SCOLIA. 



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172. Scolia fulvifrons, Sauss. Mel. Hipn. p. 43, pi. — , fig. 11, 9 ; 



-S'rtM.s-5. &■ Sich. Cat. Seal. p. 116, 5 S ; Cam. Mem. Manch. 



L. Ph. Soc. (4) V, 1892, p. 100. 

 Scolia personata, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 91. 

 ? Scolia bipunctata, King, Web. ^ Mohr, Beitr. Naturk. i, p. 36. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen closely and finely punctured 

 and pubescent, the pubescence thiclc and close on each side of 

 the clypeus, on the back of the head, the pronotum in front, 

 the sides of the thorax, the legs, and abdomen ; the anterior 

 ocellus sunk in a pit, a short transverse furrow immediately 

 behind the posterior ocelli ; the disc of the mesonotum smooth ; the 

 median segment very short, posteriorly concavo-truncate ; abdo- 

 men very long, nearly twice the length of the head and thorax 

 together. Black, the 3rd and the apical half of the 4th segment 

 yellow: the pubescence black on the black parts of the body, 

 fulvous red on the yellow. Var. The head in front yellow. 



2 similar, but with the vertex of the head and two lateral 

 spots on the 3rd segment of the abdomen yellow. 



ITah. India (Sauss.) ; Sylhet ; Assam ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; 

 Singapore. 5 . " Length 37 ; exp. 68 mm." <S . LcnrjlTi 35 ; exp. 

 68 mm. 



Note. — I have described the male in full, as neither in my 

 own nor the British Museum collections are there any female 

 specimens. 



*173. Scolia nobilis, Smiss. Ann. Soc. E)it. Fr. 1858, p. 214, 5 ; Smm- 

 8)- Sich. Cat. Scol.-p. 117, $ j Ca>n. Metn. Manch. L. Ph. Soc- 

 (4) V, 1892, p. 106. 



$ . "Of large or medium size, shining ; head impunctate, with 

 fulvous pubescence, front and vertex yellow, antennae black, their 

 base ferruginous ; thorax with fulvous pubescence, densely punc- 

 tured, cribrate, anteriorly ; in the middle and on the scutelluiu 

 shining, impunctate ; metathorax with cinereous pile, shining, 

 lightly punctured ; the base of the abdomen with fulvous pub- 

 escence ; the 2nd and 3rd segments with two spots or bands yellow ; 

 the apical segment with fuscous hairs ; legs red ; wings pale fuscous 

 with a rosv effulgence. Length 25 mm. ; wing 21 mni. 



" Hab. India." 



174. Scolia humeralis, Sauss. Cat. ScoL, Mantissa, ii, p. 321 ; Cam. 

 Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, p. 102. 

 Scolia scapulata, Oribodo, A^m. Mas. Cio. Gen. (2") i, 1884, p. 362. 



5 . Head smooth, the thorax and abdomen punctured; clypeus 

 transversely oval, pubescent at the sides ; the centre of the median 

 segment and the apex of the scutellum and postscutellum smooth ; 

 median segment very short, posteriorly truncate, the truncation 

 convex ; abdomen pseudosessile. Black ; the head above the base 

 of the antennae, the shoulders of the pi*othorax, and a square 



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