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between them ; tliird tmnsverse, nearer the mouth. Antennoa 

 piceous ; first and second joints black ; first yellowish white beneath. 

 Thorax with three yellowish white calli, one on each side near the 

 fore border ; the third transverse on the hind border of the scutellum ; 

 tegula) yellowish white. Abdomen with three j^ellowish white bands ; 

 first adjoining the hind border of the petiole ; second in the middle ; 

 third subapical. Legs yellowish white ; coxte and femora black, the 

 latter with yellowish white tips ; hind tibite with a black streak on 

 the outer side. Wings cinereous ; tips blackish ; veins black. 

 Length of the body 4 lines. Var. /3. — Petiole red. Tar. y. — Like 

 Var. (5. Femora red ; hind femora with a black streak. Length of 

 the body 4 — -5 lines. 



The petiole is much more slender than that of C. vidua. 



Wady Ferran. 



140. Cerceuis coktigua, Male and female. — Black, roughly 

 punctured, with markings like those of C. alboatra. Antennaj red, 

 piceous towards the tips. Petiole red. Legs yehowish white ; femora 

 red, striped with black, their tips yellowish white. Wings cinereous ; 

 tips blackish ; veins black. Length of the body 4i- lines. 



Tajura. 



Genus PHILANTHUS, Fahr. 



141. Philantiius Ablelkadeu, St. Fanj. Hijm. iii. 33. 

 Cairo. Hcliopolis, Hor Tamanib. 



142. Philanthu's diabema, Fahi\J£nt. Syst. ii. 989. 

 Cairo. Heliopolis. 



Inhabits West Africa and South Africa. 



143. Philanthus MELLTXiForaus, Smith, Cat. tlym. iv. 4G9. 

 Harkeko. Tajura. Wady Ferran. Mount Sinai. 



Inhabits Sicily. 



144. Philanthus suLriiUREus, Siiiith, Cat. Ilym. iv. 469. 

 Wady Ferran. 



Genus ZETHUS, Fahr. 



145. /^ETHtrs favillaceus. Male and female.' — Black, with 

 hoary tomentum. Mouth testaceous. Antennae and legs piceous. 

 Petiole long, slender, cylindrical. Hind borders of the abdominal 

 segments whitish. Wings cinereous ; veins black. Length of the 

 body 7 lines. 



Tajura. 



