200 



HYMENOPTERA. 



W^ t^l reddish-yellow having a broad fuscous stain at the 



exte;rhno.?n'.f T'^;""' u^"^'"^- ^ ^^^^'' ^^^"^^ ^^ ^1^^^^ ^P^-^' not 

 a snWhS n *^^^.^J"^'\^^^bmarginal cell in width. Abdomen of 

 a splendid blue, the pubescence at the apex black. 

 fe^ff'l ,^^,;^g^^l2 hnes.-In colour closely resembling the 

 female but the abdomen is bright violet, and the wings are 



side a lloccus of long curled hair. 



Hab. Mexico ; Columbia. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



50. Pepsis prismatica. g ^ 



Male Length 10 lines. -Black : antenna of an orange-red' 

 havmg three or four of the basal and apical joints of the antenn^ 

 luscous; the labrum, mandibles and palpi nigro-piceous • the 



coloL'^'nftl'^^^^^^'T ^°/^^ff?^«* lights beautiful prismatic 

 dfx I'l T' P"^*P!^^n^^ violet; wings nearly black, with a 



slignt blue and green iridescence; metathorax transversely stri- 

 gose; abdomen subpetiolate. ^ 



Hab. Mexico. 



51. Pepsis Diselene. 



Male. Length 12 lines.-Black : the pubescence black, the 



W* \'P? "i '^'' ^''^^^"^^ y^"«^' ™g« dark fuscous a 

 arge subova e silvery spot on the anterior wings a little beyond 

 the middle, the spot formed of very short fine silvery pubescence 

 a subhyalme spot at the base of the second discokiil cellAhe 



ver e vT" ' " [ '""^"^ "j^^ ^^"« ^^^^ pubescence tans- 

 A e sely strigose, he posterior lateral angles produced. Abdomen 

 subopake, slightly shining at the base. ^uuomen 



Hab. India (Singapore). (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



52. Pepsis rufipes. 



Pepsis rufipes?, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 4/2. 5. 

 Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 



53. Pepsis ruficeps. 



Pepsis ruficeps, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 489. 34 ? . 

 Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 



