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condition, and M. reyina, Sauss. (1892). Kohl (Hymen. 

 Siidarabiens, 1906, p. 97) gives M. tisiphone, Smith, as a 

 Chyphononyx, evidently a wrong identification. 



Mygniinia mexicana, Cress. (1867), $ = Salius rogersi, Cam. (1892), 

 $ . Mexico. The species identified by Cameron as " Salius 

 mexicana " is not that species. 



Chyphononyx nigrita (F.)=Sphex nigrita, F., the type of which, 

 from Malabar, is in the Banks Collection ; there are speci- 

 mens from Uganda in the British Museum Collection. 



Chyphononyx optimus (Smith, 1855). Afric&= Salius {Chypho- 

 nonyx) melanocerus, Cam. (1910). 



„ bretoni (Guerin), £ nec d =Pompilus exasperatus, 



Smith, $ ) Congo, Pepsis xanthocerus, W. F. Kirby (nec 



Dahlb.), ? , and P. atlanticus, W. F. Kirby, tf (1884), Cape 



Verdes. 



The $ described by W. F. Kirby as Priocnemis atlanticus is 



Batazonus fuliginosus, Klug. Sphex Jlavicornis, F., which Dalla 



Torre queries as C. bretoni, is nearly allied but distinct ; the type 



is in the Banks Collection at the British Museum. 



Chyphononyx antennata (Smith, 1855), $ = Chyphononyx an- 



tennata, Sauss. (1892), $ . 

 It is a curious fact that this S. African species should have 

 been given the same specific name by both authors. Smith 

 described it as Mygnimia. 



Chyphononyx peregrinus (Smith, 1875), 5 =Salius satumalis, Cam., 



c? . Khasia Hills, Calcutta. 



Cryptochilus ferrugineipennis (Hal. 1836), $ = Pompilus dumosus, 



Spin. (1851), and Pepsis ferrugineipennis, Dalla Torre and 

 Lucas. S. America. 



Cryptochilus ridleyi (Cam.), <5 =Salius anthracinus, Bingh. (nec 



Smith). Borneo. 

 In this species the tf has the tarsal ungues bifid, as in Chypho- 

 nonyx, and the $ unidentate, as in Cryptochilus. — N.B. Myg- 

 nimia anthracina, Smith (1855), is a Hemipepsis. 



Cryptochilus valentnlus (Bingh. 1896), $ = Salius geminus (Bingh. 



1896), $ . N. India. 



,, decipiens (Smith, 1855), $ = Pompilus subviridis 



(Smith, 1855), <$ . Natal. 



„ sericosoma (Smith, 1855), $ . Sumatra = Salius sos- 



iralus, Cam., 5, and S. broohii, Cam., <$ . Borneo. 



„ bipartitus (Lep.) = Calicurgus bipartitus, Lep. (1845). 



Bingham (Fauna Brit. India, Hym. i.) gives this species and 

 Priocnemis peregrinus, Smith, as synonyms of " Salius bi- 

 partitus (Lep.)." They belong to different genera. 



