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irregular punctures; front very coarsely and closely punctured, 
but with a bow-shaped transverse smooth band; top of head ele- 
vated, very convex, all the ocelli above the level of top of eyes; 
mesothorax shining, with very strong irregular punctures, more 
or less in rows; scutellum similarly sculptured; base of meta- 
thorax shining, very coarsely cancellate; tegule piceous with a 
rufous spot; wings strongly brownish; stigma piceous; abdomen 
shining, the first two segments with scattered but very distinct 
punctures; a strong constriction between first and second dorsal 
segments. 
Luzon, Laguna Province, Los Bafios (Baker). Nearest to S. 
. fumipennis Smith, but smaller, with darker abdomen. 
Sphecodes transversus sp. nov. 
Female.—Length, a little over 7 millimeters; anterior wing, 
a little over 6 millimeters; black, with the abdomen castaneous 
red, black beyond the extreme base of fourth segment; man- 
dibles obscurely red apically, and with an inner tooth; head 
very broad, transversely oval, face with rather thin white hair; 
clypeus roughened, depressed in middle; region behind the sum- 
mits of eyes smooth and polished; mesothorax and scutellum 
polished, with scattered distinct punctures; base of metathorax 
with a series of large inclosed spaces; pleura conspicuously hairy ; 
tegule piceous, the outer margin partly pallid; wings brownish, 
stigma dark reddish; legs very dark reddish, with white hair: 
abdomen shining, without distinct punctures; constriction a 
tween first and second segments moderate. 
Luzon, Mount Maquiling (Baker). By the broad head this 
recalls the smaller S. biroi Friese, from New Guinea. 
Sphecodes latifrons sp. nov. 
Male.—Length, about 6.5 millimeters; anterior wing, 5.5 mil- 
limeters; black, the abdomen red as far as the middle of the 
third segment, but the basal segment dorsally reddish black; 
head very broad; face and front densely covered with white 
hair; mandibles red in middle; occiput strongly elevated; meso- 
thorax and scutellum shining, with large and strong, rather 
close punctures; base of metathorax very coarsely, irregularly 
cancellate; small joints of tarsi pale ferruginous; tegule piceous 
basally, the outer side broadly hyaline; wings dilute fuliginous, 
stigma dark reddish; abdomen shining, the first two segments 
with fine but distinct punctures. 
LuzoN, Baguio, Benguet (Baker). Closely allied to S. trans- 
versus, but surely not its-male, on account of the punctured ab- 
