538 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



Scolia (Trielis) villosa, Fab. 



$ 5, $ 5. Biskra, visiting Amrni visnaga, Traganum 

 nudatum or Salsola tetragona, and Peganum 

 harmala, 4. iii. to 7. vi. A. E. E. 



t 4, $ 8. Biskra, 17. v. to 3. vi. 98. F. D. M. 



All the females are of the red-bodied form with clear 

 wings and a dark violaceous spot at the apex. All the 

 males and females have 3 submarginal cells. 



Scolia {Trielis) moricei, n. sp. 



5 . Flava, nitida, convexa, sparsim albopilosa, fortiter sed sparsim 

 punctata. Antennarum flagellis mandibulisque rufo testaceis, oculis, 

 ocellis, linea, transversa impressa frontali, Thorace, linea sub- 

 distincta centrali, abdominis segmentis 2 et 3 macula laterali rotun- 

 data, niinuta, 3 et 4 linea transversa apicali abbreviata nigris ; 

 subtus segmentorum apicibus dense et longe albociliatis, alis pellu- 

 cidis regione costali subflavescente nervuris testaceis pedibus, longe 

 albopilosis. 



Pale yellow, shining, head largely and shallowly punctured, the 

 very sinuate eyes, the ocelli, a curved impression connecting the pos- 

 terior pair and a straight impression running from the anterior ocellus 

 joining this piceous black. A black bisinuate impression traverses the 

 face, its apices situated just opposite the sinus of the eyes. Flagellum 

 of the antennae and the mandibles, except at base of the latter, rufo- 

 testaceous. Apex of the scape someAvhat campanulate and diagonally 

 truncate, so that in certain positions its lower margin appears like a 

 tooth. Occiput densely clothed with white hairs. Thorax very largely 

 punctured, the punctures very sparse on the disc of the mesonotum. 

 A spot on the centre of the front margin of the mesonotum, more or 

 less connected with a narrow stripe on the disc posteriorly, black or 

 piceous. Pro- and mesopleurse and sterna densely punctured and 

 clothed with white hairs ; metapleurae very shining, impunctate; meta- 

 sternum shining, hexagonal, remotely and finely punctured, fringed 

 posteriorly with white hairs ; propodeum densely punctured, more 

 or less dull, clothed with short white hairs ; wings hyaline, more or 

 less yellowish towards the costal margin, nervures testaceous, extreme 

 base black ; abdomen convex, sparsely clothed with short fine hairs, 

 rather largely and evenly, though remotely, punctured on the first 

 3 segments, the 4th segment smooth and shining in the centre, punc- 

 tured at the base and apex only ; 5th segment clothed with short 

 golden hairs, rounded at the apex, a round spot on each side of the 

 2nd and 3rd segments, and a short transverse line on the apical 

 margin of the 3rd and 4th piceous ; beneath, shining, largely punctured, 



