SYN. Scolia 4-maculata, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 2. 229. 4. _Syst. Piez._ 240. 5. Vespa maculata, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. HABITAT: Jamaica (_Drury_). North America (_Fabr._). Head brown. Antennæ the length of the thorax, which is also brown. Wings nearly transparent. Abdomen black, with four yellow spots placed on the upper side. Legs brown. I have employed the Fabrician specific name in preference to that precedently employed by Drury, as being more appropriate, there being other species of the genus named 6-maculata and 2-maculata. BOMBYLIUS PLUMIPES. Plate XXXIX. fig. 3. ORDER: Diptera. SECTION: Tanystoma. FAMILY: Bombyliidæ, _Leach_. GENUS. BOMBYLIUS, _Linn. &c._ BOMBYLIUS PLUMIPES. Flavido hirtus, alarum basi costâque brunneis, tarsis posticis basi lobatis. (Long. Corp. 5½ lin.) SYN. Bombylius plumipes, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. _Wiedemann Auss. Zw. Ins._ 1. 351. HABITAT: Jamaica. Head brown; and from the mouth extends a very slender proboscis, through which the insect obtains its food; being almost as long as the whole body. Antennæ short, and like hairs. Wings transparent, but along the anterior edges brown. Legs long, the hinder ones furnished at the base of the tarsi with two remarkable flaps. PEPSIS COERULEANA. Plate XXXIX. fig. 4. ORDER: Hymenoptera. SECTION: Fossores. FAMILY: Pompilidæ. GENUS. PEPSIS, _Fabr. Latr._ Sphex, _Linn. Drury_. PEPSIS COERULEANA. Nigra, alis coerulescenti-nitidis, pedibus aurantiis. (Long. Corp. lin. 12.) SYN. Sphex coeruleana, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. HABITAT: Bight of Benin, Coast of Africa. Head, antennæ, and eyes black. Ocelli distinct. It is tongueless, with four palpi. Jaws strong. Wings fine deep mazarine blue, not folded, but lying flat. Thorax and abdomen black. Legs orange-coloured; the fore ones being furnished with a single tibial spur, the rest having two that are rather long. {84}This insect, according to Mr. Smeathman, makes a clicking noise when it flies, like a rocket, which may be heard at twenty yards distance. It is a very strong and rapacious insect, and is often seen flying from bush to bush with a grasshopper in its claws at least twice its own size, and which is evidently destined to be deposited in its nest, and to become the food of the future progeny of the Pepsis. "There is a species like this found in the West Indies, with orange antennæ and black legs; also another that is entirely black."--_Drury._ MANTIS (THESPIS) PARVA. Plate XXXIX. fig. 5. ORDER: Orthoptera. SECTION: Cursoria. FAMILY: Mantidæ. GENUS. MANTIS, _Linn._ SUBGENUS: Thespis, _Serville_. MANTIS (THESPIS) PARVA. Pallidè olivaceo-fusca, prothorace longo cylindrico, pedibus gracilibus simplicibus. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 4½ lin.) SYN. Mantis parva, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. _Oliv. Encycl. No._ 48. _Serville Revis. Orthopt. p._ 28. (Thespis p.) Mantis minuta, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 2. 24.? HABITAT: America.