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Pompilide. 
15. Priocnemis monachus. 
Pompilus monachus, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B.M,, iii, p. 164 
(1855). 
Auckland (Bolton),—B.M. 
16. Priocnemis carbonarius. 
Pompilus carbonarius, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B.M., iii., p. 162 
1855). 
uf "areata (Bolton).—B.M. 
Female, length 4 lines——Black, smooth, and impunctate ; the 
abdomen clossy black, the face covered with short silvery pubesc- 
ence; the legs and sides of the thorax thinly covered with hoary 
pile ; the metathorax rounded ; wings fusco-hyaline, the nervures 
black, the apical segment slightly roughened and sprinkled with 
long hairs, the extreme apex rufo-piceous. 
17. Priocnemis nitidiventris. 
Priocnemis nitidiventris, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc., 1878, p. 6- 
Otago (Hutton).—B.M. 
18. Priocnemis diligens. 
Priccnemis diligens, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc., 1876, p. 485, pl. 
iv., fig. 3. 
Peel Forest (Wakefield).—B.M. 
19. Priocnemis Wakefeldii, n.sp. 
Dark shining mahogany ; legs rufous; antennz more or less 
blackish, especially towards the extremity ; face within the eyes, — 
metathorax (which is large, raised, and angulated outwards at 
the sides), collar (very narrowly) and more or less of the sides of 
the pectus covered with a bright golden pile ; wings golden yel- 
low, with ferruginous nervures, and slightly clouded towards the 
extremities. The male is smaller, with the golden pile much 
duller ; the metathorax round the scutellum, and the middle of 
the pectus are blackish. Exp. al. 9-15 1.; long. corp. 4%-7 1. 
New Zealand (Wakefield).—B.M. 
A common species, mistaken by Mr. Smith for P. fugaz, Fabr. 
20. Priocnemis fugax. 
Sphex fugax, Fabr. Syst. Ent., p. 350, n. 27 (1775). 
Priocnemis maculipennis, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc., 1876, p. 482. 
New Zealand (type)—B.M. 
21. Priocnemis marginatus. 
Priocnemis marginatus, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc., 1876, p. 
483, pl. iv., fig. 2. 
South Island, West Coast (Wakefield).—B.M. 
