246 hymenoptera. 



30. Sphex cinerascens. 



Sphex cinerascens, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 25. 3 & 436. 10. 

 Hab. Guinea. 



31. Sphex Dorycus. 



Sphex Dorycus, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. pt. 2. p. 262, 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



32. Sphex pubescens. 



Sphex pubescens, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 205. 28. 

 Syst. Piez. 212. 22. 



Hab. Guinea. 



33. Sphex varipennis. 



Sphex varipennis, Reiche ^- Fairtn. Voy. Fer. 8f Galin. Abyss, 

 t. 29. f. 5, 6. 



Guer. Voy. Abyss. Lefeb. vi. 354. 



Hab. Abyssinia. 



34. Sphex eximia. 



Sphex eximia, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 360. 37. 

 Hab. Senegal. 



36. Sphex Paulinierii. 



Sphex Paulinierii, Guer. Mag. Zool. 1843, t. 114. f. 1. 



Hab. Senegal. 



36. Sphex amator. 



Male. Length 10 lines. — Black : the face and thorax above 

 densely clothed with short golden pubescence ; the mandibles 

 ferruginous in the middle ; the wings hyaline, the nervures fusco- 

 ferruginous, the apical margins of the superior wings slightly 

 clouded ; the legs have a iiue pale silky pile, which is very dense 

 on the posterior tibiae within ; the abdomen has also a fine thin 

 changeable silky pile; beneath, the two apical segments are 

 densely covered with short golden pubescence. 



Hab. Australia. (Coll. W. W, Saunders, Esq.) 



37. Sphex canescens. B.M. 



Female. Length 10 lines. — Black : the face covered with 

 short silvery pubescence, and having, as well as the cheeks, a long 



