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eacli side of the metatliorax, six abdominal bands, one ventral band ; 

 first abdominal band broad, excavated on its fore border ; second 

 broad ; third, fourth and fifth narrow ; sixth abbreviated, ventral band 

 postmedial, imdulating along its fore side. Anteunfe tawny beneath ; 

 first joint yellow, with a black streak near its tip above. Legs yellow ; 

 coxae black. Wings blackish; veins black. Length of the body 

 2J lines. 



Cairo. 



184. Odynerus fumipennis. Male and female. — Black, thickly 

 and minutely puiictured ; markings yellow. A broad streak behind 

 each eye, another in the notch of each eye, a triangular spot above the 

 antennee, face, a band on the fore part of the thorax much excavated 

 along its hind border, a spot near each tegula, a band on the 

 scutellum, two broad abdominal bands; one ventral band; first 

 abdominal band excavated in the middle of its fore border ; second 

 slightly notched on each side of its fore border ; ventral band notched 

 on each side of its fore border. First joint of the antennae yellow 

 beneath and at the base. Legs yellow ; coxae black ; femora striped 

 Avith black above. Wings blackish ; veins black. Var. jS. — Antennae 

 red beneath. Streaks of the head narrow ; spot connected with the 

 face ; baud on the scutellum and a posterior baud abbreviated ; second 

 abdominal baud not notched ; femora wholly yellow except at tbe base 

 above. Length of the body 3^ — 4 hues. 



Cairo. 



185. Odynerus coNoiNNULUS. Male. — Blaclt, thickly and minutely 

 punctured ; markings yellowish white. A slender streak behiud each 

 eye, another in the notch of each eye, a triangular spot in connection 

 with the face, a band on the fore part of the thorax much excavated 

 on its hind side, a spot near each tegula, a baud on the scutellum 

 and a posterior band both abbreviated, six abdominal bands, one 

 ventral band ; first abdominal band much excavated in the middle of 

 its fore border ; second uudulatiug along its fore border ; third merely 

 represented by a dot on each side ; fourth, fifth and sixth abbreviated ; 

 ventral baud undulating along its fore border. Antennae tawny 

 beneath; first joint yellowish white. Legs yellowish white. Wings 

 blackish ; veins bladi. Length of the body 3 lines. 



Dahleck. 



186. Odynerus kotabilis. Male. — Black, thickly and minutely 

 punctured ; markings pale yellow. A slender streak behiud each eye, 

 another in the notch of each eye, a triangular spot in connection with 

 the face, a baud on the fore part of the thorax much excavated in the 



