﻿5o 
  ' 
  Mr. 
  Cameron 
  on 
  

  

  the 
  top, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  

   cellule, 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  very 
  much 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  being 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  

   cellule, 
  and 
  its 
  apex 
  reaches 
  near 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  radial 
  

   cellule. 
  The 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  a 
  little 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cellule 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  quite 
  close 
  to 
  

   the 
  second 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure. 
  

  

  Sphex 
  aurulenta, 
  Fab. 
  

  

  A 
  variable 
  species. 
  The 
  commonest 
  Bengal 
  form 
  is 
  

   the 
  var. 
  aurulenta 
  ¥a.h. 
  = 
  Fabricii, 
  Dhm. 
  = 
  /erru^inca, 
  

   Y.&^.^godcffroyi, 
  Saussure. 
  The 
  var. 
  sericea, 
  l^Qp. 
  — 
  Lcpek- 
  

   tierii, 
  Sauss. 
  also 
  occurs 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  any 
  Indian 
  

   specimens 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  var. 
  scricca 
  Fab. 
  = 
  

   fcrox 
  Smith, 
  a 
  form 
  chiefly, 
  distinguishable 
  from 
  var. 
  Lepe- 
  

   letierii 
  by 
  the 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  pleurae 
  and 
  middle 
  segment 
  being 
  

   blackish-brown. 
  The 
  $ 
  from 
  Bengal 
  is 
  the 
  typical 
  lincola 
  

   Lep. 
  The 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  is 
  hoary 
  white; 
  

   the 
  wings 
  are 
  hyaline, 
  smoky 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  abdomen 
  

   black, 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  the 
  segments 
  at 
  the 
  apices 
  above 
  and 
  

   beneath 
  reddish 
  ; 
  the 
  tegular 
  and 
  legs 
  are 
  blackish. 
  A 
  $ 
  var 
  

   also 
  is 
  met 
  with 
  ; 
  it 
  has 
  the 
  legs 
  red, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  

   the 
  tarsi 
  : 
  the 
  tegulae 
  are 
  red 
  ; 
  the 
  hair 
  cinereous 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  may 
  be 
  red 
  from 
  the 
  petiole, 
  or 
  red 
  onK- 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  typical 
  lincola. 
  This 
  does 
  not 
  quite 
  agree 
  

   with 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  *S'. 
  vclox, 
  Smith, 
  which 
  has 
  the 
  hair 
  

   fulvous. 
  

  

  - 
  Sphex 
  erytiiropoda, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra^ 
  fusco 
  pubescens 
  ; 
  pcdibus 
  rujis 
  ; 
  basi 
  aplceque 
  

   tarsoruni, 
  nigris 
  ; 
  alls 
  flavo-fij'alinis, 
  apice 
  fumatis. 
  Long. 
  

   15 
  — 
  18 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  length 
  ; 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  sericeous 
  

   pile 
  ; 
  th:3 
  third 
  joint 
  not 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  

   fifth 
  united. 
  Head 
  .shining, 
  bearing 
  a 
  scattered 
  punctua- 
  

  

  