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167. Scolia molesta, Smm. <§• SicJi. Cot. Scol. p. Ill, $ j ; Cam. 



Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, p. 104. 

 Scolia erratica, Sauss. {7iec Smith) Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 18o8, p. 211, 

 5 ; Stettin, ent. Zeit. 1859, p. 187, § S- 



5 . Closely resembles 8. erratica,, Smith ; differs in the 

 mesonotum on the disc bring smooth with only a few scattered 

 punctures, and in having, on the whole, the thorax and abdomen 

 less closely punctured than that species ; in colour S. molesta has 

 the antennae with the scape and only one or two of the basal 

 joints of the fiagellum red, while in S. erratica the antennae are 

 entirely red. 



c? Differs from the same sex of S. erratica in having the thorax 

 less densely punctvired, in the abdomen having a brilliant pnrple 

 effulgence, and the wings being of a lighter colour. 



Hab. Tenasserim ; Siam ; Singapore; Sumatra; JaA'a; Borneo. 

 2 . Length 24-27 ; exp. 42-44 mm. d" • Length 19-22 ; ex^). 

 38-40 mm. 



168. Scolia bilunata, ,S«zm. ^ww. Soc. Ent. Fr. 18^8, p. 212; Sauss. l^- 



Sich. Cat. Scol. p. 115, c? ; Cam. 3Iem. Matich. L. Ph. Soc. 

 (4) V, 1892, p. 105. 

 Scolia bengalensis, Cam. t. c. p. 104, 5 6 • 



$ . Densely punctured and pubescent; the clypeus in the middle, 

 the vertex, and forehead smooth, with only a few punctures ; the 

 abdomen with finer punctures, beneath the base of the 2nd and 

 following segments smooth ; legs with strong and stiff hairs. 

 Black, the flagellum of the antennae, except the basal joint, brick- 

 red, the 3rd segment of the abdomen with a large yellow spot 

 on each side, the anterior tarsi obscurely piceous ; wings dark 

 fuscous suffused with violet, paler at the apical and posterior 

 margins. 



S similar, but has only the apex of the antennae fulvous, 

 and the 4th not the 3rd segment of the abdomen bimaculated. 

 The $ sometimes has lateral spots also on the 4th, and the S on 

 the 5th segment of the abdomen. 



Hah. Nepal ; Poena ; Bangalore. 5 • Length 18-25 ; exp. 

 32-42 mm. S ■ Length 15-19 ; exj). 24-28 mm. 



1G9. Scolia aureipennis, Lepel. Hi/m. iii, p. 525, 2 ; Sauss. cS- Sich. 



Cat. Scol. p . 109, 5 cS ; Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 



1892, p. 103. 

 Scolia juriiiei, Sauss. Melan. Hym. {Mem. Soc. Phys. H. N. Geneve, 



xiv) p. 45. 

 Scolia instabilis, S^ni t Ca i iii, p. 88. 

 Scolia ruficorni,s, Klug, Web. Sf Mohr, Beitr. i, p. 25. 



$ . Head smooth, with a few distant punctures ; thorax and 

 abdomen more closely punctured, the latter slightly pube.scent ; 

 clypeus smooth and shining in the centre, with stiff" hairs on each 

 side and round the base of the antennae ; scutelhini, postscutellum, 

 and median segment smooth, with a fe«- coarse sc attered punctures ; 



