312 Annals Entomological Society of America  [Vol. V, 
SYNOPTIC TABLES FROM VESPOIDEA TO SUBFAMILY SCOLIINA& 
The writer has used portions of Ashmead’s tables published 
in the Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, Vol. XXIII, 
and in The Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XX XV. 
Abdomen sessile or petiolate, with the first ventral segment distinctly sep- 
arated from the second by a more or less deep constriction or 
transverse furrow; legs most frequently fossorial....................... 1 
1. Middle coxze contiguous or nearly so. 
Cosilide, Rhopalosomide, Thynnide, Myrmoside, Mutillide. 
Middlescoxce distantarisualye wider apatites. seein hiss eunn teeing 2. 
2. Stigma of front wing not well developed, at most only slightly developed, 
either very small or linear; eyes most frequently emarginate within; 
soabe Koll reMontsss. yrahslal, Wyo) homo WOES coocubonoc ous den oaoneobtouenobeons 3. 
Stigma of front wing well developed, ovate or subovate; eyes entire, never 
emarginate within; pygidium in male entire, the hypopygium terminating 
in a sharp aculeus, which curves upward............. slice pene Tiphude. 
3. Pygidium in male entire or at most with only a slight sinus; the hypopygium 
EnGing NeGhTee spines sclawS SUD Le ae Mller eke nee Scolude 4. 
Pygidium in male deeply emarginate at apex, the hypopygium terminating 
in a sharp thorn or aculeus, which curves upward and rests in the 
emarginationol the pygidaum: claws clettan.ce.. cee seme eee Myzinide. 
4. Front wings with only one recurrent nervure; if with two the second 
recurrent is incompletely formed, and bends backward so as to unite 
with the first; the second cubital cell receiving only one recurrent 
1 GLSn GN (BUGS Raw ut Ra ey OR SUE BA I Laas Cee AM A te Bex eM ic horas ta uche Subfamily Scoline. 
Front wings with two complete recurrent nervures, both of which are 
HEceived Dy bhe second cubital (celle. pra seein Subfamily Elidine. 
TABLE OF SPECIES.—SC€OLIINA. 
i> Poretwine withithreelclosed cubitalicells® Rasssaes ee eee Triscolia. 2. 
Pore wins withetwo closed: cilbitalacellS taser areca Scolia. 3. 
2. Black; abdominal segments beyond the second, reddish brown; wings 
with slight greenish reflection................-...- T. fervida Burm. (315) 
Entirely reddish brown; wings with a strong green metallic reflection... 
T. badia Sauss. (314) 
3. » Body entirely! without color markings .'~. [993.15 aerial ne ere eee 4, 
Body not entirely withouticolor markings ieb scr 9. hanes eee ceoe ee 6. 
4. Second abdominal segment more or less tubercular beneath............... 5. 
Second abdominal segment not more or less tubercular beneath........ 
S. monticola Cam. (330) 
5. Body entirely black, hairy and densely punctured. Wings dark fuliginous. 
A darker area along the costal border....... S. guttata azteca Sauss.. (3826) 
Body entirely dark brown, smooth and shining; wings light fuliginous 
PAIR OU PIOUS nt <5 ire ical ote oie are eee S. cubensis n. sp. (818) 
62 =Bodyawithsyellow markings s. crassa eer cere ee een etc een cee eee eee is 
Body without yellow. markings, head and thorax black, segments of the 
abdomen beyond the second, ferruginous..S. dubia hematodes Burm. (320) 
Second abdominal segment more or less tuberculate beneath............. 8. 
Second abdominal segment not more or less tuberculate beneath......... 9: 
8. Wings with metallic color reflections, blue and purple, larger hind 
tibial spur less than one-half the length of the first tarsal joint..... 
S. guttata guttata n. subsp. (325) 
Wings without metallic reflections, shiny brown, length of the longest 
hind tibial spur about one-half the length of the first tarsal joint.... 
S. fuscipennis n. sp. (324) 
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