hymenoptera. 425 



152. Crabro occultus. 



Crabro? occultus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 310. 14. 

 Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 343. 221. 



Hab. Tangiers. 



153. Crabro chrysis. 



Crossocerus chrysis, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 770. 5 c? ; 

 Hym. iii. 173. 5. 



Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 366. 236. 



Hab. Brazil. 



154. Crabro Tasmanicus. B.M. 



Female. Length 6 lines. — Black : head subopake, very closely 

 punctured, the inner orbit of the eyes and the clypeus covered 

 with silvery pubescence, the latter with a central carina ; antennae 

 wanting. Thorax opake; an interrupted hue on the collar, 

 which is deeply grooved, with the lateral angles acute; the 

 enclosed space at the base of the metathorax obliquely rugose, 

 the posterior portion transversely so; wings slightly coloiu-ed; 

 the tegulae rufo-testaceous ; the anterior femora ferruginous, the 

 intermecHate and posterior pairs above and the tibiae and tarsi fer- 

 ruginous. Abdomen shining, very closely and finely punctured, 

 the second segment with an oblique yellow stripe on each side 

 at the base ; the fourth segment with a yellow band at the basal 

 margin; beneath, very smooth and shining. 



Hab. Tasmania. 



155. Crabro luteicollis. 



Crossocerus lutei-coUis, St. Farg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 769. 4 ; 

 Hym. iii. 172. 4. 



Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 384. 251. 



Hab. ? 



Genus 5. SPILOMENA. 



Stigmus, pt., Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 74 (1829). 

 Celia, Shuck. Foss. Hym. 182 (1837). 

 Spilomena, Shuck. Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. 79 (1840). 



1. Spilomena troglodytes. B.M. 



Stigmus troglodytes. Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 74. 2. 

 St. Farg. Hym. iii. 99. 2. 



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