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Fox is incorrect in stating that the mesosternum is ridged 

 anteriorl}^; it and the mesopleura round gratkially into the ill- 

 tlefined epicnemial areas, without any carina except a weak one 

 between the mesopleura and these areas; the groove between 

 the mesopleura and mesosternum is almost oljsolete. Despite 

 this fact, the species can hardly belong in the subgenus ylr/x;c/i/.s, 

 as Ashmead has tentatively placed it. 



Gorytes (Hoplisoides) denticulatus Packard 



Georgia: Spring Creek, Decatur County, July Ki to 29, 1912, one female, 

 (Cornell Univ. Expedition), [Cornell University]. 



Gorytes (Hoplisoides) tricolor Cresson 



Califounia: Lemon Cove, Tulare County, July 9 to 11, 1907, 500 feet 

 elevation, one male, one female, (the author), [Cornell University]. 



The male lacks the typical red of the propodeum, agreeing 



in this respect with a specimen from Montana in the collection 



of the American Entomological Society. 



The species is allied to pygidiaUs, from which it can be better 



separated by the following characters, than by those given in 



Fox's tables: 



Mules 



Sixth dorsal segment acute, coarsely rugose-punctate, not exposing the sev- 

 enth ; antennae serrate beneath pygidialis Fox 



Sixth dorsal short and broad, very obtusely rounded at apex, exposing the 

 seventh segment, with few punctures; antennae scarcely serrate beneath. 



tricolor Cresson 



Females 

 Pygidium stronglj^ margined, acute and coarsely punctured. 



pygidialis Fox 

 Pygidium scarcely margined, broad, obtuse, polished and almost impunctate. 



tricolor Cresson 



The enclosed area of the propodeum of tricolor appears nor- 

 mally to be striate, although it is nearly smooth in the type. 



Gorytes (Hoplisoides) femoratus new species 



o"'. Slender; black, the following parts yellow (empire yellow): scape 

 beneath, face, spot above antennae, clypeus, mandibles at base, palpi, iimer 

 orbits except above, broad margin of pronotum, not connected with small 

 spot on tubercles, line within tegulae, spot on them and one below, vertical 

 bar on mesopleura, scutellum, spot on postscutellum, large lateral spots on 

 propodeum, apical half of first and second dorsal and second ventral segments, 

 narrowed medially, broad apical bands on third ventral and third, fourth, 



TRAN.S. AM. ENT. SOC, XLVI. 



