150 WILLIAM J. FOX. 



face with coarse rugse laterally forniinf; large fovefe, which are more evident in 

 some specimens than in others, sides coriaceous; first and second dorsal segments 

 of abdomen with Ir.rge, separated punctures, those on the first strongest, segments 

 3-5 with the punctures finer and closer; second ventral with large, scattered 

 punctures. Black; an elongated spot on the mandibles within near the base, 

 scape, pedicellum, and sometimes two or three basal joint? of the flagellum, pro- 

 notum, tubercles, metanotum, sometimes apex of femora and tibise in part, a 

 broad barid on dorsal abdominal segment 2, and a much narrower one on segments 

 3-5, frequently interrupted, broken into spots, or else wanting on one or more 

 segments, yellow; legs, including the troc^hanters in part or entirely, rufous; 

 wings subfuscous, pale basally. Length 9-10 mm. 



% . — Sculptured like the f , but more coarsely, and the front with large sepa- 

 rated punctures like the top of head ; space between the eyes at base of clyiieus 

 slightly less than the width of the latter in the middle; space between hind 

 ocelli about equal to that between them and the nearest eye-margin ; pronotum 

 strongly margined, with a large, blunt lateral tooth; middle segment with a 

 tiansverse series of fovese separating the upper surface from the ])osterior face, 

 sides coarsely striated; first joint of medial tarsi rather strongly curved; punc- 

 tures of second ventral segment finer and closer than those of the first dorsal ; 

 colored and marked like the 9 > the first segment sometimes reddish. Length 

 8 ram. 



Philadelphia ( Lepelitier ) ; Camden County, New Jei'sey, in July; 

 Georo'ia ; Texas. 



21. Crabro texaiius Cress. 



Crahro texanns Cresson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iv, p. 227, 9- 



9 . — Head with strong, much separated punctures, which are closest in front; 

 frontal impressed line present: space between hind ocelli less than that between 

 them and nearest eye-margin, the space between eyes at base of clypeus at least 

 as great as the width of the latter in the middle ; pronotum distinctly keeled 

 above, longer than in centrnlis, and with a small lateral tooth ; dorsulum coarsely 

 punctured, rugosely so anteriorly ; raesopleurie rugosely pnnctato-striate, or rather 

 rugosely punctured, the episternal suture tolerably well foveolated ; middle seg- 

 ment rugoso-punctate, on the sides coriaceous ; abdomen above with strong, sepa- 

 rated punctures, strongest on fii-st segment ; second ventral punctured similarly 

 to the first dorsal. Black ; large spot on mandibles near base, scape, pedicellum 

 and sometimes part of first joint of flagellum, pronotum, tubercles, scutellum, 

 metanotum, apical third of femora, tibise, tarsi, a band on dorsal abdominal seg- 

 ments 2, 4 and 5, and a dot at each side of segment 3, yellow ; head above except- 

 ing a sparse, erect pubescence, not pilose ; wings subfuscous, pale at base. Length 

 6-7.5 mm. 



% . — Colored and marked like the 9 • which it greatly resembles, but there is 

 no yellow on episternum mesopleuralis and third dorsal abdominal segment ; and 

 in this sex the sculpture is coarser; middle segment with a series of large fovese 

 dividing the upper surface from posterior face, the sides distinctly striated ; space 

 between eyes at base of clypeus distinctly greater than the width of the latter in 

 the middle ; first joint of medial tarsi scarcely cui-ved ; second ventral abdominal 

 segment more finely and closely punctured than the first dorsal. Length 6 mm. 



Texas; Cai'linville, Illinois (Robertson). 



