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Odynerus bucuensis. Sauss. 



Odynerus Bucu. Sauss. Mon. Guepes. Sol. p. 185. Guer. in LaSagra's Hist, 



Cuba. [ns. p. 770. pi. 19, fig. 3. 

 Odynerus Bucuensis, Sauss. Mon. Guepes. Sol. Suppl. p. 232. 

 Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. Two % specimens. 

 A small male specimen (3 lines long) varies by the abdomen being- 

 tinged with fuscous and the spot on each side of the inetathorax being 

 subobsolete. 



Odynerus dejectus, n. sp. 



Black: line behind tlie eyes, sinus in front, spot between antennae, most of 

 clypeus. base of antennas, anterior margin of prothorax. spot on disk of meso- 

 thorax, tegulre, a spot on each side behind them, a spot beneath the wings, post- 

 scutellum, a mark on each side of metathorax, the tibiae, apical margins of the 

 first, second and fifth segments of abdomen and a spot on each side of the two 

 basal segments, yellowish; wings fusco-hyaline. 



Female. — Opaque-black, deeply and closely punctured; a line behind 

 the eyes near their summit, the sinus in front, a spot between the in- 

 sertion of the antennae, and the basal half of the clypeus, deeply and 

 squarely emarginate before, obscure yellowish ; antennae black, the 

 basal joint, except the apical half above, yellow. Thorax: the anterior 

 margin of the prothorax slightly interrupted on the disk, a small quad- 

 rate spot on the disk of the mesothorax posteriorly, tegulae, a minute 

 spot on each side just behind the tegulae, a round spot on each side of 

 the pleura just beneath the base of the anterior wings, the postscutellum, 

 and an elongate mark on each side of the metathorax, yellowish. Wings 

 fusco-hyaliue, darker along the costa, and especially in the marginal cell. 

 Legs black; tips of the four anterior femora, their tibiae, and the pos- 

 terior tibiae except tips, yellowish. Abdomen robust, not much con- 

 tracted at base; basal segment roughly punctured, with a faint trans- 

 verse suture at base, its apical margin broader on the middle, continued 

 along the lateral margin and then produced within about one-fourth 

 the width of the segment, yellowish; second segment large, convex, 

 shining, finely punctured, more strongly so at tips; the apical margin 

 above and beneath, and a rounded spot on each side near the base, as 

 well as the apical margin of the fifth segment not quite reaching the 

 sides, yellow. Length 4-J lines; expanse of wings Gi lines. 



Collection. — Dr. J. Grundlach. One specimen. 



Closely allied to 0. bucuensis, but is distinguished by its more robust 

 form, the spot on the disk of the mesothorax. and the absence of bands 

 on the fourth and sixth segments of the abdomen. It may, however, 

 be the female of that species. 



