HYMENOPTERA. 165 



apical margins of the segmeDts having narrow fasciae of white 

 pubescence. 



Hah. New Holland. 



230. POMPILUS ORNATIPENNIS. B.M. 



Female. Length 8 lines. — Black : the antennae, palpi, and 

 mandibles in the middle ferruginous, the scape fuscous above ; 

 the legs ferruginous, coxae fuscous ; wings yellow, their apical 

 margins having a fuscous stripe uniting with a transverse band 

 which emanates from the marginal cell, a fuscous oblong stain 

 occupies the apex of the interno-medial and base of the first 

 discoidal cell ; metathorax short and rounded, transversely striated 

 posteriorly ; the first segment and basal half of the second seg- 

 ment of tiie abdomen ferruginous. 



Hah. New Holland. 



231. PoMPiLUS Pelterii. B.M. 



Pompilus Pelterii, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. pt. 2. p. 257 ; Atlas, 

 Ins. no. 9. f. 2. 



Hah. Amboyna. 



232. Pompilus pictifrgns. B.M. 



Male. Length 5-6 lines. — Black : an abbreviated Hue at the 

 inner orbits of the eyes, not extending to their vertex, the maxil- 

 lary palpi, mandibles in the middle, a line on each side of the 

 labrum, a spot above, and the clypeus, yellow, the latter having 

 a black bell-shaped spot in the centre ; a minute yellow spot on 

 the scape, the flagellum bright fulvous beneath, the tibiae, tarsi, 

 and tips of the femora bright fulvous ; wings subhyaline, tinged 

 with yellow, having a pale transverse fuscous fascia on the supe- 

 rior pair, crossing from, but not so wide as, the marginal cell ; the 

 apical margins of the wings have a narrow fuscous cloud, the 

 nervures ferruginous, towards the apex of the wings they be- 

 come fuscous; the metathorax rounded behind and shghtly 

 roughened. 



Hah. Australia (Adelaide). * 



233. Pompilus pictipennis. B.M. 



Female. Length 8 lines. — Black, covered with a fine seri- 

 ceous silvery pile ; the antennae ferruginous, the scape and two 

 or three of the apical joints above more or less fuscous ; the 

 tibia; and tarsi ferruginous, the claws rufo-piceous ; wings sub- 



