20 EGYPTIAN AND 



Genus HARPACTOPUS, Smith. 



94. Harpactopus crudelis, Smith, Cat. Hym. iv. 264, pi. 6, f. 4, 

 Akeek. Harkeko. Wady Hebran. 



Inhabits Madras. 



Genus PARASPHEX, Smith. 



95. Parasphex fervens. Sphex fervens, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 200. 

 Harkeko. Rafla. Tajura. Tor. 



Inhabits West Africa, South Africa and Hindostan. 



Genus CHLORION, Latr. 



96. Chlorion melanosoma, Smith, Cat. Hym. iv. 238. 

 Wady Nash. Wady Gharandel. 



Inhabits Hindostan. 



97. Chlorion bicolor. Female. — Black, shining, smooth, stout, 

 with sorae black hairs. Head red, broader than the thorax. 

 Mandibles black. Antennae red. Prothorax red above. Metathorax 

 very large, transversely and very finely striated. Petiole less than 

 one-fourth of the length of the metathorax. Abdomen deep blue, 

 elongate-oval, a little shorter than the thorax, exclusive of the petiole. 

 Wings black, with blue and purple reflections, much shorter than the 

 body. Length of the body lOi lines. 



Nearly allied to an undescribed species from Beluchistan in the 

 British Museum. 



Wady Gharandel. 



Fam. LARRID^, Steph. 

 Genus LARRADA, S7nith. 



98. Larraba anathema. Sphex anathema, Rossi, Faun. Fir. ii. 

 65. 



Cairo. 



Inhabits Europe and South Africa. 



99. Larrada h^gmorkhoidalis. Pompilus hsemorrhoidalis. Fair. 

 Sijst. Piez. 198. . 



Cairo. 



Inhabits West Africa and Hindostan. 



