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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  Sphex 
  rothneyi 
  Cam. 
  

  

  Bingham 
  regards 
  this 
  as 
  identical 
  with 
  Sphex 
  vicinus 
  

   Lep., 
  a 
  species 
  very 
  badly 
  described, 
  and 
  placed 
  by 
  Kohl 
  

   in 
  his 
  Monograph 
  among 
  the 
  unidentifiable 
  species. 
  5. 
  

   rothneyi 
  is, 
  however, 
  very 
  probably 
  only 
  a 
  local 
  form 
  of 
  

   Sphex 
  pruinosiis 
  Germar, 
  a 
  species 
  recorded 
  from 
  South 
  

   Eastern 
  Europe, 
  Western 
  Asia, 
  and 
  North 
  Africa 
  (Syria, 
  

   Caucasus, 
  Soudan). 
  If 
  the 
  two 
  be 
  identical 
  J>. 
  pruinosiis 
  

   has 
  a 
  very 
  wide 
  range, 
  as 
  have 
  a 
  few 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  genus. 
  

  

  Sphex 
  xanthopterins 
  Cam. 
  

  

  When 
  I 
  described 
  this 
  species 
  as 
  new 
  {Manch. 
  Mem., 
  

   (4) 
  ii., 
  p. 
  109) 
  I 
  was 
  quite 
  justified 
  in 
  doing 
  so, 
  as 
  no 
  such 
  

   species 
  had 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  the 
  old 
  world, 
  and 
  my 
  

   name 
  has 
  been 
  adopted 
  by 
  Kohl 
  and 
  Bingham. 
  Kohl, 
  

   however, 
  has 
  since 
  (Ann. 
  k.k. 
  Hofmus. 
  Wien, 
  x., 
  p. 
  52) 
  

   recognized 
  it, 
  by 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  in 
  the 
  Berlin 
  

   Museum, 
  as 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  Sphex 
  cinerascens 
  Dahlbom 
  (Hym. 
  

   Eur., 
  i., 
  pp. 
  25 
  and 
  436). 
  From 
  this 
  it 
  follows 
  that 
  the 
  

   American 
  locality 
  given 
  by 
  Dahlbom 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  

   erroneous. 
  

  

  Sphex 
  flavovestitus 
  Sm. 
  

  

  This 
  Indian 
  species 
  is 
  omitted 
  by 
  Bingham. 
  The 
  

   description 
  {Cat. 
  Hym. 
  Ins. 
  Brit. 
  Mas., 
  iv., 
  p. 
  253) 
  is 
  not 
  

   very 
  satisfactory 
  ; 
  but, 
  as 
  the 
  type 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  

   an 
  examination 
  of 
  it 
  would 
  either 
  establish 
  its 
  specific 
  

   distinctness, 
  or 
  give 
  it 
  decent 
  burial 
  in 
  the 
  synonomy. 
  

  

  S 
  I'll 
  EX 
  DEPLANATUS 
  Kohl. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  omitted 
  by 
  Bingham. 
  The 
  following 
  

   is 
  Kohl's 
  description 
  (Ann. 
  k.k. 
  Hofmus. 
  Wien, 
  x., 
  p. 
  53). 
  

  

  "3- 
  Niger; 
  abdomen 
  ex 
  parte 
  rujiim. 
  Pedes 
  nigri. 
  

   Alec 
  iufitseatcL 
  I'io/aeeo-resp/eiideutes. 
  Caput 
  et 
  thorax 
  

  

  

  