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Podium rufipes. 



Podium rufipes, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 183. 

 Two specimens. (Belfrage.) 

 Chlorion cxruleum. 



Spliex cccrulea, Drury, Ins. ii., p. 75, pi. 39, fig. 8. 

 Two 9 specimens. (Boll ; Heiligbrodt.) 



Spliex pennsylvanicn. 



Sphex pennsylvanica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i., p. 041. 

 Five % 9 specimens. (Belfrage; Boll; Heiligbrodt.) 



Sphex habena. 



Sphc.r habena, Say, Insects of Louisiana, p. 14. 

 Eight % 9 specimens. (Belfrage; Boll.) Found quite commonly 

 on Solidago flowers in September and October. 



Sphex apiealis. 



Sphex apiealis, Smith, Brit. Mus. Cat. iv., p. 262. 



Six % 9 specimens. (Belfrage; Boll.) 



Sphex flu vi pes. 



Sphex favipes, Smith, Brit. Mus. Cat. iv., p. 203. 

 One 9 specimen found on Sumach flowers in August. (Bel- 

 frage.) 



Sphex tibialis. 



Sphex tibialis, St. Farg. Ilym. iii., p. 339. 

 Ten % 9 specimens. (Belfrage; Boll.) 



Sphex alxlominalis, n. sp. 



%. — Deep black, velvety, clothed with a thin black pubeseeuce ; mesotho- 

 rax with a finely impressed central line; metathorax above finely transversely 

 aciculated; legs entirely blnok; wings black, subviolaceous; abdomen short, 

 ovate, shining, second and third segments yellow-ferruginous; petiole slender, 

 as long as posterior coxre and trochanters, black. Length .75 inch. 



One specimen found on Sumach flowers in August. (Coll. G. W. 

 Belfrage.) Closely resembles Ammophila cementaria, Smith, in gen- 

 eral appearance, but more robust. 



Sphex ruflventris, n. sp. 



9- — Deep velvety-black, with sparse black pubescence; head shining, 

 mesothornx and scutellum closely and minutely punctured, the latter shining; 

 metathorax transversely aciculated; wings u fuscous, subviolaceous, second 

 marginal cell narrower than usual, quadrangular; legs entirely black, tibia 

 brown sericeous within; abdomen oblong-ovate, shining, smooth, entirely 

 yellow-ferruginous, slightly obfuscated towards apex, jjetiole as long as pos- 

 terior coxce, black. Length .90 inch. 



Two specimens found on Sumach flowers in August. (Belfrage; 

 Heiligbrodt.) In general form and color this species closely resem- 

 bles some 9 varieties of Priononyx Thomae, Fabr. 



