ; the metathorax short, 

 convex, and shining ; wings dark fuscous, with a slight purple irides- 

 cence ; the tibiae and tarsi with strong sharp spines. Abdomen slightly 

 shining, with bright blue tints in certain lights ; the extreme apex 

 ferruginous ; the apical segment with rigid black hairs. 



Hab. Makassar. 



4. PoMPiLUS iNCERTus. P. atcr ; facie et thorace postice pube ar- 

 gentato-alba dense vestitis ; alis hyalinis apice fuscis. 



Male. Length 5 lines. Black : the face and cly]jeus covered with 

 silvery pile, the anterior margin of the latter rounded ; the tips of the 

 mandibles rufo-testaceous ; an impressed line running from the an- 

 terior ocellus to the base of the clypeus. Thorax : the posterior 

 margin of the prothorax subangular ; the metathorax with a thin 

 silvery pile, on its sides and on the coxa; the pile is more dense 

 and glittering ; wings hyaline and iridescent, their apex fuscous beyond 

 the stigma ; the inner calcar at the apex of the intermediate and pos- 

 terior tibiae nearly as long as the basal joint of the tarsi. Abdomen 

 shining, with a thin silky pile. 



Hab. Makassar. 



Gen. Priocnemis, Schiodte. 



\. Priocnemis flavipennis. P. niger ; facie, antennis, tibiis, tarsis- 

 que ferrugineis ; alis flavo-hyalinis. 



Female. Length 10 lines. Black : the head and thorax opake, the ab- 

 domen slightly shining ; the front between the insertion of the antennae 

 and the ocelli, the tibiae, tarsi, and tips of the femora ferruginous, the 

 claw-joint of the tarsi fuscous ; the intermediate and posterior tibia 

 with a double row of serrations ; all the tarsi strongly s[nnose ; the 

 wings clear reddish yellow, not bordered with fuscous ; the metathorax 

 transversely striated. Abdomen immaculate, thinly sprinkled with 



