146 E. T. 0RK880N. 



7. Pepsis Montezuma. 



/'rji.'ii.s MoHlr-:iiina. Sinilli, P.rit. Mils. Out,, irym. iii, p. 111'.), % 9 . 



^^Fcmah. Leiif];(li 1(1 lines. — IJlack ; lieiid, thorux, ;il)(l(iiii('ii .uid 

 lej];.s adonicfl wifch :i ricli hliK; iiidciscent pile, most vivid on tlio alxlo- 

 iiioii ; tliarax liaving sliades of iiK^tallic-^roen and black in certain 

 lii;lits; licad, thorax and coxao have a scattered, lonpj, loose, black ]»u- 

 bescence; ariteinuc, mandibles and palpi Mack; metathorax haviiij:; a 

 transverse, ruj^ose, waved striation, and a c(>ntral abbreviated, longitu- 

 dinal depression, and on (jach side at base and apex an obtuse tubercle; 

 wings reddish-yellow, having a broad fuscous stain at base, the apical 

 margins having a paler cloud at their apex, not extending to tli(; fliiid 

 submarginal ecdl in width; abdomen of" a splendid blue, the jiubescence 

 at the a])cx black. 



'■'■Male. Length 12 lines. — \\\ color cbi(^(ly resembling tlu; ('cnialc, 

 but the abdf)men is bright violet, and the wings are paler; fourth seg- 

 ment of abdomen beneath has on each side a floccus of long curled 

 hair." 



y/a/>.— "Mexico." 



Not seen. It must be very closely allied to marjiiKila. 



H. Pepsis domingensis. 



J'cpsla Domhu/cnsifi, St. Fiivg., Ilyin. iii, p. 177, % . 



'■^Malc. — Head bbiek, covered with a binisli-black pubescence; an- 

 tenna; black; (borax black, covered with a bluish-black ])ubes(;enc(r ; 

 disk of the metathorax convcix ; abdomen covered with a bluisb-)»lack 

 ))ubes(rence; legs })luisli-black ; wings ferruginous, their base blackish, 

 as well as the apex, which is broadly blackish, with a violaceous reflec- 

 tion; stigma, costa and teguliu black. Ijciigth IT) lines. 



Il((l>. — ''St. Domingo." Not seen. Also closely allied to mm-ijuuitii. 



V. Pepsis Sommeri. 



I'epais Sommeriy'Da.h.W)., Myni. Ivir. i, p. Ki,^. 



Fcnuilr. — Large, velvety blacik, witli a bbu! reflection changing to 

 green when viewed in certain lights; antenn;o brown-sericeous; disk 

 of the nu'tatborax transversely striaU^l ; wings fulvo-ferruginous, the 

 basal third id' the anterior pair, the basal hall of the ])osteri(n- pair, and 

 the apical margins of both pairs, black ; legs with a strong bint; reflec- 

 tion ; abdomen smooth and shining, the blue and gremi reflections more 

 brilliant ; the head, nu^tal borax and apex of abdomen clothed with 

 black iiairs. iicngth 21 lines. 



Ilah. — V^era Cruz, Mexico, (Coil. Am. I'iiit. Soc, from Mr. Chas. 

 Sartorius). 



