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or black hairs except those which arise from the yellow spots which are 
pale, almost white. The legs are black, covered with black hairs and 
spines except the large spine belonging to the cleaning apparatus at the 
~ end of the fore femur which is ferruginous and the small pad at its base 
which is yellowish. The fore tarsi have a somewhat ferruginous tinge. 
The longer spine at the end of the hind tibia is about one-half the length 
of the first tarsal segment. 
The abdomen is black except a broad yellow band on the dorsum of 
the first segment, which in the paratype is evidently a pair of confluent 
spots. There are also two large spots on the dorsum of the second and 
third, two small spots toward the sides of the fourth and two large spots 
on the venter of the second segment which are yellow. The abdomen 
is quite closely punctured and is well covered with black hairs except 
on the spots where they are pale. At the point where the second ventral 
segment bends abruptly upward to meet the first and on either side of 
the midline of the body are two bluntly rounded tubercles. 
The paratype has no yellow marks on the mesopleuron, dorsum 
of the mesothorax, scutellum and middle part of the median 
segment and the pronotal spots are much smaller. 
The length varies from 18 to 20 mm. and the body is rather 
slender. 
Scolia guttata guttata Burm. 
Scolia guttata. BurM., Naturf. Ges. Halle, I, p. 4, 1853, p. 36, n. 57, 9 
Scolia (Discolia) hecate. W. F. Kirby, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1889, p. 449, 
Oro? Dlh EA: 
The location of the type is unknown to the writer. 
Saussure and Sichel have recorded size for this species as follows: 
females 22 to 35 mm. long and males 15 to 28 mm. long. Specimens 
that the writer has personally examined vary in length. The females 
range from 21 to 28 mm. in length and the males from 15 to 23 mm. 
in length. 
The body of this species is black except for yellow markings, varying 
in number and size on different individuals. The wings are uniformly 
fuliginous with metallic reflections, blue at some angles, purplish at 
others. The nervures are black in some specimens and ferruginous in 
others. ‘This species is one of the largest of this subfamily. 
The typical examples of this species are described by Burmeister as 
having a round golden spot on each side of the second and third seg- 
ments with small round golden spots on the underside of the fourth 
segment. There is considerable variation from this however, as is 
stated by Cameron in the Biologia. He says that this is a very variable 
