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SCOLIID^I. 



1. Myzine ruficornis. 



Male. Length 3-3| lines. — Black ; the flagellum of the antennae 

 and apical segment of the abdomen ferruginous ; the segments of 

 the abdomen constricted, and, as well as the thorax and head, 

 variegated with yellow. The mandibles yellow, with their tips 

 ferruginous. The margins of the prothorax, the tegulae, scutellum, 

 tibiae, tarsi, and tips of the femora, yellow ; wings subhyaline. 

 Abdomen with yellow marginal fasciae that are expanded laterally ; 

 beneath black. 



Hab. Sicily. 



2. Myzine nigrifrons. 



Male. Length 6-6 \ lines. — Head and thorax black, the latter with 

 yellow markings, and the tibiae and tarsi yellow ; abdomen with 

 yellow fasciae. The mandibles yellow at their base ; the face and 

 cheeks with white pubescence, that at the insertion of the antennae 

 pale ochraceous. The margins of the prothorax yellow ; a spot 

 beneath the wings, the femora beneath and at their apex, as well 

 as the tibiae and tarsi, yellow ; wings hyaline, nervures fnsco- 

 ferruginous, the stigma ferruginous. Abdomen shining and finely 

 punctured ; the apical margins of the segments with yellow fasciae 

 that gradually widen laterally, the fasciae continued beneath the 

 abdomen, and are abruptly widened in the middle. 



Var. The spot on the mandibles and the yellow margins of the pro- 

 thorax obsolete. 



Hab. Sicily. 



3. Myzine torrida. 



Female. Length 6 lines. — Head and thorax black, legs and abdo- 

 men ferruginous. Head strongly but not very closely punctured, 

 most densely so on the face ; the mandibles and tips of the scape 

 and flagellum ferruginous. The prothorax, the hinder margin of 

 the mesothorax, and the scutellum punctured ; the metathorax 

 somewhat obliquely truncate, but not abruptly so, and having a 

 central longitudinal channel that terminates at the verge of the 

 truncation ; wings hyaline, with a slight fuscous cloud in the 

 marginal cell ; the tibiae and tarsi with pale glittering setae. 

 Abdomen smooth and shining, the apical segment longitudinally 

 striated. 



Hab. The Gambia. 



4. Myzine insularis. 



Female. Length 10| lines. — Shining black, with fulvo - hyaline 

 wings, the nervures ferruginous, tegulae rufo-testaceous. The an- 

 tennae fulvous beneath ; the mandibles thickly fringed beneath 



