HYMENOPTERA. 



8. AMPULEX ANGUSTICOLLIS. B.M. 



Ampulex aiigusticollis, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 108. 64 $ . 

 Chlorion angusticolle, Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. 66. 4. 



Hab. Cayenne; Brazil (Para). 



9. AMPULEX 



Ampulex aenea, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 110 $ . 

 Chlorion aeneum, Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. 110. 



Hab. Cayenne. 



10. AMPULEX THORACICA. B.M. 



Male. Length 5 lines. Blue-green: the head coarsely 

 punctured, elongated and much narrowed behind the eyes ; the 

 carina on the face produced at the apex into an acute spine ; the 

 lateral angles of the face produced and acute. The pro- and 

 mesothorax with large deep punctures ; the prothorax elevated 

 posteriorly, and transversely striated in front; the metathorax 

 with a central and four lateral carinae, the interstices transversely 

 striated, the posterior angles terminating in long stout bent 

 spines ; the wings subhyaline, with two indistinct fuscous fasciae, 

 one crossing the second submarginal cell, the other traversing 

 the apex of the externo-medial cell. Abdomen smooth, shining 

 and impunctate. 



Hab. Brazil (Villa Nova). 



This is probably the male of Ampulex angusticollis. 



11. AMPULEX RAPTOR. B.M. 



Male. Length 5 lines. Bright green : head thickly and 

 coarsely punctured ; the clypeus carinated in the centre and 

 produced into an acute spine at the apex. The pro- and meso- 

 thorax covered w ith large deep coarse punctures ; the metatho- 

 rax with a central carina and four lateral ones, between which 

 it is transversely striated ; the lateral apical margins of the supe- 

 rior surface produced into a stout long curved spine ; the trun- 

 cation rugose ; wings hyaline, with a faint cloud crossing the 

 second submarginal cell, and occupying also the base of the mar- 

 ginal cell ; the legs w ith tints of blue on the tibiae and tarsi, the 

 coxae and thorax beneath with large, not very close, deep punc- 

 tures. Abdomen ovate, with a blue tinge on the disk ; the first, 

 third and following segments coarsely punctured; the second 

 segment with finer scattered punctures". 



Hab. Venezuela. 



