440 



HYMENOPTERA. 



17- Cerceris ANNULATA. B.M. 



Crabro annulatus, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. Append. 123. 109. 

 Vespa annulata, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. (ed. Illiff.) ii. 145. 874. 

 Cerceris annulata. Van d. hind, Ohs. ii. 115. 10. 

 Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 214. 127- 



Hab. Italy. 



18. Cerceris albo-fasciata. 



Crabro albo-fasciata, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. Mant. ii. 138. 306. 

 Vespa albo-fasciata, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. (ed. lllig.) ii. 143. 

 Cerceris albo-fasciata, Van d. hind, Ohs. ii. 116, 12. 



Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 201. 119. 

 Cerceris tricincta. Spin. Ins. Ligur. i. 27. 11. t. 1. f. 9 c? . 



Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 116. 11. 



Hab. Italy ; Tuscany ; Prussia. 



19. Cerceris albo-notata. B.M, 



Cerceris albo-notata, Spin. Ins. Ligur. i. 99. 5. 

 Van d. hind, Ohs. ii. 120. 17. 

 Dahlb. Hym. Europ, i. 203. 121. 



Hab. Italy ; Dalmatia ; Albania. 



20. Cerceris modesta. B.M. 



Female. Length 3^ lines. — Black, closely punctured : the 

 sides of the face, two minute spots on the clypeus (sometimes 

 obsolete), the mandibles and scape in front, pale yellow;. the fla- 

 gellum fulvous beneath ; the tips of the mandibles ferruginous. 

 Thorax : a spot on each side of the collar, another on the tegulae 

 and the post-scutellum, yellowish-white ; the subcordiform space 

 at the base of the metathorax punctured ; the wings slightly 

 coloured, with a darker cloud at their apical margins, the nervures 

 ferruginous ; the anterior femora at their apex in front and the 

 tibiae and tarsi pale yellow, the posterior tibiae with a fuscous 

 stain at their apex within. Abdomen : the first segment of the 

 abdomen ferruginous ; the third and fifth segments with a large 

 pale yellow macula on each side, pointed within; the spots on 

 the fifth segment uniting or usually subinterrupted. 



The male difi^ers in having the face yellow below the antennae, 

 and in having the basal segment of the abdomen black. 



Hah. Albania. 



