PEPSIS ATROX. 



Plate XLII. fig. 1. 



Order; Hymenoptera. Section: Fossorcs. Family: Pompilidte, ieacA. 



Genus. Pepsis, Fabr. Latr. Sphex, Limi. Drury. 



Pepsis Atrox, Nigra, alis fusco-diaphanis, pedibus fulvis. (Long. Corp. 2 une. 3 lin. Expar.s. Alar. 3 unc. 



6 lin.) 

 Syn. Sphex atrox, Drury, App. vol. 3. 

 Habitat : Sierra Leone. 



Head dark browTi. Jaws strong : two of the palpi are long, the other two short. Tongue dilated, 

 and tufted at the tips. Eyes oblong, shining and prominent. Thorax and abdomen brown-black. 

 Abdominal peduncle short. In the specimen figured the sting was exserted, curved, and furnished with 

 two short clavate instruments at its base. Wings thin, and diaphanous. Legs yellow-brown, and 

 furnished with a great number of short spines from the claws to the base of the tibiae. Tibife with two 

 spurs, except those of the fore-legs, which have but one. 



Fabricius has described an insect from South America, under the name of Pepsis Heros, 

 which nearly agrees with this species, with the following reference — " Sphex Securus, 

 Drury Ins. . tab. . fig. ." It wiU be sufficient to observe that Drury has described 

 no such insect, although it is probable that Fabricius, who was on terms of intimacy with 

 our author, might have seen the unpublished figure of such insect in his possession. Mr. 

 Smeathman informed our author that he was once stung in the finger by one of these 

 insects, but the pain was not so severe as might have been expected from a wound made by 

 so large a creature belonging to this genus. His method, when stung by any insects in 

 Africa, was to open the puncture with a lancet, and squeeze out the blood and venom 

 together, which, when effectually done, soon caused the pain to abate. 



CHLORION FEROX. 



Plate XLIL fig. 2. 



Order: Hymenoptera. Section: Fossores. Family': Sphegidce, ieacA. 



Genus. Chlorion, Latr. Sphex, Drury. 



Chlorion Ferox. Viridl-cyaneum, nitidissimum, antennis pedibusque nigris, alis fuscescentibus. (^Expans. 

 Alar, fere 2 unc.) 



Syn. Sphex ferus, Drury, App. vol. ^. 



Sphex lobata ? Fabr. Ent. Syst. 2. 206. 30. Syst. Pie:. 217. 



Habitat : China. 



Head fine green. Jaws strong. Tongue not observed. Eyes oblong. Antennae black. Wings 

 thin and diaphanous. Thorax and abdomen beautiful shining emerald green. Legs black. 



The description given by Drury of this insect entirely agrees with a very common 

 Chinese insect, the Chlorion lobatum, Latr. This figure is however hardly to be 

 recognized. 



