372 HYMEN OPTERA. 



the legs rufo-piceous, more or less fuscous above; the wings 

 hyaline, with a faint cloud crossing the anterior wings towards 

 their apex. Abdomen shining black ; the basal segment smooth, 

 the second punctured, and having on each side a large subovate 

 white macula, the maculae connected by a narrow band on the 

 apical margin of the segment ; the fifth segment white. 



Hab. Northern India. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



This species veiy closely resembles the European H. formosus, 

 but it differs in having a red prothorax and vertex, the meta- 

 thorax is much more coarsely rugose, and the thorax shorter 

 and broader altogether. 



6. HARPACTUS AFFINIS. 



Harpactes affinis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 150. 83. 

 Hab. Italy. 



7. HARPACTUS ELEGANS. 



Arpactus elegans, St. Farg. Hym. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 79- 5 

 (1832); Hym. iii. 84. 5. 



Hab. France. 



8. HARPACTUS CARCELI. 



Gorytes Carceli, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 78. 4 <? (1832) ; 

 Hym. iii. 83. 4. 



Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 151. 84. 

 Hab. France; Germany. 



9. HARPACTUS LARROIDES. 



Arpactus larroides, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 341. 2. 

 Hab. Chili. 



10. HARPACTUS GAYI. 



Arpactus Gayi, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 340. 1. 

 Hab. Chili. 



Genus 10. ALYSON. 



Sphex, pt., Panz. Faun. Germ. fasc. 51. 

 Alyson, Jurine, Hym. 196 (1807). 



1. ALYSON SPINOSUS. B.M. 



Alyson spinosus, Jurine, Hym. 196. t. 10. f. 21 $ . 



