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Sph. coracodes Trnr. Body black with a blue gloss, abdomen with white scales. Forewing black, coracodes. 
with a blue gloss in the centre. A narrow hyaline streak in the cell and a short one below it. Hindw’ing 
hyaline, margins fine black. 28—30 mm. Queensland. 
Sph. pugnax Meyr. Thorax and the 3 first abdominal segments bluish-black. Tegulae dull red. pugnax. 
Second segment of abdomen margined with red. Segments 4—6 copper-red with bluish-black margins. Legs 
chiefly dull red. Forewing orange-brown, dark violettish-brown at the base. Veins of the same colour. 
An apical spot and the distal margin dark grey. Hindwing hyaline. The veins at the base and half of the 
inner margin blackish, the other veins and the distal margin yellow. $ 36 mm. Burma. 
23. Genus: Aegeria F. 
The slight differences of this genus from the preceding one have been dealt with in Vol. II, p. 376 
and 378. 
Aeg. omrnatiaeformis Mr. Palpi yellow'. Antennae and body red-brown with some yellow' scales, ommatiae- 
Legs yellow. Wings hyaline. Veins and margins brown. d 38 mm. Baluchistan. formts. 
Aeg. chrysoptera limps. Head black and yellow. Antennae copper-red, palpi yellow. Thorax lustrous chrysoptera. 
red-brown, patagia black and yellow at the end, abdomen reddish-yellow on the first segment and almost 
on the w'hole second, with black basal hair. The second at the end and the third segment black. Beginning 
from the 4th segment reddish-yellow, the 3 anal segments with a black marginal line. Abdomen brown 
beneath. Forewing golden yellow with some black scales at the veins and margins, the costal margin 
and a round apical spot black. Hindwing hyaline yellow. The marginal area golden yellow from vein 3 to 
the anal angle, inner margin black at the base. $ 40 mm. Ceylon. 
Aeg. uranauges Meyr. Body dark blue, with a metallic gloss, margins of tegulae yellowish. The first uranauges. 
abdominal segment quite yellow, the others with broad yellow rings. Legs yellow' with bluish-black rings. 
Forewing hyaline blue. Margins violettish-black, broader at the apex which shows yellow' scales. Cross¬ 
vein margined with yellow. Hindwing hyaline. $ 23—26 mm. Assam. 
Aeg. melli Zukoio. (95 a). Body blackish-brown. Thorax yellowish behind. Each abdominal segment melli. 
above margined with yellow’, beneath almost with white. Palpi yellow, antennae black, legs yellow and 
black. Wings hyaline, with a slight brownish shine, quite hyaline at the base. Veins and margins blackish- 
browm. d 36 mm. South China. 
?Aeg. laticivora Meyr. Body bluish-black, metathorax and the tips of the tegulae yellowish. The laticivora. 
second abdominal segment margined with yellow. Anal tuft dark grey. Wings hyaline. Veins and margins 
black. Distal margin of forewing broad black. d 14 mm. Malacca. As the species is stated to resemble 
Con. anisozona, it may not belong to this genus here. 
24. Genus: Cliimaerospliecia Strd. 
Exterior similar to that of Aegeria, but the veins 10 + 7 + 8 + 9 of the forewing are stalked. The 
cross-vein of the forew'ingTias a very oblique position. Proboscis present. 
Ch. aegerides Strd. (95 a) is somewhat smaller than the well-known Aeg. apiformis (Vol. II, p. 376, aegerides. 
pi. 51 a). Antennae thinner, reddish brownish-yellow. Collar yellow, a yellow line at the base of the wdngs. 
Abdomen reddish-brown, a yellow transverse line near the base, the 4tli segment all round yellow, the 
1st to 3rd segments below broadly margined with yellow. Legs light reddish-brown. Wings as in api¬ 
formis, but the margin is lighter brownish yellow, d 35 mm. Formosa. 
25. Genus: Triloehaua Mr. 
The two last abdominal segments exhibit lateral hair-tufts, the anal tuft is strong. All the rest as in 
the genus Sphecia. The antennae of the $ are exceptionally also pectinated in this genus. Type: scolioides Mr. 
T. scolioides Mr. (95 b). Antennae dark brown, the whole body violettish-brown, the last segments scolioides. 
with red hair-tufts. Legs with long black hair,-the hind tarsi yellowish. Wings lustrous greenish olive. Fore¬ 
wing with a short hyaline streak near the base, hindwing with two broader ones. 46 mm. Sikkim. This 
species, of which only 1 d and 1 $ are represented so far in the collections, copies the w'asp Scolia rubi- 
ginosa F. 
T. oberthuri Le Gerf (95 b). Body dull black. Collar yellow. A spot in the centre of the thorax oberthuri. 
behind and 2 lateral spots each on the abdomen are also black. White hair on the thorax and on the ab¬ 
domen laterally. Legs chiefly black. Forewing brown, almost the whole surface with a bronze green 
lustre. Hindwing just as green, besides with 2 hyaline spots. $ 58 mm. Gede Mts. (Java). — boulleti Le boulleti . 
