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borders. Legs and first joint of the antennae red. "Wings dark 

 cinereous ; veins black, red at the base. Fore wings blackish along 

 the costa. Male. — Markings of the head yellow, those of the thorax 

 and of the abdomen luteous. Abdomen with three bands and with 

 a posterior spot in the disk. First joint of the antennae yellow 

 beneath. Legs luteous. Length of the body 4i — 5 lines. 



Mount Sinai. 



178. Odyxerus stipatus. Male. — Black, thickly punctured; 

 markings luteous. A transverse streak behind each eye, face, a 

 band on the fore j^art of the thorax with a deeply excavated hind 

 border, a spot near each tegula, a band on the scutellum, a large spot 

 on each side of the metathorax, and two abdominal bands; the bands 

 deeply excavated on the fore border, the hinder one with the excava- 

 tion extending obliquely on each side. Legs and first joint of the 

 antenna luteous. Wings blackish ; veins black. Length of the body 

 3 lines. 



Cairo? 



179. Odyneeus albifer. Female. — Black, thickly punctured. 

 Head with a narrow white dot behind each eye and with two 

 connected white dots between the antennas. Antennae with a white 

 point on the first joint. Thorax with an angular white spot on each 

 side in front ; a triangular white dot on the proscutellum. Abdomen 

 with five white bauds ; fore side of the first band undulating, notched 

 in the middle ; second band widened on each side ; fourth undulating 

 along the fore border; fifth more undulating. Tibiae white on the 

 upper side ; tarsi reddish towards the tips. AVings blackish cine- 

 reous ; veins black. Fore wings blackish along the costa. Length 

 of the body 5 lines. 



Cairo. 



180. Odynerus guttulosus. F«?;»rt?6'.— Black, thickly punctured; 

 marldngs pale yellow\ A transverse streak behind each eye, another 

 in each notch of the eye, a transverse spot above the antennae, face, 

 a band on the fore "part of the thorax, a large spot near each tegula, 

 two almost contiguous spots on the scutellum, two posterior transverse 

 almost connected streaks, a large spot on each side of the metathorax, 

 and six abdominal bands ; first abdominal band much dilated on each 

 side ; second connected on each side with a large forked mark ; third, 

 fourth, fifth and sixth connected on each side with an oblique streak. 

 First joint of the antennae yellow beneath and towards the base. 



