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4. PaRAPomMPILUsS NAomI., B.M. 
Female. Length 4-6 lines.—Black: the anterior legs, pro- 
and meso-thorax covered with very short black velvety pubes- 
cence, which in certain lights has a rich purple iridescence ; the 
second segment of the abdomen has a similar clothing, the third 
segment has two oblique stripes meeting about the middle of 
the segment ; the other parts of the insect, including the legs, 
densely coated with very short white pubescence; the meta- 
thorax has on each side of its disk a longitudinal waved carina, 
extending from the base to the apex ; the anterior wings hyaline, 
with a broad dark fuscous cloud crossing from the marginal cell, 
being of the same width as that cell, and leaving the apex clear ; 
the wings extending to the apical margin of the second abdominal 
segment. 
Hab. St. Domingo. 
Genus 10. CEROPALES. 
Evania, pt., Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 345 (1775). 
Ichneumon, pt., Oliv. Ency. Méh. vii. 209 (1789). 
Ceropales, Lair. Hist. Nat. Crust. et Ins. xiii. 283 (1805). 
Pompilus, pt., Illig. Ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 84. 80. 
1. CEROPALES MACULATA. B.M. 
ue maculata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 345. 2; Ent. Syst. ii. 
es 
Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 84. 799. 
Sphex rustica, Miller, Prod. Zool. Dan. p. 161. 1876. 
Ichneumon multicolor, Foure. Ent. Par. 1. 404. 35. 
Oliv. Ency. Méth. vii. 209. 17. 
Pompilus frontalis, Panz. Faun. Germ. 72. 9. 
Illig. Faun. Etrus. 1. 84. 799. 
Ceropales maculata, Latr. Hist. Nat. Crust. et Ins. xiii. 283. 1. 
Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 185. 1. 
Panz. Krit. Revis. ii. 112. 
Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 171. 5. 
Van d. Lind. Obs. i. 347. 3. 
Shuck. Foss. Hym. p. 69. 1. 
Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 32. 15. 
Schiddte, Mon. Pomp. Kréy. Tidsskr. i. 320. 1. 
St. Farg. Hym. iii. 465. 1. 
Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym. p. 15. 1. 
Hab. Britam; France; Germany ; Italy ; Denmark ; Sweden. 
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