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rufo-fuscous ; the metathorax with large coarse subconfluent punc- 

 tures ; the wings subhyaline, with a broad fuscous fascia crossing at 

 the stigma. Abdomen shining, with a long thin black pubescence, 

 most dense towards the apex ; the second segment with a fascia or 

 fringe of white pubescence. 



Hob. New Guinea. 



6. MuTiLLA. FLUCTUATA. jM". nigra ; capite thoraceque rudc puuctatis 

 et pubescentibus ; abdomine Isevigato, nitido ; aUs subhyalinis ; protho- 

 race pube argentata vestito. 



Male. Length 4 lines. Black ; head and thorax coarsely punctured, 

 the punctures on the metathorax very large and subconfluent; a 

 deep longitudinal channel runs from each posterior stemma halfway 

 towards the margin of the vertex ; the head, sides of the thorax, and 

 legs have a scattered, long, glittering silvery pubescence ; the clypeus 

 and prothorax are densely clothed with short silvery pubescence; 

 the wings subhyaline, iridescent, and their apical margins clouded ; 

 the tegulae smooth and shining, with their posterior half silvery; 

 the tibiae have their calcaria white. Abdomen smooth and shining, 

 with scattered fine punctures, the posterior margins of the segments 

 with long silvery hairs; the apical segment coarsely punctured and 

 fringed with black hairs. 



Hob. Morty Island. 



Tribe FOSSOBES, Latr. 



Earn. SCOLIADJE, Lead. 



Gren. TiPHiA, Fair. 



1. TrPHiA FLAViPENNis, Smith, Proe. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 91. 

 Hub. Gilolo; Morty Island. 



G-en. ScoLiA, Fahr. 

 Div. 1. The anterior wings with two submarginal cells and one recurrent 



nervure. 



1. ScoLiA FULGiDiPENNis, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iv. p. 152. 

 Hub. Salwatty. 



2. ScoLiA NiTiDA, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iv. p. 152. 

 Hub. New Guinea. 



3. ScoLiA auADRicEPS, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iv. p. 153. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



4. ScoLiA CAPTiVA, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. vi. p. 52. 

 Hab. Sumatra. 



Div. 2. The anterior wings with two submarginal cells and three recurrent 



nervures. 



5. ScoLiA AUREicoLLis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. p. 499. 

 Hab. Sula. 



