54 MR. F. SMITH ON HYMENOPTEROUS INSECTS 
Specimens of this species from Gilolo and Bachian are much more highly 
coloured than the type described by Guérin,—the abdomen being red, with 
only the basal segment and the sides of the second segment black. 
9. Scolia fulva, Gray; Cuv. Anim. Kingd. (Griffiths), p. 516, pl.71.f.1 ¢. 
Hab. Ceram. 
The Scolia fulwa is so briefly described in the above work, that it appears 
desirable to add one or two important distinctive characters. The head 
and thorax are black, the abdomen ferruginous, and entirely covered with 
fulvous pubescence ; the antennz and legs are ferruginous, the cox and 
femora fusco-ferruginous; the wings in the specimen from Ceram are 
nigro-violaceous : in the figure given in the ‘ Animal Kingdom,’ they are 
represented as paler, being fuscous and iridescent at their base, with the 
margins paler; the basal segment of the abdomen is black, the second 
segment has a black oval spot at its lateral margins ; the third segment 
has two approximating ovate black spots in the middle above, and the 
fourth two united ones in the same situation ; the type is said to have come 
from Brazil, but it has been ascertained that Australia is its proper locality. 
Fam. POMPILID.®, Leach. 
1. PompiLus pr&paTor. P. niger, abdomine obscure ceruleo, alis 
fuscis, violaceo iridescentibus. 
Female. Length 6 lines. Head and thorax black and slightly shining, 
the clypeus covered with silvery pile; the mandibles rufo-piceous in 
the middle. The metathorax subelongate with its apical margin 
reflexed ; the wings fuscous, with a violet iridescence, the posterior 
pair hyaline at their base. Abdomen smooth and shining, with a 
beautiful blue tint in certain lights; the apical segment with a number 
of long black hairs. 
Hab. Menado. 
2. PoMPILUS RUFIFRONS. P. capite vertice, antennis, tibiis tarsisque 
ferrugineis ; abdominis segmento secundo fascia basali ferruginea ; 
alis flavis. 
Female. Length 9 lines. Black; the front between the ocelli and the 
insertion of the antennz, the antenne, labrum, tibiee, and tarsi ferru- 
ginous; the mandibles ferrugmous in the middle; the tips of the 
femora ferruginous; wings yellow, with a narrow fuscous border at 
their tips; the nervures ferruginous. Abdomen slightly shining, the 
basal margin of the second segment ferruginous. 
Hab. Ternate. 
Gen. Acrnta. Schiodte. 
1. Agenia Lucilla, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 120. 3. 
Hab. Gilolo; Amboyna. 
Gen. Priocnemis, Schiddte. 
1. Priocnemis confector, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 120. 3. 
Hab. Ternate; Bachian. 
