100 [AuciusT 



14. Philanthus punctatus, Say. 



Philanthv.s jnmctatus. Say, Long's Second Expedition, ii, p. .342. 

 Anthophilus gihhosus, Dahlb., Hym. Europ. i, p. 192 % 9- 

 Cheilopogonus pimctiger, Westw., Zool. Mag. v, p. 441, pi. 22, fig. 4. 

 Black; face, spot between antennas, collar, spot beneath the wings, postscu- 

 tellum, legs in part, broad band on second abdominal segment and the narrow 

 apical margins of the following segments yellow; wings dusky. 



Female. — Black, rather shining, with hirge, deep, sparse punctures, 

 slightly pubescent ; head transverse, much wider than the thorax, the 

 vertex very densely and finely punctured, the face, cheeks and occiput 

 sparsely so; sides of the face, clypeus, spot between the antennae, spot 

 un base of mandibles, and a dot behind and another just above the 

 summit of the eyes, yellowish, sometimes obscure ; antennae black, 

 gradually thickened towards the tips, the scape yellowish beneath. 

 Thorax above with large, deep scattered punctures, smaller and more 

 dense on the pleura ; collar, tubercles and a spot behind, tegulae and 

 the postscutellum. yellow; metathorax closely and finely punctured, 

 pubescent, with an elongate, rather deep fovea on the disk. Wings 

 stained with pale fuscous, darker at tips, paler at base, slightly iride- 

 scent; nervures fuscous, yellowish at base, as well as the costa and 

 .stigma. Less : coxae, trochanters and base of femora, black, apical 

 half of the latter honey-yellow ; tibi« and tarsi yellowish, the latter 

 dusky at tips. Abdomen ovute, with large, very deep and coarse punc- 

 tures ; the incisures between the segments very deep ; ba.sal segment 

 strangulated, and immaculate; second segment with a broad, continu- 

 ous yellowish band at base; apical submargins of the two or three fol- 

 lowing segments with narrow yellowish, sometimes wavy, fasciae ; apical 

 segment smooth, shining, impunctured, immaculate, and rounde I at 

 tip; beneath black, shining, immaculate. Length -i^ — 51 lines; ex- 

 panse of wings 7 2 — S] lines. 



3J<(/r. — Closely resembles the female, but differs as follows : the he.id 

 is less transverse, the f ice has only a yellow stripe on each side, a cen- 

 tral spot on the clypeus. and another of the same size on the middle of 

 the front, immediately above the antenniX3, the latter are longer, the 

 scape has a yellow spot at tip within and the base of the flagellum is 

 often more or less tinged with yellowish; the scutellum has a yellow 

 spot or line, rarely wanting ; the wings are darker towards the tips, 

 and subviolaceous. nearly hyaline at base ; the basal segment of the 

 abdomen has occasionally a yellow dot on each side ; the two apical 

 segments and the venter are immaculate. Length same as 9 • 



BaL. — Penn. (Cresson; ; New Jersey (Cres.son); L>elaware (Dr. Wil- 

 son); New York (Angus); .Mass. (Ridings); Virginia (Ridings); 



