440 hymenoptera, 



17- Cerceris annulata. B.M. 



Crabro annulatus, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. Append. 123. 109. 

 Vespa annulata, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. (ed. Illig.) ii. 145. 874. 

 Cerceris annulata. Van d. hind, Obs. ii. 115. 10. 

 Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 214. 127. 



Hab. Italy. 



18. Cerceris albo-fasciata. 



Crabro albo-fasciata, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. Mant. ii. 138. 306. 

 Vespa alljo-fasciata, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. (ed. Jllig.) ii. 143. 

 Cerceris albo-fasciata. Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 116. 12. 



Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 201. 119. 

 Cerceris tricincta. Spin. Ins. Licjur. i. 27. 11. t. 1. f. 9 ^ . 



Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 116. 11. 



Hab. Italy ; Tuscany ; Prussia. 



19. Cerceris albo-notata. B.M. 



Cerceris albo-notata, Spin. Ins. Liyur. i. 99. 5. 

 Van d. Lind, Obs. ii. 120. 17. 

 Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 203. 121. 



Hab. Italy ; Dalmatia ; Albania. 



20. Cerceris modesta. B.M. 



Female. Length 3^ lines. — Black, closely punctured : the 

 sides of the face, two minute spots on the cly])eus (sometimes 

 obsolete), the mandibles and scajte in front, pale yellow; the fla- 

 gellum fulvous beneath ; the tips of the mandibles ferruginous. 

 Thorax : a spot on each side of the collar, another on the tegulae 

 and the post-scutellum, yellowish-white ; the subcordiform space 

 at the base of the mctathorax i)uuetvu'ed; the wings slightly 

 coloured, with a darker cloud at their a])ical margins, the ner\Tires 

 ferruginous ; the anterior femora at their a})ex in front and the 

 tibiae and tarsi pale yellow, the posterior tibiae with a fuscous 

 stain at their apex within. A])(lomen : the first segment of the 

 abdomen ferruginous ; the third and fifth segments with a large 

 pale yellow macula on each side, pointed within ; the spots on 

 the fifth segment uniting or usually subinterrupted. 



The male diifers in having the face yellow below the antennae, 

 and in having the basal segment of the abdomen black. * 



Hab. Albania. 



