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HYMENOPTERA. 



on the metathorax, sides, coxae and femora beneath; win^^s hya- 

 line, their apical margins clouded. Abdomen : the apical mar- 

 gins of the first and three following segments have fascia of 

 silvery pubescence; the apical segment pale testaceous. 

 Hab. United States (Warm Springs, S. Carolina). 



Genus 9, PARAPOMPILUS. 

 Micropteryx, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 396 (1845), nee Hiibn. 



The name Micropteryx having been used not only for a genus 

 of Lepidoptera, but also for one of Fishes, a new one has been 

 proposed. The species of which this genus is composed at pre- 

 sent, have, with one exception, abbreviated wings; this cha- 

 racter, however, must be regarded as only of specific value. The 

 genus IS characterized by having the head compressed, the face 

 forming an obhqiie plane, the antenna inserted in deep fossu- 

 iTf^Z '^^%^^^^^:^^ r^ «f the face ; the prothorax longer than 

 m the true Pompih, the metathorax elongate ; the wings inserted 

 about the middle of the thorax, the a^nteiir pair h?v „ 

 marginal and three submarginal cells. Abdomen sessile. 



1. Parapompilus brevipennis. g ^ 



Pompilus brevipennis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 200 63 

 Micropteryx brevipennis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 396. 1 . t. 32 f 1 9 

 Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 277. ^- '• i ¥ • 



Hab. Barbary; Algeria. 



2. Parapompilus bicolor. g ^ 



^irj? (1851)''''^'''' ^''''^^' ^^''''' ^ ^^''^' ^^^' ^''*' ^"- ^^^ '^'- 

 Hab. Algeria. 



3. Parapompilus fasciatus. B ^ 



^p-ToTissfr"^^""' ^'^'^^' ^''''' ^ ^''^' ^"^- ^''*- ^"- ^^^ '^^^^ 



Hab. Port Natal ; Cape of Good Hope. 



