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50. PompiluS boucardi. (Tab. XI. figg. 24, head ; 24 a, wing.) 



Niger, linea pronoti, basi tibiarum et tarsorum posticis late flavo-albis, abdomine rufo ; alia subhyalinis, apice 



fumatis. 

 Long. 12 millim. 



Hab. Panama (Boucard). 



The head and thorax densely covered with a silvery pile. The antennae stout ; the 

 flagellum dull red ; the third joint slightly longer than the fourth. The eyes 

 converging beneath ; the ocelli not in a triangle, the hinder ones separated from each 

 other by a somewhat greater distance than they are from the eyes ; the clypeus with 

 the apex rounded and dull rufous. Prothorax longer than the head ; the apex 

 rounded. Scutellum narrowed towards the apex. The median segment gradually 

 rounded. Abdomen as long as the head and thorax united, pruinose. Legs of 

 moderate length ; the spines few and short ; the base of the fore tarsi curved ; the 

 long spur of the hind tibiae hardly reaching to the middle of the metatarsus ; the basal 

 three-fourths of the hind tibiae and the tarsal joints (except at the apex) are pale 

 reddish-white. Wings subhyaline, the apex smoky. The basal nervure in the fore 

 wings and the anal nervure in the hind wings are interstitial ; the second cubital 

 cellule is longer than the third ; the second and third transverse cubital nervures 

 almost unite at the top, the third becoming elbowed near the top. 



Allied to P. neotropicalis ; but it has the head and thorax much more densely 

 pilose, the tibial spines less numerous, and the base of the fore metatarsus incised. 

 The coloration of the legs is also different, as well as the form of the cubital cellules. 



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51. Pompilus coruscus. 



Pompilus coruscus, Smith, Cat. Hymen. Ins. iii. p. 156 (1855) l ; Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iv, 



p. 128 2 ; Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i. p. 103 3 ; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 370 4 . 

 Pompilus juxtus, Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iv. p. 128 5 . 

 Pompilus coruscus, v&r.juxta, Cresson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i. p. 103 6 . 

 Pompilus coruscus, var. insignis, Cresson, loc. cit. 7 



Hab. Mexico, Ventanas in Durango 2000 feet (Forrer), Orizaba (Sumichrast*), 

 Atoyac in Vera Cruz (//. H. Smith) ; Guatemala, near the city (Champion) ; Panama, 

 Bugaba (Champion). — Antilles, Cuba 2 3 5 6 7 , San Domingo 1 . 



This species varies considerably in size. The eyes distinctly converge at the top ; 

 the hinder ocelli are separated from each other by a greater distance than they are 

 from the eyes. The clypeus is short, broadly rounded at the apex ; there is a furrow 

 down the front. The prothorax is as long as the head and is bluntly angled at the 

 apex ; there is a small hollow in front of the tegulae at the sides, and the base is 

 raised. The median segment is broadly rounded to the apex. The abdomen is as 

 long as the head and thorax united ; the pygidium is rough and bears long black 



