SPHEX. 



on each fide ; hind-thighs rufous ; wings tipt with brown. 

 It inhabits Saxony. 



Sex-/'UNCtata. Black, with two white dots under the 

 fcutel, and four on the abdomen ; wings tipt with brown. 



Bl-FASCIATA. Black, immaculate ; wings with two 

 black bands. This is an inhabitant of Paris. 



GiBBA. Black ; abdomen ferruginous, tipt with brown ; 

 upper wings brown at the tip. This is found in divers parts 

 of Europe. 



Fasciata. Black; antennae rufous ; wings white, with 

 two brown bands. This is found in New Holland, as is the 

 next. 



CiNEREA. Cinereous ; fegments of the abdomen black 

 at the bafe, and brown at the tip. 



Tropica. Black ; fecond fegment of the abdomen fer- 

 • uginous. This is found in different parts of America. 



Fugax. Thorax covered with gold down ; abdomen fer- 

 ruginous ; wings yellowifh, with a brown band. 



AuRATA. Head and thorax with gold down ; abdomen 

 black, the edges of the fegments cinereous. This is found 

 in the Eaft Indies. 



NiTiDA. Ferruginous ; thorax golden behind ; wings 

 yellowifh. It inhabits New Holland. 



* RuFiPss. Black ; the fegments of the abdomen are 

 marked with a white dot on each fide ; the wings are tipt 

 with brown. Found in England, and on divers parts of the 

 European continent. 



Bi-PUNCTATA. Black, glabrous ; abdomen marked 

 with two white dots and a band behind ; the wmgs arc tipt 

 with brown. This is an European infeft. 



NiGRicoRNls. Black ; head and thorax rufous. It is 

 found in New Holland. 



ExALTATA. Bkck ; abdomen rufous, tipt with black ; 

 wings brown at the tip, with a white dot. 



Maculata. Black ; thorax fpotted with white ; (irft 

 fegment of the abdomen rufous, the refl with a tranfverfe 

 white line on each fide. It inhabits Kiel. 



Tricolorata. Black ; abdomen with filver lunules on 

 each fide, the bafe is rufous, the tip black. This is a Bar- 

 bary infeft. 



Guttata. Black, glabrous; thorax fpotted with 

 white ; abdomen rufous, with tranfverfe dots, and black 

 before the tip. This is very like the S. maculata, and is 

 found in Italy. 



Abdominalis. Black ; thorax with a cinereous band 

 before; abdomen rufous ; wings tipt with brown. It inha- 

 bits Brafil. 



Cai'knsis. Black ; antennae, thanks, and wings teftaceous, 

 the latter tipt with brown. It inhabits the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



NiGKlTA. Black ; wings blue. Inhabits Malabar. 



Turcica. Black ; thorax with a cinereous band before ; 

 abdomen rufous ; wings black. It is an inhabitant of 

 Brafil. 



NiGRlPES. Black ; abdomen ferruginous ; wings duflfy ; 

 legs black. It inhabits Africa. 



ViLLosA. Black ; abdomen villous, tellaceous ; wings 

 deep black ; legs rufous. It is found at Malabar, and is 

 very fmall. 



Discolor. Black, glabrous ; wings yellow, tipt with 

 black. It is found in Barbary. 



Flava. Black; head, thorax, and tail, ferruginous; 

 wings yellow, tipt with brown. It is found in the Eall 

 Indies. 



Bicolorata. Black ; head, tip of the abdomen, and 

 wings, yellow, the latter tipt with brown. Tliis is a New 

 Holland infect. 



Specio.sa. Deep black ; wings rufous, tipt with 

 white. 



FuLVlPENNls. Black; head, fore-part of the thorax, 

 tail and legs, rufous ; wings fulvous, tipt with blue. This 

 is an inhabitant of India. 



NoBiLis. This fpecies ia varied with filver and black ; 

 wings white, with two black bands. It inhabits Cayenne. 



Brevicornis. Black ; thorax ferruginous ; abdomen 

 with fix white fpots. It is found in Barbary : in a variety 

 the abdomen is immaculate. 



OcELLATA. Black ; legs teftaceous > wings black, with 

 an ocellar ferruginous fpot on the upper pair. Found in 

 Africa. 



Ruficornis. Blue ; antcnm rufous ; legs black. 



QuADRl-PUNXTATA. Black ; antennas, ftreaks on the 

 fore-part of the thorax and fcutel ; there are four dots 

 on the abdomen, and the wings are ferruginous. It is found 

 in Spain. 



CxRVL^A. Blue ; wings ferruginous, upper pair 

 whitifh at the tip. It inhabits South America, as does 

 the next. 



Stellata. Blue ; wings black, upper pair with a ru- 

 fous fpot in the middle, and whitifh at the tip. 



Plumbea. Lead-colour ; antenna* black ; upper wings 

 tipt with brown. It is found in Spain, and is very 

 fmall. 



Pectinipes. Black, glabrous ; fore-part of the abdo- 

 men ferruginous ; fore-legs ciliate. 



Variegata. Entirely black ; wings fpotted with 

 white. Seen in divers parts of Europe. 



Antarctica. Black ; antennns and legs ferruginous ; 

 is about the fize of a wafp, and is found at the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



Palmipes. Black ; thorax with two yellow dots at the 

 tip, and one at the bafe ; the fore-legs are palmate. It in- 

 habits Sweden. 



Ephippica. Black ; front blueifh ; abdomen with a 

 double ferruginous band. It is the fize of a gnat, and in- 

 habits Sweden. 



Stigma. Wings angular, grey-brown and reddifh be- 

 neath, with white fpots. It is an inhabitant of the Cape. 



Indica. Black ; antennas and legs ferruginous ; wings 

 blueifh-black. It is found in South America. 



Colon. Black ; antennae and legs rufous ; thorax 

 green ; wings with two black fpots. It inhabits Sweden. 



Mauritanica. Black; head, antenna?, and legs, ferru- 

 ginous, with a black border. It inhabits Mauritania, and 

 is reckoned among the large infcfls of this genus. 



CoLLARis. Black; wings brown, with a white band in 

 the middle and at the end ; antcnnx and legs teftaceous. 

 Inhabits Spain, and is the fize of a common ant. Its neck 

 is yellow. 



CoRONATA. Abdomen black, with two yellow belts 

 and dots ; head and thorax fpotted with yellow. It inha- 

 bits Switzerland. 



* Xantiiocephalu.s. Black ; front yellow ; abdomen 

 and legs fpotted with yellow. It inhabits England. 



* Spinosa. Black ; thorax with a fpine on each fide be- 

 hind ; the lip and breaft are filvery. It inhabits England. 



Albomaculata. Black ; abdomen ferruginous at 

 the bafe ; wings brown, with a white fpot at the tip. 



Tricolor. Black ; fegments of the abdomen very 

 varied in number, fiimc of them arc teftaceous, and others 

 dotted with white. 



Boot's. Black ; three fegments of the abdomen and tarfi 

 teftaceous. It is an Auftrian infcft. 



Tom£NIOsa. Black, downy ; autcnnx tliick at the 

 6 bafe; 



