Aculeate Hymenoptera in Oxford Musewm. 551 
Family SCOLIIDAE. 
1. Scotia (DiscoLta) cyanea, Lepeletier. 
Scolia cyanea, Lepel., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., ii, 1845, p. 
525 ¢; Burm., Abh. naturf. Ges. Halle., 1, pt. 4, 1853, 
p. 38 2 ¢; Bingh. A.MIN.H. (7), ix, 1902; pird4s. 
Scolia (Discolia) cyanea, Sauss. and Sich., Cat. Spec. 
Gen. Scol., 1864, p. 81 9 2. 
Nata ¢ 2 (Coll. W. W. Saunders); Durban f (G. F. 
Leigh). 
2. Scotia (DISCOLIA) MELANARIA, Burmeister. 
Scolia melanaria, Burm., Abh. naturf. Ges. Halle., i, pt. 4, 
1853, p. 38 $; Gerst. Peters Reise n. Mozamb., Zool., v, 
1862, p. 494 9 g; Bingh., A.M.N.H. (7), ix, 1902, 
p. 344. 
Scolia (Discolia) melanaria, Sauss. and Sich., Spee. Gen. 
Scol., 1864, p. 82 2 2. 
Discolia ruficornis, var. melanaria, Grib., Mem. Acad. Sci. 
Bolog. (8), iv, 1896, p. 47. 
GABOON 2, Nata f (Coll. W. W. Saunders) ; RHODESIA : 
East Loangwa, Petauké 2400 feet 2 ¢ (S. A. Neave). 
3. SCOLIA (DISCOLIA) RUFICORNIS, Fabricius. 
Scolia ruficornis, Fabr., Ent. Syst., u, 1793, p. 280; Gerst. 
v. d. Deck, Reise in Ost. Afr., 1878, p. 334 2 @; 
Bingh. A.M.N.H. (7), ix, 1902, p. 244. Scolia 
(Discolia) ruficornis, Sauss. and Sich., Cat. Spec. Gen. 
Scol., 1864, p. 85 2 f. 
Without locality, but probably Naran ¢ (Coll W. W. 
Saunders) ; RHODESIA: East Loangwa, Petauké 2400 ft. ¢ 
(S. A. Neave). 
One pair f and 2 from the Saunders collection have the 
flagellum of the antennae (except the basal joint) bright 
yellow, not red, and the ¢ of this pair has the front of the 
head dusky red. It is quite possibly distinct, but then 
they are both without locality. 
4. SCOLIA (DISCOLIA) TERMINALIS, Saussure. 
Scolia (Discolia) terminalis, Sauss., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (3), 
vi, 1858, p. 207 2 $3; id. and Sich., Spec. Gen. Scol., 
1864, p. 95. 
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