HYMENOPTERA. 165 



apical margins of the segments having narrow fasciae of white 

 pubescence. 



Hab. New Holland. 



230. POMPILUS ORNATIPENNIS. B.M. 



Female. Length 8 lines. Black : the antennae, palpi, and 

 mandibles in the middle ferruginous, the scape fuscous above ; 

 the legs ferruginous, coxae fuscous ; wings yellow, their apical 

 margins having a fuscous stripe uniting with a transverse band 

 which emanates from the marginal cell, a fuscous oblong stain 

 occupies the apex of the interno-medial and base of the first 

 discoidal cell ; metathorax short and rounded, transversely striated 

 posteriorly ; the first segment and basal half of the second seg- 

 ment of the abdomen ferruginous. 



Hab. New Holland. 



231. POMPILUS PELTERII. B.M. 



Pompilus Pelterii, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. pt. 2. p. 257 ', Atlas, 

 Ins. no. 9. f. 2. 



Hab. Amboyna. 



232. POMPILUS PICTIFRONS. B.M. 



Male. Length 5-6 lines. Black : an abbreviated line at the 

 inner orbits of the eyes, not extending to their vertex, the maxil- 

 lary palpi, mandibles in the middle, a line on each side of the 

 labrum, a spot above, and the clypeus, yellow, the latter having 

 a black bell-shaped spot in the centre ; a minute yellow spot on 

 the scape, the flagellum bright fulvous beneath, the tibiae, tarsi, 

 and tips of the femora bright fulvous ; wings subhyaline, tinged 

 with yellow, having a pale transverse fuscous fascia on the supe- 

 rior pair, crossing from, but not so wide as, the marginal cell ; the 

 apical margins of the wings have a narrow fuscous cloud, the 

 nervures ferruginous, towards the apex of the wings they be- 

 come fuscous; the metathorax rounded behind and slightly 

 roughened. 



Hab. Australia (Adelaide). 



233. POMPILUS PICTIPENNIS. B.M. 



Female. Length 8 lines. Black, covered with a fine seri- 

 ceous silvery pile ; the antennae ferruginous, the scape and two 

 or three of the apical joints above more or less fuscous ; the 

 tibiae and tarsi ferruginous, the claws rufo-piceous ; wings sub- 



