302 Rev. F. D. Morice on 
punctured abdomen, which I call 7. integer, is also a 
very extraordinary insect, being separated by characters 
of at least subgeneric value from all other known 
species. 
Sphex stschurowskyi (?), Rad. (Pl. VI., fig. 1.)' 
d. Totus niger. Ale hyaline marginibus apicalibus late 
infuseatis. Facies pilis stratis argenteis atque etiam erectis aliquot 
nigris vestita; vertex, tempora (longissime), et thorax plus 
minusve nigro-hirta. 
Vertex microscopice rugulosus, opacus, punctatus: mesonotum 
(ad latera presertim) fortius rugulosum et punctatum, a basi 
medio tenus impressione distincta marginibus carinatis divisum ; 
scutellum bi-gibbosum, linea impressa centrali divisum ; post- 
scutellum in medio tuberculato-elevatum : propodeum clathrato- 
rugosum, lateribus nigro-hirtis; abdominis dorsum  nitidum 
microscopice punctulatum, segmenta ventralia 1, 2 nuda, reliqua 
brevissime pruinoso-pubescentia satisque evidenter punctulata. 
Tibize posticz intus pallide fusco-pubescentes. 
Long. cire. 20 millim. 
Hab. Abbasiyeh, iuxta Cairo, 2, V., 1896. 
Scribit ad me Dom. Kohlesse hune, non, ut putaveram, 
S. argentifrontis, Lep., sed verisimiliter S. stschurowskyt, 
Rad., marem adhuc ignotum. 
Cerceris pallidula, sp. n. (?) 
Pallide flava; flagello rufescente, superne infuscato; vertice 
(temporibus quoque in 4) et  prothorace nigro-maculatis ; 
mesonoto nigro flavo-vittato; segmentorum abdominalium apicibus 
fuscis vel rufis. Ale superioris apex infumatus. Segmentum 
ventrale 2 sine lamina distincta. Flagelli articuli 2 et 3 fere 
equales, horum simul sumptorum (circiter) longitudine ocelli 
posteriores inter se et ab oculis distant. Clypeus simplex. 
Pronotum antice emarginatum, angulis rotundatis. 
Caput dense punctatum; mesonotum satis nitidum, punctis 
magnis et (in disco saltem) remotis ; scutellum vix nisi levissime 
punctulatum. Propodei latera punctata, nec confertim, nec 
profunde. Area basalis propodei lateribus evidenter oblique 
striatis, disco levi, 
Long. 7-10 millim. 
