70 POMPILUS VARIABILIS. 



domen : a white spot at the base of the apical segment ; all the 

 ventral segments entire ; the margin of the sixth with two ab- 

 breviated impressed parallel lines ; the superior plates of the 

 segments curve much further beneath than in other species. 



Having united what have hitherto been considered distinct 

 species, it is necessary to state that they were taken in coitu at 

 Camber well, on the 20th of August, 1843. The species is very 

 local, but has been taken at Highgate, Hampstead Heath, 

 Bishop's Wood, Hampstead, and at Fulham. 



17. Pompilus (Priocnemis) variabilis. 



P. niger; fronte puncto utrinque ad marginem internum ocu- 

 lorum, prothoracis lineola utrinque albidis ; pedibus runs ; me- 

 tathorace concolore aut sanguineo ; abdomims macula quinta 

 albida. 



Sphex variabilis, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 99. 



Sphex variegata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 211. 53 (nee Linn.). 



Pompilus variegata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 247. 10. 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 77. 12. 



Pompilus bipunctatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 251. 28 ; Syst. Piez. 

 195. 38. 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 72. 8 ; Krit. Revis. 2. 119. 



Van d. Lind. Obs. 330. 25. 

 Pompilus decemguttatus, Jurine, Hym. i. t. 8. 

 Pompilus variabilis, Van d. Lind. Obs. 57. 21. 

 Pompilus Fabricii, Van d. Lind. Obs. 57. 22. 

 Priocnemis variegatus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 91. 45. 

 Calicurgus variabilis, bipunctatus, binotatus, et Fabricii ? St. Farg. 



Hym. iii. 399. 403. 3. 4. 6. 7. 



Priocnemis bipunctatus, Wesm. Hym. Foss. Belg. 64. 12. 

 Anoplius sexpunctatus, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 447. 10. 



Female. Length 3-5 lines. Black and shining ; a line on the 

 inner orbit of the eyes and a spot behind them towards the 

 vertex cream-coloured ; the mandibles ferruginous, with their 

 tips black. Thorax : the posterior margin of the prothorax 

 with a line on each side and the tubercles cream-coloured ; the 

 metathorax ferruginous and transversely striated, delicately so 

 at the base, and more strongly towards the apex ; the wings 

 fulvo-hyaline, with a broad fuscous border at the apex of the 

 superior pair, the nervures rufo-testaceous ; the legs ferrugi- 

 nous, with the base of the femora, the apex of the tibiae, and 

 the tarsi black ; the intermediate and posterior tibiae serrated 

 outside. Abdomen : the second and third segments with an 

 ovate macula on each side at their basal margins ; the fourth 



