ARABIAN HYMENOPTERA. 15 



Fam. POMPILID^. 

 Genus POMPILUS, Fabr. 

 06. PoMPiLus Fuscus. Sphex fusca, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 944 

 Heliopolis. 

 Inhabits Europe. 



67. PoMPiLus CLYPEATUS, Klug, Symb. Phys. pi. 39, f. 14. 

 Cairo. Hor Tamanib. Tor. 



68. PoMPiLus GLABRATUS, Elug, Symb. Phys. pi. 38, f. 1. 

 Akeek. 



Inhabits West Africa. 



69. PoMPiLUS PLUMBEUS. Sphex plumbea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 

 ii. Q20. 



Hor Tamanib. 



Inhabits Europe and North Africa. 



70. PoMPiLus INNITENS. Female. — Deep black, not shining, 

 clothed with black hairs. Antennse curved. Head and thorax 

 finely punctured. Metathorax with a distinct keel. Abdomen fusi- 

 form, extremely finely punctured. Wings blackish, veins black. 

 Length of the body 9 lines. 



The tarsi are longer than those of P. niger and have black spines^ 

 The more slender antennae distinguish it from P. vindicatus. It 

 more closely resembles the American P. nebulosus, but the latter has 

 not a furrow on the metathorax. 



Wady Genneh. 



71. PoMPiLus MELANOPHiLus. Female. — Deep black, slightly 

 shining, rather stouter than P. iunitens. Head and thorax finely 

 punctured. Antennae curved. Metathorax scabrous, not keeled. 

 Abdomen elliptical, extremely finely punctured. Wings black ; veina 

 deep black. Length of the body 7i lines. 



Pharaoh's Baths. 



Genus PRIOCNEMIS, Schiodte. 



72. Priocnemis brunneus. Pompilus brunneus, Klug, Symb. 

 Phys. pi. 38, f. 2. 



Cairo. 



