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nervure received by the second submarginal cell before its apex ; 

 line on anterior orbits, apical margin of scutellum, tarsi, and ring- 

 on apical margin of basal segment, yellowish; remaining seg- 

 ments of abdomen black. Length .55-. 60 inch. 



Two specimens, Florida. Collected by Charles W. Johnson, 

 of the Wagner Institution, Philadelphia. 



This species resembles somewhat H. Smithii Cress. , from Illi- 

 nois, but the wings are darker, the second recurrent nervure is 

 not confluent with the second transverse cubital nervure and the 

 basal segment with the largest portion of it brownish. 



Philanthus eurynome n. sp. 



5 . Black, shining, deeply, but not closely punctured; vertex, 

 cheeks, thorax on sides and beneath covered with pale pubes- 

 cence; spot on anterior part of raised space between antennae, 

 sides of face, narrowed to emargination of the eyes; mandibles, 

 except tip, scape, elongate spot beneath anterior wings, tegulae, 

 postscutellum, large lateral spots on second segment, elongate 

 spots on third and fourth, the latter with two elongate marks on 

 apical margin yellow; first three joints of flagellum entirely and 

 the remaining joints beneath, raised space between antennae ba- 

 sally, broad band on occiput extending down to the centre of 

 the cheeks, line, on collar, scutellum, first segment, except ex- 

 treme base, above and beneath, second segment above and apical 

 margins of all the segments dark reddish brown; the first dorsal 

 segment with a deep, black, transverse furrow before its apical 

 margin, the second having a black line before its apical margin; 

 metathorax with a deep furrow extending from base to centre, 

 where it is interrupted, the furrow continuing from a deep tovea 

 and extending almost to the apex; wings yellowish hyaline, with 

 darker apical margins, slightly iridescent, nervures and stigma 

 yellowish brown, first recurrent nervure received by the second 

 submarginal cell at the middle, the second received by the third 

 submarginal cell a little beyond the base; legs brownish, a spot in 

 front and on tips of anterior femora, base of anterior tibiae and 

 medial tibiae in front and at base yellow. Length .57 inch. 



One specimen. Collected by Mr. C. \V. Johnson, in Florida. 



Coelioxys dolichos n. sp. 



9. Black, shining; head and thorax sparsely punctured; 

 sides of the face, cheeks, thorax beneath, metathorax, legs, basal 



