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41. Cephus nigritarsis. 

 Cephus nigritarsis, Andre, Spec. Hym.'i. p. 545 (1881). 



Hah. Syria. 



42. Cephus nigricarpus. 

 Cephus nigricarpus, Andre, Spec. Hym. i. p. 546 (1881). 



Hah. Syria. 



43. Cephus libanensis. 

 Cephus libanensis, Andre, Spec. Hym. i. p. 540 (1881). 

 Hah. Syria. 



44. Cephus viator. 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 8.) 



Cephus viator, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 385. 



Exp. al. 1 poll., long. corp. 6| lin. 



Shining black, finely punctured and pubescent ; a small yellowish 

 spot in the middle of the vertex on each side just within each eye. 

 Collar yellow. Abdomen with a yellow triangle at the back of the 

 first segment : segments 3, 4, 6, and 7 bordered behind with yellow 

 on the sides, and (except segment 2) also in the middle above. 

 Coxae and femora black, the former bordered in front with yellowish ; 

 anterior coxae with minute, and hind femora with larger yellow 

 spots ; femora black : tibia?, tarsi, and four anterior knees rufo-testa- 

 ceous. "Wings yellowish hyaline, nervures yellowish brown, costa 

 rufo-testaceous. 



As Smith remarks, this species is closely allied to A. qainque- 

 fasciatus, Steph. {linearis, Schrank), of which it may be a variety. 



Hah. Japan. 

 a. 2 ■ (Type. ) Hakodadi. H. Whitely, Esq. 



45. Cephus agilis. 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 4.) 



Cephus agilis, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 386. 



Exp. al. 9 lin., long. corp. 5 lin. 



Black, face between the mandibles and the antennas yellow ; a 

 small round black spot in the middle of the clypeus, above the black 

 tips of the mandibles ; mandibles otherwise ydlow. A triangular 

 spot hetween each wing, another on the first segment of the abdo- 

 men, a spot on the sides of the third segment, and the hind border 

 of the fourth, above and at the sides, yellow. Pour anterior legs 

 yellow, and with some yellow markings before the coxae, which are 



