ARABIAN HYMEKOPTERA. 18 



54. DiscoLiA MENDICA, Scolia raendica, Khuj, Symb. Phys. pi. 

 Q6, f. 15. 



Cairo. 



55. DiscoLiA INSUBRICA. Scolia insubrica, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. 

 ii. 7-^. 



Massowah. 



Inhabits South Europe. 



50. DiscoLiA Abyssinica, Sauss. Cat. Scol. 87. 

 Massowah. Harkeko. 

 Inhabits Cyprus. 



57. DiscoLiA LUTEicoRNis. Male. — Bluish black, punctured, 

 clothed -with whitish hairs. Head with a tawny Hue along the hind 

 side of each eye. Mandibles ferruginous. Anteunfe luteous ; first 

 and second joints black. Abdomen with three very slender apical 

 spines. Wings black, iridescent. Length of the body 6 — G^ lines. 



The black head distinguishes it from the variety of D. erratica 

 with red antennae. It differs from D. iustabilis in its smaller size, 

 in its paler antennae and in its wiioUy black colour. 



Massowah. Harkeko. Akeek. 



58. DiscoLiA ATRATUiiA. Male. — Deep black, punctured, with 

 short cinereous hairs. Abdomen bluish black, with short black 

 hairs ; tip with three slender spines. Wings purplish black. Length 

 of the body 5 — 5^ lines. 



Smaller than D. laeviceps, from which it is distinguished also by 

 the cinereous hairs on the front. 



Wady Genneh. 



Genus DIELIS, Sauss. 



59. DiELis coLLARis. Tipliia coUaris, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 227. 

 Mount Sinai. 



60. DiELis AURicoLLis. Campsomeris aureicollis, St. Farg. Hym. 

 iii. 499. 



Hor Tamanib. Massowah. Akeek. Eafla. 



De Saussure observes that D. auricoUis is a synonym of Tiphia 

 thoracica, Fabr. ; the latter inhabits Hindostan, China and Java. 



