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palpi, and mandibles ferruginous, the tips of the latter black ; the 

 antennae slightly fuscous above. Thorax and legs ferruginous ; the 

 metathorax smooth and convex; the claw-joint of the tarsi fuscous; 

 vpings hyaline, the nervures pale ferruginous ; the anterior wings with 

 a fuscous fascia the width of the second and third submarginal cells, 

 which it occupies, but does not quite cross the wing, terminating 

 at the inferior margin of the third discoidal cell. Abdomen petio- 

 lated, the third and following segments black; the extreme apex 

 ferruginous. The male differs in having the disk of the mesothorax 

 black. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



G-en. Maceomeeis, ^S'^. Farff. 



1. Macromeris violacea, St.Farg. Hym. iii. p. 464. 

 Hab. Sumatra. 



2. Macromeris argentifrons. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 97. 

 Hab. Sumatra. 



G-en. Mtgnimia, Smith. 



1. Mygnimia ferruginea. Smith, Proc. Linn, Soc. v. p. 121. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



2. Mygnimia fervida. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. p. 82. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



3. Mygnimia flava, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 197. 

 Hab. Sumatra. 



4. Mygnimia ducalis. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 98. 

 Hab. Sumatra. 



5. Mygnimia anthracina. Smith, Cat. Foss. Hym. p. 183. 

 Hab. Sumatra. 



6. Mygnimia Lacuna, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. p. 121. 

 Hab. Sumatra. 



Fam. SPHEaiD^, Leach. 

 G-en. Sfhex, Fair. 



1. Sphex nigripes. Smith, Cat. Foss. Hym. p. 254. 

 Hab. Sumatra. 



2. Sphex sericea. Fair. Sj/sL Piez. p. 211. 

 Hab. Sumatra. 



3. Sphex argentata, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. p. 25. 

 Hab. New Guinea ; Morty Island. 



4. Sphex diabolica. Smith, Proc. Linn, Soc. ii. p. 100. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



6. Sphex ferruginea, St. Farg. Hym. iii. p. 348. 

 Hab. Salwatty. 



