80 SCOLIID.'E. 



abdomen more finely punctured, the sides oE the 2ud and 5th 

 segments smooth and without punctures. Black, the flagellum of 

 the antenna) execpt the basal joint red, the pubescence on the sides 

 of the clypeus and about the base of antennae ferruginous, the rest 

 black; wings fuscous, with purple, coppery, and green reflections, 

 i^* similar, more finely punctured and more pubescent, the 

 flagellum of the antenuse fuscous, above fulvous-red; the abdomen 

 with brilliant prismatic tints of purple and blue. 



Hah. Sikhim; Malabar; Tenasserim ; Java; and the PhUippines. 

 § . Length 29-44 ; exp. 48-54 mm. c? a little smaller. 



170. Scolia obscura, Lepel Hym. iii, p. 527, 2 ; Smith, Cat. iii, 



p 89; Scm^s. i^- Sich. Cat. Scol. p. 113; Cain. Mem. Manch. 

 L. Ph. Soc. (4) V, 1892, p. 104. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen very sparsely punctured, the 

 punctures somewhat closer on the pronotum, anterior half of the 

 mesonotum, and on the 4th and 5th abdominal segments above ; 

 the vertex of the head, the posterior half of the mesonotum, 

 scutellum, postscutellum, median segment, and basal two segments 

 of the abdomen with only a very few distant punctures ; median 

 segment short, sloping laterally from a central longitudinal line, 

 concavo-truucate posteriorly ; abdomen massive, the basal segment 

 tuberculate above. Black, with black and scanty ferruginous 

 pubescence ; head in front, pro- and mesonotum anteriorly and 

 the basal segineut of the abdomen with a ferrugiaous tint; the 

 antenna) bright yellow, the scape nigro-feri-uginous ; the legs and 

 apical segment of the abdomen ferruginous, studded with stiff 

 ferruginous hairs ; wings fuscous with a coppery, in certain Hghts 

 a golden, eff'ulgence, nervures and tegulae ferruginous. 



Hah. Bengal. $ . Length 18 ; exp. 36 mm. 



171. Scolia hhamoensis, Magretti, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen.i2'-) xii, 1892, 



p. 239, $ . 



$ . Head, the pronotum, and propleurae somewhat closely, the 

 meso- and metanotum densely and deeply punctured, cribrate, 

 the meso- and nietapleurse smooth, shining posteriorly, slightly 

 punctured ; the basal abdominal segment coarsely and deeply, the 

 2nd and 3rd sparsely, and the remaining segments still more 

 slightly punctured ; head and pronotum with a thin short pubes- 

 cence, the tarsi and the abdomen beneath covered with long hairs. 

 Black, the head (the mandibles, the apical margin of the clypeus, 

 the base of the antemife, and a line above the ocelli excepted), the 

 lateral angles of the pronotum, and a minute line on the margin 

 of the mesonotum above the tegulae golden or rufo- ferruginous ; 

 abdomen above suffused with a blue and purple effulgence ; the 

 pubescence on the head and pronotum yellow, on the legs and 

 abdomen black ; wings fuscous, with violet and golden effulgence. 



Hah. Bhamo, Upper Burma. $ . Length 22 mm. 



