34 HYMENOPTERA. 



punctured, covered sparingly with hoary pubescence, particularly 



at the sides. 



Hab. Port Essington. 



Subfam. 2. ACUTILINGUES. 



Acutilingues, Westw. Int. Class. Ins. Gen. Syn. p. 84. 



Genus 12. SPHECODES. 

 (Details, Plate III.) 



Sphex, pt., Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 941, 1766. 



Apis, pt., Christ. Hym. p. 153, 1791. 



Nomada, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 345, 1793. 



Melitta, pt., Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. i. 137, ** a, 1802. 



Sphecodes, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 368, 1805. 



1. SPHECODES GIBBUS. B.M. 



Sphex gibba, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 946. 33, fy Cab. Mus. Linn. 



Soc. ?. 



Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 63. 816. 

 Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 212. 59. 

 Apis rufa, Christ. Hym. p. 201. t. 17. f. 12, J . 

 Melitta sphecoides, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 46. 9, J . 

 Melitta monilicornis, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Anal. ii. 47. 10 <J, & 



t. 15. f. 6. 



Melitta picea, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 48. 11, $ var. 

 Sphecodes piceus, Wesm. Obs. 

 Sphecodes gibbus, Nyland. Ap. Boreal. Act. Soc. Sc. Fenn. 



p. 193. 2. 



Sphecodes sphecoides, Smith, Zool. iii. 1013. 2.f.34. 

 Hab. Europe. 



2. SPHECODES RUFESCENS. B.M. 



Apis rufescens, Fourc. Ent. Par. ii. 447- 17- 



Apis gibba, Christ. Hym. p. 183. t. 15. f. 3. 



Nomada gibba, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 348. 12, fy Cab. Banks. Mus. 



Linn. Soc. 



Melitta gibba, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 42. 7. 

 Sphecodes gibbus, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 368. 



St. Farg. Hist. Nat. Ins. ii. 542. 3. t. 24. f. 1 ? , 2 $ . 



Smith, Zool. iu. 1012. 1. 

 Sphecodes pellucidus, Smith, Zool. iii. 1014. 3, <? J , var. ? 



Reaum. Mem. vi. 96. t. 9. f. 4. 7. 



Proabeille noire et rousse, De Geer, ii, / 55. t. 32. f. 6. 

 Hab. Europe. 



