AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 119 



aeveu apical joints black; prothorax ferruginous, the anterior margin 

 sometimes blackish, the posterior margin subangular; mesothorax and 

 scutellum ferruginous, sometimes stained with blackish ; metathorax 

 rounded, black, golden-sericeous, one specimen has a large, rounded, 

 ferruginous spot on each side, and the pleura a spot of the same color 

 beneath the wings; wings long, uniformly fuliginous, with a strong 

 purplish reflection; marginal cell long, narrow, acute at tip; second 

 subuiarginal rather small, oblong-subquadrate, pointed towards the base 

 of the wing, the third submarginal very large, nearly twice as long as 

 wide, slightly narrowed towards the marginal and receiving the second 

 recurrent nervure at about one-third from the base; basal series of 

 transverse ncrvures widely dislocated ; legs golden-ferruginous, the 

 coxae and the tips of tarsi blackish ; posterior tibias strongly serrated ; 

 abdomen oblong-ovate, convex, golden-ferruginous at base, the four or 

 five apical segments more or less stained with dusky, the extreme base 

 of the first segment black, apical segment clothed with dense golden 

 pubescence. Length 7 — 10 lines. 



Hub. — Pennsylvania, (Coll. Am. Ent. Soc.) 



Three 9 specimens. lleadily distinguished by the almost entirely 

 yellow-ferruginous color of the body, and by the bicolored antennfe. 



(From Cuba and Mexico.) 

 70. Pompilus (Priocnemis) flammipennis. 



PompHus flaininipennis, Smith, Brit. Mus. Cat. Hym. iii, 155. 

 Pompilus ignipennis, Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p. 121. 

 % 5 . — Black, abdomen tinged with blue; antennas orange-yellow; 

 wings bright ferruginous, the apex more or less fuliginous; metatho- 

 rax transversely rugose. Length oh — 9 lines. 



7/r^^.— -Cuba, (Coll. Am. Ent. Soc.) ; " St. Domingo," (Smith). 

 Three 9 ^ fo^^i" 'S specimens. 



77. Pompilus (Priocnemis) parens. 



Pompilus terminatiis, Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Pliil. iv, p, 128, (nee Say). 

 Female. — Black; three basal segments of the abdomen ferruginous; 

 wings fuscous. Length 31 lines. 

 i^j6.— Cuba, (Coll. Am. Ent. Soc.) 

 One 9 specimen. This is allied to nothus, but is quite distinct. 



78. Pompilus (Priocnemis) nubeculatus. 



Pompilus nubeculatus, Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p. 128, 9 . 



Female. — Fusco-ferruginous; antenna;, except tips, legs, and tip of 

 abdomen, fulvous; wings yellowish-hyaline, with the apex and a cloud 

 between the middle and apex fuscous. Length 7? lines. 



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



