56 POMPILIDE. 
The ¢ differs in being entirely black, with a white spot on 
each side upon the inner margin of the eye, sometimes obsolete ; 
the face covered with a silvery pubescence as well as the meta- 
thorax and coxze; the wings have the fascia less distinct; the 
inside of the anterior tibize and the tarsi fulvous, and a white 
spot, sometimes obsolete, at the base on the outside of the 
posterior tibize ; the cilia and spines of the legs less apparent and 
the last segment of the abdomen white above; the sixth ventral 
segment deeply emarginate and the seventh has a longitudinal 
carina. 
¢ ¢ in my own and other Cabinets. 
j++ This species seems to prefer old red-brick walls 
covered with parasitic plants, for I have generally taken it 
in such situations. It occurs also in sandy spots. 
(b) Abdomen black, with white spots. 
Spe. 7. punctum. Fabr. 
niger, facie utrinque ad marginem internum oculi lined albidd 
signatd, anoque puncto albo é. 
length 5 lines. 
Panz. 86.12; V.d.L. pt. 1. p. 45. 
Sphex punctum. Fab. Spec. 1. 448. 33; Villers, 3. 238. 46. 
Evania punctum. Fab. E. 8. 2. 194. 6. 
Ceropales punctum. Fab. Piez. 187. 9. 
Head densely punctured, slightly pubescent ; antenne robust, 
slightly curved at the apex; the face with two broad longitudinal 
white stripes within the interior orbit of the eyes, extending 
across the clypeus, which is slightly emarginate in front; labrum 
concealed. 
Thorax minutely punctured; metathorax more densely so and 
slightly covered with a sericeous down; the tegulz piceous ; 
the wings fuliginous, the third submarginal cell larger than the 
second and very slightly constricted towards the marginal; the 
