SCOLIA CONFLUENTA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Black ; tergum trifasciate with yellow. 



SYN0NY3f. 



ScoLiA CONFLUENTA. NoMs. Westem Quar- 

 terly Reporter^ vol. ii. p. 74. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body deep black : anfennse short, arcuated : 

 front, occiput with yellowish cinereous hair; 

 thorax immaculate, with yellowish cinereous 

 hair before : wings tinged with ferruginous : 

 nervures ferruginous: cubital cellules two, the 

 second receiving two recurrent nervures : meta- 

 thorax acutely edged and hairy above; behind 

 concave and very rugous, with elevated, abbre- 

 viated, transverse lines, and a longitudinal one : 

 tibix rugous, armed with prominent spines : abdo- 

 men, segments ciliated on the edge : tergum trifas- 

 ciate with yellow ; first band with a small black 



PLATE XXIX. 



