Hymenqptera acuteata collected in Algeria. 547 



cately rounded posteriorly ; legs with the coxae and tarsi black, the 

 former densely clothed with shining pubescence like the thorax ; 

 femora and tibiae testaceous, their extreme apices dusky; tibial 

 spines and calcaria dark, anterior metatarsi with three short spines. 

 Abdomen testaceous, clothed with a silky sheeny pubescence, 

 but the vestiture not so dense and finer than that of the thorax : 5th 

 and 6th segments dark, 6th rather widely rounded at the apex with- 

 out exserted hairs above, segments beneath with a few short fine 

 hairs. 



Long. 8-9 m.m. 



$ 2. Biskra. F. D. M. 



Pompilus (Evagethes), sp.(?). 



$ 1. Biskra, 17. iv. 97. A. E. E. Abdomen red 

 at the base. 



Pompilus (Evagethes), sp.(?). 



$ 1. Biskra, 25. iv. 97. A. E. E. Abdomen red 

 at the base. 



Pompilus quadripunctatus, Fab. 



$ 1. Biskra, on Ammi visnaga, 21. vi. 97. A. E. E. 

 J 1. Bone, on Cynanchum acutum, 17. viii. 97. 

 A. E. E. 



Pompilus ornatus, Klug. 



<J 4. Biskra, on Ammi visnaga, 20-30. v., and 4. 



vi. 97. A. E. E. 

 $ 4. Biskra, 18. v.— 3. vi. 98. F. D. M. 



Pompilus rufipes, L. 



$. Le Tarf, on Fcenimlum vulgare, 24. vii. 96. 

 Abdomen black, with only the apical segment 

 white at the tip ; legs red ; wings smoky. 

 A. E. E. 



$ . (?) Bone, on Euphorbia paralias, 5. viii. 97. 

 Abdomen with only a spot on each side of the 

 base of the 3rd segment. Specimen evidently 

 old and long exposed to weather; ]egs black. 

 A. E. E. 



Pompilus cliens, Kohl. 



.? . Biskra, 28. iii. 95. A. E. E. 



? . Biskra, on Ammi visnaga, 28. v. 97. A. E. E 



