Genus. Scolia, Fabr. Latr. &c.
Scolia Flavifrons? Atra, fronte flavâ, abdomine maculis quatuor flavis. (Long. Corp. fere 2 unc.)
Syn. Scolia flavifrons, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 229. No. 5.
Sphex maculata, Drury, App. vol. 2.
Habitat: Coast of the Morea.
Head brown orange-coloured. Eyes oblong and dark brown. Antennæ thickest towards their extremities. Ocelli distinct. Mouth black, furnished with two jaws, but having neither tongue nor palpi. Thorax black, with a brown orange spot on the top, and two others next the head. Abdomen black and hairy; the second and third segments having two orange spots on them; the fourth, fifth, and sixth being ringed with orange. Under side black, with some orange hairs near the anus. Wings plain and flat, not folded, of a yellowish colour, and almost diaphanous. Legs black and hairy. Tarsi and articulations furnished with strong hairs and spines, which entirely surround them.
PELECINUS POLITURATOR.
Plate [XL]. fig. 4.
Order: Hymenoptera. Section: Pupivora. Family: Evaniidæ?
Genus. Pelecinus, Fabr. Latr. Ichneumon, Drury.