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conditiou, and M. regina, Sauss. (1892). Kohl (Hymen. 

 Siidarabiens, 1906, p. 97) gives M. tisiplione, Smith, as a 

 Chi/phononi/.v, evidently a wrong identification. 



Mygnimia mexicana, Cress. (1867), $ =:SaUus rogersi, Cam. (1892), 

 5 . Mexico. The species identified by Cameron as "Salius 

 mexicana " is not that species. 



Chyphononyx nigrita (F.)=SpheJL' nigrita, F., the type of vphich, 

 from Malabar, is in the Banks Collection ; there are speci- 

 mens from Uganda in the British Museum Collection. 



Chyphononyx optimus (Smith, 1855). Mx\ca.= Salias {Chypho- 

 nonyx) ttielanocerus, Cam. (1910). 



„ hretoni (Guerin), 5 nee (S =Pompilus exasperatus, 



Smith, $ , Congo, Pepsis xanthocerus, W. F. Kirby (nee 



Dahlb.), ? , and P. atlanticus, W. F. Kirby, c? (1884), Cape 



Verdes. 



The 2 described by W. F. Kirby as Priocnemis atlanticus is 



Batazonus fuUginosus, Klug. Sphex jiavicornis, F., which Dalla 



Torre queries as C. hretoni, is nearly allied but distinct; the type 



is in the Banks Collection at the British Museum. 



Chyphononyx antennata (Smith, 1855), $ = Chyphononyx an- 



tennata, Sauss. (1892), $ . 

 It is a curious fact that this S. African species should have 

 been given the same specific name by both authors. Smith 

 described it as Mygnimia. 



Chyphononyx peregrinus( Smith, 1875), $ =Salii(s saturnalis, Cam., 



(S . Khasia Hills, Calcutta. 



Cryptochilus ferrugineipennis (Hal. 1836), $ =Pompilus dumoms. 

 Spin. (1851), and Pepsis ferrugineipennis, Dalla Torre and 

 Lucas. S. America. 



Cryptochilus ridleyi (Cam.), S=SaUus anthracinus, Bingh. (nee 



Smith). Borneo. 

 In this species the (J has the tarsal ungues bifid, as in Chypho- 

 nonyx, and the $ unidentate, as in Cryptochilus. — N.B. Myg- 

 nimia anthracina, Smith (1855), is a Hemipepsis. 



Cryptochilus valentulus (Bingh. 1896), 5 = Salius geminus (Bingh. 



1896), 2 • N. India. 



„ decipiens (Smith, 1855), $ = Pompilus subviriclis 



(Smith, 1855), d . Natal. 



„ sericosoma (Smith, 1855), $ . Sumatra =*S'aZiMs sos- 



iratus, Cam., $ , and S. brooMi, Cam., (^ . Borneo. 



,, hipartitus (Lep.)= Calicurgus bipartitus, Lep. (1845). 



Bingham (Fauna Brit. India, Hym. i.) gives this species and 

 Priocnemis peregrinus. Smith, as synonyms of " Saliva hi- 

 pfiriid's (Lep.)." They belong to different genera. 



