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2. Scolia fulgidipennis, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iv. 152. 3. 

 Hab. Waigiou ; Aru ; Bachian ; Martabello. 



3. Scolia nitida, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iv. 152. 2. 



Hab. Waigiou ; Bouru ; Timor ; Aru ; Amboyna ; Dory ; Marta- 

 bello. 



4. Scolia captiva, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. vi. 22. 1. 

 Hab. Waigiou ; Gilolo ; Martabello. 



5. Scolia DUBiA. S. nigra, nitida, punctatissima ; alis fuscis, violaceo- 

 micantibus ; abdomine cseruleo-iridescente. 



Male. Length 7 2 lines. Black and shining ; the head and thorax closely 

 and strongly punctured ; the mandibles obscurely rufo-piceous ; the 

 wings dark brown, with a bright violet iridescence, changeable in 

 different lights, occasionally showing tints of blue ; the metathorax 

 roughly punctured ; the legs thickly set with rigid black hairs. The 

 abdomen glossy, more finely punctured than the head and thorax, the 

 basal segment most strongly so ; adorned with a beautiful blue irides- 

 cence, in some lights reflecting faint tints of violet ; the apical segment 

 triangular, punctured, with its posterior margin narrowly pale tes- 

 taceous. 



Hab. Ceram. 



6. Scolia LARRADiFORMis. S. nigra, nitida, sparse punctata ; abdo- 

 mine alisque violaceo-micantibus. 



Female. Length 5i lines. Black, smooth and shining, finely and spa- 

 rino-ly punctured, particularly on the head and thorax above; the 

 metathorax truncate, and having a few strong punctures at the verge 

 of the truncation, the latter smooth and opake ; the head as wide as 

 the thorax and subquadrate, with the angles rounded, convex in front ; 

 the ocelli minute ; the wings dark brown, with a beautiful violet 

 iridescence ; the legs pubescent, with the spurs on the tibiae simple. 

 Abdomen subpetiolate, shining, with a slight blue and violet irides- 

 cence ; the basal segment with a few strongish punctures, the apical 

 segment roughly punctured. 



Hab. Waigiou. 



7. Scolia morata. S. nigra, hirta, punctata; thoracis dorso laevi ; alis 

 nigro-violaceis, abdomine nigro-chalybaeo. 



Male. Length 4^-5^ Unes. Black, and thinly covered with black pu- 

 bescence ; the head and thorax above very finely and sparingly punc- 

 tured ; wings obscure brown, with a beautiful violet iridescence, tinged 

 in some lights with coppery lustre ; the third discoidal cell small, its 

 apical recurrent nervure uniting with the basal one as in S. dimidiata. 

 The abdomen smooth, shining, and finely punctured, with a beautiful 

 chalybeous iridescence. 



Hab. Mysol. 



