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SCOLIIDX, 



macula on each side of the base of the 3id and 4th segments of 

 the abdomen fulvous red ; the pubescence on the abdomen above 

 hlaok, on the clypeus, the back of the head, and the ventral 

 segments of the abdomen silverj^ white. 



(S similar, but the head black, with only the emargination of 

 the eyes fulvous red. — Varieties have one or both spots on the 

 abdomen reduced to mere specks, or the spot on the 4th segment 

 entirely wanting, 



Hab. Buru)a ; Tenasserim, extending to the Malay Peninsula. 

 5 . Length 14-18 ; exp. 26-32 mm. J . Length 13-17 ; e.rp. 

 28-30 mm. 



175. Scolia cucullata, n. sp. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth and shining ; the head, 

 mesonotum, scutellum, postscutellum, and abdomen with a few 

 irregularly scattered coarse and deep punctures, pronotum and 

 median segment more closely and finely punctured, the latter 

 posteriorly concave, w^ith the lateral posterior angles somewhat 

 produced ; the abdomen pseudosessile, as long as the head and 

 thorax together, the legs densely pubescent and spinose. Black, 

 the head deep red ; the mandibles, clypeus, a cowl-shaped mark 

 below the vertex, and the antennae black, the 3rd and 4th 

 abdominal segments with large deep red macular on each side; 

 wings dark fuscous, with a brilliant purple effulgence. 

 Hah. 8ikhim ; Bengal. $ . Length l(i ; ed-jj. 27 mm. 



176. Scolia laeviceps, S7nith, Cat. iii, p. 91, 2d; Scmss. ^ Sick. Cat. 



Scul. p. 118. 



2 . Head smooth, two or three scattered punctures on the front 

 above the antennae.; thorax and abdomen closely punctured, the 

 punctures finer on the latter ; clypeus prominent, with a slight 

 pubescent hollow on each side ; back of the head, pronotum in 

 front, and abdomen laterally and beneath thinly pubescent. 

 Black, the pubescence cinereous, that on the legs and abdomen 

 fuscous black. 



J similar, with erect black pubescence, the thorax and abdo- 

 men with finer and closer punctures ; the front above the base of 

 the antennae, and as far as the posterior ocelli raised and marked 

 with a few fine piuictures. Wings in both sexes fuscous, with a 

 purple effulgence. 



Aah. Sikhim ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; China. $ . Length 15-17 ; 

 ea-j). 30 mm, 6 • Length 12-16 ; exj). 24-30 mm. 



177. Scolia cyanipennis, Fabr. Syd. IHez. p. 244 ; Smith, Cat. iii, p. 90 ; 



Sauss. ^y ^ich. Cat. Scol. p. 103, § ; Cam. Mem. Manch. L, Ph. 

 ISoc. (,1) v, 1»92, p. 102. 



9 • Head, thorax, and abdomen finely and very closely punc- 

 tured ; the front below the posterior ocelli nearly smooth above, 



