24 Cameron, Hymenoptera Orientalia. 



Sphex rothneyi Cam. 



Bingham regards this as identical with Sphex viciniis 

 Lep., a species very badly described, and placed by Kohl 

 in his Monograph among the unidentifiable species. 6". 

 rothneyi is, however, very probably only a local form of 

 Sphex pruinosus Germar, a species recorded from South 

 Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa (Syria, 

 Caucasus, Soudan). If the two be identical kS. pruinosus 

 has a very wide range, as have a few other species of the 

 same genus. 



Sphex xanthopterus Cam. 



* When I described this species as new (^Manch. Mem., 

 (4) ii., p. 109) I was quite justified in doing so, as no such 

 species had been recorded from the old world, and my 

 name has been adopted by Kohl and Bingham. Kohl, 

 however, has since (Ann. k.k. Hofmus. Wien, x., p. 52) 

 recognized it, by an examination of the type in the Berlin 

 Museum, as the same as Sphex cinerascens Dahlbom (Hym. 

 Eur., i., pp. 25 and 436). From this it follows that the 

 American locality given by Dahlbom must have been 

 erroneous. 



Sphex flavovestitus Sm. 



This Indian species is omitted by Bingham. The 

 description {Cat. Hyjn. Ins. Brit. Mus., iv., p. 253) is not 

 very satisfactory; but, as the type is in the British Museum, 

 an examination of it would either establish its specific 

 distinctness, or give it decent burial in the synonomy. 



Sphex deplanatus Kohl. 



This species is omitted by Bingham. The following 

 is Kohl's description (Ann. k.k. Hofmus. Wien, x., p. 53). 



"c^. Niger; abdomen ex parte rufum. Pedes nigri. 

 AlcB infuscatce violaceo-resplendentes. Caput et thorax 



