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7 lines. Black; the antennæ and the head above their
insertion ferruginous, the scape black, the head coarsely punctured.
Thorax: coarsely punctured; the mesothorax with an abbreviated deeply
impressed line in the middle of its anterior margin; wings fulvo-hyaline,
the nervures ferruginous; the apex of the wings slightly fuscous, the

anterior pair with two submarginal cells and one recurrent nervure.
Abdomen: shining, punctured, and prismatic.
Hab. Celebes.
8. SCOLIA ALECTO. S. nigra, capite supra basin antennarum rubro;
alis nigris violaceo micantibus.
Female. Length 14 lines. Black and shining; head red above the
insertion of the antennæ, very smooth and glossy, with a few punctures
at the sides of and in front of the ocelli; antennæ black; the mandibles
with a fringe of ferruginous hairs on their inferior margin. Thorax:
smooth on the disk, which has a few scattered punctures at the sides;
the scutellum punctured and shining; the thorax in front and the
metathorax with black pubescence, the latter widely emarginate at the
verge of the truncation, the lateral angles produced; wings black with a
bright violet iridescence. Abdomen punctured, with the middle of the
second, third, and fourth segments smooth and shining in the middle;
the first segment with a smooth shining carina at its base slightly
produced forwards, the abdomen with a slight metallic lustre. The
wings with one marginal and three submarginal cells, and one recurrent
nervure.
Male. Smaller than the female, and differs in having the clypeus red
and the red colour running down behind the eyes, the antennæ longer,
and the abdomen with a bright metallic iridescence.
Hab. Celebes.
9. SCOLIA MINUTA. S. nigra, abdomine iridescente, segmentorum
marginibus apicalibus flavo fasciatis, alis subhyalinis iridescentibus.
Male. Length 4 lines. Head and thorax black and shining, with scattered
pale pubescence; the mandibles and clypeus yellow, the latter with an
anchor-shaped black spot. Thorax: the posterior margin of the
prothorax and the anterior and intermediate tibiæ and tarsi yellow; a
minute yellow spot on the postscutellum yellow; the wings subhyaline,
the nervures fusco-ferruginous. Abdomen: the apical margins of the

segments with a narrow yellow border, the second and third uniting
with a lateral spot; the sixth segment immaculate; the apex pale
testaceous.
Hab. Celebes.
Fam. POMPILIDÆ, Leach.
1. Pompilus analis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 209. 42.
Hab. India, Java, Ceylon, Celebes.
2. POMPILUS SALTITANS. P. niger, pedibus subferrugineis,
prothoracis margine postica flava; alis flavo-hyalinis, apice fuscis,
abdomine pilis cinereis fasciato.
Female. Length 6 lines. Black and thinly covered with ashy pile. The
scape, labrum, mandibles and palpi ferruginous; the clypeus widely
emarginate anteriorly. The posterior margin of the prothorax angular
and with a yellow border; the scutellum prominent, covered on each
side with a dense silvery-white pile, the postscutellum with two spots
of the same; the wings flavo-hyaline, their apex with a broad
dark-fuscous border, the nervures ferruginous, the tegulæ yellow; the
posterior wings palest; legs pale ferruginous, the coxæ black with their
tips pale; the apical joints of the tarsi blackish, the spines of the legs
black. Abdomen: the first, second, and third segments with a fascia of
silvery-white pile at their basal margins; the apex of the abdomen
ferruginous.
Hab. Celebes.
3. POMPILUS CONTORTUS. P. niger, cinereo-pilosus, prothorace
flavo postice marginato; alis subhyalinis, marginibus apicalibus fuscis,
pedibus subferrugineis.
Female. Length 5-1/2 lines. Black; the head, thorax, and four basal
segments of the abdomen covered with ashy pile; the first and second
segments with their apical margins naked. The scape yellow in front;

the flagellum beneath, the labrum, mandibles and palpi ferruginous; the
joints of the antennæ arcuate, particularly the apical ones; the apex of
each joint is oblique, giving the antennæ a twisted appearance. Thorax:
the posterior margin of the prothorax angular and with a broad yellow
border; the scutellum compressed and prominent; wings subhyaline
with a broad fuscous border at their apex, the tegulæ yellow; legs pale
ferruginous, with their coxæ and trochanters black; the apical joints of
the tarsi fuscous. Abdomen with a yellow macula at the tip.
Hab. Celebes.
4. POMPILUS PILIFRONS. P. niger, facie argenteis pilis dense tecta;
thorace abdomineque flavo maculatis, alis subhyalinis, apice fuscis.
Female. Length 4-1/2 lines. Black; the face densely covered with
silvery-white pile; a narrow line at the inner orbits of the eyes, the palpi
and mandibles yellow; the latter ferruginous at their apex. The posterior
margin of the prothorax rounded and yellow; a minute yellow spot on
the mesothorax touching the scutellum, the thorax and abdomen
covered with a changeable silky pile; the wings subhyaline, their
nervures fuscous, a broad dark fuscous border at the apex of the
superior pair. A transverse spot on each side of the basal margin of the
second and third segments, and an emarginate fascia on that of the fifth,
yellow.
5. POMPILUS DECEPTOR. P. rufescenti-flavus; vertice nigro, alis
anticis apice fuscis.
Male. Length