230 dielis. — sp. 246. 



segmentis nigro-ciliatis, secundo tertioque supra midis, 

 aurantiacis, 9 opacis, impunctatis, çf nitidis, 2° den- 

 sius, 3° sparsius punctato ; ventre nitido, sparse punc- 

 tato ; alis fusco-violaceis, costa fusco-nigra vel nigra, 

 Ç eœruleo-micantibus, çf minus obscuris, cupreo- 

 micantibus. 



Long. Q 34-45 millim., al. 25-32 mm.; çf long. 

 24-35 millim., al. 19-26 mm. 



çf Variât : a. alis clarioribus, cellulis partim fusco- 

 hyalinis vel interdirai subliyalinis (Mexico, Mus. Si- 

 chelianum) ; — b. primo segmento rufo-maculato. 



Mexico frequens, 9>cf 5 Mus. Saussurianura, Siche- 

 lianum, Dom. Guérin! — America septentrionali (Loui- 

 siana, Nova-Aurelia) ; Mus. Sichelianum. 



E. Wagnerianœ fsp. 244) affinissima, at alis obscuris. 



B. Mares feminis valde dissitniles. 

 (Species 246-248.) 



246. E. dorsata, Fabr. 



Nigra, nigro-pUosa,cinereo-liirla; abdominis segmentis 

 dorsalibus 2, 3 opacis, aurantiacis; alis fusco-violaceis. 



Tiphia dorsata, Fab. Mant. I, 278, 1 ; Ent. Syst. II, 226, 



12; S. P. 235, 16. 

 Scolia dorsata, Klug, Web. u. Mohr II, 212, 40. — Burra. 



Scol. 21, 15. — Smith Cat. 106, 98. 

 Se. hœmatogastra, Perty Delect. 139, t. 27, f. 14, Q. — 



Schomb. Faim, et Flor. Brit. Guiana III, 589. 

 Colparubida, Lepel. Hym. III, 544, 12. 

 Elis dorsata, Sauss. Mél. Hymen. 55. 



9 • Media, nigra, albido-argenteo- vel subeineras- 

 centi-pilosa; capite thoraeeque profunde et densiuscule 



