fieiv species of ScoliidcB. 4-47 



reflections ; the basal half of the first segment coarsely punctured, 

 and that of the second and third segments finely ; the remainder 

 coarsely. Abdomen beneath thickly punctured, the basal half of 

 the third and fourth segments very finely. "Wings of a deep 

 uniform violet-blue. 



Hah. Andaman Islands. 



Allied to S. nndata, Smith, but larger and differently 

 punctm-ed. 



Scolia Iceviceps, n. s. 

 Long. Corp. 23 — 26 mm. ; exp. al. 23 — 24 mm. 



5 . Black, the sides moderately hairy ; head smooth and 

 shining, with a few small scattered punctures ; the prothorax, 

 except at the ft-ont of the lobes, and the mesothorax, except in 

 front, where it is thickly punctm^ed, almost impunctate ; scutellum 

 and post-scutellum with large punctures, chiefly on the sides ; 

 metathorax and first segment of abdomen very thickly punctured, 

 the remaining segments of the abdomen less thickly, and with 

 smooth spaces in the middle, especially on the second and third ; 

 under svu-face of abdomen rather sparingly pimctured, the middle 

 of the first and last segments smooth ; the base of the second and 

 third smooth, or with nearly microscopic punctures ; wings violet, 

 with greenish reflections. 



Hah. Australia. 



Two females from Swan Eiver and Western Australia. 



Not nearly allied to any other species before me. 



Genus IV. Discolia, S. d- S. 

 Discolia Chryseis, n. s. (PI. XV., fig. 3). 



Long. Corp. 13 — 18 mm. ; exp. al. 26 — 85 mm. 



Black; abdomen blue-black, slightly shining, closely and uni- 

 formly punctured ; head of female smoother, and with fewer and 

 smaller punctures than that of the male ; anteimae thick and 

 obtuse, differing little in the sexes except in the ni;mber of joints ; 

 jaws inchning to pitchy, tibial claw of fi-ont legs reddish ; hair and 

 spines black ; wings coppery green, inclining towards fiery on the 

 outer half of the fore wings in the female. 



Hah. Sierra Leone. 



Eesembles D. ajjinis, Guer,, but differs from this and 

 several allied species by its black antennae. 



