314 Annals Entomological Society of America  [Vol. V, 
Triscolia badia (Saussure). 
Scolia badia SAuSS. Am. Soc. Entom. France (4), III, 18638, p. 17 2 @. 
The location of the type is unknown to the writer. 
Saussure and Sichel have recorded the female of this species as 31 
mm. in length and the male as 18 mm. in length. The specimens that 
the writer has personally examined vary, the females ranging from 22 
to 26 inches in length. Only one male was examined. It measured 
19 mm. in length. 
The body of the species is reddish brown except for a few parts which 
are black or have black markings. The wings are uniformly fuliginous 
with metallic reflections, green at some angles, blue at others and pur- 
plish at others. The nervures are dull black. This species is one of 
the largest found in the group. 
The specimens which the writer has examined agree well with 
Saussure’s description of the species and also with a good illustration 
published in Saussure and Sichel’s Catalogue, plate IX, except for a few 
details. In the female the antenna, except more or less of the scape, is 
black as is also the end and more or less of the margin of the mandible. 
The small inner plate at the base of the fore wings behind the tegula is 
also black. In addition a number of the thoracic sclerites frequently 
show a slight tendency toward blackish at their margins and this also 
is the case with the lateral and hinder margins of the last ventral abdom- 
inal plate. The tips of the claws are also nearly black. The coarse 
hairs clothing the body are orange yellow, lighter than the color of the 
plate from which they arise. 
In the male the antennz are entirely black except the underside of 
the scape which is dull ferruginous. The head from the insertion of the 
antennee upward is black except for the emargination of the eyes and a 
narrow light band behind the eyes which widens below. The tips and 
inner and outer margins of the mandibles are dark reddish brown. The. 
mesonotum is black except at its extreme lateral margins. The anterior 
face of the propleuron is also dark tending toward black and the bases 
of the femora each have a more or less blackening. The posterior plate 
at the base of the fore wing behind the tegule and the three spines at 
the base of the abdomen are also black. 
Saussure and Sichel record this species as from Lower 
California. The specimens which the writer has examined are 
also labelled Lower California. 
This is the only species occurring in the territory covered by 
this paper in which the body is practically all ferruginous. 
