14 EGYPTIAN AND 



61. DiELis AUREOLA. Elis auveola, Klug, Symh. Phys. pi. 27, 

 f. 11. 



Massowah. Harkeko. Dahleck. Tajura. 



Inhabits Natal. 



62. DiELis LONGispiNA. Male. — Black, clothed with rather long 

 white hairs. Face yellow, with a black sjiot near the mouth. 

 Thorax with a yellow fore border and with three yellow spots on the 

 scutellum; of these the third or hinder one is transverse. Abdomen 

 with five yellow bands ; of these, excepting the first, the fore borders 

 are notched on each side. Legs yellow ; femora black, with a yellow 

 Stripe and with yellow tips ; tibiae striped with black ; tips of the 

 tarsal joints tawny. Wings pellucid ; veins brown. Fore wings 

 brownish towards the tips. Length of the body 6^ lines. 



The bands of the abdomen are much narrower than those of D. 

 aureola, and the spines at the tip are longer. The partly yellow 

 femora distinguish it from D. fasciatella. 



Wady Genneh. 



Genus TRISCOLIA, Sauss. 



63. Triscolia bidens. Sphex bidens, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 943. 

 Cairo. 



Inhabits South Europe. 



Genus TRIELIS, Sauss. ' 



64. Trielts altena. Scolia aliena, Klug, Symh. Phijs. pi. 27, 

 f. 3. 



Massowah. Akeek. Harkeko. 



Genus TIPHIA, Fabr. 



65. TiPHiA LATiPES. Female. — Black, clothed with cinereous 

 hairs. Head and thorax largely punctured. Head broader than the 

 thorax. Mandibles ferruginous towards the tips. Antennae thick. 

 Abdomen fusiform, finely punctured. Legs rather short; four 

 posterior femora and tibiae dilated ; four posterior tibiae dentate on the 

 outer side. Wings black. Fore wings as long as the abdomen. 

 Length of the body 5 lines. 



The wings are darker than those of T. compressa and of T. nitida- 



Massowah. 



