394 HYMENOPTERA. 



12. Crabro LONGINODUS. 



Physoscelus longinodus, Sjnn. Gay's Chili, vi. 359. 1, Atlas, Hym. 



t. 2. f. 7 <? . 

 Hab. Chili. 



13. Crabro crassinodus. 



Phvsoscelus crassinodus. Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 362. 3, Atlas, 

 Hym. t. 2. f . 9 <? , 



Hab. Chili. 



14. Crabro tricolor. B.M. 



Male. Length 5 lines. — Black : the scape yellow ; the clypeus 

 covered with silvery pubescence ; the second joint of the flagel- 

 lum slightly produced at its apex beneath ; an oblique depression 

 on the side of each of the posterior ocelli. Thorax slightly 

 shining, the sides with a fine short glittering pubescence ; the 

 anterior and intermediate legs yellow, with the extreme base of 

 the femora black ; the tips of the posterior femora yellow ; the 

 tibiae and tarsi wanting, probably yellow; the wings slightly 

 coloured, beautifully iridescent, their extreme base yellow. Ab- 

 domen : the apex of the first segment, the second segment, and 

 base of the third, red; the apical segment punctured and 

 sprinkled with pale hairs. 



Hab. Tasmania. 



Div. 2. Abdomen sessile. 

 * Anterior tibia of the males dilated into abroad flattened plate. 



15. Crabro cribrarius. B.M. 



Vespa cribraria, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1675 <? . 

 Sphex cribraria, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 945. 23, 



Sulz. Gesch. Ins. t. 21 . i. ^ S . 



Schrank, Ins. Austr. 384. 779. 



Christ. Hym.. 281. t. 27. f. 1. 

 Guepe ichneumon, De Geer, Ins. ii. 810. t. 28. f. 1-5 S . 

 Sphex patellaria, Schreb, Naturf. 20. 95. 1. 

 Crabro cvihra.rms,Fabr.Ent.Syst.\\. 297- 14; Syst.Piez.SW. 16. 



Panz. Faun. Genu. 15. 18 c? . 15. 19 $ . 



Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 323, 1. 



Dumeril, Consid. gen. t. 31. f. 3, 



Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 178. 13. 



Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 40. 1. 



Shuck. Foss. Hym. 126. 1. 



