CRABRONID^E. 
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Crahronides. 
Psen atratus. Puton, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) i. p. 94, fully describes its 
sexual diflerences. 
Trypoxylum intrudens, p. 188, rejector, p. 189, pi. xxi. f. 4 & 4a, N.-W. India 
(habits recorded by Horne, ibid. p. 164) : Smith, 1. c., spp. nn. 
Crabro granulatus, p. 26, confinis perptisillus, p. 27, Cairo, Walker, I, c, ; 
C. ( Thyreopus) rlueticm, Aichinger, Z. Ferd. (3) xv., Tyrol : spp. nn. 
Cemonus dentatm, sp. n., Puton, 1. c., Vosges. 
Nyssonides. 
Larra vespoides and latifascia, p. 25, annulata, p. 26, Red Sea, subapicalis, 
p. 25, Arabia : Walker, 1. c., spp. nn. 
Larrides, 
Parapison. Smith, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 187, gives the characters of this and 
Pisnnitus, apparently with the intention of treating them as mere subdivisions 
of Pison, though describing a new species under one of them as a separate 
genus. 
Pisonitus rugoms, Sm. Figured and habits recorded by Horne, 1. c. p, 165, 
pi. xxi. figs. 5 & 6a. 
Larrada nigricam, subfasciata, diver sa, Cairo, conjungens, Dahleck : AValker, 
1. c. p. 21, spp. nn. 
Tachytes plagiatus and contractus, p. 22, cephalotes, albonotatus, and mutil- 
hides, p. 23, brevis, p. 24, Red Sea ; lugubris, p. 22, decoratus, p. 23, Arabia : 
id. 1. c., spp. nn. 
Tachytes rujlpes, sp. n., Aichinger, 1. c., Tyrol. 
Parapison rujipes, sp. n.. Smith, /. c. p. 188, pi. xxi. f. 1, a, b, N.-W. India 
(habits recorded by Horne, ibid. p. 165). > • 
Sjjhegides. 
Pelopceus spirife.v. Mulsant & Mayet (Ann. Soc. L. Lyon, xviii. p. 311 et 
seq.) give an account of the economy of this species, which feeds on Mene- 
mexus [I'ectius Meneniachus, and as such used in Coleop.'] vigoratus {Arachn.). 
Pelopceus madraspatanus, bilineatus, and bengale^isis. These and nests 
figured, and economy recorded, by Horne, 1. c. pp. 161-163, pi. xxi. 
AmmopMla strenua, Cairo, filata, Arabia, nigritaria, Red Sea, p. 18, areo~ 
lata, p. 19, Arabia, Walker, 1. c. ; A. ponderosa, Gerstiicker, 1. c. p. 362, En- 
dara ; A. fuscipennis. Smith, 1. c. p. 187, N.-W. India : spp. nn. 
Pelopceus curvatus, sp. n., id. N.-W. India. 
Sjdiex argentifer, Walker, 1. c. p. 19, Akeek (Red Sea) ; S. incomptus, 
Gerstficker, 1. c. p. 362, Wanga : spp. nn, 
Chlorion bicolor, sp. n.. Walker, 1. c. p. 20, Arabia. 
Pompilides. 
Pompilus niger. The insect mentioned by Lichtenstein imder this name 
[Zool. Rec. vii. p. 344] as bred from the back of a spider, is now stated 
by him, teste Giraud, to be Prioctiemis {Anoplius) hyalinatus, Lep. (nec 
Dahlb.). 
1871. [voL. VIII.] 
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