178 hymenoptera. 



2. Ceropales variegata. B.M. 



Evania variegata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 241. 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 77. 10, 

 Ceropales variegata, Latr. Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins. xiii. 284. 2. 



Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 186. 2. 



Spin. Ins. Lig. i. 66. 1 . 



Van d. hind. Obs. i. 347- 2. 



Shuck. Foss. Hym. p. 71. 2, 



Curtis, Brit. Ent. xvi. t. 7^6. 



St. Farg. Hym. iii. 466. 2. t. 33. f. 2. 



Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 31. 14. 



Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym. p. 15. 2. 



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



3. Ceropales histrio. 



Evania histrio, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 241. 2. 

 Evania albicincta, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 84. 800. 

 Ceropales histrio, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 186. 3. 



Spin. Ins. Lig. i. 66. 2. 



Van d. hind. Hym. i. *]6. 1 . 



Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 33. 16. 

 Pompilus festivus, Panz. Faun. Germ. 106. 12. 

 Pompilus histrio, Illig. Ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 84. 800. 



Hab. Germany; France; Belgium; Italy. 



4. Ceropales fasciata. 



Ichneumon fasciator, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. 430. 60; Mant. i. 265. 72. 

 Evania fasciata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 193. 3. 

 Ceropales fasciata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 186. 4. 



Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 171. 6. 



Van d. Lind. Obs. i. 347- 4. 



St. Farg. Hym. iii. 467. 4. 



Hab. Italy. 



5. Ceropales flavo-picta. 



Male. Length 6 lines.— Head yellow, havmg a ferruginous 

 stain on the vertex and a fuscous spot before the ocelli ; the an- 

 tennae ferruginous, their apex fuscous above ; tips of the man- 

 dibles ferruginous. Thorax : beneath, and also the sides, black ; 

 above reddish-yellow ; the anterior margin of the prothorax, and 

 a stripe passing over the tegulse, fuscous ; the lateral margins of 

 the metathorax fuscous; wings yellow, their extreme apex 



