76 SCOLIID^. 



postscutellum, a crescentic mark in the middle of the 1st 

 sejjuieut of the abdomen, and a large rectangular spot on each 

 side of the 3rd segment at base chrome-yellow ; the vertex of the 

 head, the front of the pronotum and of the mesonotum, the sides 

 of the median segment, and the apical margins and sides of the 

 abdominal segments with stiff coarse black pubescence : wings dark 

 fuscous browu, with a splendid purple and green effulgence. 



d differs in having in addition the cl ypeus, the vertex, and a 

 broad line behind the eyes yellow. Varieties have the thorax and 

 1st segment of the abdomen entirely black, or the median segment 

 maculate and the spots at the base of the 3rd segmnnt joined 

 into a stripe, or the posterior margin of the 1st segment with an 

 additional stripe yellowish, and the fringe of hairs fulvous. 



Hah. India, Burma, Tenasserim, extending to Sumatra, Borneo, 

 and Java. § . Length 48-54 ; eay. 94-lUO mm. ■ c? . Length 

 40-48 : exj^. 80-88 mm. 



162. Scolia Capitata, Gzier. Voy. Coq. ii, pt. 2, p. 248; Burm. Ahh. 



Nat. Ges. Halle, i, pt. 4, p. 20 ; Sauss. 8f Sich. Cat. Scot. p. 47, 

 2 d' ; Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Sue. (4) v, 1892, p. 102. 

 Scolia ruficeps, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 111. 



5 . Head smooth, with a few scattered punctures ; thorax 

 closely, abdomen more sparsely punctured ; clypeus transversely 

 oval, closely punctured at the sides, a square 

 portion in the middle raised, smooth, the space 

 around the anterior ocellus and a line below 

 the vertex smooth. Black, the head blood-red ; 

 the thorax and abdomen with iridescent blue 

 and purple tints in certain lights ; wings brown 

 with a golden effulgence. 



(S similar, but with the wings darker. 

 Fig. 14. — Scolia Varieties have the anterior legs variegated 



capitata, 5- i- with yellow or ferruginous, or the front and 



scape of the antennse black. 

 Hah. Kumaun ; Sikhim ; Calcutta ; Burma ; Tenasserim to 

 the Philippine Islands. 5 • Length 18-21 ; exp. 36-40 mm. 

 (S . Length 12-20 ; exp. 34-37 mm. 



163. Scolia ruhiginosa, i'^rtir. JEnf. Syst. ii, p. 230; Smith, Cat. iii, 



p. Ill ; Sauss. cV Sieh. Cat. Seal. p. 4o, 5 <5 ■ 

 Scolia ornata, Lepel. Hym. iii, p. 517. 



5 . Head except the clypeus, disc of the mesonotum, the scu- 

 tellum, and the central portion of the first four abdominal segments 

 above smooth and shining ; the pronotum, the sides and front of the 

 mesonotum, the median segment, and the sides and apical margins 

 of segments 1-4 of the abdomen coarsely and closely punctured ; 

 the legs thickly covered with spines and stiff hairs. Black, the 

 head except the clypeus and mandibles, and segments 3-6 of 

 the abdomen red; the pubescence at the back of the head and 



