4/2 hymenoptera. 



13. Philanthus Dufourh. B.M. 

 Pliilanthus Dufomii, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alyer. iii. 258. t, 13. f. 6. 

 Hab. Algeria; Cajie of Good Hope. 



14. Philanthus fuscipennis. 



Philanthus fuscij)emiis, Guer, Icon. Reg. Aniin. iii. 443. 

 Hub. Senegal. 



15. Philanthus sicarius. B.M. 



Female. Length 5 lines. — Head and thorax black ; abdomen 

 and legs ferruginous; the wings dark fuscous, paler at their 

 l»ise ; the mandibles, clypeus, face on each side, two spots be- 

 tween the antennje, a transverse line above, the scape in front, 

 and a spot behind the eyes, yellow ; a black line on each side of 

 the clypeus, not extending to the anterior margin of the face ; 

 the tips of the mandibles black ; the flagellum beneath and the 

 a])ical joint entirely fulvous ; an interru])ted line on the collar 

 and a spot on the tegulse yellow. Abdomen closely and finely 

 l)unctured, and more or less yellow beneath. 



Hab. West Africa (Whydah) ; Fernando Po. 



16. Philanthus Bucephalus. B.M. 



Male. Length 4i-()i lines. — Head and thorax black, very 

 closely and rather finely punctured, opake ; the face as high as 

 the antennae, a waved transverse line above their insertion, an 

 oblong angular spot l)ehind the eyes, and a stripe on the man- 

 dibles, yellowish-white : in rare instances the line above the 

 antennae is obsolete. Thorax : a slightly interrupted line on the 

 collar, a spot beneath the wings, sometimes obsolete, a spot on 

 the teguhe, and the scutellum and post-scutellum, yellowish- 

 white ; the wings dark fuscous, with a violet iridescence ; the 

 femora at their apex, the anterior and intermediate tibia; in front, 

 and the anterior tarsi in front, yellow ; the tarsi rufo-testaceous ; 

 the extreme base of the posterior tibia; yellow. Abdomen yellow 

 with the base black, and usually a ferruginous stain at the apex ; 

 the abdomen is very finely and closely punctured, and is sub- 

 opake. 



Hub. The Gambia. 



This species is nearly allied to the P. fumipeimis of Guerin ; 

 but the specimens which agree with the description of that au- 

 thor have a distinctly enclosed rugose space at the base of the 

 metathorax ; the abdomen is not so closely punctured, and the 

 scutellum and post-scutellum are black in both sexes. 



