440 L?,-COL, 0. T. BINGHAM ON THE - [Mar. 17, 
Sphew diabolica, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. ii. (1858), 100, 3 9; 
id. ibid. xi. (1867), 361, 12. 
Sphea tuberculata, Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xii. 
(1873), 291 9. 
Sphea argentatus, André, Spec. Ins. iii. fase. 27 9 od. 
Sphea umbrosus, Kohl, Ann. d. k. k. Naturhist. Hofmus. v. 
(1890), 406, 99. 
Pundaloya (Green coll.). 
934, SpHEx NIGRIPES, Smith. 
Sphea nigripes, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. iv. 254, 59 9; 
id. Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 361, 8; Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch. 
Lit. & Phil. Soe. ser. 4, ii. (1889), 108, 15; Kohl, Ann. d. k. k. 
Naturhist. Hofmus. v. (1890), 421, 114 9 o. 
Sphea siamensis, Taschenb. Zeitschr. f. d. ges. Naturwiss. Halle, 
xxxiv. (1869), 413 92. 
Sphex erythropoda, Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch, Lit. & Phil. Soc. 
ser. 4, il. (1889), 108,138 & 110 9. 
Pundaloya (Green coll.). 
The two specimens in Mr. Green’s collection have much darker 
wings than the type which is in the British Museum, but they 
agree very well with Mr. Smith’s description. Kohl unites Sphev 
tyrannica, Smith, with this species. I have examined the types of 
both, and they seem to me quite distinct species, markedly in the 
shape and form of the clypeus, petiole, and abdomen, and in the 
colour of the wings and legs, as shown in Plate XV. figs. land 3. 
935, SpuEex vipuatvs, Christ. 
Sphew fervens, Fabr. (nec Linné), Syst. Ent. 346 (1775) ; 
Mant. Ins. i. & ii. 275 (1787); Ent. Syst. ii. 200, 5 (1793). 
Sphea viduata, Christ, Naturg. Ins. 305, t. xxx. f. 4 (1791). 
Sphea pubescens, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 205, 28; Kohl, Termesz. 
Fiizetek, ix. (1885), 188 9 ¢; André, Spec. Hym. iii. fase. 27, 
130; Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc. ser. 4, ii. (1889), 
106, 8. 
Pepsis fervens, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 209, 6. 
Pepsis pubescens, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 212, 22. 
Enodia canescens, Dahlb. Hym. Eur. i. 28, 2. 
Enodia fervens, Dahlb. Hym. Eur. i. 489, 2. 
Parasphex fervens, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. iv. 267, 1; 
Jour. Linn. Soe. xi. (1867), 362, 1. 
Sphew viduatus, Kohl, Ann. d. k. k. Naturhist. Hofmus. v. 
(1890), 332, 32. 
Colombo. 
Being in Colombo for a couple of days, I caught, among other 
insects, one specimen of this species just outside the Oriental Hotel. 
236. SPHEX LUTEIPENNIS, Mocsary. 
Sphea lutespennis, Mocs. Magy. Akad. Term. Ertek. (1883), 
