APPENDIX 



The following Wasps appear to me to be 

 new to our fauna. I give a description of 

 each of them. 



CERCERIS ANTONIiE — H. Fab. 



Length, i6 to i8 millimetres.^ Black, 

 thickly and deeply spotted. Shield, raised 

 like a nose, that is to say, forming a convex 

 projection, broad at the base, pointed at the 

 tip and resembling one half of a cone divided 

 lengthwise. Prominent crest between the 

 antennae. A yellow streak above the crest, 

 yellow cheeks and a large yellow spot behind 

 each eye. Yellow shield, with black dot. 

 Mandibles, iron-yellow, with black tips. 

 First four or five joints of the antennae, iron- 

 yellow; the rest brown. 



Two dots on the prothorax, the wing- 

 scales and the postscutellum yellow. First 

 segment of the abdomen has two round spots. 



^1 to i inch. — Translator's Note. 

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