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wings dark brown with a bright coppery and violet iridescence, the 

 base of the wings with tints of blue ; the legs elongate, the posterior 

 tibiae strongly serrated exteriorly. Abdomen : the apical margin of 

 the basal segment, and the whole of the following segments, densely 

 clothed with short bright golden pubescence. 

 Hub. Bachian. 



Gen. Mygnimia, Smith. 



1. Mygnimia Aspasia, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iii. 157. 

 Hab. Dory ; Aru ; Amboyna. 



2. Mygnimia ichneumoniformis (Pompilus), Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. 

 p. 258. 



Hab. Dory; Amboyna. 



3. Mygnimia ferruginea. M. ferrugineaj alis obscure fuscis pur- 

 pureo iridescentibus. 



Female. Length 14 lines. Ferruginous : the mandibles black at their 

 apex. The pectus and two obscure longitudinal lines on the meso- 

 thorax fuscous ; the wings dark brown with a purple iridescence, their 

 base ferruginous ; the metathorax transversely striated and truncate 

 posteriorly ; the legs spinose. Abdomen shining, and thinly covered 

 with a silky sericeous pile. 



Hab. Dory. 



4. Mygnimia Lac^ena. M. capite, thorace pedibusque ferrugineis ; 

 metathorace et abdomine nigris ; alis flavo-hyalinis. 



Female. Length 8 lines. Black ; the head, antennae, pro- and meso- 

 thorax above, the femora, tibiae, and tarsi ferruginous, the coxae ferru- 

 ginous at their apex beneath ; the tips of the mandibles black ; the 

 metathorax transversely striated ; the wings flavo-hyaline ; the abdo- 

 men shining black, with the apical segment ferruginous. 



Hab. Amboyna. 



5. Mygnimia Thione. M. capite thoraceque nigris ; abdomine fer- 

 nigineo ; alis obscure fuscis, purpureo iridescentibus. 



Female. Length 6^ hues. Head and thorax black ; the antennae, cly- 

 peus anteriorly, the mandibles, and palpi ferruginous; the femora, 

 tibiae, and tarsi ferruginous ; wings dark fuscous with a violet irides- 

 cence. Abdomen ferruginous and thinly covered with a fine silky 

 pile. 



Hab. Amboyna. 



Fam. SPHEGID^, Leach. 



Gen. Sphex, Fahr. 



1. Sphex argentata, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 25. 

 • Hab. India ; Sumatra ; Java ; Aru ; Celebes ; Congo ; Sien-a Leone ; 



Bachian. 

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