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66. SCOLIA ELEGANS. 



Scolia elegans, Brulle, Hist. Nat. II. Canar. ii. pt. 2. Entom. 

 Hah. Canary Islands. 



67. Scolia rubro-maculata. B.M. 



Female. Length 13 lines. — Black : the face rugose, on each 

 side of the clypeus clothed with cinereous pubescence ; the 

 vertex shining, the punctures scattered. Thorax deeply punc- 

 tured, the disk shining, the punctures scattered ; the sides have 

 a scattered ochraceous pubescence, the wings fuscous, darkest 

 towards their anterior margins, and having some irregularly scat- 

 tered pale spots. Abdomen : the second and third segments 

 have on each side a large subovate brick-red macula, those on 

 the second segment pointed within ; those on the thu'd sub- 

 interrupted ; the three following segments red. 



Hah. India. 



68. Scolia parvula. 



Colpa parvula, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 548. 17 ? • 



Hah. India. 



69. Scolia eximia. B.M. 



Female. Length 11 lines. — Black and shining, the punctures 

 sparing on the vertex. Thorax : the disk, the scutellum and 

 metathorax above having only a few scattered punctures ; a large 

 macula on the sides of the prothorax before the insertion of the 

 wings, the post-scutellum and a spot on each side of the meta- 

 thorax, yellow ; the vdngs dark brown, with a splendid purple 

 iridescence, the pubescence and spines on the legs black. Ab- 

 domen : an ovate macula on each side of the first and three fol- 

 lowing segments, those on the second and third largest. 



Hah. India. 



70. Scolia grossa. B.M. 



Tiphia grossa, Fahr. Syst. Piez. p. 232. 4 ? . 



ScoHa grossa, Burm. Ahh. Nat. Ges. Halle, i. 23, 22 <? ^ . 



Hah. India. 



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