1895.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 537 



43. Gorytes angustus Prov. 



Gorytes laticinctus Provancher (uec Shuckard), Add. Hym. Quebec, p. 274, $ . 

 Gorytes angustus Provancher, Le Nat. Can.. XXII, p. 141. 9 • 



Vancouver (Provancher); Washington; California; Nevada. A 

 variable species as to size and coloration. The abdomen in two ( 9 ) 

 specimens before me is densely tomentose so that when held in cer- 

 tain lights, its maculation is almost concealed. 



44. Gorytes nevadensis Fox. 



Gorytes nevadensis Fox, Can. Ent.. XXIV, p. 150, 9 $ . 



Nevada. 



45. Gorytes venustus Cress. 



Gorytes venustus Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., IV, p. 472, 9 $ . 

 Hoplisus venustus Cresson, Synopsis, p. 280. 

 Gorytes venustus Handlirsch, 1. c, p 504. 



Colorado; Texas; New Mexico (Saute Fe, Cockerell); Mexico 

 ( Handlirsch). 



46. Gorytes Smithii Cress. 



Gorytes Smithii Cresson, Proc. Ent. Sect., A. X. S. Phila.. 1880. p. 18, $ 



"(non 9 ) (Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, VIII). 

 Hoplisus Smithii, Cresson, Synopsis, p. 280. 

 Gorytes Smithii Handlirsch, 1. c, p. 531. 



Illinois; Kansas. The type of this species is a $ , and not 9 

 as stated by Cresson. 



47. Gorytes floridanus Fox. 



Hoplisus foveolata Fox (nee Handlirsch), Ent. News. I, p. 10(5, 9 . 

 Gorv/es floridanus Fox, ibid., II., p. 196. 



Florida. The eyes converge less toward the clypeus in this spe- 

 cies than in Smithii. 



48. Gorytes phaleratus Say. 



Gorytes phaleralus Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., I, p. 367. 



Gorytes fulvipennis Smith, Cat. Hym. B. M., IV, p. 367, 9 . 



Gorytes apicalis Smith, ibid., p. 369, 9 . 



Gorytes modestus Cresson. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila.. IV, p. 473, $ . 



Gorytes rufoluteus Packard, ibid., VI, p. 425, $ 9 . 



Gorytes flavicorn is Packard, ibid., p. 429, $ 9- 



Gorytes phaleratus Handlirsch. 1. c. p. 507, 9 $ • 



Occurs from Canada to Texas and Mexico ; Colorado ; Dakota. 



A variable species as the synonymy indicates. 



49. Gorytes propinquus Cress. 



Gorytes propinquus Cresson, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, I, p. 379, $ ^uon 9 ). 

 Gorytes abdominalis Handlirsch, 1. c, p. 510. 



New Mexico; Texas. Not identical with abdominalu as sup- 

 posed by Handlirsch. 



