116 ME. smith's DESCKIPTIONS OF HTMENOPTEBOUS INSECTS 



glittering silvery-white hairs. Abdomen : the base red ; the second 

 segment with three ovate maculae, and the third with a fascia, of silvery- 

 white pubescence ; the fourth segment with a widely interrupted fascia; 

 the apical segment shining and longitudinally striated. 

 Hab, Bachian. 



6, MuTiLLA Pentheus. M. capite abdomineque nigris; thorace 

 pedibusque rubi-is, tibiis tarsisque fuscis ; abdomine fascia argenteo- 

 pubescente decorato. 



Female, Length 3 lines. Head and abdomen black ; the thorax and 

 legs red ; the coxae, tips of the femora, tibiae, and tarsi fuscous ; the 

 tubercles at the insertion of the antennae, the apex of the scape, and 

 the mandibles, rufo-testaceous ; the head and thorax covered with 

 deep, coarse, confluent punctures, and thinly sprinkled with pale glitter- 

 ing hairs; the thorax oblong- quadrate. Abdomen covered with short 

 black pubescence ; the third segment with a fascia of silvery-white 

 pubescence ; the apical segment longitudinally striated ; the apex 

 fen-uginous. 



Hab. Bachian. 



7. MuTiLLA DoRiCHA. M. nigra, pubescens ; mandibulis pedibusque 

 ferrugineis ; abdominis segmenti secundi basi maculis duabus ovatis, 

 tertii fasciaque argenteo-pubescentibus. 



Female. Length 4 lines. Black : the legs ferruginous ; the coxae, tips 

 of the femora, and apical joints of the tarsi black ; the mandibles 

 ferruginous at their base ; the head and thorax covered with coarse 

 confluent punctures, the latter oblong-quadrate ; the hinder portion 

 of the vertex thinly covered with short white pubescence. Abdomen : 

 the second segment with an ovate spot of snow-white pubescence on 

 each side at its base ; the third segment with a fascia of the same 

 colour; the apical segment longitudinally striated. 



Hab. Dory. 



Gen. ScoLiA, Fahr. 



Div. L The anterior wings ivith two submarginal cells, and one recurrent 



nervure. 



1. Scolia quadriceps. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iii. 153. 

 Hab. Bachian; Aiu. 



2. Scolia nitida. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iii. 152. 

 Hab. Bachian; Aru; Amboyna; Dory. 



3. Scolia fulgidipennis. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 152. 

 Hab. Bachian; Aru. 



4. Scolia nigeruima. S. nitida, nigra; abdomine prismatico ; alis 

 fuscis violaceo iridescentibus. 



Female. Length 1 1 lines. Black; the head and thorax slightly shining ; 



