216 Lieut. -Colonel C. T. Bingham on 



SjjJiex Boekman7ii, Dhlb. 



Sp/ie.v Tioehnnnni, Dahlb. Iljm. Mm. i. (1845) p. 43G, (S ; Kohl, Ann. 

 Naturh. Ilofmus. Wien, x. (181)5) p. 52, i)l. iv. figs. 5-7, c?- 



Nine females, seven males, Pretoria {Distant) ; Barberton 

 {Rendall) ; Eustenburg [Distant) ; Durban {Ross). 



Sphew tyrannus, Smith. 



Ilarpactopus tyrannits, Smith, Cat. Ilym. B. M. iv. (185G) p. 264, 5 . 

 iSphc.v ty7-anmis, Kohl, Ann. Naturh. Ilofmus. Wien, v. (1890) p. 349, 



Two females, four males. Fort Johnston, Nyasaland 

 {Rendall). 



Sphex nigripes, Smith. 



Sphex niffripes, Smith, Cat. Hym. B. M. iv. (1856) p. 254, ?. 



iSphex siamensis, Taschenb. Zeits, f. d. ges. Naturwiss. Halle, xxxiv. 



(1869) p. 413, $, var. 

 Si)h€x pulchripennis, Mocs. Magy. Akad. Term. Ertek. xili. (1883) 



p. 11, 5, var. 

 Sphex erythropoda, Cam. Mem. & Proc. Mauch. Lit. & Phil. Soc. ser. 4, 



ii. (1889) p. 20, 2 ' 



Five females {var. pulchripennis), Pvetovla (Distayit) ; two 

 females, five males (var. muticus, Kohl), Pretoria {Distant) ; 

 Fort Johnston, Njasaland {Rendall). 



Sphex mveatuSf Dufour. 



Sjjhex niveata, Duf. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. s6r. 3, i. (1863) p. 377, S ■ 

 EnocUa alhopectinata, Taschb. Zeits. f. d. ges. Naturwiss. Halle, xxxiv. 



(1869) p. 410, $ . 

 Sphex niveatus, Kohl, Termesz. Fiizetek,ix. (1885) p. 182, $ ($'■> Audr<5, 



Spec. Hym. Eur. iii. (1888) fasc. xxvii. p. 128, $ J . 



Two females, five males, Pretoria {Distant) ; Natal border, 

 Transvaal ; Fort Johnston, Nyasaland {Rendall) j Brak 

 Kloof, Cape Colony {Mrs. White). 



Sjphex pelopmiformis^ Dhlb. 



Sjihcx pelopa'iformis, Dhlb. Hym. Eur. i. (1845) p. 437; Smith, Cat, 

 Hym. B. M. iv. (1856) p. 245, $ d" i Kohl, Termesz. Fiizetek, ix. 

 (1885) p. 193, (S. 



Sphex lonyiventris, Sauss. Reise Novara, Bd. ii. (1867), Hym. p. 37, 

 pi. ii. tig. 21 ; Grib. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. (1884) p. 300, $ J . 



A solitary male, Pretoria {Distant). 



Sphex umbrosus, Christ. 



Sphex umbrosa, Christ, Naturg. Ins. 1791, p. 293, pi. xix. fig. 2, $. 

 Sphex rujipennis, albifrons, et unicolor, I'abr. Ent, Syst._, ii. (1793) 

 pp. 201, 207, & 208. 



