238 Mr. R. E. Turner on 
Family Psammocharide. 
Priocnemis caledonicus, Vachal. 
Priocnemis caledonicus, Vachal, Revue d’Entomologie, xxvi. p. 116 
(1907). Q¢. 
Hab. Noumea, January 24; 2 ? ?. Plaine des Lacs, 
February 12-20; 6 @ 9. 
Closely allied to Australian species of the group of P. aus- 
tralis, Gueér. 
Family Sphegida. 
Ampulea compressa, Fabr. 
Hab. Noumea, January and February ; several specimens 
of both sexes. 
This species, probably indigenous in S. India and Ceylon, 
and ranging as far as Hongkong, has been imported into 
E. Africa, St. Helena, and other localities, but not into 
Australia. 
Sceliphron hemipterum, Fabr. 
Sphex hemiptera, Fabr. Suppl. Entom. Syst. ii. p. 244 (1798). 
Sceliphron hemipterum, Saussure, Grandidier, Hist. Madagascar, xx. 
p. 440 (1892). Qd. 
Sceliphron Quodi, Vachal, Revue d’Entomologie, xxvi. p. 116 (1907). 
2. 
Hab. Noumea, January 20-February 1, 1914; 3 92 9. 
Also from Madagascar, Mauritius, and the Seychelles. 
Evidently an imported species. 
Chlorion (Proterosphex) fumipennis, Sm. 
Sphex fumipennis, Sm, Cat. Hym. B.M. iv. p. 249 (1856). 2 g. 
Sphex antennata, Sm. Cat. Hym. B.M. iv. p. 252 (1856). ¢. 
Hab. Noumea, February 1, 1914; 322. Kuakué, 
May 13; 19. Plaine des Lacs, February 20; 1g. New 
Caledonia, without other data; 3 gg. Also from the whole 
of Australia (fumitpennis typical), and from Aneiteum, New 
Hebrides (antennata type). 
Kohl gives fumipennis as a variety of luctuosus, Sm., but 
the males show that they are specifically distinct. Vachal 
records Sphewx nitidiventris, Sm. (=S. refulgens, Koll), from 
New Caledonia, but this is almost certainly an error of identi- 
fication. The colour of the wings is not quite as dark in the 
insular specimens as in the Australian form, but I can find 
no structural difference. 
