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shining, impressed down middle; eyes almost reaching base of man- 

 dibles, converging somewhat above, the space between them at that 

 point about equal to the combined length of pedicellum and first 

 flagellum joint; space between hind ocelli slightly less than that 

 separating them from the eyes ; antennae fairly long, the first joint 

 of flagellum not quite one-third longer than second ; pronotum sub- 

 angulate behind ; middle segment rounded, not impressed ; legs 

 strongly, but not densely spinose, fore tarsi with comb, claws bifid, 

 longer spur of hind tibia? more than half as long as first hind tarsal 

 joint ; abdomen robust, ovate, ventral segments with large, sparse 

 punctures from which long, black hairs project ; wings fuscous, with 

 violaceous reflection, second submarginal cell rhomboidal, its length 

 and height nearly equal, the third longer, narrowed about four-fifths 

 to the marginal. Length 15 mm. 

 Chapada (March). One example. 



Pompilus caliginosus Fox (n. n. for funerem Taseh. non Lep.). 



Chapada (March). One example. Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau 

 used the name funerem for a Pompilus in 1845. 



Pompilus auripennis Fabr. 



One example. Santarem. 



Pompilus rutilans n. sp. 



9 . — Ferruginous; sutures of thorax more or less, and abdomen 

 in part, stained with fuscous ; clypeus rather long, fore margin dis- 

 tinctly incurved ; eyes separated from base of mandibles, converging 

 above at which point they are separated by a distance somewhat 

 greater than length of fourth antennal joint ; space between hind 

 ocelli about equal to that between them and eyes ; first joint of 

 flagellum more than a third longer than second ; pronotum strongly 

 convex, rather swollen laterally, hind margin arcuate; middle seg- 

 ment strongly sulcate down middle, its postero-lateral angles strongly 

 tuberculate, posterior surface strongly depressed ; legs with tolerably 

 strong spines, fore tarsi with comb, claws with a strong sharp tooth 

 near base within, longer spur of hind tibia? distinctly le$s than half 

 the length of first hind tarsal joint ; first abdominal segment sub- 

 truncate anteriorly ; wings yellowish, toward apex subfuscous, nerv- 

 ures testaceous, a fuscous fascia crosses superiors along the basal vein, 

 and a broader one origiuates in marginal cell, passing through apex 

 of second and base of third submarginal into the third discoidal cell, 



