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45. SCOLIA RUFICORNIS. B.M. 



Scolia ruficornis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 230. 9 ; Syst. Piez.^. 24 1 . 1 1 . 



St. Farg. Hyni. iii. 524. 8 c? . 



Guer. Voy. Abyss. (Lefeb.) vi. 353. 



Burnt. Abh. Nat. Ges. Halle, i. 38. 62(? ? . 

 Scolia castanea. Perch. Gen. Ins. Hym. t. 2. 



Hab. Senegal; Abyssinia. 



46. Scolia rufipes. B.M. 



Male. Length 6 lines.— Blue-black, the abdomen having a 

 bright violet iridescence, and the entire insect a thinly scattered 

 hoary pubescence ; the mandibles, apical half of the femora, the 

 tibiae and tarsi, ferruginous ; the tarsi slightly fuscous above ; 

 wings dark fuscous, with a bright coppery mdescence, inclining 

 to purple in certain lights. 



Hab. Port Natal. 



47. Scolia violacea. 



Campsomeris violacea, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 502. 11 ? . 

 Hab. Port Praslin ; New Ireland. 



48. Scolia iridicolor. 



Male. Length 10 hnes. — Head and thorax dark fuseo-ferru- 

 ginous ; the face and vertex covered with brown pubescence ; the 

 antenna? reddish-yellow, darkest towards their base, the clypeus 

 and mandibles rufo-testaceous. Thorax thinly clothed in front 

 with red brovyn pubescence ; the legs dark rufo-testaceous, the 

 anterior and intermediate tarsi paler ; wings flavo-hyaline, with 

 bright yellow stains towards their base, and on the anterior mar- 

 gin of the superior pair. Abdomen splendidly iridescent, having 

 purple, violet and blue tints intermixed, changing in different 

 lights ; the apex rufo-testaceous, with a few scattered short fer- 

 ruginous hairs. 



Hab. Madagascar. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



49. Scolia hirtipennis. 



Female. Length 14 lines.— Black ; the head dark fusco-ferru- 

 ginous, the scape of the same colour, the flagellum ferruginous. 

 Thorax strongly and closely punctured on the disk, the metatho- 

 rax more finely punctured and covered with a sericeous pile ; 

 wings fuscous, with a bright purple iridescence ; the anterior 

 margins of the superior wings are pale reddish-yellow, which 

 occupies the externo-medial, the marginal and first submarginal 



