560 Col. C. T. Bingham on South African 



basal abdominal segment above smooth, polished and shining, anal 

 up-ciirved spine black and shining. 

 Length $ 14. Exp. 20 mm. 



Described from a single example. 



Famihj POMPILIDAE. 

 1. PoMPiLUS viATicus, Linn., VAR. NIGRIPENNIS, Tonrnier, 



S2-)licx viatica, Linn., Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, i, 1758, p. 570 ; 



Fabr., Syst. Ent., 1775, p. 849. 

 Pompihis viaticus, Fabr., Ent. Syst., Suppl., 1798, p. 246, 



et Auct. 

 Pomjnlus viaticus, var. nigripcnnis, Tournier, I'Entom- 



ologiste Genevois, 1889, p. 198. 



Rhodesia : Loangwa 1700 ft. '^{S. A. Neave). 



This form of the common P. viaticus, Linn., seems to 

 be more or less widely spread in Africa. Tournier records 

 it from Tangier and Morocco, and there is a ^ in the 

 collection of the British Museum from West Africa. 



2. PoMPlLUS NATALICOLUS, Dalla Torre. 



Pomjnlus natalicolus, Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., viii, 1897, 



p. 304. 

 Pompilus fcrvidus. Smith, Descr. New sp. Hym. B.M., 



1879, p. 145 (nee. Smith, 1878). 



Natal : Estcourt 4000-5000 ft. $ (G. Marshall). 



3. Pompilus festivus, Klug. 



PompiliLS festivus, Klug, Symb. Phys., 1834, pi. 38, fig. 8 $. 



Natal: Estcourt 4000-5000 ft. $ $ {G.Marshall); 

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

 Marshall). 



Described first from Arabia. 



4. Pompilus jacens, form n. 



Rhodesia : Mashonaland, Salisbury 5000 ft. ; Oct. 1899 

 {G. Marshall). 



9 . Black ; the palpi, mandibles, labrum, clypeus, sides of the 

 face, a line along the inner and outer orbits meeting on the vertex, 

 the antennae, the sides of the mesonotum broadly, the tegulae, the 



