18 EGYPTIAN AND 



84. Ammophila fereugineipes, St. Farg. Hym. iii, 383, 

 Hor Tamanib. Tajura. 



Inhabits West Africa and South Africa. 



85. Ammophila eberrina, Spinola, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 464. 

 Mount Sinai. 



Inhabits Egypt. 



86. Ammophila strenua. Female. — Black, stout, clothed with 

 black hairs. Head rather broader than the thoi'ax. Metathorax 

 with cinereous hairs about its hind border. Petiole black, slender, 

 subclavate, a little shorter than the metathorax. Abdomen red, fusi- 

 form, black towards the tip. Wings cinereous, blackish towards the 

 tips ; veins black. Length of the body 8^ — 9 J lines. 



The black front distinguishes it from A. argentata; it is more 

 slender than A. viatica. 



Cairo. Wady Genneh. Wady Ferran. 



87. Ammophila filata. Male. — Black, very slender. Head, 

 thorax and petiole covered with silvery tomentum. Mandibles red, 

 black towards the tips. Mouth mostly red. Antennae red at the 

 base. Petiole very slender, much longer than the metathorax, and a 

 little longer than the following segment of the abdgmen. Abdomen 

 red, clavate, slightly compressed, black towards the tip, longer than 

 the thorax, inclusive of the petiole. Legs red ; hind femora 

 towards the base and coxae black. Wings pellucid, short; veins 

 black, red towards the base. Length of the body 9 lines. 



The more silvery colour, the black petiole and the wholly red hind 

 legs distinguish it from A. nasuta. 



Wady Genneh. 



88. Ammophila nigritaria. Male and female. — Blaxjk, slender. 

 Head and thorax with cinereous hairs. Front of the head with 

 silvery tomentum. Petiole very slender, much longer than the meta- 

 thorax. Abdomen clavate, about as long as the thorax and the petiole 

 together ; second segment with a red line on each side ; third with a 

 red patch on each side. Wings pellucid ; veins black. Fore wings 

 as long as the thorax and the petiole together. Length of the body 

 9—10 lines. 



•Closely allied to the Albanian A. dives; the latter has no red 

 marks on the abdomen. 



Tajura. 



