148 E. T. CRESSON. 



14. Fepsis ignicornis. 



Pepsis ignirorniH, Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Pliil., iv, p. 1?>4. %. 



Male. — Black ; abdomen with a purple-blue reflectiou ; antcnnre, 

 except extreme base, fulvo-ferrui!;inous ; wings blackish-violaceous, 

 with a large, irregular ferruginous mark about the costal middle. 

 Length 9i lines. 



77a5.— Cuba, (Coll. Am. Ent. Soc). 



One % specimen. Resembles quailrata, but is distinct by the yel- 

 low antenna; and by the apex of the wing not being clear. 



]■>. Pepsis ruficornis. 



tSphe.c ruficornis, Fabr., Ent. Syst. ii, p. 219. 



Pepsis ruficornis, Fabr., Syst. Piez. p. 215. Beauv., Ins. p, 94. pi. 2, fig. 1. 

 St. Farg. and Serv., Ency. Meth. x, p. 04. Dahlb., Hym. 

 Eur. i, p. 119. St. Farg., Hym. iii, p. 480. Cresson, Proc. 

 Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p. 134. 

 % 9 . — Black, with a very brilliant purple or violet reflection over 

 the body, legs and wings ; antennae bright orange-yellow, the two ba- 

 sal joints black ; metathorax transversely striated, with a finely im- 

 pressed channel down the middle ; wings uniformly blackish-fuscous, 

 with a very brilliant purple or violet reflection. Length 7 — 14 lines. 

 Hah.—Qxxhsi, (Coll. Am. Ent. Soc). 

 Six 9 1 seven % specimens. 



IG. Pepsis ornata. 



Pepsis ornata, St. Farg., Hym. iii, p. 486. Guer. LaSagra's Hist. Cuba, Ins. 



p. 761. Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p. 133. 

 Pepsis terrninata, Dahlb., Hym. i, p. 120. 



% $ . — Black, velvety, with a rich purple or violet reflection over 

 the body, legs and wings; head and thorax sometimes tinged with 

 greenish; antennae brown-sericeous, black at base; metathorax trans- 

 versely striated, channeled down the middle and slightly truncate, the 

 truncation transversely striated ; wings dark fuscous or black, purple 

 or violaceous, blackish at base and whitish at tip. Length 12 — 24 

 lines. 



7/a&.— Cuba, (Coll. Am. Ent. Soc). 

 Four $ , five % specimens. 



1 7. Fepsis prismatica. 



Pepsis prismatica Smith, Brit. Mus. Cat. Hym. iii, p. 200, %. 

 '■'■Male. Length 10 lines. — Black; antennae of an orange-red, hav- 

 ing three or four of the basal and apical joints fuscous; labrum, man- 

 dibles and palpi, nigro-fuscous; the entire insect exhibiting in ditt'er- 

 eut lights beautiful prismatic colors, of blue, purple and violet; wings 



