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46. Cerceris, sp ? — 1 ^, Qazvin, 17th July. 



Possibly a c? of capitata, Sm. But the abdominal fascia are very wide, and 

 not, as in capitata 9, " subinterrupted." A J sent to me from Madrid by 

 Sn. Mercet as capitata differs from the present specimen only in being larger 

 with narrower abdominal bands (none of them " subinterrupted "!) and smaller 

 spots of yellow on the scutellum. 



47. Cerceris annexa ,Kohl~\ J , 2 $ $ , Amara (M), 9th September ; 2 g ^, 



Fao (M), 10th August ; 1 ^, Khaniqin'(M), Ist 

 August. 



48. Nysson riifus, Handl.— 1<J, Amara (M), 25th June ; 4 2 9, Amara (M) 



14-25th June, 18th July. 



49. Sphecius uljanini, Rad. (?) — 1 ^, Qazvin (P), 17th July. 



I think this must be the ^ of uljianini, and believe it has never yet been 

 described. 



It resembles antennatus, luniger, etc. in the form of its paradoxical intermediate 

 metatarsi. The specimen before me, which is the only one I have seen has 

 unfortunately lost all but a few basal joints of its antennse, but they seem to 

 have been testaceous, except the scapes, which are yellow with only their basal 

 halves blackened behind. The " pictura pallida " is of a light sulphur-yellow 

 and exceedingly copious. It occupies the whole face below the antennse," and in 

 continued upwards, along the inner orbits of the eyes, nearly to the level of the 

 anterior ocellus ; about half way between the uj)per end of each of these orbital 

 yellow vittse and the ocellus aforesaid there is a very minute and inconspicuous 

 yellow spot. The edge of the pronotum is also yellow ; as are the humeral 

 tubercles ; a square spot immediately behind them on the mesopleures ; the 

 front half of the tegulse (their posterior half being rather rufescent) ; the sides 

 of the mesonotum (N.B.) very widely, these being occupied by a large yellow- 

 longitudinal vitta, which runs along the tegulse and is dilated downwards till it 

 reaches the tubercles and fills the whole angle which separates them from the 

 tegulae ; a large oval mark on the scutellum ; nearly the whole of the anteiior 

 legs, (even the coxae of the 1st pair are yellow in front !) ; the tarsi, tibite, and 

 nearly half the femora of the hind legs ; a large triangular spot occupying each 

 side of the 1st segment; and very wide undulated subapical fasciae on each of 

 those following (the extreme actual apices of the segments are dully rufescent !). 

 These fasciae (except that on the apical segment) are to a certain extent continued 

 on the underside of the abdomen forming triangular or sub-triangular maculse 

 on the sides of each ventral-plate. The pilosity of the head and thorax is whitish. 

 The neuration of the wings pale reddish-brown. 



50. Stizus tridens, F.— 1 ^, Talish (P), 10th July. 



51. Stiztis cyanescens, B-Sid. — 2 ^ (^, Amara (M), 10th July; Amara (M), 



12th September. 2 $ $ , Amara (M), — September. 



52. Stizus bizonatus, Klug. — 8 $ 2 , Amara (M), 8th June to 19th July. 



53. Stizus ruficornis, F.— 1 $, TaUsh (P), 10th July ; 1 $ , Enzeli, 30th June. 



54. Bembex bidentata, v. d. Lind.— 5 J d , 2 $ $ , Talish (P), 10th July. 



55. Bembex bicolor, Usid. — 4 ^^,1 2, Amara (M), 9-17th September. 



56. Bembex oculata, Latr.— 2 2 2 > Enzeli (P), 6-26th June. 



57. Bembex mediterranea, Handl. — 9 J J , 5 2 2. Enzeli (P), 6th June. 



58. Palarus fabius. Nurse.— 2 $ $,2 2 2 . Amara (M), 9th September. 

 These were taken on Zizyphus. Mr. R. E, Turner helped me to determine 



them by comparison Avith a specimen presented by Col. Nurse to the Natural 

 History Museum, S. Kensington. Though hitherto this species seems to be 

 recorded only from India, Mr. Turner considers the genus to be really part of 

 the Palearctic and Ethiopian fauna, and not " Oriental" (cf. his " Remarks on 

 the genus Palarus " in Ann. and 3Iag. Nat. Hist., May 1911). 



59. Liris hoemorrhoidalis, F.— 1 2 > Amara (M), 5th October [Taken also in 



both Sexes bv Lieut. Harwood.l 



