232 HYMENOPTERA. 



rax : the collar, tegulae, a stripe beneath the wings, the scutellum 

 and post-scutellum yellow ; a spot on each side of the metathorax 

 at its base, the whole of the posterior portion above, and a broad 

 stripe on each side of the enclosed portion uniting behind, yellow ; 

 the mesothorax obliquely striated inwardly; the wings slightly 

 coloured, their tips fuscous ; the anterior and intermediate legs 

 yellow, the coxae, trochanters and base of the femora black, the 

 apical joints of the tarsi fusco-ferruginous ; the posterior legs 

 black ; the tips of the coxae, the trochanters, base of the femora 

 and tibiae, and the basal joint of the tarsi, yellow, the apical joints 

 of the latter fusco-ferruginous. Abdomen black, the petiole yellow. 



Hab. India. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



It is possible that this may prove to be only a highly-coloured 

 local variety of P. Madraspatanus. 



23. PELOPCEUS RUFOPICTUS. B.M. 



Female. Length 8 lines. Black: the head and thorax thinly 

 covered with pale fulvous pubescence ; the face thinly covered 

 with golden pile; the scape of the antennae, the clypeus and 

 mandibles, ferruginous ; the apex of the third and fourth joints 

 of the antennae ferruginous beneath, the base of the latter black. 

 Thorax : a line on the collar, a transverse spot on the scutellum, 

 the apex of the metathorax, and a spot on each side of the meta- 

 thorax at its base, reddish-yellow; the legs ferruginous, the coxae 

 and trochanters black; the meso- and metathorax transversely 

 striated ; the wings yellow-hyaline, the nervures and tegulae 

 ferruginous ; the apex of the superior wings with a fuscous cloud. 

 Abdomen : the petiole black and curved ; the first segment, the 

 apical margins of the second, fourth and fifth with a narrow 

 fascia, and the apical margin of the third with a broad band, 

 reddish-yellow ; the apical segment ferruginous. 

 Hab. Celebes. 



This species closely resembles the P. difformis from North 

 China, but it differs too much in colouring to justify its being 

 considered a mere variety. 



"24. PELOPCEUS C^RULEUS. B.M. 



Sphex cserulea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 941. 2. 

 Sphex cyanea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 201. 13. 



DeGeer, Ins. iii. 589. 6. t. 30. f. 6. 

 Pepsis cyanea, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 211. 17- 

 Chalybion cyaneum, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 22. 3. 

 Pelopceus caeruleus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 320. 20. 



Hab. North America; Carolina; East Florida. 



