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222. POMPILUS FASCIATUS. B.M. 



Sphex fasciata, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 213. 60. 



Pompilus fasciatus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 194. 30, Sf Mus. Bom. 



Banks. 

 Hah. New Holland (Moreton Bay, Hunter River, Port Essing- 



ton) ; Van Diemen's Land. 



223. Pompilus fugax. B.M. 



Sphex fugax, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 213. 63. 



Pompilus fugax, Fahr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 250. 24 ; Syst. Piez. 



p. 194. 35, c^ Cah. Dom. Bariks. 

 Sphex nitida, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 214. 65. 

 Pompilus nitidus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 250. 26 ; Syst. Piez. 



p. 195. 36, <^- Cab. Dom. Banks. 



Hah. New Zealand ; New Holland ? 



On comparison, these insects in the Banksian Collection will 

 be found to be the same ; the fascia on the wings appears to be 

 most frequent in the males, but in this species it is a very incon- 

 stant character, being frequently obsolete ; the locality of New 

 Holland given by Fabricius is possibly erroneous. 



224. Pompilus frontalis. 



Sphex frontalis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 209. 41 ; Mus. Dom. Banks. 

 Pompilus frontalis, Fahr. Syst. Piez. p. 188. 3. 



Hah. New Holland. 



225. Pompilus flavicornis. B.M. 



Female. Length 10 lines. — Black : the antennae yellow, two 

 or three of the apical joints fuscous. Thorax oblong-quadrate, 

 of the same width as the head, the sides nearly parallel, the me- 

 tathorax rounded posteriorly and transversely rugose-striate, and 

 having a longitudinal impressed line down the middle ; the pro- 

 thorax, mesothorax and scutellum smooth ; wings dark fuscous, 

 the third submarginal cell one-third wider than the second, which 

 receives the first recurrent nervure about one-third from its 

 apex ; legs scarcely spinose, having only a few very short spines 

 on the tibiae, the tarsi being cihated with short distant spines. 

 Abdomen smooth, subopake, slightly shining at the base. 



Hah. New Holland (Port Stephen). 



