— 56 — 



ee ) abdomen elongatum. 



4. e. varìus , Lep. ~~ Niger, antennarum scapo antice, palpis , 

 pronoti margine postico , callis humeraìibus maculaque scutelli flavis; 

 tibiis anterioribus flavis intus nigro maculatis, posticis nigris basi flavis; 

 tarsis basi flavis; mesonolo laevissimo subopaco, confertim punctulato , 

 vnetanoto area dorsali convexa laevissima nitida , sulco longitudinali 

 exarata, basi longitudinaliter plicata. ~^ Lon^. corp. mill. 6-7; exp. 

 al. mill. 10-11. 



5 valv. an. dors. planiuscula marginata, sparse punctata. 

 Variat; a. callis humeraìibus scutelloque nigris. 

 b. pronoto immaculato. 



Crossocerus varus, Lep. Ann. 775, 12. 



Crossocerus varius, Lep. Hym. 179, 12. 



Crabro (Crossocerus) varius, Dahib. 322, 205— Wesm. 137, 15. 



Crabro spinipectus, Shuck. 163, 23, 



Crabro (Crossocerus) spinipectus, Dahlb. 327, 215 (exc. var. b. e. ) 



Trovasi abbondante nelle province napoletane ; nella Toscana 

 (Piccioli). 



dd ) metanoti area dorsalis disti note oblique strigosa, 

 striata aut rugosa. 



5. Cr. palinipes , Lin. — Niger, pronoti margine postico subin^ 

 icrrupto scutellique macula pallide flavis ; pedibus luxiiriose flavo pi' 

 ctis; antennarum scapo antice linea flava notato; mesosterno utrinque 

 longe albido piloso ; metanoli area dorsali hemisphaeriis basì et extus 

 oblique strigosis. — Long. corp. mill. 6; exp. al. mill. 10. 



f^ tarsis anticis articulo primo scuto semiobcordato albido , nigro 

 varimode picto; articulis secundo et tertio obcordato-iriangularibus fere 

 niveis, articulo quarto conformi fusco.—^ invisa. 



Variat: pronoto scutelloque immaculatis. 



Sphex palmipes, Lin. Syst. Nat li, 9W, 20 d^. 

 Crabro palmipes, V. Lind. 47, 8 (excl. 9 ) 

 Crabro tarsatus, Shuck. 163, 23. 



Crossocerus palmipes, Lep. Ann. 765, 2 - Hym. 169, 2— Dahlb. 

 332, 217. 



