126 CRABRONIDZ, 
Sp. 1. crrprarius. Lin. 
niger, flavo maculatus, stemmatibus in lineam curvam positis, 
mesothoracis dorsolo longitudinaliter striato 9. 
a antennis subfusiformis, tibiarum scutello obscuro, flavo mar- 
ginato, punctis hyalinis, 
length 64—82 lines, 
Fab. S. E. 374, 6; Spee, 1. 470.8; Mant. 1. 296. 13; Ent. Sys. 2. 
297.14; Piez, 311, 16; Panz. 15. 18 ¢. 19 9; Latr. H. N. 18. 
323.1; Nouv. Dict. ed. 2. 8.353; Dumeril. Consid. Générales, Pl. 
31, f.3; V.d. Lind. pt. 2, 40. 1. 
Crabro patellarius, Schrank, F. B, 2. 330, 2174. 
palmatus. Panz. 46, 3. 
Sphex eribraria. Lin. F. S. 1675; S. N. 1, 945, 23; Vill, 3, 234, 34; 
Schrank, Enum, Austrie, 779. 
patellaria, Schreb. Naturforscher, 20. 95. 1. 
Guepe ichneumon. De Geer, 2. 2. 810. 2. Pl. 28. f. 1—5. ¢. 
Thyreopus cribrarius. St. Farg, An. S. E, de F. 3, 752. 1. 
Head black, pilose : the stemmata placed in a curve a little 
behind the centre of the vertex, which is irregularly concave, 
longitudinally striated in front and punctured behind; the face 
slightly canaliculated ; the antenne black; the scape sometimes 
with a little yellow towards the apex behind and very pilose; the 
inner orbit of the eyes below and the clypeus covered with a 
dense silvery pubescence. 
The thorax black, pilose; the collar smooth and shining, with 
a few scattered punctures ; the dorsolum longitudinally striated, 
with a central and two lateral slight longitudinal carine which 
become obsolete on the disk; the scutellum shining and having 
a few scattered punctures ; the metathorax has at the centre of 
its base a small triangular space, shining and rugose, the apex of 
which continues in a longitudinal incisure, dilating about the 
middle into a fossulet and separating the metathorax into two 
halves, the sides of which are irregularly longitudinally striated ; 
the collar with an interrupted band and a spot on the front of 
the scutellum yellow, the latter sometimes wanting; the tegule 
piceous ; the wings hyaline and darkish towards the margin; the 
legs yellow with the femora black, and a black spot beneath the 
