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POMPILIDiE. 



38. Pompilus consimilis. 



Female. Length 5| lines.— Black ; the front, from the antennae to 

 the anterior ocellus, the vertex behind the ocelli, and the prothorax 

 with pale orange-coloured pubescence; the wings fuscous. The 

 clypeus with silvery pile, its anterior margin rounded ; the cheeks 

 with white pile. The metathorax concavo-truncate, smooth and 

 semiopaque ; a pale pubescent spot at the lateral basal angles of 

 the scutellum ; the third submarginal cell subtriangular ; the spines 

 and the calcaria on the tibia3 and tarsi black. Abdomen with a 

 small white pubescent spot near the basal margins of the second 

 and third segments. 



Hab. Queensland. 



39. Pompilus nubilipennis. 



Male. Length 6| lines. — Black ; the antennae thick and tapering 

 to a point ; wings clouded. The head and thorax with thin hoary 

 pubescence ; a cream-coloured line at the inner orbits of the 

 eyes, and a spot at the base of the clypeus laterally. The 

 hinder margin of the prothorax angular, and narrowly cream- 

 coloured ; the metathorax opaque, rounded, and with a slight 

 central channel at the base, also thinly covered with hoary pubes- 

 cence ; the legs with short spines ; the calcaria white, also a white 

 line at the base of the posterior tibiae ; wings subhyaline, with 

 fuscous clouds along the course of the nervures ; also a cloud occu- 

 pying the marginal cell and crossing the second and third submar- 

 ginals ; the apex of the anterior wing clouded. A white lunate 

 spot at the base of the third segment of the abdomen laterally. 



Hab. Adelaide. 



40. Pompilus sanguinolentus. 



Female. Length 5 J lines. — Black, with the pro- and mesothorax, scu- 

 tellum, and postscutellum blood-red. The front below the antennae 

 with changeable silvery pile ; the head and thorax with thin erect 

 fuscous pubescence. The metathorax opaque, and transversely 

 rugose towards the apex ; wings hyaline, with a transverse fuscous 

 cloud at the base of the first submarginal cell, which crosses the 

 anterior wings, the entire apex of the wings being fuscous beyond 

 the base of the marginal cell. The abdomen with a thin sericeous 

 silvery pile, which is most dense at the sides. 



Hab. Swan River. 



41. Pompilus papuensis. 



Female. 



Length 4f lines. — Black ; the front, below the antennas, 



