POMPILUS. • 141 



2. Pompilus ornatipennis. 



Female. Length 5| lines. — Black, with a changeable grey pile on 

 the face, the sides of the thorax, the legs, and abdomen beneath ; 

 on the thorax above, the pile has a slight purple tint, and the basal 

 margins of the segments have a band of grey pile. The anterior 

 margin of the clypeiis truncate. The posterior margin of the pro- 

 thorax rounded ; wings subhy aline, and mottled with fuscous 

 clouds ; the metathorax somewliat obliquely truncate, its posterior 

 lateral angles with bright silvery pile. Abdomen lanceolate, 

 smooth, and shining. 



Hah. Central Africa. 



3. Pompilus ruficeps. 



Female. Length 7| lines. — Black, with the head, antennae, and an- 

 terior legs ferruginous, the latter black at their base and apex ; 

 wings dark brown, with violet iridescence. The anterior margin 

 of the clypeus truncate, the margin reflexcd. The prothorax, the 

 sides of the mesothorax above, and the tegulae ferruginous ; the 

 metathorax with a central longitudinal impressed line and finely 

 transversely striated ; the intermediate femora and tibise, as well 

 as the posterior tibiae, more or less ferruginous within. The ab- 

 domen with an obscure blue tinge. 



Hah. Zulu Land. 



4. Pompilus subpetiolatus. 



Female. Length 6| lines. — Ferruginous, with the sides of the 

 thorax, and also beneath, as well as the apical half of the abdomen, 

 black. The anterior margin of the clypeus rounded. The hinder 

 margin of the prothorax subangulated ; the metathorax oblong and 

 transversely striated ; wings flavo-hyaline to the second submar- 

 ginal cell, with the nervures pale ferruginous, thence to the apex 

 dark fuscous ; the coxae more or less black beneath. Abdomen 

 with the first segment and base of the second ferruginous, the short 

 petiole black ; the extreme apex ferruginous. 



Hah. The Gambia. 



5. Pompilus abdominalis. 



Female. Length 9 lines. — Head, antennae, legs, and thorax ferru- 

 ginous ; abdomen black ; wings dark browTi and slightly iridescent. 

 The face with short ferruginous pubescence. The hinder margin 

 of the prothorax rounded ; the second and third submarginal cells 

 of about equal length ; the third narrowed towards the marginal 



