POMPILUS. 199 



Eyes converging a little above ; the hinder ocelli separated from each other by nearly 

 the same distance they are from the eyes ; clypeus short, broadly rounded. Prothorax 

 a little shorter than the head ; the apex arcuate. Median segment with a gradually 

 rounded slope ; the sides projecting as blunt teeth. Abdomen shorter than the head 

 and thorax together ; the apical segment above thickly covered with long thick bristle- 

 like hairs ; the penultimate segment broadly incised. Legs stout ; the tibial spines 

 short ; the long spur of the hind tibiae reaching a little beyond the middle of the 

 metatarsus. Second cubital cellule triangular, almost appendiculate. For neuration, 

 see Tab. XI. fig. 20. 



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35. Pompilus brevicornis. 



Pompilus brevicornis, Taschenberg, Zeitschr. ges. Naturw. xxxiv. p. 50 (1869) \ 

 Hdb. North America, Illinois 1 . — Mexico *. 



36. Pompilus anceps. 



Pompilus anceps, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd ser. i. p. 36 a ; Cresson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 

 i. p. 95 2 . 

 Hdb. Panama 2 (Stretch x ). 



This species has the six apical joints of the antennae orange-yellow. 



v 37. Pompilus aethiops. 



Pompilus (Bthiops, Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc . Phil. iv. p. 451 1 ; Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i. p. 87 2 ; 

 Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 367 3 . 



Hob. North America, Colorado \ United States 2 3 . — Mexico, Orizaba (Sumi- 

 chrast 3 ). 



This species differs from any of the species I have described in having the anterior 

 margin of the clypeus " very deeply emarginate in the middle and the sides broadly 

 rounded." 



v 38. Pompilus lepidus. 



Pompilus lepidus, Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. i. p. 303 (1835) l ; Complete Writings, ii. p. 745 2 ; 

 Cresson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i. p. 94 3 ; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 367 \ 



Hdb. Mexico 1 2 3 , Orizaba (Sumichrast 4 ). 

 The male is said to have the fore claws cleft. 



V 39. Pompilus fulgidus. 



Pompilus fulgidus, Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iv. p. 131 1 ; Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i. p. 94 2 ; 

 Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 367 3 . 

 Hob. Mexico, Orizaba (Stmichrast 3 ).— Antilles, Cuba 12 . 



