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nal segment, rest of abdomen black with pale yellowish pubescent bands 

 on segments. Wings clear. Det, Fox. 



Afellisodes obliqua. Say, 9 • — Las Graces, N. Mex. One. Clypeus 

 black. Det., Fox. 



Noniia, n. sp. — La Vega de San Jose, Valencia County, N. Mex., 

 August 4. One. Det., Fox. 



Nototrachys texaniis^ Cress., 5 . — Continental Divide, Tenaja, N. 

 Mex., August 2. One. A small, dark rufous ichneumonid. Det., Riley. 



Odyneriis, sp. — Las Cruces, N. Mex. A specimen caught in the 

 act of extracting one of the mesquite tineid bag worms from its case [for 

 description of this tineid see Zoe, IV., pp. 226-228]. A small black and 

 yellow hornet. Det., Riley. 



Odynerus, sp., near aimulatus, Say. — Grand Canyon, Arizona. 

 Hance trail, July II. Two specime.ns. Det., Fox. 



Osniia, n. sp. — Las Cruces, N. Mex. One $ . A small species, 

 with dark green abdomen. Thorax black, dark fulvous pilose above. 

 Wings slightly smoky. Det., Fox. 



Pelopaeus Servillei, St. Farg. — El Rito, N. Mex., August 5. One. 

 Turkey Tanks, Arizona, July 18. One. Det., Fox. 



Fepsis formos7is, Say, ^. — Grand Canyon, July 11. Only one 

 specimen. This is the smaller black form with blue reflections, and with 

 brownish-yellow wings, which are blue at base. Many have been taken 

 at Las Cruces, N. Mex. Det., Fox. 



Ferdita, sp. — Las Cruces^ N. Mex. Name com. by Prof. Cockerel!. 

 Det., Fox. 



Philanthus, sp. — Hart Little Spring, July 14. One. A good-sized 

 black ichneumonid with red abdomen. Det., Fox. (?) *. 



FojHpilus, sp. (new to U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll.) — La Vega de San 

 Jose, N. Mex., August 4. One. A small purplish-black wasp. Det., 

 Riley. 



Pompilus aethiops, Cress. — La Vega de San Jose', N. Mex., Aug. 4. 

 One. A wasp of a soft black colour with a faintly purplish tinge. Det., 

 Riley. 



Pompilus fortjtosus, Say. — Las Cruces, N. Mex. Common August 

 2\ and other dates. Four large ones measure from 4 to 4^ cm. long. 



Ptenus, sp. — La Vega de San Jose, N. Mex., August 4. One. A 

 sawfly. Det., Riley. 



