148 HYMENOPTERA. 



142. POMPILUS SlNENSIS. B.M. 



Female. Length 7 lines. Head, antennae, mandibles and 

 palpi, reddish -yellow; the prothorax and mesothorax above, the 

 scutellum and tegulae, yellow ; the thorax beneath, the sides and 

 the metathorax, as well as the coxae and trochanters at their 

 base, black ; the femora, tibiae and tarsi, reddish-yellow, the two 

 latter slightly spinose ; wings deep fuscous, with a bright purple 

 iridescence ; the second submarginal cell about the same length 

 as the third, but much narrower, receiving the first recurrent 

 nervure near its apex. Abdomen reddish-yellow, with the basal 

 segment black ; the apical margin of the second, and sometimes 

 also of the third, fuscous. 



The male has the head and thorax black, the antennae fuscous 

 above and obscurely yellow beneath, the labrum, mandibles and 

 palpi yellow ; the scape compressed beneath ; the abdomen 

 slightly fuscous at the base. 



Hob. North China. 



143. POMPILUS GRAPHICUS. B.M. 



Female. Length 4 lines. Obscure blue : the clypeus densely 

 covered with silvery pile ; the antennae and mandibles black, the 

 palpi testaceous; the head and thorax have a thinly scattered 

 hoary pubescence ; wings subhyaline, a faint cloud occupies the 

 region of the second and third submarginal cells ; the legs black, 

 and covered with a fine hoary pile ; the tibiae and tarsi spinose, 

 the posterior tibiae serrated ; the metathorax smooth and opake. 

 Abdomen smooth and shining. 



Hob. Philippine Islands. 



144. POMPILUS AMETHYSTINUS. 



Sphex amethystina, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 210. 49. 

 Pepsis amethystinus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 215. 41. 

 Pompilus amethystinus, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 48. 



Schomb. Faun, et Flo. Brit. Guiana, iii. 



Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 382. 8. 



Hob. Brazil ; Guiana. 



145. POMPILUS AURIPENNIS. B.M. 



Pompilus auripennis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 192. 24. 



Pompilus bifasciatus, Gray, Griff. An. Kinad. xv. 515. 2. t. 76. 



f. 2 (nee Fabr.). 

 Hob. South America ; Brazil (Para; Tapajos). 



