Si EGYPTIAN AND 



tile fore bordei' ; second excavated on each side of the fore border. 

 Legs red. Wings cinereous ; veins blacli. Fore wings with an 

 irregular blackish costal stripe. Length of the body 4-^ lines. 



Mount Sinai. 



171. Odtnerus tinctus. Female. — Black, finely punctured. 

 Head with a red streak behind each eye, a red spot in the notch of each 

 eye and face red. First and second joints of the antennae red. 

 Fore part of the thorax and a large spot on each side of the meta- 

 thorax red. First segment of the abdomen red, yeUow along the 

 hind border and including a very large black spot ; hind borders of 

 the other segments yellow. Legs red. AVings slightly cinereous ; 

 veins black, tawny at the base. Fore wings with an irregular and 

 diffuse blackish streak along the costa. Length of the body 5 lines. 



Wady Genneh. 



179. Odynerus selectus. Female. — Black, finely punctui'ed. 

 Face and first joint of the antennae red. A band on the fore part of 

 the thorax with its hind border excavated in the middle, a spot near 

 each teo'ula, two almost connected spots on tbe scutellum and a spot 

 on each side of the metathorax yellow ; hind border of the scutellum 

 red. First segment of the abdomen red, bordered with yellow ; hind 

 border of the second segment yellow. Legs red ; coxae black. Wings 

 slightly cinereous ; veins black, reddish at the base. Length of the 

 body Si hues. 

 Mount Sinai. 



173. Odynerus privatus. Male. — Black, punctured. Head with 

 a trianf^ular spot above the antennae, a streak in the notch of each 

 eye and face yellowish white. First and second joints of the antennae 

 luteous. Thorax with an interrupted luteous band on the fore border 

 and with a luteous spot on each side of the metathorax. Abdomen 

 with a very broad luteous band near the base, this band very deeply 

 excavated in the middle of its fore side; second segment with a 

 luteous dot on each side in the disk, its hind border, like that of the 

 third segment, yellow. Legs yellow ; coxiB and hind femora black. 

 Wings cinereous ; veins black. Fore wings with a diffuse blackish 

 stripe along the costa. Length of the body 3^ — 4 lines. 



Wady Genneh. Wady Ferran. 



174. Odynerus diversus. Male. — Black, thickly punctured. 

 Head with a triangular spot above the antennae, a notch in eye and 

 the face yellowish white. First and second joints of the antennae 

 luteous. Fore border of the prothorax with a broad luteous band, 

 which is deeply e.xcavated in the middle of the hind side ; scutellum 



