184 Mr. F. Smith's descriptions 
3. Tipliia rufo-mandibulata. 
Female. Length 3| lines. Jet black and shining ; the an- 
tei'ior wings fusco-hjaline, the posterior pair paler, the man- 
dibles ferruginous. The head, prothorax and mesothorax, 
punctured ; the superior surface of the metathorax with 
three longitudinal elevated lines, widest apart at the base ; 
all extending to the verge of the truncation, the latter 
opaque and pubescent; the sides of the metathorax 
obliquely striated ; the tegulfe ferruginous ; the spines at 
the apex of the tibite and of the joints of the tarsi, pale 
rufo-testaceous. The abdomen Avitli delicate distant punc- 
tures, most close on the four apical segments ; the terminal 
segment ferruginous at the apex. 
Hah. — Hiogo. 
4. Tiphia ordinaria. 
Male. Length 3| lines. Jet black, shining and 
pubescent ; the head, prothorax and mesothorax evenly, 
but not very closely, punctured ; the metathorax with three 
elevated central raised lines, the outer ones converging 
towards the verge of the truncation ; the latter opaque and 
pubescent ; the sides of the metathorax obliquely striated ; 
the wings subhyaline ; the tibial and tarsal spines pale 
testaceous ; abdomen finely punctured, the two basal seg- 
ments distantly so ; the pubescence white and glittering 
and most dense towards the apex. 
Hab. — Hiogo. 
5. Tiphia agilis. 
INIale. Length 3 lines. Jet black, shining and finely 
punctured. The clypeus with silvery juibescence, the 
mandibles ferruginous, their base and apex black ; the 
antennre fusco-ferruginous beneath, the scape black. The 
Avings fusco-hyaline, the stigma black, the tegula3 rufb- 
piceous ; the superior surface of the metathorax with three 
central parallel raised lines ; the anterior and intermediate 
tibite and tarsi, pale rufo-testaceous ; the extreme apex of 
the femora I'ufo-piceous. The abdomen pubescent towards 
the apex. 
Hab. — Hiogo. 
Genus ScoLiA, Fabr. 
Div. {Dielis), Sauss. 
Anterior wings with two submarginal cells and two 
recurrent nei-vures. 
