HYMENOPTERA. 91 
22. ScoLIA FLAVO-PICTA. B.M. 
Female. Length 10 lines.—Black ; the posterior angles of 
the metathorax have a large yellow macula; the wings flavo- 
hyaline, the anterior margin of the superior wings of the deepest 
yellow, the apex slightly fuscous. Abdomen: the basal seg- 
ment has a transverse yellow fascia, slightly interrupted in the 
middle ; the second segment has a broad yellow band oceupymg 
nearly the entire segment, deeply emarginate in the middle, an- 
teriorly, and having laterally a small black dot; the third seg- 
ment has a broad yellow fascia, emarginate in the middle ante- 
riorly, and attenuated towards the lateral margins; the fourth 
segment an abbreviated transverse yellow stripe in the middle, 
which is slightly emarginate. 
Hab. Java. 
93. SCOLIA PERSONATA. B.M. 
Male. Length | in. 4 lines.—Black; a minute yellow spot in 
the emargination of the eyes, from which a narrow line descends 
half-way down the inner orbits of the eyes. Thorax: the sides, 
beneath, and the metathorax clothed with black pubescence ; the 
wings dark fuscous, and having a rich purple iridescence. The 
basal segment of the abdomen campanulate, produced into a 
pointed tubercle, on the middle, at its base; the third segment 
having a broad orange fascia, subinterrupted in the middle ; the 
sides and margins of the segments have a thick fringe of black 
pubescence. 
Hab. Silhet. 
94, ScOLIA LEVICEPS. B.M. 
Female. Length 6 lines. — Black; the head smooth and 
shining; the clypeus prominent, smooth and shining, the face 
depressed on each side, and covered with cimereous pubescence. 
Thorax impressed with large deep punctures, the prothorax 
having a thin cinereous pubescence ; the wings having a bright 
violet iridescence. Abdomen strongly punctured, with a few 
cinereous hairs at the sides and beneath. 
Male.—Strongly punctured, the abdomen thinly covered with 
short erect black pubescence, the wings having a brilliant purple 
iridescence. 
Hab. Hong Kong. 
25. SCOLIA MODESTA. B.M. 
Female. Length 43 lines.—Black ; the head smooth, shining 
and impunctate, the face on each side of the clypeus having long 
