822 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Fol. XXVII. 



An actual comparison of Captain Buxton's specimen with the Type of gratiosa 

 might perhaps reveal other differences, or on the contrary might show that those 

 above mentioned are unsubstantial. 



In the meantime I will only add that in assimilis (J, as in gratiosa, the 1st 

 cubital nerve is completely aborted, but that in Lieut. Harwood's $ it is present 

 though obsolescent. This character, however, is expressly stated by Kohl 

 to be variable in 5 5 of assimilis, and also in those of other Ampulex spp. 



32. [Chlorion {=Sphex auctt.) Semenowi, Morawitz. — 1 $ , Ruz Camp, N. E* 



of Baghdad, 15th November 1918— 



Captain Evans.] 

 I believe I have determined this splendid insect correctly, though I have not 

 seen the Type, and have had to depend solely on the author's description of it 

 Hor. Ent. Soc. Ross., XXIV, 1890. This description appeared too late for 

 Kohl to introduce the species into his Tables of Sphex L. published in the same 

 year. But he reproduces the original description later on in his Monograph 

 <No. 174 [p. 253] p. 451, Ann. Nat. Hofm. V.) 



33. Chlorion (Pahnodes) melanarius. Moos. — 1 5 , Shahroban (M), 31st July. 



34. Chlorion (Palmodes) argyrius, BruU. — [1 2 " Garden below Amara," 



5th June 1918 — Captain Evans]. 



35. Sphex {=Aminophila,K.) occipitalis, Morawitz. — 2 d J, Amara (M) 



28th May. 

 1 2 , Amara (M), 4th, 

 December 1917. 

 [1 J, 26th April, 1 $, 10th September 1918 "at or near 

 Amara " — Captain Evans.] 



36. Sphex (Eremochares) dives, Brull. — 2 ? $ , Amara (M), 28th May 



[1 ^ "5 miles below Amara," 29th 

 August — Captain Evans.] 



37. Philanthustriangulum,¥.—l ^, 1 $ , Talish (P), 10th June ; 3 2$, 



Enzeli (P). 14th June. 



38. PhilantMis coarctatus, Spin. — 1 ^, Baquba (M), 27th July. 



39. C erceris emarginata, Pz. — 1 (^, Baquba (M), 27th July; 1 2, Amara 



(M), November, 5 S $, Qazvin (P), 17th to 

 24th July. 

 [1 2 J " about mud wall, garden or Tigris, above Amara, " 16th Septem- 

 ber — Captain Evans.] 



40. Cerceris stibimpressa, Schlett. — 3 J d , Amara (M), 14 to 28th May ; I 



2 , Amara (M), 8th May. 



41. Cerceris insignis, Klug. — 1 6 , Amara (M), 28th May. 



42. Cerceris bupresticida, Bui. — 2^ $, Baquba (M), 27th July. 



43. Cerceris spinipectus, Sm. (=prisca, Schlett.) 5 $$, Amara (M), 28th 



May to 26th June ; 1 2 > Amara (M), 13th June. 



44. Cerceris lutea, Tasch. — 4 $ $, Amara (M), 28th May to 14th June. 

 This and the last species seem to me best separable by the sculpture of the 



propodeum, its " cordiform area" being quite polished and shining in lutea, 

 but dull in spinipectus, (The coloration of the thorax appears to be variable 

 on both forms, the mesonotum being sometimes quite black, and sometimes 

 chiefly yellow. The latter is the case with all the Mesopotamian specimens of 

 both species now before me. Of my own captures in Egypt and Palestine all 

 which I take to be spinipectus have the mesonotum black, and all but one $ 

 of lutea yellow !) 



45. Cerceris dacica, Schlett. (?) var. — 1 $, Qazvin (P), 17th July. 



A very highly coloured form, nearly answering to Schletterer's description of 

 his var. magnifica. But the apical segment is entirely black. 



