AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 103 



(From Mexico and West Indies.) 



41. Pompilus coruscus. 



Pompilus coruscus, Smith, Brit. Miis. Cat. Hym. iii, 156. Cresson, Proc. 



Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p. 128. 

 Pompilus juxtus, Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p. 128. — Var. 

 Female. — Black, opaque; wings yellowish-fuscous, third submarginal 

 cell petiolated; abdomen ferruginous, the apex fuscous. Length 42 — 

 62 lines. Two specimens. 



Far. JUXTUS 9 • — The third submarginal cell triangular; apex of 

 abdomen black. Length 4-2 lines. One specimen. 



Var. INSIGNIS 9 • — Most of the prothorax above ferruginous; third 

 submarginal cell triangular; extreme apex of the abdomen fuscous. 

 Length 5 — 5j lines. Three specimens, 

 //ai.— Cuba, (Coll. Am. Ent. Soc.) 



42. Pompilus subargenteus. 



Pomjiilus sitbaTgcyiteus, Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p, 129, %. 



Male. — Black, covered with a silvery-sericeous pile ; posterior mar- 

 gin of the prothorax whitish ; wings fuscous, third submarginal cell 

 petiolated ; abdomen with a broad ferruginous band near the base ; 

 legs spinose. Length 42 lines. 



Hah. — Cuba, (Coll. Dr. J. Gundlach). One S specimen. 



4.".. Pompilus orbitalis. 



Pompilus orbitalis, Cresson. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p. 131, 9 • 



Female. — Velvety-black; oi'bits, and a central line down the front, 

 golden ; prothorax with a transverse ferruginous line ; wings deep vio- 

 let-blue; abdomen with the four dorsal segments mostly dull ferrugi- 

 nous; legs spinose. Length 8 lines. 



Hah. — Cuba, (Coll. Dr. J. Gundlach). One 9 specimen. 



44. Pompilus apiculatus. 



Pompilus apiculatus. Smith, Brit. Mas. Cat. Hym. iii, p. 157. 9 • 



'■^Female. — Length 42 lines. — Head, thorax and legs black ; abdo- 

 men red ; entire insect covered with a fine, white, silky pile, most 

 dense on the face, cheeks, coxae and metathorax ; clypeus rounded an- 

 teriorly ; posterior margin of prothorax with a band of silvery pile, a 

 spot of the same on each side of scutellum and post-scutellum ; meta- 

 thorax rounded, with a longitudinal slightly impressed line ; wings 

 fusco-hyaline, the first recuri'ent nervure entering the second submar- 

 ginal cell in the middle, third submarginal subpctiolate ; tibiae and tar- 

 si with a few sharp spines, anterior tarsi ciliated, the tarsi obscurely 

 rufo-piceous ; apical ventral segment of abdomen with an elongate- 

 ovate fuscous spot." 



Hah. — " Vera Cruz, Mexico." Not seen. 



