310 HYMENOPTERA. 



7. ASTATA INTERMEDIA. 



Astata intermedia, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 140. 71- 

 Hab. Germany. 



8. AsTATA Vanderlindenii. 



Astata Vanderlindenii, Robert, Blag. Zool. (1833} t. 268. 

 Hab. Spain. 



9. AsTATA HISTRIO. 



Astata histrio, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 257- 2 $ . 

 Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 260. 



Hab. Algeria. 



10. ASTATA NIGRA. 



Astata unicolor, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 258. 3 (1845) (nee Say). 

 Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 261 S . 



Hab. Algeria. 



11. Astata unicolor. PI. VIII. fig. 1. B.M. 

 Astata unicolor. Say, Exped. St. Peter's River {Keating) (1823). 

 Hab. North America (IVtissouri). 



12. Astata rufitarsis. 



Male. Length 4 lines. — Black : the head, thorax, and base 

 of the abdomen thinly clothed with long silvery-white pubescence; 

 the mandibles, tarsi, and apex of the abdomen ferruginous ; the 

 pro- and mesothorax strongly punctured; the scutellum punctured 

 at the sides, smooth and shining in the middle ; the metathorax 

 finely reticulated ; the wings have a slight fuscous cloud which 

 extends to the apex of the marginal cell, beyond which they are 

 clear hyaline ; the inferior wings hyahne ; the nervures black. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope, (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



13. Astata Australasia. 



Astata Australasiffi, Shuck. Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. 72. 1. 

 Hab. New Holland. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



14. Astata orientalis. 



Male. Length 4 lines. — Black : the head and thorax covered 

 vfith a thin silvery pubescence ; the mesothorax and scutellum 

 punctured, the latter smooth and shining in the middle ; on the 



