AEABIAN HYMENOPTERA. 11 



H line. Female. — Antennae and legs testaceous, the former black 

 at the base. Wings whitish ; veins pale testaceous. Length of the 

 body 2 lines. 



Pharaoh's Baths. 



45. Aphcenggaster pallescens. Female. — Black, shining. 

 Head tawny about the mouth. Eyes flat. Antennae, abdomen and 

 legs testaceous. Antennae short, subclavate. Petiole with two 

 humps, like those of A. debilis. Abdomen more than twice the 

 breadth and nearly twice the length of the thorax. Wings whitish, 

 long ; veins testaceous. Length of the body 2 J lines. 



Cairo. 



Fam. MUTILLID.^, Smith. 



Genus MUTILLA, Linn. 



46. MuTiELA AUREivENTRts. Male. — Black. Head, thorax and 

 legs clothed with silvery hairs. Head and thorax thickly punctured. 

 Prothorax and mesothorax red. Abdomen luteous, clothed with 

 gilded hairs. Wings bluish black. Length of the body 8 lines. 



Hor Tamanib. 



Genus APTEROGYNA, Latr. 



47. Apterogyna Oliviert, Latr. Gen. Ins. iv. 122. 

 Pharaoh's Baths. 



Fam. SCOLIIDJE. 

 Genus MYZINE, Latr. 



48. Myzine Guerinei, Lucas, Expl. Sci. Alg. iii. 284, pi. 15, f. 6. 

 Cairo. 



49. Myzine flavicollis. Female. — Black, clothed with short 

 white hairs. Head and thorax thickly and minutely punctured. 

 Head yellow about the mouth. Antennae red beneath. Prothorax, 

 a spot on the scutum, disk of the scutellum, tegulae of the fore wings 

 and a large spot on each of the pleurae yellow. Metathorax with two 

 yellow dots on the base. Abdomen with seven entire yellow bands 

 above and beneath, the seventh apical. Aculeus curved upward. 

 Legs yellow ; femora above with an abbreviated black stripe. Wings 

 pellucid, veins black, pale yellow at the base. Fore wings with a 

 tawny stigma. Length of the body 5 lines. 



It differs from M. Oraniensis by the abdomen being not red at the 

 base. 



Wady Genneh. 



