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22. SCOLIA FLAVO-PICTA. B.M. 



Female. Length 10 lines. Black ; the posterior angles of 

 the metathorax have a large yellow macula; the wings flavo- 

 hyaline, the anterior margin of the superior wings of the deepest 

 yellow, the apex slightly fuscous. Abdomen : the basal seg- 

 ment has a transverse yellow fascia, slightly interrupted in the 

 middle ; the second segment has a broad yellow band occupying 

 nearly the entire segment, deeply emarginate in the middle, an- 

 teriorly, and having laterally a small black dot ; the third seg- 

 ment has a broad yellow fascia, emarginate in the middle ante- 

 riorly, and attenuated towards the lateral margins ; the fourth 

 segment an abbreviated transverse yellow stripe in the middle, 

 which is slightly emarginate. 



Hob. Java, 



23. SCOLIA PERSONATA. B.M. 



Male. Length 1 in. 4 lines. Black ; a minute yellow spot in 

 the emargination of the eyes, from which a narrow line descends 

 half-way down the inner orbits of the eyes. Thorax : the sides, 

 beneath, and the metathorax clothed with black pubescence ; the 

 wings dark fuscous, and having a rich purple iridescence. The 

 basal segment of the abdomen campanulate, produced into a 

 pointed tubercle, on the middle, at its base ; the third segment 

 having a broad orange fascia, subinterrupted in the middle ; the 

 sides and margins of the segments have a thick fringe of black 



Hab. Silhet. 



24. SCOLIA L^VICEPS. B.M. 



Female. Length 6 lines. Black ; the head smooth and 

 shining ; the clypeus prominent, smooth and shining, the face 

 depressed on each side, and covered with cinereous pubescence. 

 Thorax impressed with large deep punctures, the prothorax 

 having a thin cinereous pubescence ; the wings having a bright 

 violet iridescence. Abdomen strongly punctured, with a few 

 cinereous hairs at the sides and beneath. 



Male. Strongly punctured, the abdomen thinly covered with 

 short erect black pubescence, the wings having a brilliant purple 

 iridescence. 



Hab. Hong Kong. 



25. SCOLIA MODESTA. B.M. 



Female. Length 4 lines. Black ; the head smooth, shining 

 and impunctate, the face on each side of the clypeus having long 



