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V. Omalus, Panz. 



1. auratus, Dahlb. 



2. cseruleus, Dahlb. 



3. nitidus, Panz. 

 VI. Elampus, Spin. 



1. Panzeri, Latt\ 



Genus I. Cleptes, Latr. 

 Head transverse, nearly sub-quadrate, as wide as the 

 thorax; antennae 13-jointed in both sexes; prothorax sub- 

 quadrate, narrowed and somewhat rounded in front; the 

 raetathorax truncated, with spines at the posterior angles ; 

 anteriOT wings with a complete marginal cell, the first and 

 second discoidal cells complete ; abdomen ovato-conical, in 

 '.he male having five segments, in the female only four; the 

 latter with a protruded ovipositor. 



1. Cleptes semiaurata, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 236, 1 ; 



Nouv. Diet. vii. 190. 

 Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 154, 1. 

 St. Farg. Ann. du Muse, vii. 



119, 1. 

 Shuck. Mon. Clirys. 158, 1. 

 Wesm. Bull. Acad. Brux. 



vii. 168, 1. 

 Dahlb. Hym. Eur. ii. 15, 3 ; 

 Dispos. 2, 4. 

 Sphex semiaurata, Linn. Faun. Suec. No. 1661 ; Syst. 



Nat. i. 946, 35. S 

 Ichneumon semiauratusj Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 184, 210. 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 52, 1. 

 Cleptes splendens, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 155, 3. 

 Length 3 — 3| lines. Head, thorax and basal joint of the 

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