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106. POMPILUS SUBPETIOLATUS. 



Priocnerais subpetiolatus, Dalilb. Hym. Europ. i. 95. 

 Hab. Africa? 



107. POMPILUS SIMILIS. 



Sphex similis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 209. 43. 

 Pompilus similis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 246. 2; Syst. Piez. 

 p. 189. 8. 



Hab. Africa. 



108. Pompilus decipiens. B.M. 



Female. Length 15 lines. — Black: the mandibles and palpi 

 dark rufo-piceous ; the antennae, tins of the femora, tibiae and 

 tarsi, ferruginous; the two latter thickly set with short sharp 

 spines ; the posterior tibiae strongly serrated exteriorly ; the 

 claw-joint of the tarsi fuscous; wings yellow, their base and 

 apex fuscous ; the second submarginal cell smaller than the third, 

 which is narrowed towards the marginal ; the first recurrent ner- 

 vure entering the second submarginal cell near its apex ; the 

 head and thorax thinly clothed with black pubescence. Abdo- 

 men smooth and shining, delicately punctured, and slightly pu- 

 bescent at its base. 



Hab. Port Natal. 



109. Pompilus exasperatus. B.M. 



ft 



Female. Length 8-10 lines. — Black : the flagellum yellow, 

 the scape more or less fuscous ; the clypeus, labrum and man- 

 dibles fusco-ferruginous, the latter black at their tips. The 

 mesothorax has a central longitudinal elevated ridge, and its 

 lateral margins are raised, forming an epaulet over the tegulae ; 

 the metathorax transversely rugose-striate ; the wings have the 

 second submarginal cell smaller than the third, both being much 

 narrowed towards the marginal ; the wings are dark brown, and 

 have a blue, or a blue-green, iridescence ; the tibiae and tarsi 

 thickly spinose, the spines short and acute. Abdomen blue or 

 blue-green. 



The male differs in having the legs almost destitute of spines, 

 the posterior tibiae alone having a few very short fi^ne ones. 



Hab. Port Natal; Congo; Sierra Leone. 



110. Pompilus farinosus. B.M. 



Female. Length 6i lines. — Black : the antennae obscure fer- 

 ruginous beneath, the mandibles ferruginous at their apex ; the 

 palpi pale testaceous. Thorax impunctate; the metathorax 



