536 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



$ $. Constantine, on Onopordon meter acantl turn, 11. 



vi. 94 and 9. v. 95. A. E. E. 

 J. Bone, visits Diplotaxis or Sinapis nigra, 28. iv. 96. 



A. E. E. 



Scolia (Discolia) mendica, Klug. 



$ 3. Biskra, on Ammi visnaga, 24. v. 97. A. E. E. 

 $ 3, ? 3. Biskra, 6-27. v. 98. F. D. M. 



Scolia (Discolia) varicolor, Luc. 



$ £. Biskra, on Ammi visnaga, 25. v. 93. A. E. E. 

 $. with 2 yellow spots on the 3rd abdominal segment. 



Scolia (Discolia) interstincta, Klug. 



t 2. Biskra, on Zizyphus lotus, 29. iv. 95. A. E. E. 

 $ $. Biskra, on Ammi visnaga, 18 and 24. v. 93. 



A. E. E. 

 $ $. near Azazga, on Echinops, 13 and 14. v. 93. 



A. E. E. 

 $ $. Medea, on Eryngium triquetrum, 26. vi. and 10. 



vii. 93. A. E. E. 

 $. Le Tarf, 23. vi. 96. A. E. E. 

 $. var. with 2 spots on 2nd segment, Aine Draham 



(altitude 2700-3300 feet), 21. vii. 96. A. E. E. 

 $ ?. Biskra, end of May. F. D. M. 

 $ 2. Philippeville, 20. vi. 98. F. D. M. 



Scolia (Discolia) maura, Klug. 



$. Tizi-Ouzou, on Echinops spinosus, 15. vi. 93. 



A.E.E. 

 $ $. Biskra, on Echinops spinosus, 15. vi. 93. A. E. E. 

 $. Biskra, 28. iv. 97. A. E. E. 

 t 4, % 7. Biskra. F. D. M. 

 $. Medea, 4. vii. 93. A. E. E. 

 $. Biskra, on Acantliyllis tragacanthoides, 23. v. 94. 



A.E.E. 



Scolia (Discolia) propodealis, n. sp. 



Minuta, nigra immaculata, nigro hirta, alis violaceo, nigris, propodeo 

 micante, valde sed non creberrime punctato, abdomine in mare sub- 

 sparse in femina sparsissime et subtiliter punctate 



This species, like all the others of the genus, has very few structural 

 characters peculiar to itself, but its shining propodeurn, which is 

 largely but not very closely punctured in both sexes, will I think at 



