Kit D1EL1S. — SP. 168. 



apice ferrugineis vel flavis, raro totis flavcscentibus ; 

 abdomine nigro-sericeo, velutino ; alis basi hyalmis vel 

 flavcsccnti-byalinis, apice fuscis, violaceis, venis baseos 

 ferrugineis, cellula radiali secundam cubitalem supe- 

 rante*. — Long. 17-25 millim., al. 13-20 mm. 



E. cœlibi et ilioraaccr affinissima, sed alarum basi 

 hyalina. 



Variât : a. Pectorc et pleuris quoque rufis; — b. 

 tborace supra rufo-pilosissimo, antennis pedibusque 

 fusco-fcrrugineis (E. rufirollis, Lepcl,) ; — c. capite 

 thoracisque dorso cinereo- vel albescenti-liirsutis (E. 

 canescens, Lepel.); — d. E. dimidiatrpennis (sp. 170) 

 quoque inter Elidis collaris varietates referenda? adsunt 

 enim in collectione Siclieliana undecim Q E. collaris, 

 Abyssinia, fereomnesin E.dimidiatipennem transeuntes 

 ab eaque vix distinguendse. 



cf. Niger, cinereo-hirsutus ; capite pedibusque, inter- 

 dum thorace quoque, flavo-variis ; segmentorum apice in- 

 terdum rufescenti ; alis sordide liyalinis. 



Scolia senilis, Fabr. Ent. syst. II, 237, 25. — Coquebert 

 lllustr. 13, Gg. 12, cf. — Klug, Weber u. Mohr I, 29, 

 17. — Burra. Scol. 24, 24. cf. var.? — Smith Cat. 104, 

 91 , parlim. 



Elis senilis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 249, 3. — Sauss. Mél. Hym. 

 M. 



Colpa senilis, Lepel.! Ilym. 111, 537, 5, var. — Lucas! Alg. 

 III, 282, 292 (synon. plurimis exclusis). 



Colpa canescens, Lepel. loc. cit. 538, 6, cTvar.* — ■ Sauss. 



4 Ut in t'eminis E. dimidiatipenms (sp. 170), cœlibis (sp. 193) el 

 ihorqcicœ (sp. 197). 



5 Var. Senegali frequens, 6 cf, Mus. Sichelianum, thorace cinereo- 

 pilosiore, prolhorace non flavo-limbato. — Subvar. abdomine flavo- 

 limbato ad varietates d el g transcuns. 



