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SCOLIIDjE. 



of the median segment, the anterior coxae in front, femora, tibiae, 

 and tarsi, the intermediate femora and a streak on the tibiae above, 

 tlie posterior coxae in front and the femora, a large spot on each 

 side at base of the 1st segment of the abdomen, the base of the 

 2nd broadly, and the whole 3rd and 4th above, yellow : beneath, 

 the abdomen has a yellow band on the 3rd and yellow lateral 

 markings on the 2nd and 4th segments : wings somewhat lighter 

 in colour than in the $ . 



Bah. Sikhim; Bengal. $. Lencjth 20-23; exio. 43-45 mm. 

 e . Length 19-22 ; exp. 40-44 mm.' 



184, Scolia histrionica, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 256; Sauss. ^- Sich. 



Cat. Scol. p. 121, 5. 

 Scolia picteti, Sauss. Mel. Hym. p. 42, $ . 

 Scolia pulchra, Smith, Cut. iii, p. 88, 5 . 



2 . Head above and abdomen sparsely but coarsely punctured, 

 the clypeus and front to a little above the antennae, the thorax, and 

 apical two segments of the abdomen above and below densely 

 punctured ; the vertex broad, very shghtly convex ; median segment 

 short, posteriorly truncate, concave, with the posterior lateral 

 angles produced ; legs pubescent and thickly spinose ; abdomen 

 broad, pseudosessile, the basal segment slightly tuberculate in the 

 middle above. Variegated with black, red, and yellow, the 

 pubescence reddish, the posterior margins of the abdominal 

 segments ciliated with a mixture of red and black hairs ; the 

 clypeus, the face to a little above the antennae, the region of the 

 ocelli, the mesonotum, the apical margins of the basal three seg- 

 ments of the abdomen, and a median longitudinal streak on the 3rd 

 and 4th, black ; the black marking on the basal segment is widest 

 in the middle, that on the 2nd is doubly emarginate anteriorly ; 

 the front above, the vertex, back of the head, sides of the pro- 

 notum, and bases of segments 2-4 of the abdomen above, yellow ; 

 the antennae, the pronotum in the middle, the scutellum, post- 

 scutellum, median segment, legs, basal half of the 1st and apical 

 two segments of the abdomen above, red ; wings brownish hyaline, 

 opaque along the nervures of the fore wing, and with an opaque 

 spot in the 2nd discoidal cell and a brownish cloud at the apex 

 beyond the radial cell ; nervures testaceous brown ; tegulae red. 



Hah. North-west Provinces ; Bengal ; Bangalore ; Burma ; 

 Tenasserim. $ . Length 22-25; ^.ry. 41-44 mm. 



185. Scolia desidiosa, Binyh. Jour. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxv, 1896, 



p.424, $. 



$ . Head and abdomen sparsely punctured, thorax finely and 

 closely punctured ; clypeus transversely oval, reticulate in the 

 middle, punctured at the sides, the space around the ocelli, on the 

 vertex, and behind the eyes smooth and shining ; the mesonotum 

 and scutellum in the middle with the punctures coarser and more 

 widely spaced ; median segment very short, truncate, the sides a 



