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dornen purple. Mandibles obscure ferruginous, with their tips black ; the apical 

 joints of the antennae alightly fuscous above ; the anterior margin of the clypeus 

 with four equidistant, short, angular, acute teeth. Thorax : the metathorax, pectus, 

 sides, coxae, trochanters, base of the intermediate femora beneath, the posterior 

 leys and intermediate tarsi black ; the posterior tibiœ with an obscure ferruginous 

 tinge ; wings dark brown, with a violet iridescence ; the hind wings have their 

 apical margins clear-hyaline ; the anterior portion of the prothorax, and the meta- 

 thorax above, transversely finely striated. Abdomen smooth and shining, its colour 

 changing from bright purple to shades of blue or violet in different lights. — 

 Belushistan ; Afghanistan ; and Sind. »> 



SPHEX SIED AEIEN SIS Eadoszk. 



«Sphex Sirdariensis Ead. (Eeis. Turkest. p. 9, n, 5, c?, 1876.) — Nigi-a: 

 clypeo submavTginato, mandibulis forte bidentatis ; clypeo, capite, thorace toto pe- 

 dibusque ex parte nigro-hirtis, abdomine glabro subnitido ; unguiculis tarsorum 

 castaneis. Alis fuscis violascentibus, apice obscuriore ; cellula radialis elliptica, 

 2-a cubitali parva, 3-a trapezina. Long, 24 mm. — Habitat in valle Sarafschan et 

 ad flumen Jaxartem.» 



SPHEX SORDIDUS Dahlb. 



Sphex sordida Dhlb. (Hym. eur. I. p. 4-36.) — «Abdomen totum nigrum 

 Pedes nigri. Alas subcinereo — ant subtestaceo-hialina?. Metanotum subgranulato 

 coriaceum. Antennae longae. Petiolus brevissimus. Segmenta ventralia ultimum et 

 penultimum fusco-pilosella. Mandibulae nigrse. — Ehodus.» 



SPHEX SONGAEICUS Eversm. 



Sphex songarica Eversm. (Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. XXII, 1S49, Nr. n, p. 368. 

 n. 4.) — «Nigra, capite thoraceque hirtis, illo argenteo-sericeo ; abdomine rufo, 

 apice nigro ; alls fumatis, basi pallidoribus, cellula cubitali seeunda oblongo-rhom- 

 bea. Ç . Long. I'^U'". — Facile cognoscitur hfec species petiolo abdominis toto 

 rubro. Hab. in campis Kirgisorum orientalibus. » 



SPHEX STSCHUEOWSKII Eadoszk. 



«Sphex Stschurowsldi Ead. (Eeise Turkest. p. 7, n. 1, $, Taf. IV. Fig. I. 

 1876.) — Nigra ; clypeo gibbo, fossula ante marginum, spatio post ocellis ele- 

 vato sulcato, vertice, fronte, facie (nee clypeo), prothorace, mssothorace supra 

 argenteo-pilosis ; metathorace subtiliasime rugoso-striato, nigro pilosello. Alis sa- 

 turate-violaceis apice subhyahnis. Long. 31 Mm. Habitat in desertis Kisil-Kum.» 



SPHEX SUBFÜSCATUS Evensm. (non Dhlb.) 



Sphex subfuscata Eversm. (Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. XXII, 1849, Nr. II, p. 369, 

 n. 6.) — «Nigra, capite thoraceque griseo-pubescentibus, fronte argenteo-sericea ; 

 abdomine ovato nitido, petiolo longiusculo, — alls cinereo-hyalinis, externe fu- 



