316 Lieut. -Colonel C T. Bingham on 



Scolia bipennis, Sauss. 



Lacosi l)ij)cn7u's, Sauss. Stett. ont. Zeit. xx. (1850) p. 177, S. 

 iico/ia {Disculia) bipemiis, Sauss. & Sich. Cat. Spec. Uen. Scol. 1SG4, 

 p. i)8, d . 



One male, Pretoria [Distant). 



Scolia prcecana, Sauss. 

 Discolia pr(tcana, Sauss. Dist. Nat. in the Trausvnal, 1892, p. 222, J. 

 Five males, Durban [A. Ross). 



Genus EliS, Fabr. 



(a) With three cubital cells iii the fore tcinrj. 



Subgenus Thielis, Sauss. & Sich. 



Elis quinquecincta, Fabr. 



ScoUa quinquecincta, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 1804, p. 243 ; v. d. Liud. Nduv. 



M(5m. Ac. Bruxelles, vi. "(1827) p. 293 ; Burm. Abb. uaturf. Ges. 



Ilalle, i. P. 4 (1853) p. 179, <?. 

 Elis {Trielis) villosa, Sauss. & Sich. Cat. Spec. Gen. Scol. 1864, p. 154. 



Two males indistinguishable from European specimens, 

 Fort Johnston, Nyasaland [Rendall). 



Elis parJalifiOy Gerst. 



Scolia par dalina, Gerst. Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berl. (1857) p. 512, J; 



id. Peters'e Reise n. Mossamb., Zool. v. (18G2) p. 495, J, t. xxxi. 



fig. 11. 

 Elis ( Trielis) pardalina, Sauss. & Sich. Cat. Spec. Gen. Scol. 18G4, 



p. 148, d. 



One male. 



(b) With two cubital cells in the fore wiiig. 

 Subgenus Dielis, Sauss. & Sich. 

 Elis fasciatipennis, Sm ith . 



Scolia fasciatopeimis, Smith, Cat. Ilym. B. M. iii. (1855) p. 103, $ d. 

 Elis (JJielis) fasciatipennis, Sauss. & Sich. Cat. Spec. Gen. Scol. 1804, 

 p. 109, 2 d ; Kirby, Trans. Eut. Soc. Loud. 1889, p. 448, $ J . 



One female, Fort Johnston, Nyasaland [Rendall], 



Elis albicollis, Christ. 



Sphex albicollis, Christ, Naturg. d. Insect. 1791, p. 260, pi. xxvi. fig. 1. 

 Scolia thoracica, Klug, Mag. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berlin, n. (1807) p. 48. 

 Campsr^neris aureicollis, Lep. Hist. Kat. Ins., Hym. lii. (1845) 

 p. 490, $ . 



