190 Mr. F. Smith's descriptions 
crosses the Aving at the apex of the extemo-medial cell ; 
the posterior tibire strongly serrated externallv. Abdomen 
very smooth and shining, with the apex slightly ferru- 
ginous. 
Hab. — Hiogo. 
This species very closely resembles the P. variegaius of 
Europe. 
3. Priocnemis dorsalis. 
Calicurr/us dorsalis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 407 ; Smith, 
Cat. Mutiil. and Pomp. p. 146. 
Hab. — Hakodadi, Hiogo, India. 
Genus Agenia, Schiodte. 
1. Agenia constructor. 
Female. Length 4 lines. Black ; wings hyaline, with 
a dark fascia crossing the anterior pair at the marginal 
cell. Head : the clypeus with the anterior margin trun- 
cate ; the palpi testaceous, the tips of the mandibles feiTu- 
ginoiis ; the apical joints of the antennie fulvous beneath. 
The posterior margin of the prothorax subangulate ; the 
metathorax transversely and finely nigose ; the legs with- 
out spines; the calcaria black. Abdomen petiolated, 
smooth and shining ; the entire insect with a fine griseous 
changeable pile, which is brightest on the coxje and meta- 
thorax. 
The male is smaller, has a broad white line on each side 
of the face running a little above the insertion of the 
antennre ; the anterior and intermediate coxa3 are pale 
beneath, and the femora and tibia3 are pale fulvous 
beneath ; the posterior legs black ; the abdomen petiolated, 
and having the apical segment white; the insect covered 
with a fine cinereous pile. 
Hab. — Hakodadi. 
Although the wings have not a fascia, yet their neura- 
tion agrees with that of the female, and the general habit 
warrants my considering it the male of this species. 
SPHEGID^E. 
Genus AMMorniLA, Kirby. / 
~~ 1. Ammophila infest a. \J 
Female. Length 10 — 11 lines. Black, with the apex 
of the ]ictiole, and the first segment, red. Head shining, 
and with a few shallow punctures ; the clypeus has a 
slight short fulvous pubescence, and is sprinkled with 
