the Hymenoptera of Fiji. .°>.°>7 



r>. Megachile scutellata, Sm. 



Megachile scutellata, Sm., Descr. New X\)(><-, Hymen., 

 p. 66, L879, ?. 



Hab. Cuvu (R. Veitch), June. 



16. Megachile fimbriventris, Friese. 



Megachile fimbriventris, Friese, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr., 

 p. 153. 1911. 



Hab. Cuvu (R. Veitch), June. 



This seems to nie to be a subspecies of M. similis, Sm., 

 from the New Hebrides, differing in the distinctly stronger 

 puncturation of the tergites. 



Family SPHEGIDAE. 



Subfamily STIZINAE. 



17. Stizus inermis, Hand!. 



Stizus inermis, Handl.. Sitzungsb., Akad. Wiss. Wien, ci. 



1>. 91, 1892, #. 

 Stizus pacificus, Turn.. Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 82, 



1917, $. 



The male varies very much in colour, the abdomen in 

 some specimens being almost entirely pale yellow, also 

 the greater part of the median segment and postscutellum, 

 the greater part of the scutellum laterally, the sides of 

 the mesonotum and two longitudinal bands near the 

 middle of the mesonotum. The colour of the female does 

 not seem to vary as much. 



Hab. Cuvu (R. Veitch), January, ^2; Natova, October, $. 



Though near the tridens group, this species is very 

 distinct in the simple antennae of the male, as pointed out 

 by Handlirsch. 



Subfamily ( 1!A BRONINA K. 

 18. Rhopalum oceanicum. Schulz. 



Crabro (Rhopalum) oceanicus, Schulz, Spolia Hymenopt., 

 ]>. 202, L906. 



19. Crabro veitchi, Turn. 



Crabro veitchi, Turn., Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 84, 

 1917, $. 



