238 Mr. R. E. Turner oti 



Family Psammocharidse. 



Priocnemis ciledonicus, Vaclial. 



Priocnemis cnhionicus, Vachal, Revue d'Entomologie, xxvi. p. 116 

 (1907). 2 6. 



Hah. Noumea, January 24 ; 2 ? ? . Plaine des Lacs, 

 February 12-20 ; 6 ? ? . 



Closely allied to Australian species of the group of P. aus- 

 tralis, Guer. 



Family SphegidaB. 

 Ampulex eompi'essa, Fabr. 



H'lh. Noumea, January and February ; several specimens 

 of both sexes. 



This species, probably indigenous in S. India and Ceylon, 

 and ranging as far as flongkong, has been imported into 

 E. Africa, St. Helena, and other localities, but not int) 

 Australia. 



Sceliphron kemipterum, Fabr. 



Sphex hemiptero, Fabr. Suppl. Entom. Syst. ii. p. 244 (1798). 

 Sceliphron hemipterum, Saussiu'e, Graiididier, Hist. Madagascar, xx. 



p. 440(1892). 2d. 

 Sceliphron Quodi, Vaclial, Revue d'Eutomologie, xxvi. p. 116 (1907). 



$• 

 Hah. Noumea, January 20-February 1, 1914 ; 3 ? ? . 

 Also from Madagascar, Mauritius, and the Seychelles. 

 Evidently an imported species. 



Chlorion (Proterosphex) fumipenyiis, Sra. 



Sphe.v fumipennis, Sm. Cat. Hyin. B.M. iv. p. 249 (1856). $ c?. 

 Sphex cmtennata, Sm. Cat. Hym. B.M. iv. p. 252 (1850). J. 



Hah. Noumea, February 1, 1914; 3 ? ?. Kualuie, 

 May 13 ; 1 ? . Plaine des Lacs, February 20 ; 1 c? • New 

 Caledonia, without other data , Z ^ <$ . Also from the whole 

 of Australia (fiuntpenm's typical), and from Aneiteura, New 

 Hebrides (aw^enna^a type). 



Kohl gives fumipennis as a variety of luctuosus, Sm., but 

 the males show that they are specifically distinct. Vachal 

 records Sphex nitidiventris, Sm. (=*S'. refulgens, Kohl), from 

 New Caledonia, but this is almost certainly an error of identi- 

 fication. The colour of the wings is not quite as dark in the 

 insular specimens as in the Australian form, but I can find 

 no structural difference. 



