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islands. The antennae of the male are long and cylindrical; 
of the female short and incurved; the abdomen is ovate, 
sessile. 
2. Scolia nigrita.—The species is black; the wings are 
white, with a black rib.—-It inhabits Africa. 
3. Scolia quadri-maculata.—Hairy, black; abdomen with 
fulvous spots.—It inhabits North America. The abdomen 
is oblong; the second and third segments are marked with 
two round yellow spots; the edges of the segments are 
ciliafe; the wings are brown, with a violet gloss. 
4. Scolia flavifrons.—Black; front yellow; abdomen with 
four yellow spots.—It is an European insect. The antennae 
are black or ferruginous; the front is yellow, with a brown 
spot in the middle; the thorax is black, with two yellow 
dots on the scutel. 
5. Scolia sex-maculata.—Hairy, black; the abdomen is 
marked with three pair of yellow spots.—This is found in 
divers parts of Italy. The eyes have a yellow spot before 
and behind; the wings of the male are testaceous, tipt with 
blue. 
6 . Scolia hsemorrhoidalis.—Hairy, black; abdomen with 
two yellow bands; fore part of the thorax and tail with fer¬ 
ruginous hairs.—It inhabits Saxony. The w'ings are sub- 
testaceous, tipt with brown. 
7. Scolia rubiginosa.—This is black; the third segment 
of the abdomen with two fulvous spots ; the hind ones with 
ferruginous hair; the tail is three-toothed.—It inhabits the 
East Indies. The wings are blue. 
8 . Scolia ruficornis.—Black; antennae fulvous; wings 
blue. This is an African insect, and found in Senegal. It 
is of a large size; the first joint of the antennoe is black. 
9. Scolia variegata.—Black ; spotted with yellow ; the 
first segment of the abdomen is yellow ; the second, third, 
fourth and fifth, with two yellow spots; the rest immaculate; 
the tail is three-toothed.—It inhabits Cayenne, and is large. 
The antennae are black; the head and lips are yellow ; the 
thorax is black spotted. 
10. Scolia bimaculata.—This insect is hairy and black; 
the abdomen is marked with two yellow spots; the antennae 
are yellow.—It inhabits North America and Spain. The 
first joint of the antennae is black; the wings are tipt with 
brown. 
11. Scolia cilia!a.—Black; segments of the abdomen 
with a ciliate fulvous margin.—Inhabits Spain. This 
is a large insect; the legs are black, covered with golden 
hair. 
12. Scolia aurea.—This is a hairy insect, of a ferruginous 
colour; the head is black; the wings dusky.—It inhabits 
Barbary. Tail entire. 
13. Scolia ferruginea.—This also is a hairy insect, and of 
a ferruginous colour; the wings are tipt with brown.—It in¬ 
habits New Holland. A specimen is preserved in Sir Joseph 
Banks's museum. The wings are ferruginous; the body is 
covered with ferruginous hair. 
14. Scolia scutellata.—Black; the thorax is fulvous, and 
slightly toothed behind ; the abdomen is marked with four 
fulvous spots. It is found at Naples, and is the size of the 
last. The thorax is black before, and fulvous behind; the 
margin is nearly five-toothed; all the legs are black. 
15. Scolia radula.—Black, hairy; the abdomen is marked 
with four yellow bands. 
16. Scolia tridens.—This also is black, but the abdomen 
has three yellow bands; the tail is three-toothed.—It inhabits 
Italy. Fore-lobe of the thorax is yellow on each side. 
17. Scolia hortorum—Black; abdomen with two yellow 
bands; the wingsare ferruginous, tipt with blue.—It is found 
chiefly in Spain. 
18. Scolia unifasciata.—Hairy, black ; abdomen with a 
yellow band : wings ferruginous at the base, and brown at 
the tip.—This is found in Barbary, as is the next. 
19. Scolia maura.—Deep black; wings blackish, but the 
tips are paler ; tail three-toothed. 
20. Scolia collaris.—Hairy and black; the crown, fore 
part of the thorax, and two bands on the abdomen, are 
cinereous.—It inhabits Spain. The wings are of a deep 
black. 
21. Scolia quini-fasciata.—Hairy : abdomen blue, with 
five yellow bands; the tail is three-toothed.—It inhabit* 
Africa. Sir Joseph Banks has a specimen. The antennae 
are black; the head and thorax are downy and cinereous: 
the wings are brownish ; the legs are of a hairy brown; the 
fore-shanks are yellow without. 
22. Scolia bi-cincta.—Hairy, black; abdomen with yellow 
bands; the wings are of a blackish-blue colour.—It inhabit* 
America. The second abdominal band is sometimes inter¬ 
rupted. 
23. Scolia notata.—Black; abdomen with two yellow 
bands, the first with a black dot on each side.—It inhabits 
Italy. The head is marked with two yellow spots on the 
front, the lateral ones lunate ; the abdomen is marked with 
a pair of small yellow dots behind the bands; the wings are 
blue. 
24. Scolia quini-cincta.—Cinereous, hairy; the fore-edge 
of the thorax and scutel yellow; abdomen blue, with five 
yellow bands; the tail is three-toothed.—It inhabits Italy, 
and resembles the quini-fasciata. 
25. Scolia vertical is.—Hairy and black; the crown is 
fulvous.—It is a native of New Holland. A specimen of 
this, and also of the next, exists in the museum of Sir 
Joseph Banks. The crown has three stemmata; the wings 
blueish. 
26. Scolia quadri-pustulata.—Black; abdomen with 
four rufous dots; the wings are blue.—It inhabits Mala¬ 
bar. 
27. Scolia quini-punctata.—Black; abdomen rufous in 
the middle, the tip black, with five white dots.—It is a 
native of Germany, and small. The. antennae petiolate; 
the head with a small white dot in the orbits; the thorax is 
marked with a white dot on each side ; the abdomen with 
five white dots, the middle ones very small; the legs are 
short. 
28. Scolia octo-guttata.—- Black ; abdomen with two 
transverse white dots; the wings are black.—It is found 
chiefly in Spain, on the Allium cepa. 
29. Scolia quadri-guttata.—Black; abdomen with four 
white dots; the wings are hyaline.—It inhabits Germany. 
The antennas are ferruginous beneath; the head is black; 
the front white. 
30. Scolia sex-guttata.—Black; the abdomen is marked 
with six white dots; the wings are hyaline.—It inhabits 
Germany, and is small. The wings are white, with a black 
costal dot. 
31. Scolia prisma.—Black; abdomen with three yellow 
bands, the first and last interrupted, and a small yellow 
dot at the tail.—This is a small insect, and a native of 
Saxony. 
32. Scolia quadri-punctata.—Black ; abdomen with four 
white dots; wings ferruginous, tipt with brown.—This is 
found chiefly in Italy, and is small. The body is hairy; 
the abdomen is marked with two dots. 
33. Scolia sex-cincta.—Black, spotted with yellow; ab¬ 
domen black, with six yellow streaks—It is a native of the 
South American islands. The head is black, and tip ferrugi¬ 
nous; thorax black, spotted with yellow; the legs are ferru¬ 
ginous. 
34. Scolia interrupta.—Black, with cinereous hair; ab¬ 
domen black, with six yellow bands, the three upper 
ones interrupted ; the tail is three-toothed.—This is an 
Italian insect. Lip with a yellow line on each side at the 
base; the thorax is marked with three yellow dots on the 
scutel; the fourth band of the abdomen with a black dot 
on each side ; the legs are black; the four fore-shanks 
yellow above; wings whitish, the rib of the upper pair fer¬ 
ruginous. 
35. Scolia senilis.—Cinereous-hairy ; tail five-toothed and 
brown.—It is a native of Barbary. Lip yellow, with a 
black spot in the middle; the wings are hyaline, with a 
ferruginous rib. 
36. Scolia 
