HYMENOPTERA. 99 



66. SCOLIA ELEGANS. 



Scolia elegans, Brulle, Hist. Nat. II. Canar. ii. pt. 2. Entom. 

 Hob. Canary Islands. 



67. SCOLIA RUBRO-MACULATA. B.M. 



Female. Length 13 lines. Black : the face rugose, on each 

 side of the clypeus clothed with cinereous pubescence ; the 

 vertex shining, the punctures scattered. Thorax deeply punc- 

 tured, the disk shining, the punctures scattered ; the sides have 

 a scattered ochraceous pubescence, the wings fuscous, darkest 

 towards their anterior margins, and having some irregularly scat- 

 tered pale spots. Abdomen : the second and third segments 

 have on each side a large subovate brick-red macula, those on 

 the second segment pointed within ; those on the third sub- 

 interrupted ; the three following segments red. 



Hab. India. 



68. SCOLIA PARVULA. 



Colpa parvula, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 548. 17 ?. 

 Hab. India. 



69. SCOLIA EXIMIA. B.M. 



Female. Length 11 lines. Black and shining, the punctures 

 sparing on the vertex. Thorax : the disk, the scutellum and 

 metathorax above having only a few scattered punctures ; a large 

 macula on the sides of the prothorax before the insertion of the 

 wings, the post-scutellum and a spot on each side of the meta- 

 thorax, yellow ; the wings dark brown, with a splendid purple 

 iridescence, the pubescence and spines on the legs black. Ab- 

 domen : an ovate macula on each side of the first and three fol- 

 lowing segments, those on the second and third largest. 



Hab. India. 



70. SCOLIA GROSSA. B.M. 



Tiphia grossa, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 232. 4 ? . 



Scolia grossa, Burm. Abh. Nat. Ges. Halle, i. 23. 22 $ ? . 



Hab. India. 



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