118 HYMENOPTERA. 



their emargination, and a lunule at the base of the clypeus, pale 

 vellow. Thorax : a spot on each side of the collar, and the tibiae 

 above, yellow ; the tarsi fulvo-testaceous, more or less fuscous 

 above ; the wings faintly coloured and iridescent. Abdomen : 

 the third segment has on each side a transverse yellow^ stripe, 

 frequently uniting ; the fourth an elongate stripe, pointed wdthin ; 

 the sixth segment has a large ovate macula, occupying the 

 greater portion of it ; beneath, the third and fourth segments 

 have an interrupted fascia in the middle. 



Male, — Very closely resembhng the other sex, but having a 

 yellow spot on each side of the metathorax ; and the tibiae more 

 yellow, having merely a fulvous stain behind ; the yellow bands 

 on the thorax are both continuous. 

 Hab. St. Martin's Falls, Hudson's Bay. (Coll. G. Barnston, 



Esq.) 



Fara. 2. POMPILIDiE. 

 Genus 1. POMPILUS. 



Sphex, pt., Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 941 (1766). 

 Evania, pt., et Sphex, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 192, 198 (1793). 

 Pompilus, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 246 (1798). 

 Ceropales, pt., et Pompilus, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 185. 187 



(1804). 

 Priocnemis, Agenia, Pompilus, et Episyron, Schi6dte,Mon. Pomp. 



Krbyer, Tidsskr. i. 324. 321. 331 (1837). 

 Cahcurgus, Anoplius, et Pompilus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 397. 440. 



416 (1845). 



1. Pompilus fuscus. B.M. 



Sphex fusca, Linn. Faun. Suec. no. 1652 ; Syst, Nat.i. 944. 16 $ , 

 &■ Cab. Mus. Linn. Soc. 



De Geer, Ins. ii. 822. t. 28. f. 6. 

 Sphex viatica. Scop. Ent. Cam. p. 294. 780. 



Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 349. 20; Ent. Syst. ii. 210. 47 ? . 



Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 62. 814. 



Miiller, Prodr. Zool. Dan. 160. 1864. 

 Pompilus viaticus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Sujjp. p. 246. 4 $ ; Syst. 

 Piez. p. 191. 12. 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 65. 16 ; Krit. Revis. ii. 118. 



Spifi. Ins. Lig. i. 68. 2. 



St. Farg.SfServ. Ency. Meth. x. 179. 1. 



