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male has a hood and many yellow spots on the posterior extremity 

 of the thorax. South of France and Italy. Lat. Gen. iv. 105. 



S. quadripunctata, Lat. Slightly hairy ; the abdomen with two 

 oval spots of a pale yellow colour, on the second and third seg- 

 ments ; upper wings reddish yellow. About the size of the com- 

 mon wasp. Inhabits France, Spain, &c. on thistles. Nouv. 

 Diet. xxx. 390. 



TRIBE II. SAPYGITES, Lat. 



Feet slender in both sexes, slightly or not spinous or ciliated ; 

 antennae as long as the head and thorax. 



I. Antennae filiform or setaceous ; body pubescent. 



Gen. SCOTJENA, THYNNUS, POLYCHRUM. 



II. Antennas thickening towards the end, or clavate. 



Gen. SAPYGA. 



Gen. SAPYGA, Lat. Apis, Lin. Hellus, Fab. 

 Females with a sting ; inferior lip in three narrow elongated 

 divisions, of which the lateral are small and pointed, and the 

 middle are notched ; antennae inserted towards the middle of 

 the front, tumid towards their extremity and folded ; upper 

 lip none, or slightly apparent ; palpi short, the maxillary ones 

 of six joints, the labial of four ; mandibles strong, with many 

 dentations ; wings extended. 



The insects of this genus have a narrow elongated body, of a black colour, and 

 spotted with brown, white, or yellow. The antenna are the length of the thorax in 

 the females, but longer and terminated in a larger club in the males. They are 

 nearly connected in form and structure with the wasps. 



S. sexpunctata, Lat. (H. ^-guttatus, Fab.) Body black ; the se- 

 cond and third ring of the abdomen red ; the fourth and fifth with 

 a white spot on each side. 4 lines long. Nouv. Diet. xxx. 179. 



S. pruma, Lat. {A. clavicornis, Lin.) Black, with a yellow spot 

 on each side upon the second, third, and fourth segments of the 

 abdomen, united in some individuals, and forming bands ; extre- 

 mity of the abdomen with a yellow spot Nouv. Diet. xxx. 179. 



TKIBE III. POMPILII. 



Prothorax of a square form, either transverse or longitudinal, 

 with the posterior margin almost straight ; abdomen obovoid, 

 without narrowing at its base ; internal side of the two poste- 

 rior legs with a pencil of hairs. 



I. Palpi of almost equal length ; the last two joints of the maxillary, and the last 

 of the labial ones much shorter than the preceding ; labium deeply bifid, with nar- 

 row and sharp lobes. 



Gen. PEPSIS. 



II. Maxillary palpi much longer than the labial, pendant ; the last joint scarcely 

 differing in length from the preceding ; labium simply notched. 



1. Prothorax transverse, broader than long. 

 Gen. POMPILUS, CEROPALES, APORUS. 



