3. Scolia fulgidipennis ^HNS.

S. nitida, nigra; abdomine prismtico, alis fuscis viride et violaceo micantibus.

Female. Length 12 - 13 lines. Jet-black, shining; head ver smooth, the hinder margin of the vertex finely punctured, the face with a few fine scattered punctures; the flagellum obscurely rufo-fusous. Thorax finely punctured, the disk of the mesothorax impuntate; wings dark brown with a splendid green iridescence, with viet tints towards their base; the legs thickly spinose and pubescent; the calcaria simple. Abdomen with scattered fine punctures; the apical segment densely clothed with black pubescence; beneath, with strong scattered punctures. Male. Rather smaller than the female, much more closely punctured, and not so shining and smooth; the face with a transverse arched carina above the insertion of the antennae, which enters the emargination of the eyes; the clypeus strongly punctured; in other respects resembling the female,

Hab. Aru.

This species belongs to Guerin's division Liacos, of which S. dimidiata ^HNS is the type; the third discoidal cell is petiolated, the petiole entering the second submarginal about the middle.