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dibles obscurely rufo-piceous. Thorax oblong-quadrate, 
the sides nearly parallel ; the anterior margin more or less 
black ; the sides of the thorax crenidate ; the apical joints 
of the tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen with a thin, black 
pubescence, a golden spot at the base ; the second segment 
with a fascia of similar coloured pubescence ; the apical 
segment ferruginous ; all the segments are fringed beneath 
with pale pubescence. 
Hab. — Hiogo. 
FOSSORES. 
SCOLIIDiE. 
Genus TiPHiA, Fabr. 
1. Tipliia fuscipennis. 
Female. Length 6 lines. Jet black and shining ; the 
anterior wings brown. The head evenly but not closely 
punctured ; the antennae stout, and of an opaque black. The 
prothorax and disk of the mesothorax with a few strong 
punctures, the posterior margin of the former rufo-piceous ; 
the upper surface of the metathorax with three central 
elevated parallel lines extending jErom the base to the verge 
of the truncation ; the latter opaque and pubescent ; the 
sides of the metathorax obliquely striated; the legs with a 
glittering white pubescence, which is most dense on the 
tibiffi and tarsi ; the spines at the apex of the tibiae and 
tarsal joints pale testaceous. Abdomen punctured, the first 
and second segments finely and distantly so ; the other 
segments more strongly and closely punctured ; the apical 
margin of the terminal segment rufo-piceous. 
Hab. — Hiogo. 
2. Tiphia punctata. 
Male. Length 4 lines. Jet black and shining ; the an- 
terior wings slightly fuscous, the posterior pair subhyaline. 
The head, prothorax and mesothorax rather strongly 
punctured ; most closely so on the face ; the antennae 
opaque ; the metathorax rugose, with three central sub- 
parallel elevated lines, which extend from the base to the 
apex of the truncation ; the latter opaque and rugose. 
Abdomen : the basal segment with strong, deep, distant 
punctures ; the second segment with fine distant punctures ; 
those on the following segments closer and stronger. 
Readily distinguished by the puncturing of the basal 
segment of the abdomen. 
Hab. — Hiogo. 
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