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on the black parts black, ferruginous red on the red portions ; 

 wings dark fuscous brown, with a brilliant purple effulgence. 



The d" resembles the $ , but is more pubescent, more closely 

 and densely punctured, and has the head smaller in proportion 

 and black. Varieties may have any or all of the following parts — 

 the head ( $ and J ) and the 3rd and apical segments of the 

 abdomen — either partially or totally black, with black pubescence. 



Hah. Kumaun ; Sikhim ; Calcutta; S.India; Assam; Burma; 

 Tenasserim ; Siam to Malacca, Borneo, and Java. 5 . Length 

 28-35 ; exy. 44-66 mm. S ■ Length 24-27 ; exp. 54-62 mm. 



164. Scolia haemorrhoidalis, Fuh: Mant. i, p. 280 ; Lepel. Hijm. 



iii, p. 522 ; Smith, Cat. iii, p. 110. 

 Sphex radula, Sulz. (nee Fabr.) Abgek. Gesch. Ins. p. 192, tab. 



xxvii, fig. 4, c? . 

 Scolia erythrocephala, Kluy, Web. 8f Mohr, Beitr. i, p. 23, 5 ■ 

 Scolia insignis, Sauss. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1858, p. 197, pi. v, lig. 1, 



2 ; Sauss. 8f Sich. Cat. Scol. p. 47. 



5 . Head, pro- and mesonotum anteriorly, scutellum, and seg- 

 ments 2-4 of the abdomen smooth, with only a few scattered coarse 

 punctures ; the apex of the mesonotum, the median segment, and 

 the basal segment of the abdomen closely punctured ; the clypeus 

 in the middle vertically and the postscutellum transversely rugose ; 

 the median segment short, truncate posteriorly, the apex emar- 

 giuate ; legs densely pubescent and spiuose. Variegated with 

 black, yellow, and red, with black and ferruginous pubescence ; 

 the clypeus, the autenna^ region of the ocelli, pro- and mesonotum, 

 postscutellum, median segment, legs, and abdomen black ; the 

 head above, the base of the antennae, and the scutellum red ; the 

 2nd and 3rd segments of the abdomen with a large yellow macula 

 on each side at base above ; the pubescence on the clvpeus 

 around the base of the antennae, on the pronotum, on the middle of 

 the median segment, and on the 2nd and following segments of the 

 abdomen ferruginous red, that on the sides of the thorax, the legs, 

 and basal segment of the abdomen black, on the legs mixed with 

 some ferruginous hairs : wings deep f ulvo-hyaline, broadly but 

 lightly fuscescent along the apical and posterior margins ; nervures 

 testaceous brown ; tegulae black. 



cJ similar, but with the head, thorax, and abdomen finely and 

 closely punctured all over ; the head and scutellum are black, not 

 red, and the ferruginous pubescence extends over the vertex of 

 the head, the mesonotum, and scutellum. 



Bab. Southern Europe ; Persia ; Karachi ; Punjab ? ; Kashmir. 

 2 . Length 40-45 ; exj). 68-74 mm. (f • Length 25-31 ; exp. 

 48-56 mm. 



B. Fore wing with two cubital cells. 



165. Scolia erratica, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 88. 



Scolia vorticalis, Burm. Abh. Nat. Ges. Halle, i, pt. 4, p. 37 (nee 



Fabr. Ent. Si/st. ii, p. 2.34). 

 Scolia westerniauni, Sauss. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1858, p. 212, 2 • 



