HYMENOPTERA. O 



ferruginous, the flagellum indistinctly so beneath. A narrow 

 orange hne on the posterior margin of the prothorax, an oblique 

 line emanating from it and uniting with a large yellow spot beneath 

 the wings ; the posterior margin of the scutellum, the sides of 

 the metathorax, the tegulse, and two minute oblong spots on the 

 mesothorax, near the basal margin of the scutellum, orange ; 

 the legs pale ferruginous, dashed with yellow ; the wings fusco- 

 hyahne, with a dark cloud occupying the marginal and first sub- 

 marginal cells. The basal segment of the abdomen with a narrow 

 yellow fascia on its posterior margin ; the third segment yellow, 

 with a semicircular transverse black spot at the basej the 

 fourth segment yellow, with a transverse black stripe at the base, 

 broadly emarginate on its posterior margin and not extending to 

 the lateral margins of the segment; the fifth segment yellow, 

 with a black spot on each side at the base ; the sixth yellow ; 

 the abdomen pale ferruginous beneath, with an indistinct yellow 

 transverse band on the third and fourth segments. 

 Hab. Australia (Swan River). 



Genus 2. CERAMIUS. 



Ceramius, Latr. Consid. gen. (1810). 



Gnatho, Klug, Mag. Nat. Freunde (nee Illig. Coleopt.) (1810). 



1. Ceramius roNscoLOMBii. B.M. 

 Ceramius Fonscolombii, Klug, Ent. Monogr. 229. 3 <? . 



Boyer de Fonsc. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1 st ser. iv.421 . 1. 10. f . A <? . 



St. Farg. Hym. ii. 590. 1. 



Sauss. Mon. Fauss. Guepes, 62. 1 c? ? . 



Hab. South of Europe. 



2. Ceramics Oraniensts. 



Ceramius Oraniensis, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 591. 2^ $ . 



Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 225. 



Sauss. Mon. Fauss. Guepes, 65. 2. 

 Hab. x\lgeria. 



3. Ceramius Capensis. 



Ceramius Capensis, Sauss. Mon. Fanss. Guepes, div. 2. 66. 3. 



t. 3. f. 3 ? . 

 Hab. Cape of Good Hope. (Coll. M. Guerin-Meneville.) 



4. Ceramius spiricornis. 



Ceramius ( Paraceramius) spiricorais, Sauss. Mon. Fauss. Guepes, 



div. 2. 67. 4. t. 3. f. 5 (? . 

 Hab. Central Europe ; Spain. (Paris Museum.) 



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