230 DiELis. — sp. 246. 



segmentis nigro-ciliatis, secundo tertioque supra nudis, 



aurantiacis, Q opacis, impunctatis, (^f nitidis, 2^ den- 



sius, 30 sparsius punctato; ventre nitido, sparse punc- 



tato ; alis fusco-violaceis, costa fusco-nigra vel nigra, 



9 cœruleo-micantibus, ç^ minus obscuris, cupreo- 



micantibus. 



Long. 9 34-45 millim., al. 25-32 mm.; ç^ long. 

 24-35 millim., al. 19-26 mm. 



ç^ Variât : a. alis clarioribus, cellulis partira fusco- 

 hyalinis vel interdum subhyalinis (Mexico, Mus. Si- 

 chelianum) ; — b. primo segmento rufo-raaculato. 



Mexico frequens, Q,ç^; Mus. Saussurianum, Siche- 

 lianum, Dom. Guérin! — America septentrionali (Loui- 

 siana, Nova- Aurélia) ; Mus. Sichelianum. 



E. Wagnerianœ fsp. 244) affinissima, at alis obscuris. 



B. Mares feminis valde dissimiles. 

 (Species 246-248.) 



246. E. DOBSATA, Fabr. 



NigrGj nigro-pilosa,cinereo-hirta; abdominis segmentis 

 dorsalibus 2, 3 opacis, aurantiacis; alis fusco-violaceis. 



Tiphia dorsata, Fab. Mant. I, 278, 1 ; Ent. Syst. II, 226, 



12; S. P. 235, 16. 

 Scolia dorsata, Klug, Web. u. Mohr II, 212, 40. — Burin. 



Scol. 21, 15. — Smith Cat. 106, 98. 

 Se. hœmatogastra, Perty Delect. 139, t. 27, f. 14, 9- — 



Schomb. Faun. et Flor. Brit. Guiana III, 589. 

 Colpa rubida, Lepel. Hym. III, 544, 12. 

 Elis dorsata, Sauss. Mél. Hymen. 55. 



9 • Media, nigra, albido-argenteo- vel subcineras- 

 centi-pilosa; capite thoraceque profunde et densiuscule 



