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Head black. Antennae black, being placed on the front of the head; the parts surrounding them 

 shining, as if finely polished. Ocelli wanting. Proboscis red brown ; being inclosed in a kind of sheath, 

 which is black. Thorax very dark brown, almost black. Wings dark brown and membranaceous, not 

 transparent. Abdomen lead coloured, the extremity nearly black ; being of the same colour underneath 

 as at top. Legs entirely black ; the middle ones being furnished with two spines at the tips of the tibias. 

 Breast hairy and black. 



SPHEX JAMAICENSIS 



Plate XLIV. fig. 4. 



Order : Hymenoptera. Section : Fossores. Family : Sphegidae, Leach. 



Genus. Sphex, Lbui. ^-e. 



Spkex JAMAICENSIS. Castanco-rufus, abdomiue nitido,capite thoraceque fulvo-lijrtis, antennis nigris, alis fiiscis. 



Syn. Vespa Jamaicensis, Drury, App. vol. 2. 



Habitat : Jamaica. 



Head brown orange. Antennae almost black, and near the length of the thorax. Eyes large, and 

 dark brown. Thorax brown orange-coloured, and hairy, with a black spot between the wings. Wings 

 nearly transparent, atid doubled or folded together. Abdomen shining and very smooth, red brown, 

 and united to the thorax by a small but short thread-like peduncle. Legs red brown, and, except the 

 fore ones, furnished with three spines at the tips of the tibiae. 



Drury described this insect as having the wings doubled or folded together, a peculiarity 

 observed only in the wasps, amongst which the insect was placed by our author, who named 

 it Vespa Jamaicensis. My specimen of this insect, which I have reason to believe belonged 

 to Drury, is so pinned, that the upper surface of the thorax is pressed down, and the upper 

 wing forced backwards, and thrown nearly upside down, which was evidently the case with 

 the specimen described by Drury. 



SCOLIA FOSSULANA. 



Plate XLIV. fig. 3. 



Okder: Hymenoptera. Section: Fossores. Family: Scbliidee. 



Genus. Scolia, Fabr. Sphex, Drury. 



ScoLiA FossuLANA. Atra, thorace flavido hirto, abdoraine fasciis quatuoi'flavis, intermediis dentatis. (Lo.ig. 

 Corp. 1 unc ) 



Syn. Scolia fossulana, Fahr. Syst. Piez. 242. No. 18. 

 Sphex plnmipes, Drury, App .vol. 2. 



Habitat : New York. 



Head pale yellow in front, black on the top and hairy. Antennee black, and shorter than the thorax. 

 Neck hairy, lemon-coloured. Thorax black, and covered with yellow hairs. Wings dark brown, almost 

 transparent ; not folded or doubled together. Abdomen black underneath and lemon-coloured above, 

 where it has three black lines crossing it, two of them being broadest in the middle. Anus and breast 



