OF WASHINGTON. 99 



ferruginous and the color extends back of the lateral teeth onto the seg 

 ment for a very short distance. Red color on the mandibles extending 

 over a greater area than in female. 



Hab. 9, Chiricahua Mts., Ariz., May 30 (H. G. Hubbard) ; 

 ^, Catalina Springs,, Ariz., April 14 (Hubbard and Schwarz) ; 

 Ariz., 2546, Baker collection ; " Tucson, Ariz., June 10, 



1897 (R. E. Kunze)." 



7VM-9 



and d% No. 6855, U. S. National Museum. 

 Ashmeadiella coquilletti, n. sp. 



9- Length 7.5 mm. Black, head very large, punctures dense and of 

 medium size on head and thorax, finer and closer on abdomen. Cheeks, 

 sides of face, pleura, legs (except tarsi beneath), with white pubescence. 

 Remainder of pubescence dull ochraceous, rather pale on bands of abdo 

 men and ventral scopa. Punctures of clypeus very close, apical margin 

 faintly crenulate; flagellum black, faintly fuscous beneath; mandibles 

 black with a red band back of teeth, tegulse black with a ferruginous spot, 

 nervures and stigma all dark; claws reddish; second recurrent nervure 

 not quite reaching to tip of second submarginal cell. 



<3\ Length 8 mm. Closely resembles the female. Pubescence of face 

 denser and all white; of occiput and mesothorax very sparse, of meta- 

 thorax dense and ochraceous ; sides of thorax with dense white pubescence, 

 bands on abdomen very distinct. Mandibles black, except for a red spot 

 above near base; front tarsi fuscous, middle and hind tarsi faintly colored, 

 especially beneath; spurs black. Lateral teeth at apex of abdomen short 

 and pointed, middle teeth long, narrow, and rounded at tips; last dorsal 

 segment with scattered white pubescence. Abdominal bands on segments 

 2 and 3 continued on venter. 



Hab. 9, San Diego Co., California, August 26, 1891 (collec 

 tion W. J. Fox) ; JS San Diego Co., California (D. W. 

 Coquillett) . 



Type. No. 6877, U. S. National Museum, 



Ashmeadiella rufipes, n. sp. 



9- Length 7.5 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen black, front legs 

 black suffused with red; middle femora and hind legs red, hind tarsi with 

 sparse black markings; tegulce ferruginous in front, black behind; ner 

 vures black except for a short distance near base where they are reddish- 

 yellow; mandibles broad, very dark, tinged with red above and clothed 

 with white hair. Pubescence rather dense and white, especially on cly 

 peus. Thoracic disk almost bare. Punctuation dense on head, more 

 separate on thorax dorsally, and fine and dense on abdomen. 



Hab. San Diego Co., California, August 30, 1891 (D. W. 

 Coquillett). 



Type. No. 6861, U. S. National Museum. 



