38 MELITTA. (*. b.) 



nean cabinet ; indeed, several distinct species are 

 there placed together as varieties of it, which Lin- 

 neus aj)pears to have regarded merely as such. 

 Panzer's HijIcfus annularis {d) is a very different 

 insect, and belongs to a male of my third family 

 of this genus. The observation of Fabricius upon 

 his " Moscham spirnt" proves its identity, at least 

 with one of this family. 



«.'27/u/am.4. M. atra; fronte maculate ; tibiis omnibus flavo 

 annulatis. 



FIG. Sphex annulata atra, nitida ; abdomine subpetiolato ; 

 tibiis quatuor posticis flavis, nigro annulatis. 

 Panzer. Fit. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 53. tab. I. 



]MUS. D. Smith Linnean, Marsham, Haicorf/i, Trimmer, 

 Kirly. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 2\ — 3. 

 Hal. Baihamiae cum praicedente. 



DESCR. Acul. 



CORPUS atrum. 



Caput subtriangulare, antice truncatum, ob- 

 scurum, punctulatissimum. jintenncc nigrae, 

 subtus fulvas. Fades maculis duabus liavis, 

 antrorsum acutis, infra antennas notata. 



Truncus obscurus, punctulatissimus ; tubercu- 

 lis, punctoque squamularum, flavis. Pedes 

 atri, tibiis omnibus basi flavis. 



Abdomen speciei hujusce abdomen praecedentis 

 exactissime refert. 



{(I) Fn. Ins. Germ, Init. n. 55. tab. 3. 



Jar, 



