HYMENOPTERA. 363 



the legs ferruginous ; the coxse, trochanters, and base of the 

 anterior femora, black. Abdomen with fine pale yelloAv bands, 

 that on the basal segment interrupted, the spots pointed within ; 

 beneath, impunctate. 



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



This species very closely approaches the Hoplisus albidulus, 

 but St. Fargeau describes the scutellum as being immaculate. 



14. GORYTES CONCINNUS. B.M. 



Sphex concinna, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. (ed. Illig.) ii. 825. t. 6. f. 5. 

 Gorytes concinnus. Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 92. 3. 

 Harpactes concinnus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 149. 81. 

 Agraptus concinnus, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 9. 



Hab. Italy (Florence). 



15. Gorytes iridipennis. 



Female. Length 3 lines. — Black: the scape in front, the 

 clypeus, labrum, mandibles and palpi, of a testaceous yellow ; 

 the tips of the mandibles ferruginous ; the flagellum rufo-testa- 

 ceous beneath. Thorax : the collar, tubercles, a spot beneath 

 the wings, an epaulet over the tegulse, the scutellum, post-scu- 

 tellum, and an oblong-ovate macula on each side of the raeta- 

 thorax, yellow ; the mesothorax with large scattered punctures ; 

 the suture at the base of the scutellum consute ; at the base of 

 the metathorax is an angular space longitudinally grooved, but 

 not enclosed ; on each side are a few scattered ]iunctures ; wings 

 hyaline and splendidly iridescent, the marginal cell occupied by 

 a fuscous cloud ; the legs pale rufo-testaceous ; the anterior tibiae 

 behind, and the intermediate and posterior tarsi, femora and 

 tibiae, slightly fuscous above. Abdomen : the basal segment with 

 a broad yellow band on the apical margin, which is emarginate 

 in the middle ; the four following segments have a narrow yellow 

 marginal fascia ; the four apical segments coarsely punctured ; 

 the marginal fasciae are continued beneath, the apical segment 

 entirely yellow. 



Hab. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



16. Gorytes sericatus. B.M. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Black, covered with a fine silky 

 pile : the clypeus, scape in front, and the mandibles, yellow; tips 

 of the latter ferruginous. Thorax smooth and slightly shining ; 

 the collar and jjosterior margin of the scutellum yellow ; the 

 suture at the base of the scutellum consute ; the enclosed space 



