120 E. T. CRESSON. 



79. Pompilus (Priocnemis) pulchellus. 



Pompilus pulchel/u-'i, Cresson. Proc. Eiit. Soc. Pliil. iv, j). 126, J. 



Female. — Fcrru<z;inous ; head, antenna) and disk of metathorax 

 black; wings hyaline, with two broad, fuscous, purple bands. Length 

 82 lines. 



Hab.—Cuha, (Coll. Am. Ent. Soc.) 



One 9 specimen. This beautiful little species is allied to nJiennfua, 

 and has the most handsomely ornamented wings of any species of Pom- 

 pilus known to me. 



80. Pompilus (Priocnemis) Sartorianus. n. sp. 



Femak. — IJlack ; head clothed with a golden pubescence, long on 

 the cheeks and anterior margin of the clypeus, and brightest on tho 

 face ; clypeus much depressed anteriorly, with the anterior margin ar- 

 cuated and tinged with brownish; mandibles piceous at base ; anten- 

 na) long, acuminate at tip, ferruginous, the four apical joints black ; 

 prothorax densely covered with a golden pubescence, the postericir 

 margin arcuate; lateral and posterior margins of the mesothorax, the 

 scutellum, except disk, pleura, base of metathorax, and a large rounded 

 spot on each side at tip, densely clothed with a bright golden pubes- 

 cence ; wings yellow subhyaline, the costal two-thirds of the anterior 

 pair fuscous and subviolaceous ; marginal cell very long and narrow, 

 acute at tip; second and third submarginals shaped like those of nn- 

 perus ; legs black, coxa) golden; tips of the femora, and all the tibia) 

 and tarsi ferruginous; abdomen oblong-ovate, convex, subpetiolato, 

 fusco-ferruginous, the second segment with a round, blackish spot on 

 the basal middle ; apical segment densely clothed with golden pubes- 

 cence; venter blackish, fusco-ferruginous at tip. Length 82 lines. 



J[ah. — Vera Cruz, Mexico. ((^oU. Am. Ent. Soc.) 



One 9 specimen. This is allied to wiy^erws in general shape of the 

 body and in tho shape of the wing-cells. 



It gives me much pleasure to dedicate this fine species to my friend 

 Mr. Charles Sartorius, of 3Iexico, to whose kindness the Society is in- 

 debted for this and a host of other Mexican insects. 



81. Pompilus (Priocnemis) cincticornis, n. sp. 



Female. — Opaque-black, more or less densely clothed with a short 

 golden pubescence ; face and cheeks densely golden ; broad frontal or- 

 bits, a spot on the posterior orbits near the summit of the eyes, and a 

 large spot on each side of the clypeus, luteous ; clypeus strongly mar- 

 gined in front, the margin subarcuate ; mandibles luteous at btise; an- 

 tenna) long, black, the iburth and filth joints pale yellowish ; posterior 



