VESPIDiEj CRABRONID^. hlS, 113 
Gribodo (Ann. Mus. Genov, xvi. pp. 288-241), notices the following 
species from Shoa : Polistes marginalise Fabr., Belenogaster meneWde 
Grib, (redescribed), Synagris pentanieriae Smith, rueppeliana, Sauss., and 
jEumenes tinctor, Christ. 
Phynchium atratuin, Fabr. : variation ; Dewitz, B. E. Z. xxv. p. 200. 
Polistes gallica and varieties noticed ; Magretti, Bull. Ent. Ital. xiii. 
pp. 215-217. 
Odynerus pictus. Note on nast and larvae; Bignell, Ent. xiv. 
pp. 188 189. 
Vespa. Table of German species ; Schmiedeknecht, Ent. Nachr. vii. 
pp. 313-318. Scarcity of wasps in 1881, noted by various writers in 
Sci. Goss. xvii. Singular nest ; King, op. cit. pp. 190 & 191. Their 
irregular appearance in Kirkcudbrightshire ; Service, Ent. xiv. pp. 238 
&. 239. Wasps and their prey ; Brownell, Nature, xxiv. pp. 484 & 485. 
F. crahro : rapid construction of nest ; B. S. Saunders, Ent. xiv. 
pp. 189 & 190. V. vulgaris: appropriating a wren’s nest; Stein, 
B. E. Z. xxv. p. 224. 
Belenogaster saussurii, sp. n., Kirby, P. Z. S. 1881, p. G49, Socotra. 
Polybia argentinaj sp. n., Berg, S. E. Z. xlii. p. 68, and Exped. Rio 
Negro, Zool. p. Ill, pi. ii. fig. 19, Patagonia. Zethus {Didymogastra') 
pamparum, sp. n., id. ll. cc. pp. 69 & 112, pi. ii. fig. 20, Patagonia. 
Odynerus {Lionotus) calabricus, Gribodo, Bull. Ent. Ital. xiii. p. 148, 
Calabria ; 0. {P achy odynerus) nigriculuSe Berg, IL cc. pp. 70 & 112, Men- 
doza : spp. nn. 
Crabronid^. 
Pompilus zellerie Dahlb., = Sphex aterrima, Rossi ; P.venustuSeWesm., 
= Larra ^-maculatae Spin. \Priocnemis bipunctatuSe un^variegatuSe Fabr., 
= Sphex versicolor, Scop. ; Pompilus tripunctatus, Spin., noticed ; Gero- 
pales histrio, Fabr., = Evania albicincta, Rossi. Sapyga pacca, Fabr, : 
the following are synonyms: Scolia 4-, 5-, & Q-guttata, Ilellus 6-puncfatus, 
Fabr., and Sphex tricolor, Schrank, Thyreopus lactarius, Chevr., = alpi- 
nus, Imhoff, and Oxybelus mandibularis, Dahlb., = variegatus, Wesm. : 
but the former name was probably intended to cover several species ; 
Kohl, Ent. Nachr. vii. pp. 53-56. 
Bembex dalmatina, Kriechb., = bidentata. Van der Lind ; Cerceris mo- 
desta. Smith, = Philanthus rubidus, Jur. ; Pompilus sesquialterus, F. de 
Waldh., = aterrimus, Rossi; P.fasciatus, Eversm., = Ferreda ursus, 
Fabr., and Priocnemis nigriventris, Costa, = Pompilus graellsi, Gu6r. ; 
id. 1. c. p. 239, note. 
Dalla Torre translates Fabre’s descriptions of Cerceris antonica Scjulii, 
Bembex julii, and Ammophila julii \ op. cit. pp. 152-156. 
Fomjpilides. 
Pompilus ursus, Fabr., = coccineus, Fabr. ; P. luctuosus, Mocs., = cin- 
gulatus, Rossi; Ammophila limbata, Kriechb., = dives, Brulle, and 
Tachytes argentata, Brulle, = A7idrena etrusca, Rossi ; Mocsary, Ent. 
Nachr. vii. pp. 18 & 19. 
