136 HYMENOPTERA. 



84. POMPILUS RUBESCENS. 



Female. Length 12 lines. Obscure rufo-fuscous, destitute 

 of pubescence ; the tips of the mandibles and anterior margin 

 of the clypeus black. The posterior margin of the clypeus nar- 

 rowly black ; the mesothorax smooth, and having on each side 

 a longitudinal impressed line, not quite extending to the anterior 

 margin ; the metathorax transversely rugose-striate ; wings ob- 

 scure rufo-fuscous, the second submarginal cell subquadrate, 

 receiving the first recurrent nervure at the apex ; the third sub- 

 marginal cell about the same length as the second ; the legs 

 thickly spinose, the posterior tibiae strongly serrated. Abdo- 

 men shining, delicately punctured, the basal segment impunc- 

 tate. 



Hob. Tripoli. 



85. POMPILUS AUDAX. B.M. 



Female. Length 12-15 lines. Fusco-rufous, the antennae, 

 clypeus and mandibles pale ferruginous; a transverse fuscous 

 line on the vertex ; the thorax beneath, the metathorax above, 

 the coxae, trochanters, and femora black, the latter ferruginous 

 at their tips ; the tibiae and tarsi thickly spinose, the posterior 

 tibiae strongly serrated ; wings yellow, slightly fuscous at their 

 base, their apical margins having a dark fuscous border; the 

 second submarginal cell oblong, receiving the first recurrent ner- 

 vure nearly at its apex ; the metathorax transversely rugose. 

 Abdomen covered with a fine sericeous pile and delicately punc- 

 tured, the apical margins dark fuscous, the apical segment 

 clothed with fulvous pubescence. 



The male is coloured the same as the female, and has the 

 legs similarly spined. 

 Hab. North Africa ; Albania. 



86. POMPILUS CLYPEATUS. 



Pompilus clypeatus, King, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 26. t. 39. f. 14 . 

 Hab. Egypt. 



87. POMPILUS FUMIGATUS. 



Pompilus fumigatus, King, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 19. t. 39. f. 7- 

 Hab. Egypt. 



88. POMPILUS NIGRITULUS. 



Pompilus nigritulus, King, Symb. Phys. dec. iv. no. 20. t. 39. f. 8. 

 Hab. Egypt. 



