SCOLIA CONFLUENTA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Black ; tergum trifasciate with yellow. 



SYNONYM. 



ScoLiA CONFLUENTA. NoMs. Wcstem Quar- 

 terly Reporter, vol. ii. p. 74. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body deep black : antennae, short, arcuated : 

 front, occiput with yellowish cinereous hair: 

 thorax immaculate, with yellowish cinereous 

 hair before : wings tinged with ferruginous : 

 nervures ferruginous : cubital cellules two, the 

 second receiving two recurrent nervures : meta- 

 thorax acutely edged and hairy above; behind 

 concave and very rugous, with elevated, abbre- 

 viated, transverse lines, and a longitudinal one : 

 tibiae rugous, armed with prominent spines : abdo- 

 men, segments ciliated on the edge : tergum trifas- 

 ciate with yellow ; first band with a small black 



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