134 HYMENOPTERA. 



77- POMPILUS ANTICUS. B.M. 



Pompilus anticus, King, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 10. t. 38. f. 10. 

 Hob. Arabia. 



Specimens received from the Gambia have the wings subfus- 

 cous, whilst others from the same locality are dark, and have a 

 violet iridescence. 



78. POMPILUS SERICANS. 



Pompilus sericans, King, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 23. t. 39. f. 11 . 

 Aporus? sericans, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. p. 443. 



Hab. Arabia. 



79. POMPILUS COMPARATUS. B.M. 



Female. Length 10 lines. Black : the head ferruginous 

 above, the antennae, mandibles and palpi of the same colour ; 

 the insect destitute of pubescence. Thorax : the pro- and meso- 

 thorax as well as the scutellum ferruginous ; the wings yellow, 

 their apical margins having a fuscous border ; the tegulae ferru- 

 ginous; the second submarginal cell obliquely quadrate, re- 

 ceiving the first recurrent nervure a little beyond the middle ; 

 the metathorax transversely rugulose, having a longitudinal im- 

 pressed line in the middle ; the apical half of the femora, the 

 tibiae and tarsi ferruginous, the two latter very spinose, the pos- 

 terior tibiae externally serrated. Abdomen : the first segment 

 obscurely ferruginous in the middle, the second segment ferru- 

 ginous, its apical margin fuscous. 



Hab. Tunis. 



This species closely resembles audax, but differs in the neura- 

 tion of the wings, as well as other characters. 



80. POMPILUS ANTENNATUS. B.M. 



Male. Length 5-6 lines. Black : the head with a scattered 

 black pubescence, the mandibles rufo-piceous in the middle ; 

 the antennae very thick, tapering to a point, the joints subpecti- 

 nate beneath. Thorax : the posterior margin of the prothorax 

 angulated ; the metathorax having on each side a little silvery 

 pile ; wings deep fuscous, the second and third submarginal cells 

 of about equal length, the second submarginal cell receiving the 

 first recurrent nervure in the middle ; the tibiae and tarsi slightly 

 spinose. Abdomen : the apical margin of the segments with 

 fasciae of silvery pile ; the apical segment pale testaceous. 



Hab. Port Natal. 



