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8. MutUla rufipes, F.— Var. ciliata, Pz. 1 J , Amara, 17th June, 1 d , 



Shahroban (M), 31st July. 

 Var. platiensis, Dest. 1 ^' Qazvin (P), 17th July. 



9. Mutilla (Dasylabris) mama, L.— 2 J d (Var. arenaria, F) Talysh (P), 



10th July. 

 1 2 > Menjil, 29th March. 

 [1 2 on Tamarix 5 miles above Amara 



(M), 14th October 1918— Captain 



Evans]. 



10. Myzine arabica, Guer. — (?) 1 S , Baquba (M), 27th July. 



11. Myzinefascicvlata,'E.Saund.—(l) I d , Qazvin (P), 17th July. 



I have done my best to identify these J d of Myzine, but I feel very little 

 confidence that I have named them rightly. 



12. ScoHa (Triscolia) h(P7norrhoidalis, F.'— 3 d J Talish (P), 10th July, 2 5 2 



Astara (P), 2nd July, 3 $ $ 

 Enzeli, (P), 14-26th June, 1st 

 July; 4 2 2 Amara (M), May. 

 [1 (5,1$ " Common on Holly- 

 hocks, etc." Beit Na'ama, Bas- 

 rah (M), 27th and 31st Marcii 

 1919— Captain Evans.] 

 The J d from Persia are very unlike normal South European specimens. 

 Their pilosity is much paler, that on the thorax quite grey, and the yellow mark- 

 ings of the abdpmen are singularly pale— very large and confluent, so that they 

 appear rather as bands than as pairs of spots ; and in all the specimens they occur 

 not only on the 2nd and 3rd tergites, but on the 4th also. The J from Beit 

 Na'ama has no such peculiarities, and all the 5 5 from both districts are 

 quite normal. 



13. Scolia (Discolia) infuscata, Kl.— 9 d 6,^ 2 2, Amara (M), 4th May to 



31st October. 

 1 d , 1 2, Baghdad (M), 26th July ; 



1 2 » Khaniqin (M), 31st July. 

 [5 d d , 2 2 2 at or near Amara (M), 



2nd May, 20th June, 17th and 27th 



August 1918— Captain Evans.] 

 [2 d 6 , Tanooma (M). No date stated. 



(Lieut. Harwood.)] 



14. Scolia {Discolia) maura, Kl. — 1 d , Qazvin (P), 17th July. 



15. Scolia (Discolia) 4 punctata, F.- 1 2 » Qazvin (P), 24th July. 



16. Scolia [Discolia) hirta, Schrk.— 1 ^, Qazvin (P), 20th September. 



17. Elis {Triclis) 6-nmculata, F.— 8 J d, 3 2 2 Talish (P), 10th July. 



18. Elis (Dielis) marginella Kl.— 1 d , Baquba (M), 27th July. 



19. Elis {Dielis) eriophora, KL— 1 9 , Baquba (M), 30th July. 



This 2 is described and figured by Kl. {vide PL XXVII of Symb. Phys. Fig. 6) 

 under the name vestita. But he suggests that it is the 2 oi " the preceding 

 species," i.e., of eriophora (Fig. 5 on the same Plate, a J.) I have taken both 

 forms together in Egypt,and have no doubt that they are, as he thought, con- 

 specific. In V. dalla Torre's Catalogus, however, eriophora is treated as a synonyiti 

 of albicollis Chr., while vestita is referred to another species which he calls 

 " collaris (Fabr.), Gmel." 



I find it difficult to believe that this large and handsome Dielis can have any- 

 thing to do with Fabricius's collaris, which is described by its author as a Tiphia 

 of the size oi femorata (!) It may, however, be identical with either or both 

 of two other Fabrician species, namely, T. nigra and T. thoracica. Of these 

 T. nigra was the first to be described, and on the whole seems to match the 

 better of the two with King's figure and diagnosis. (The pilosity of the thorax 



