148 HYMENOPTERA. 
142. Pompi.us SINENSIS. B.M. 
Female. Length 7 lines.—Head, antennz, mandibles and 
palpi, reddish-yellow ; the prothorax and mesothorax above, the 
scutellum and tegulz, yellow ; the thorax beneath, the sides and 
the metathorax, as well as the coxz and trochanters at their 
base, black ; the femora, tibize and tarsi, reddish-yellow, the two 
latter slightly spose ; wings deep fuscous, with a bright purple 
iridescence ; the second submarginal cell about the same length 
as the third, but much narrower, receiving the first recurrent 
nervure near its apex. Abdomen reddish-yellow, with the basal 
segment black ; the apical margin of the second, and sometimes 
also of the third, fuscous. : ¥ 
The male has the head and thorax black, the antenne fuscous 
above and obscurely yellow beneath, the labrum, mandibles and 
palpi yellow; the scape compressed beneath; the abdomen 
slightly fuscous at the base. 
Hab. North China. 
143. PompiLUS GRAPHICUS. B.M. 
Female. Length 44 lines.—Obscure blue: the clypeus densely 
eovered with silvery pile ; the antennz and mandibles black, the 
palpi testaceous ; the head and thorax have a thinly scattered 
hoary pubescence ; wings subhyaline, a faint cloud occupies the 
region of the second and third submarginal cells ; the legs black, 
and covered with a fine hoary pile; the tibiz and tarsi spmose, 
the posterior tibiz serrated ; the metathorax smooth and opake. 
Abdomen smooth and shining. 
Hab. Philippine Islands. 
144. PoMPILUS AMETHYSTINUS. 
Sphex amethystina, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 11. 210. 49. 
Pepsis amethystinus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 215. 41. 
Pompilus amethystinus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 48. 
Schomb. Faun. et Flo. Brit. Guiana, im. 
Spin. Gay’s Chih, vi. 382. 8. 
Hab. Brazil; Guiana. 
145. PoMpILUS AURIPENNIS. B.M. 
Pompilus auripennis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 192. 24. A 
Pompilus bifasciatus, Gray, Griff. An. Kingd. xv. 515. 2. t. 76. 
f. 2 (nec Fadr.). 
Hab. South America; Brazil (Para; Tapajos). 
