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.
{87}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.