HYMENOPTERA. 163 



222. POMPILUS FASCIATUS. , B.M. 



Sphex fasciata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 213. 60. 



Pompilus fasciatus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 194. 30, fy Mus. Dow. 



Banks. 

 Hob. New Holland (Moreton Bay, Hunter River, Port Essing- 



tonj ; Van Diemen's Land. 



223. POMPILUS FUGAX. B.M. 



Sphex fugax, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 213. 63. 



Pompilus fugax, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 250. 24 ; Syst. Piez. 



p. 194. 35, fy Cab. Dow. Banks. 

 Sphex nitida, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 214. 65. 

 Pompilus nitidus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 250. 26 ; Syst. Piez. 



p. 195. 36, 4* Cab. Dow. Banks. 



Hab. New Zealand; New Holland? 



On comparison, these insects in the Banksian Collection will 

 be found to be the same ; the fascia on the wings appears to be 

 most frequent in the males, but in this species it is a very incon- 

 stant character, being frequently obsolete ; the locality of New 

 Holland given by Fabricius is possibly erroneous. 



224. POMPILUS FRONTALIS. 



Sphex frontalis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 209.41 ; Mus. Dow. Banks. 

 Pompilus frontalis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 188. 3. 



Hab. New Holland. 



225. POMPILUS FLAVICORNIS. B.M. 



Female. Length 10 lines. Black : the antennae yellow, two 

 or three of the apical joints fuscous. Thorax oblong-quadrate, 

 of the same width as the head, the sides nearly parallel, the me- 

 tathorax rounded posteriorly and transversely rugose-striate, and 

 having a longitudinal impressed line down the middle ; the pro- 

 thorax, mesothorax and scutellum smooth ; wings dark fuscous, 

 the third submarginal cell one-third wider than the second, which 

 receives the first recurrent nervure about one-third from its 

 apex ; legs scarcely spinose, having only a few very short spines 

 on the tibiae, the tarsi being ciliated with short distant spines. 

 Abdomen smooth, subopake, slightly shining at the base. 



Hab. New Holland (Port Stephen). 



