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scaling. Head and palpi witli yellow hair. Abdomen blue-black, segment 4 -with a narrow yellow hind margin 

 above and beneath, 6 only above. Anal tuft and tibiae entirely black. D. hymenopteriformis-'^ has on the second 

 segment a distinct white hind edge which, like the other belts, is not continuous on underside. ■ — D. parthica 

 lias only been found in Southern Transcaucasia. 



D. himmighoffeni Styr. (51 f). Much smaller and darker than uroceriformis, the longitudinal vitreous himmuj- 

 spot always wanting in both sexes, being replaced by yellow scaling; the hind margin is dark brown with a ^"G""^- 

 very thin upj^er border; median band predominantly dark brown, with narrow yellow outer border; the outer 

 vitreous patch filled up with yellow, the 2 — 3 small vitreous partitions being but slightly visible. The distal 

 margin of the hindwing broad at apex and gradually becoming thin towards anal angle, being brown above and 

 dusted with yellow beneath. Antenna of ,3 dark, that of $ sometimes with a slight whitish spot; underside of 

 antennae likewise black, which does not occur in uroceriformis. Head and palpi orange in $, the frons white ; 

 in ^ black, posteriorly with whitish edge, the palpi bushy and black, with dirty whitish inner side. Thorax vnih. 

 yellow median line, inner edges of patagia also yellow. Abdomen with strong yellow bands on upperside with 

 the exception of the first segment, beneath nearly as in uroceriformis. Anterior coxa blackish in <^ mixed with 

 whitish; in $ entirely yellowish white. Tarsi usually uniformly dark. ■ — Catalonia, Prov. Teruel, Aragonia, 

 Basses Alpes, Genoa, from June to August. 



D. sirphiformis Luc. (51 f ). Likewise neai'ly allied to uroceriformis, but the outer vitreous patch entirely xirphifor- 

 filled up with yellow scahng or, in (^, only the proximal portions indicated. Median band narrowly black with ""*• 

 a broader yellow outer border. Outer marginal area golden yellow, bounded by dark brown distally. Hind 

 margin yellow. Head and palpi as in uroceriformis. Antennae black, beneath brown-black excepting the apex, 

 on outer side brownish or whitish, but without hght-coloured spot on the upperside before the apex. Abdomen 

 with yellow belts on all the segments with the exception of segments 1 and 3; the belts on 4, 6 and in S also 7 . 

 broadest; the belt on 2 sometimes absent in S. On the underside the last 3, in (J 4 segments with broad 

 yellow belts. Anal tuft yellow in cj, black at the sides and beneath at the base; in $ black, above orange- 

 yellow in centre. Fore coxa black, yellow on outside; femora and tibiae yellow, the mid and hind tibiae with 

 broad black apical ring. — ■ Algeria, in June. 



D. uroceriformis Tr. (51 f). Forewing narrower in (J than in $, the median spot orange with slight urocerl- 

 brown proximal border. Outer vitreous patch composed of 3^4 spots, of which the lower one is usually vesti- /°'''"^- 

 gial. Antenna of (J not rusty yellow on outside, uniformly black above, at most with a few golden yellow scales; 

 in $ with a white, not yellow, spot before the apex, sometimes almost the whole upperside dusted with wliite. 

 Abdomen with yellow belts on all the segments with the exception of the first, the anterior belt and the 3 or 4 

 posterior ones are not interrupted on the underside, the belts of segments 2, 4 and 6 are broader above than 

 in ichneumoniformis, and the i^-abdomen is slenderer than in that species. The j^ellow shoulder-spot of the 

 patagia very distinct. In the smaller ab. mamertina ZelL, from Messina is Sicily, the median spot of the fore- rnamertina. 

 wing has more black and less red-yellow, the hind margin of the forewing is brown with but little golden yellow 

 dusting, and the belts are absent from segments 3 and 5. — armoricana Oberth., from Brittany (Ille-et-Vilaine) amoricana. 

 and Western France, is larger, with the yellow colouring of the forewing more extended, the mechan spot more 

 yellow than orange and in $ entirely yellow without dark proximal border. Head very strongly shaded with 

 yellow. The wliite spot on the antenna of the $ very large and conspicuous, pure white. — True uroceriformis 

 occurs in the Southern Tyrol, at Vienna, Prague, in Hungary, Dalmatia, Sardinia, Sicily, Granada, Prov. Teruel, 

 Aragonia, Catalonia, Southern France, Corfu, Greece, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor and Syria, from June to 

 August, rarely already in May. Larva in the roots of Dorycnium herbaceum (according to Pech). J. de Joannis 

 observed the eggs being deposited on Ulex. 



I D. rondoui Siepi. Expanse 16 mm. According to the author it comes near uroceriformis, from which rondoui. 

 it is distinguished by the abdomen being entirely blue-black above and by the anal tuft totally black with some 

 ochreous hairs in the centre. The femora and tibiae are brownish, the tarsi ochreous with brownish tip. Fore- 

 wing ochreous, the borders and median band brown-black, the latter not reaching to the hind margin. The 

 wedge-spot and outer vitreous patch present, the latter curved and divided by brown-black veins. Hindwing 

 with a small excision at the apex of vein 7 and fine brown border; spot on cross-vein rather strong, blue- 

 black. Head and antenna brown, the latter pale beneath, the apex black-brown, anteriorly with whitish sheen. 

 Proboscis Ught brown, length not known to the author. Basal and median segments of palpi abundantly clothed 

 with brown scaling. Thorax brownish. — Described from a single specimen found early in June in the valley 

 of Passe-Lemps (13 km from Marseilles) on flowers of Valeriana. On account of the ( I distinctly) developed 

 proboscis the species should be placed into Chamaesphecia. 



D. astragali Joann. Expanse ,^ 24, ? 26 mm. Closely related to uroceriformis Tr., but the forewing of astragali. 

 the (J narrower, black to vein 9, in ? black to vein 8. Outer margin yellow, hind margin yellow in ^ and gol- 

 den yellow in $. Cross-vein black, with broad outer border and narrower proximal one orange-red. Longitu- 



