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towards the tips ; fore tibiae red towards the base ; fore tarsi armed 

 with five long slender spines on the outer side. Wings cinereous, 

 blackish towards the tips ; veins and stigma black. Length of the 

 body 4 lines. 



Hor Tamanib. 



Genus SALIUS, Fabr. 



78. Salius bicolok, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 134. 

 Rafla. 



Inhabits Albania and North Africa. 



Genus FERREOLA, St. Farg. 



79. Feereola divisa. Male. — Deep black. Head red ; a black 

 spot on the vertex including the ocelU. Eyes black, fusiform. 

 Antennae black; first and second joints red. Thorax red. Prothorax 

 with gilded tomentum. Fore border of the scutum of the mesothorax 

 with a blackish abbreviated band which emits two piceous longi- 

 tudinal streaks ; scutellum elongate-conical, slightly notched and 

 truncate at the tip. Metathorax black. Legs red ; coxae, trochanters, 

 four posterior femora at the base, four posterior tibiae and four 

 posterior tarsi black. Wings bluish black ; veins black ; tegulae red. 

 Length of the body 6 lines. 



The red legs distinguish it from F. dimidiata, from F. Schiodtii, 

 and from F. bicolor. 



Hor Tamanib. Tajura. 



80. Ferreola carbonaria. Male. — Deep black. Head dark 

 red about the eyes and along the hind border. Eyes piceous, fusiform. 

 Prothorax with a large dark red patch on each side. Wings bluish 

 black ; veins black. Length of the body 6 lines. 



Mount Sinai. 



Genus AMMOPHILA, Kirby. 



81. Ammophila argentea, Brulle, Hist. Nat. II. Canar. iii. 65. 

 Hor Tamanib. Harkeko. Mount Sinai. 



Inhabits tho Canary Isles. 



82. Ammophila nasuta, St. Farg. Ilym. iii. 380. 

 Massowah. Akeek, Rafla. Tajura. 



Inhabits Portugal. 



83. Ammophila rubripes, Spinola, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 465. 

 Massowah. Wady Genneh. 



