456 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., *IO 



A new Anthidium from New Jersey. 

 By J. C. CRAWFORD. 



Anthidium harbecki n. sp. 



Female. Length, about 13 mm. Black, with sparse white pubes- 

 cence ; head and thorax closely, coarsely punctured, the punctures of 

 the mesonotum separated only by thin walls, those on the supracly- 

 peal area, above insertion of antennae and on the clypeus, except on 

 upper margin, about as close; those back of the ocelli separated from 

 each other by about a puncture width; first joint of labial palpi about 

 as long as second; maxillary palpi three jointed; the following body 

 markings lemon yellow clypeus; a small triangular supraclypeal 

 mark; sides of face as high as insertion of antennae, and above that 

 a narrow line on inner orbits; dilated above and attaining the height 

 of anterior ocellus; a small spot behind the eyes below summit; a 

 small spot on tegulae anteriorly and one on the tubercles; two small 

 spots on anterior margin of mesoscutum, from which run caudad, lines 

 reaching backward about as far as a line connecting the anterior mar- 

 gins of the tegulae ; lateral margings of the mesoscutum ; edges of 

 axillae; margin of scutellum, interrupted medially, a short vertical 

 line on the mesopleurae, narrow subapical bands on segments 1-5 and 

 two elongate spots on segment 6; the band on segment one and two 

 narrowly interrupted medially ; all the bands with the posterior margin 

 almost straight, the front margin at extreme sides dilated anteriorly and 

 on segments 1-4 the bands attenuated medially; propodeum and pleurae 

 closely punctured ; wings dusky with broad apical margins more deeply 

 infuscated ; legs strongly swollen, the basal joint of all tarsi broad and 

 flat ; the hind tibiae ^broadening -towards apices ; anterior apices 

 of all tarsi broad and flat ; the hind tibiae broadening towards apices ; 

 spur on hind and middle tibiae very thick; femora black, with a 

 broad reddish-testaceous stripe above and the apices of the same 

 color; lower margins of front and middle femora with a lemon-yellow 

 stripe; tibiae yellow, the under sides reddish; basal joint of all tarsi 

 yellow, the apical joints reddish; claws with a small but distinct pul- 

 villus ; pubescence on inner side of hind tarsi fulvous ; apical margins 

 of segments 2-5 narrowly depressed ; basal margins of segments 2-6 

 somewhat constricted ; punctures of abdomen not so coarse as on 

 thorax, becoming finer towards bases of segments, those on the disks 

 separated from each other by about a puncture width; anal opening 

 on segment 6 in the shape of a cupid's bow ; ventral scapa almost 

 white. 



Four female specimens collected by Mr. H. S. Harbeck at 

 Wenonah, New Jersey, Aug. 21, 1910. 



Type Cat. No. 13,454 U. S. N. M. 



One of the paratypes deposited in the collection of the 

 American Entomological Society. 



Two of the paratypes differ in having the band on segment 

 2 entire. 



