236 CRABRONIDE. 
Sp. 2. tapiata. Fab. 
niger, flavo-maculatus, clypei divisione medid allevatd, porrec- 
tdque, abdomine fasciis quinque flavis, pedibus ferrugineis @. 
¢ clypeo plano, pedibus flavis. 
length 5—7 lines. 
V. d. Lind. pt. 2. 111.5. g. 9. 
Crabro labiatus. Fab. E. 8. 2. 296. 11. 9. 
cunicularis. Schr. F. B. 2. 334.2181. 9. 
bidens. Schr. F. B. 2. 235. 2183. 
Philanthus labiatus. Panz. F. G. 63.16; Fab. Piez. 303. 10. 9. 
arenarius. Panz. F. G. 46.2. ¢. 
Cerceris nasuta. Latr. Gen. Crust. et Insect. 4.94. g. 9. 
Head black, deeply punctured; the central lobe of the clypeus 
fornicate, projecting from its base, emarginate in front, and at 
its base a longitudinal carina extending backwards between the 
basal joints of the antennz ; the antennz black, with the scape 
beneath yellow, and the six following joints ferruginous beneath, 
the second, third, and fourth joints more or less so above; a 
large ovate spot on each side of the head behind, another, semi- 
circular, within the margin of the eyes in front, and the whole 
of the porrect plate above, yellow, with the exception of the 
anterior edge; the mandibles yellow, with their apex piceous. 
The thorax black, punctured, with (sometimes) a short tri- 
angular smooth space running backwards from the centre of the 
base of the dorsolum towards its disc, where it terminates ; the 
metathorax rugose, with the triangle at its base longitudinally 
striated; a large yellow spot on each side of the collar, a trans- 
verse line on the post-dorsolum, and a large ovate spot placed 
vertically (sometimes wanting) of the same colour on each side 
of the metathorax; the tegulz testaceous; the wings fuscous ; 
the legs fulvous or ferruginous, with the coxee and extreme base 
of the femora black. 
The abdomen black, punctured, with a broad yellow band on 
each of the segments but the last, the first slightly interrupted, 
the rest attenuated in the centre, most so in the second, and the 
Jast nearly entire; the venter with a subtriangular yellow spot 
