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the legs ferruginous ; the coxa?, trochanters, and base of the 

 anterior femora, bhick. Abdomen with tine ])ale yellow bands, 

 that on the basal segment interrupted, the spots pointed within; 

 beneath, inipunctate. 



Hab. Albania. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



This species very closely approaches the Hoplisus albidulus, 

 but St. Fargeau describes the scutellura as being immaculate. 



14. GORYTES CONCINNUS. B.M. 



Sphex concinna, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. (ed. lllig.) ii. 825. t. 6. f. 5. 

 Gorytes concinnus, Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 92. 3. 

 Harpactes concinnus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 149. 81. 

 Agraptus concinnus, Wesni. Hym. Foss. Belg. 9. 



Hab. Italy (Florence). 



15, Gorytes iridipennis. 



Female. Length 3 lines. — Black : the scape in front, the 



clypeus, labrura, mandibles and palpi, of a testaceous yellow ; 



the tips of the mandibles ferruginous ; the flagellum rufo-testa- 



ceous beneath. Thorax : the collar, tubercles, a spot beneath 



the wings, an epaulet over the tegulse, the scutellum, post-scu- 



tellum, and an oblong-ovate macula on each side of the meta- 



thorax, yellow ; the mesothorax with large scattered punctures ; 



the suture at the base of the scutellum consute ; at the base of 



the metathorax is an angular space longitudinally grooved, but 



not enclosed ; on each side are a few scattered punctures ; wings 



hyaline and splendidly iridescent, the marginal cell occupied by 



a fuscous cloud ; the legs pale rufo-testaceous ; the anterior tibiae 



behind, and the intermediate and posterior tarsi, femora and 



tibiae, shghtly fuscous above. Abdomen : the basal segment with 



a broad yellow band on the apical margin, which is emarginate 



in the middle ; the four following segments have a narrow yellow 



marginal fascia ; the four apical segments coarsely punctured ; 



the marginal fasciae are continued beneath, the apical segment 



entirelv vellow. 



Hab. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



16. Gorytes sericatus. B.M. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Black, covered with a fine silky 



pile : the clypeus, scape in front, and the mandibles, yellow; tips 



of the latter ferruginous. Thorax smooth and shghtly shining ; 



. the collar and posterior margin of the scutellum yellow; the 



suture at the base of the scutellum consute ; the enclosed space 



