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middle, the apical margin of the third segraent with a narrow brown 

 band, also dilated in the middle; fourth segment black, opaque; fifth 

 and sixth segments silvery-cinereous; venter ferruginous, the apical 

 half fuscous. Length 7'> lines; expanse 11 lines. 



Hah. — Pennsylvania, (Coll. Am. Ent. 8oc.) 



One 9 specimen. This beautiful and rare species may belong to the 

 genus Parapnmplhis Smith, along with purpuripentiis, Icrjiatus and ele- 

 (/(ois, all having the head and prothorax fonued alike. 

 .51. Pompilus ? legatus, n. sp. 



Feimde. — Rufo-ferruginous ; shape and structure same as in the 

 preceding' species ; head uniformly dark rufous, shining; antennse 

 short, scarcely longer than the head and prothorax, black, the two ba- 

 sal joints rufous; thorax^ uniformly rufo-ferruginous; metathorax sil- 

 very-sericeous OQ the sides, the rugosity on the posterior truncation 

 more strongly marked than in the preceding species; legs black, the 

 coxge at base, the tibiae, except base and apex, and the four posterior 

 tibia; beneath, rufous; tibial spurs pale yellowish; anterior legs short 

 and stout, without spines; the four posterior tibiae and tarsi with a few 

 short spines; wings shaped and colored as in the preceding species, 

 except that they are shorter and the apical fuscous band is not so 

 broad, leaving the subhyaline space between it and the middle cloud 

 larger ; abdomen opaque, with the two basal segments rufo-ferruginous, 

 the apex of the second fuscous, remaining segments black, third with 

 a narrow, subinterrupted, luteous band at base, and a small spot of the 

 same color on each extreme side of the fourth segment; venter ferrugi- 

 nous, apical half fuscous. Ijcngth 5 lines; expanse of wings 7 lines. 



Ihth. — Cieorgia, (Coll. Am. Ent. Soc.) 



One 9 specimen. Resembles Marise very closely, but is smaller in 

 size, and the coloration of the abdomen is very different, the apical seg- 

 ment being not at all silvei-y as in Marise. 



h2. Pompilus ? elegans. 



PoMjiilus elegans, Cressoii, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p. 120, 9 • 



Ftmalc. — Ferruginous; head wider than the thorax and flat, pro- 

 thorax oblong-subquadrate, much larger than usual, rounded anteriorly; 

 head, antennae, legs and broad band near base of abdomen, blackish; 

 metathorax, legs and base of apex of abdomen, densely covered with 

 cinereous pile; wings whitish-hyaline, with a very large fuliginous spot 

 near the tip, as well as a small spot at base and middle. Length 5 

 lines ; expanse of wings 8 line.s. 



//«/>.— Cuba, (Coll. Dr. J. Gundlach). 



One 9 i^pecimen. Closely allied to Marise and lajatus. 



