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4. Parapompilus Naomi. B.M. 



Female. Length 4-6 lines. — Black : the anterior legs, pro- 

 and meso-thorax covered with very short black velvety pubes- 

 cence, which in certain lights has a rich piu'ple iridescence ; the 

 second segment of the abdomen has a similar clothing, the third 

 segment has two oblique stripes meeting about the middle of 

 the segment ; the other parts of the insect, including the legs, 

 densely coated with very short white pubescence; the meta- 

 thorax has on each side of its disk a longitudinal waved carina, 

 extending from the base to the apex ; the anterior wings hyaline, 

 with a broad dark fuscous cloud crossing from the marginal cell, 

 being of the same width as that cell, and leaving the apex clear ; 

 the wings extending to the apical margin of the second abdominal 

 segment. 



Hab. St. Domingo. 



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Genus 10. CEROPALES. 



Evania, pt., Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 345 (1775). 

 Ichneumon, pt., Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii. 209 (1789). 

 Ceropales, Latr. Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins. xiii. 283 (1805). 

 Pompilus, pt., Illig. Ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 84. 80. 



I. Ceropales maculata. B.M. 



Evania maculata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 345. 2 ; Ent. Syst. ii. 

 193. 2. 



Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 84. 799. 

 Sphex rustica, Midler, Prod. Zool. Dan. p. 161. 1876. 

 Ichneumon multicolor, Fourc. Ent. Par. ii. 404. 35. 



Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii. 209. 17. 

 Pompilus frontalis, Panz. Faun. Germ. 72. 9. 



Illig. Faun. Etrus. ii. 84. 799. 

 Ceropales maculata, Latr. Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins. xiii. 283. 1. 



Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 185. 1. 



Panz. Krit. Revis. ii. 112. 



Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 171. 5. 



Van d. hind. Obs. i. 347. 3. 



Shuck. Foss. Hym. p. 69. 1. 



Dahlb. Hym. Europ, i. 32. 15. 



Schibdte, Mon. Pomp. Kroy. Tidsskr. i. 320. 1. 



St. Farg. Hym. iii. 465. 1. 



Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym. p. 15. 1. 



Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Italy; Denmark; Sweden. 



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