VI. POMPILUS. 55 
possess one wholly agreeing with the ¢ in habit, which the 
P. punctum does not, I prefer considering mine as the true 
é. The $ and ¢ taken at Bexley, in Kent, and the 9 by 
Mr. Westwood, at Hammersmith. 
Sp. 6. crncrettus. Spin. 
niger, cano pubescens, clypeo albido, maculd nigra; fronte 
puncto utrinque ad marginem internum oculi, prothoracis 
lineoli utrinque, albidd ; pedibus rufis ; alis albis, anticis ante 
apicem fascid fuscd §. 
niger, cano pubescens, fronte puncto utrinque ad marginem inter- 
num oculi, tibiarum posteriorum basi, et abdominis segmento 
septimo supra, albidis ; pedibus nigris &. 
length 14—@ lines. 
Spinola, Ins. Lig. 2. p. 39; V.d. Lind. pt. 1. 49. 
Entirely covered with a slate-coloured down: head black, a 
deep longitudinal line extending from the base of the antennz 
to the anterior stemma, which has on each side a minute variole 
and a white spot within the internal margin of the eyes just 
below the vertex; the clypeus white, with a black mark extend- 
ing half way down from the base, truncated at its extremity; the 
mandibles white with their apex rufescent ; labrum concealed. 
The thorax black, pubescent, delicately punctured ; the posterior 
margin of the collar with a white spot on each side, sometimes 
obsolete; the metathorax with a central longitudinal impression 
and covered with a dense silvery pubescence ; the wings hyaline, 
witha slight iridescent reflection, and having a broad dark trans- 
verse band towards their extremity, which is pale; the legs red, 
with their coxze black and covered with a silvery down, and 
having their extreme apex red, the knees and terminal joints of 
the tarsi piceous, the anterior pair slightly ciliated, and the inter- 
mediate and posterior tibiz with a double row of short black 
spines. 
The abdomen black, with a delicate slate-coloured down, punc- 
tured, and slightly shining. 
