SCOLIA.— ELIS. 89 



189. Scolia specifica, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 89, ? ; Sauss. S,- Sich. Cat. Scol. 



p. 117 ; Ca?n. Mem. Mmich. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, p. 106. 



5 . Very finely and closely punctured, the region of the ocelli 

 somewhat smooth, with a transverse slightly arched furrow 

 passing over the posterior ocelli ; median segment with the sides 

 angular and produced, the apex strongly concave ; abdomen stout, 

 longer than the head and thorax together, basal segment sub- 

 tuberculate above. Black with black pubesence, the pronotum 

 laterally, and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th segments laterally marked with 

 yellow, two minute yellov^' spots at the base of the 5th segment 

 above ; wings fuscous with a purple effulgence. 



Var. The pronotum entirely black ; the wings fusco-hyaline, 

 slightly purplish at apex. 



Hah. India (Smith). 5 • Lemjtli 19-25 ; exp. 36-40 mm. 



190. Scolia eliformis, Sauss. Ami. Soc. Ent. Fr. 18o8, p. 21o; Sams. 



^- Sich. Cat. Scol. p. 120, (S ; Cam. Me)n. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. 

 (4) V, 1892, p. 107. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen densely and strongly punc- 

 tured ; the clypeus subtriangular, convex, its anterior margin 

 arched, smooth and shining, with only a few scattered punctures ; 

 basal segment of the abdomen slightly constricted. Black with 

 black pubescence, segments 2-4 of the abdomen ciliated with 

 grey hairs above and below ; wings light fuscous, subhyaline, 

 nervures and tegulse black, an oblique hyaline streak ia the 1st 

 cubital cell. 



Hah. Southern India ; Ceylon. J . Length 28 ; e.xp. 53 mm. 

 $ unknown. 



Genus ELIS. 



Elis, Fabr. Si/st. Piez. p. 24?. (1804). 

 Campsomeris, Lepel. Jlym. iii, p. 496 (1845). 

 Colpa, pt., Lepel. Hym.va, p. 534 (1845). 

 Scolia, pt.. Smith, Cat. iii, p. 85 (1855). 



Elis (subgen. Trielis and Uielis), Sauss. ^ Sich, Cat. Scol. pp. 140, 

 161 (1864). 



Fig. 17. — Elis iris. 



Type, E. sexcincta, Fabr. 

 Hanr/e. Both hemispheres. 



Characters those of the family. Fore wing with one radial, and 

 three (subgen. Trielis), or two (subgen. Dielis) cubital cells and 



