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third emarginate, the fifth and sixth segments rufo-testaceous, 
and clothed with ferruginous pubescence ; beneath, the margins 
of the second and third segments yellow, the margins ciliated 
with ferruginous pubescence. 
Hab, Africa. (Coll. F. Smith.) 
94, ScoLIA SIGNATA. B.M. 
Female. Length 10 lines.—Black: the face, thorax above and 
the legs have an ochraceous pubescence ; the wings fusco-hyaline, 
the nervures rufv-piceous. Abdomen: the three basal segments 
yellow above ; the extreme base, and the basal margins of the 
second and third segments black, the black fascize on the two 
latter recurved laterally ; the three apical margins black. 
Hab. South Africa (Gambia). 
95. Scouia 7-CINCTA. B.M. 
Scolia 7-cincta, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 249.4 2. 
Male. Length 7-8 lines.—Black : the outer orbits of the eyes, 
the clypeus and mandibles pale yellow; the tips of the latter 
rufo-piceous, and a minute black dot in the centre of the clypeus; 
a narrow yellow line at the imner orbits of the eyes, not entering 
their emargination. Thorax: the collar, a spot on the tubercles, 
the tegule in front, the scutellum and post-scutellum yellow ; the 
anterior coxe in front, the femora beneath, the tibie in front, 
and the basal joints of the anterior and intermediate tarsi, pale 
yellow; the calcaria pale testaceous ; the wings subhyaline, the 
nervures ferruginous. Abdomen having a violet iridescence, the 
margins of the segments have a yellow fascia, the three first 
broadest, the second emarginate in the middle, the third emar- 
ginate on each side; sometimes the sixth has a very narrow 
yellow margin ; the seventh immaculate. 
This species closely resembles the 5-fasciata of Fabricius, but 
the bands on the abdomen are narrower, and the pubescence is 
more sparing; it is the true Elis 7-cincta of the Systema Pieza- 
torum, as appears from an examination of the typical specimen 
in the Banksian cabinet; the above description will serve for its 
more ready determination. 
Hab. Australia (Port Essington, &c.). 
96. SCoLIA RADULA. B.M. 
Tiphia radula, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 226.11; Syst. Piez. p. 235. 15, 
& Cab. Mus. Dom. Banks. 
Hab. Australia. 
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