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ly fuscous. Legs chestnut-brown, clothed with pale pubescence, which 

 is long and dense on the posterior tibiae and tarsi; posterior coxas dilated 

 and flattened, with a whitish spot at tip. Abdomen broadly ovate, 

 convex, polished, rather densely clothed with short pale pubescence 

 on the sides and apex; on the middle of the first, second, fourth and 

 fifth segments above, a narrow, rather uneven, whitish fascia, that on 

 the fourth segment interrupted on the middle ; on each extreme side 

 of the third segment a short, narrow, whitish line ; apical segment trun- 

 cate, densely clothed with fuscous pubescence ; beneath chestnut-brown, 

 immaculate. Length 3^ lines; expanse of wings 6 l /2 lines. 



"Male. Resembles the female, except the abdomen is longer, not 

 so broad, and pointed at tip as in males of Nomada; the posterior legs 

 are not densely pilose as in the $ . Length 3 lines ; expanse of wings 

 5 l / 2 lines. 



"Collection. Ent. Soc. Phila. Two specimens. 



"This species has much the general appearance of a Noma- 

 da, and in the $ specimen, the only difference I can see is, that 

 the anterior wings have only two submarginal cells, instead of 



FIG. 3. Anterior wing of Nomadosoma pilipes (Cresson). 



three ; but in the 9 , the form is more robust, and the hind 

 legs are densely pilose, which is never the case in the females 



of Nomada." 



The chestnut color in the specimens in the U. S. National 

 Museum is replaced almost entirely by black. The female 

 came from Cuba, the male was collected by Mr. A. Busck at 

 Baracoa, Cuba, Aug., 1902. 



PROFESSOR W. M. WHEELER, of the Department of Economic Ento- 

 mology Bussey Institution, Harvard University, started on his vaca- 

 tion November i and spent some days in the Huachuca Mountains, 

 Arizona. 



