Hymenopterous Insects from the Philippines. 443 
Chalybion bengalensis, Dahlb. Hym. Eur. i. p. 433, 2. 
Pelopeeus violaceus, Lepel. Hym,. iii. p. 321. 21. 
Pelopeus flebilis, Lepel. Hym. iii. p. 821. 22. 
Pelopeeus violaceus, Costa, Prosp. d. Imenott. Ital. fase. i. p. 21. 6. 
Pelopeus bengalensis, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. pt. iv. p. 280. 15; 
Journ. Linn. Soe. xi. (1867) p. 860. 19; Smith and Horne, Tr. Zool. 
Soc. vii. (1870) pt. iii. p. 163, pl. xxi. figs. 2, 2a; Cam. Hym. 
Orient., Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc. ser. 4, vol. iv. pt. i. 
eel: 
One specimen in collection. 
17. Sphex maurus, Smith. 
Sphex maura, Smith, Cat. Hym, Ins. B. M. iv. p. 255. 61, 9; Journ. 
Linn. Soe. xi. (1867) p. 561. 10. 
Sphevr maurus.ohl. Termész. Fiizetek, i. P. 2°, p. 199, g 2; Ann. d. 
k. k. Naturhist. Hofmus, v. p. 411. 102. 
Sphex tyrannica, Bingh. (nec Smith) Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. 
v. (1890) p. 241. 18. 
One male and five females in the collection, all of which 
are rather larger than the type described by Smith. 
18. Sphex morosus, Smith. 
Sphex morosa, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. (1861) p. 122.7, 3; Journ. 
Linn, Soe. xi. (1867) p. 362. 20, 
Sphex morosus, Kohl. Ann. d. k. k. Naturhist. Hofmus. v. p. 448. 67. 
One specimen in the collection (a female), which I provi- 
sionally identify with this species, though it differs both from 
the type and Smith’s description in having the petiole and 
the first segment of the abdomen slightly reddish. In size, 
however, and in the colour of the wings and of the rest of 
_ the body, it agrees with both the type and the description of 
S. morosa. 
Fam. Cerceride, Wesm. 
19. Cerceris vafra, sp. n. 
@. L. 20 millim., exp. 38 millim. 
Head, thorax, and the greater part of the abdomen black, 
the first, second, and third segments of the last variegated 
with red. 
Head broad, broader than the thorax; the mandibles at 
the base above piceous, jet-black at the tips; the clypeus 
sparsely and finely punctured, with a very short elevated 
carina down the centre, not reaching the anterior margin; 
below the carina there is a small square spot, which is black 
and shining; the rest of the head and face finely and closely 
punctured ; the antennz black, opaque ; the sides of the face 
