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4. Philanthus Melliniformis. B.M. 



Male. Length 3^ lines. — Black ; the face below the antennae, 

 a large ovate spot on the forehead in front of the anterior ocellus, 

 the scape in front, and five or six of the basal joints of the fla- 

 gellum in front, yellow ; a spot at the base of the mandibles 

 yellow. Thorax : the collar, tubercles, post-scutellum, tegulae, 

 tips of the femora, tibiae and tarsi, yellow ; the wings hyaline 

 and iridescent, the nervures testaceous, with the stigma yellow. 

 Thorax strongly punctured, with two elevated longitudinal carinae 

 in the middle, and an impressed line on each side over the tegulae ; 

 the metathorax with a depression at its base surrounded by a 

 smooth shining space. Abdomen shining, with strong scattered 

 punctures ; the basal segment with a broad interrupted yellow 

 band in the middle, the second with two very large ovate yellow 

 maculae placed obliquely and uniting in the middle ; the four 

 following segments with narrow yellow fasciae on their apical 

 margins, the first two slightly interrupted ; beneath, black. 



Hab. Sicily. 



5. Philanthus pulcherrimus. B.M. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Black : the face below the antennae, 

 the mandibles, three basal joints of the flagellum, the scape, a 

 coronet -shaped spot on the forehead, and aline behind the eyes, 

 yellowish-white ; the flagellum fulvous in front. Thorax shining, 

 with deep scattered punctures ; the collar, tubercles, and a spot 

 behind them, the hinder margin of the scutellum, the post- 

 scutellum, the tips of the femora, the tibiae and tarsi, pale yel- 

 lowish-white ; the coxae and femora more or less rufo-piceous ; 

 the wings hyaline, the nervures testaceous, the stigma yellow. 

 Abdomen shining, with fine scattered punctures ; the basal seg- 

 ment ferruginous, with a minute white spot on each side ; the 

 second segment with a broad waved fascia, the third spotted at 

 the side, the fourth with a very broad fascia, the fifth with a 

 narrow band on its apical margin, widened in the middle and at 

 the sides, and the sixth entirely yellowish-white ; beneath, with 

 pale irregular bands. 



Male. — Smaller, but very like the female ; and the face is more 

 convex ; the scutellum is entirely pale ; the abdomen has only 

 two pale fasciae, one on the second and another on the fourth 

 segment. 



Hab. India. 



6. Philanthus sulphureus. 



Male. Length 4 lines. — Sulphur-yellow, shining and strongly 



