SCOLIA 4-MACULATA. 



Plate XXXIX. fig. 2. 



Order : Hymenoptera. Section ; Fossores. Family : Scoliidse. 

 GEN0S. ScoLiA, FaJ)r. Latr. Sphex, Linn. Vespa, Drury. 



ScoLiA 4-MAcnLATA. Hirta, nigra, fusco-pubescens, abdomine nigro maculie quatuor fulvis, alis obscuris. (Long. 

 Corp. 1 unc.) 



Syn. Scolia 4-maculat!i, Fahr. Ent. Syst. 2. 229. 4. Syst. Piez. 240. 5. 

 Vespa maculata, Drury, App. vol. 2. 



Habitat : Jamaica (Drury). North America (Fabr.). 



Head browii. Antennae the length of the thorax, which is also browii. Wings nearly transparent. 

 Abdomen black, with four yellow spots placed on the upper side. Legs brown. 



I have employed the Fabrician specific name in preference to that precedently employed 

 by Drury, as being more appropriate, there being other species of the genus named 

 6-maculata and 2-maculata. 



BOMBYLIUS PLUMIPES. 



Plate XXXIX. fig. 3. 



Order ; Diptera. Section : Tanystoma, Fasiily : Bomhyliidse, Leach. 



Genus. Bombylius, Linn. ^c. 



BoMBYLins Plumipes. Flavido hirtus, alarum basi costficiue brunneis, tarsis posticis basi lobatis. (Long. 



Corp. 5J lin.) 

 Syn. Bombylius plumipes, Drury, App. vol.^. Wiedemann Auss. Zw. Ins. 1. 351. 

 Habitat : Jamaica. 



Head brown ; and from the mouth extends a very slender proboscis, through which the insect obtains 

 its food ; being almost as long as the whole body. Antennae short, and like hairs. Wings transparent, 

 but along the anterior edges brown. Legs long, the hinder ones furnished at the base of the tarsi with 

 two remarkable flaps. 



PEPSIS CGERULEANA 



Plate XXXIX. fig. 4. 



Order : Hymenoptera. Section : Fossores. Family : PompilidEe. 



Genus. Pepsls, Fabr. Latr. Sphex, Linn. Drury. 



Pepsis Ccerulean.i. Nigra, alis ccerulescenti-nitidis, pedibus aurantiis. (Long. Corp. lin. 12.) 



Syn. Sphex cceruleana, Drury, App. vol. 2. 



Habitat : Bight of Benin, Coast of Africa. 



Head, antennce, and eyes black. Ocelli distinct. It is tongueless, with four palpi. Jaws strong. 

 Wings fine deep mazarine blue, not folded, but lying flat. Thorax and abdomen black. Legs orange- 

 coloured; the fore ones being furnished with a single tibial spur, the rest having two that are rather 

 long. 



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