HYMENOPTERA. 161 
214. PoMPILUS TROPICUS. B.M. 
Sphex tropica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 945, 27. 
Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1. 250. 23. 
Pompilus tropicus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 250. 23; Syst. 
Piez. p. 194. 33. 
St. Farg. & Serv. Ency. Méth. x. 181. 11. 
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. p. 62. 
St. Farg. Hym, iu. 434, 28. 
Hab. N. America; St. John’s Bluff; East Florida. 
215. Pompitus AUSTRALIS. 
Pompilus Australis, Guér. Voy. Cog. Zool. pt. 2. p. 260. 
Hab. New Holland; Port Jackson. 
216. PoMpILUS AURIFRONS. B.M. 
Female. Length 12 lines.—Black: the face covered with 
fine short golden pubescence ; the antennz, clypeus, palpi and 
mandibles reddish-yellow, the tips of the femora, tibie, tarsi and 
wings of the same colour; the first recurrent nervure entermg 
the second submarginal cell at one-third from its apex ; the apical 
margins of the wings have a narrow fuscous border; the thorax 
clothed above with short black velvety pubescence ; metathorax 
short, truncate, and transversely rugose-striate, the striation 
strongest at the sides; the posterior tibiz strongly serrated ex- 
teriorly, the anterior pairs spimose. Abdomen: the first seg- 
ment and basal half of the second black, with very short black 
pubescence, the apical half of the second and the whole of the 
following segments clothed with short golden pubescence ; be- 
neath smooth and shining, the margins of the segments rufo- 
piceous. 
Hab. Australia. 
217. PoMPILUS ANTENNALIS. B.M. 
Male. Length 6 lines.—Black: the antenne orange-yellow 
above, fuscous beneath, the scape black ; a narrow cream-coloured 
line at the imner orbits of the eyes, not extending to their vertex ; 
the head has a thinly scattered griseous pubescence intermixed 
with fuscous on the vertex. Thorax: beneath, the sides, as well 
as the legs have a short hoary pile; the tibize have the spurs at 
their apex white; wings fuscous, irregularly clouded, their apical 
margins having a dark border; the metathorax short, truncate 
