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scoliid^;. 



punctured ; the face and cheeks with a little black pubescence. The 

 mesothorax shining and sparingly punctured, the scutellum more 

 closely so ; the metathorax opaque and rather finely rugulose. 

 Abdomen smooth and shining, and with very fine scattered punc- 

 tures ; beneath sparingly bat more strongly punctured. 



Hah. Chili. 



TIPHIA, Fabr. 



1. Tiphia fulvipennis. 



Female. Length 6-7| lines. — Black, shining, and punctured ; wings 

 fulvous, with ferruginous nervures, the stigma obscure. The head 

 strongly punctured; the flagellum fulvous beneath, obscurely so 

 above ; mandibles obscurely rufo-piceous. The pro- and meso- 

 thorax strongly punctured ; the metathorax opaque and truncate, 

 with two longitudinal carinas above, slightly approximating at the 

 verge of the truncation, and having a short carina between them 

 at the base of the metathorax. Abdomen with fine punctures, 

 which are closest towards the apex ; the margins of the segments 

 with a thin fringe of white hairs ; similarly punctured and fringed 

 beneath. 



Male. This sex strongly resembles the female, but is more finely 

 punctured. 



Hah. Albania, Servia, 



2. Tiphia consueta. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Black, shining, and punctured, the abdo- 

 men impunctate at the base, and very finely punctured beyond the 

 second segment. The face closely punctured, the vertex less closely 

 so. Thorax closely punctured, the metathorax impunctate and 

 with three longitudinal subparallel carinae ; the apical half of the 

 wings slightly fuscous. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



3. Tiphia natalensis. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Shining black, punctured, and with fuseo- 

 hyaline wings, nervures brownish black. Head not very closely 

 punctured ; antennae ferruginous beneath and fuscous above ; the 

 mandibles ferruginous. The pro- and mesothorax punctured ; the 

 metathorax impunctate, with three longitudinal carinae, the lateral 

 ones slightly approximating towards the verge of the truncation ; 

 the tibiae obscurely rufo-piceous, the tarsi paler, Abdomen finely 



