154 SPOLIA ZEYLANIOA. 
Genus Scolia, Fabr. 
Scolia (Discolia) histrionica, Fabr. 
Scolia histrionica, Fabr. Ent. Syst. suppl., 256, 1798. ¥. 
Hab.—Colombo. 
Scolia vivida, Sm., is almost certainly the male of this species, 
as suggested by Saussure. 
Genus Dielis, Sauss. and Sich. 
Dielis rubromaculata (Sm.). 
Scolia rubromaculata, Sm. Cat. Hym. B. M., III., p. 99, 
1855. @. 
Elis (Dielis) rubromaculata, Sauss. Spec. Gen. Scolia, p. 196, 
1864. ¥. 
Ceylon specimens, as far as I know, are without red markings 
on the abdomen, and very closely resemble Scolia (Discolia) indica, 
Sauss. The male of indica is almost certainly eliformis, Sauss. The 
male of rubromaculata is smaller, 20 to 25 mm. in length, is clesely 
punctured, black, the abdomen strongly glossed with blue, the three 
apical segments with a fringe of long fulvous hairs. The wings are 
fuscous, slightly glossed with purple. 
Hab.—Kandy (Turner) ; Maskeliya (de Mowbray). 

