98 HYMENOPTERA. 



Scolia aurea, Latr. Gen. Cr. et Ins. iv. 106. 



Van. d. Lind. Obs. Foss. Eu. i. 25. 10 J ? . 



Kluff, Weber Sf Mohr, Beitr. i. 31. 22. 



Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. iii. t. 27. f. 12. 

 Colpa aurea, -S^. Farg. Hym. iii. 539. 8. 



Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 281. 290. 

 Scolia ciliata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 231. 12 ? ; Syst. Piez. p. 241.14. 



Coqueb. Illus. dec. ii. t. 13. f. 8. 

 Hab. South Europe ; North Africa (Algeria). 



62. Scolia Alexandri. 



Colpa Alexandri, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 543. 11 <? (S. 5-cincta var., 

 Fabr. ?). 



Hab. Italy. 



63. Scolia rufa. 



Colpa rufa, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 539. 7- 

 Hab. Spain. 



64. Scolia marginella. 



Scoha marginella, King, Weber df Mohr, Beitr. ii.214. 44. 

 Scolia hirtella, Klug, ibid. ii. 215. 45. 

 Scolia plebega, Klug, ibid. ii. 215. 46. 



Hab. South of Europe. 



65. Scolia facilis. 



Female. Length 7 lines. — Black: the head has a thin cine- 

 reous pubescence, the vertex impunctate. The thorax smooth 

 and shining on the disk, the punctures large, but scattered, the 

 middle impunctate ; the thorax and legs have a long loose cine- 

 reous pubescence ; the wings subhyaline, having a yellow stain 

 on the anterior margin of the superior wings. Abdomen: the 

 basal segment has an orange band on its apical margin; the 

 second and third segments have a broad transverse band, the 

 second having anteriorly a deep angular emargination ; the third 

 has a square incision ; none of the bands extend to the lateral 

 margins ; the apical margin of the fourth segment has an abbre- 

 viated band in the middle ; the four basal segments have above 

 and beneath a long fringe of cinereous pubescence ; the fifth has 

 a fulvous fringe; the sixth is ferruginous and sprinkled over 

 with short golden hairs, and has on each side an acute spine. 



Hab. Canary Islands. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



