558 Col. C. T. Bingham on South African 



22. Elis (Dielis) fasciatipennis, Smith. 



Scolia fasciatipennis, Sm., Cat. Hym. B.M., iii, 1855, p. 



103 $ $. 

 Elis (Dielis) fasciati2)enjiis, S^nss. -And Sich., Cat. Spec. Gen. 



Scol., 18G4, p. 169 ?^; Kirbv, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1889, 



p. 448 ? $. 



Rhodesia : Mashonaland, Salisbury 5000 ft. $ {G. 

 Marshall). 



23. Elis (Dielis) aureola, Klug. 



Scolia aureola, Kkig, Symb. Phys., 1832, pi. 27, fig. 11 ?. 

 Colpa dimidiatn, Lepel., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., iii, 1845, 



p. 549 ?. 

 Elis {Dielis) aureola, Sauss. and Sich., Cat. Spec. Gen. Scol., 



1864, p. 173 %. 



Natal : Durban $ {G. F. Leigh) ; Rhodesia : East 

 Loaugwa, Petauke 4500 ft. $ {S. A. Neave). 



24. Elis (Dielis) felina, Saussure. 



Elis {Campsomeris) felina, Saiiss., Stett. Ent. Zeit., xx, 



1859, p. 265 $ i. 

 Elis {Dielis) felina, Sauss. and Sich., Cat. Spec. Gen. Scol., 



1864, p. 175 ? t 



Natal : Durban $ {G. F. Leigh) ; Rhodesia : Mashona- 

 land, Salisbury 5000 ft. $ {G. Marshall). 



Saussure, when describing E. felina, remarked that it was 

 possibly a variety only of ^. aureola, Klug. This I think 

 very likely, the only structural differences between Elis 

 aureola and Elis felina are that the former insect has 

 the head above highly polished, smooth and shining, the 

 thorax above also smooth with only one or two punctures; 

 Elis felina, on the contrary, has the head and thorax above 

 closely punctured, dull and opaque. The males assigned 

 by me to the latter form agree very closely with Saussure's 

 brief description. 



25. Elis (Dielis) quinquefasciata, Fabricius. 



Scolia quinquefasciata, Fabr., Spec. Ins., i, 1781, p. 453. 

 Elis {Dielis) quinquefasciata, Sauss. and Sich., Cat, Spec, 

 Gen. Scol., 1864, p. 177^. 



