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EXAEBETE NITIDA (Perty). 



Friese (1912) has considered this a synonym of E. dentata (Lin- 

 naeus), but a specimen from F. Smith's collection is separable by the 

 coarsely, confiuently punctured areas on mesothorax. Another speci- 

 men of E. nitida as thus interpreted was recently shown to me by 

 Mr. L, O. Jackson. It was obtained at Jurujuba, State of Rio de 

 Janeiro, Brazil, January 6, 1920 (E. G. Holt). 



PROSOPIS LIGULA (Strand). 



Female. — Canton, China (C. W. Howard). Strand described this 

 as a variety of P. transverslcostata Strand, from Formosa, but it is 

 probably a distinct species. I have no Formosan material, but the 

 specimen from Canton agrees with the description. Related species 

 occur from Japan to Burma. There are nine species of Prosopis 

 {sens. Jat.) recorded from Japan, seven forms from Formosa, but 

 only three from China. Evidently there is a considerable series of 

 Chinese sjDecies not yet known to science. 



SPHECODES HOWARDI, new species. 



Female. — Lenth 9 mm. or slightly over ; black, including antennae 

 and legs, but first three abdominal segments entirely bright chest- 

 nut-red, the apical ones black ; wings hyaline basally, but otherwise 

 fuliginous, with splendid purple iridescence; head broad, trans- 

 versely oval; sides of face with abundant pure white hair; clypeus 

 very short, transverse, not hairy, densely and coarsely punctured, 

 without a median groove; mandibles black, faintly reddish subapi- 

 cally, with an inner tooth; front rugose; thorax with very scanty 

 white hair, mainly on prothorax and pleura ; mesothorax with dense 

 extremely coarse punctures, but on disk there are some shining areas 

 between the punctures; scutellum coarsely, irregularl}^ not densely 

 punctured; area of metathorax with a coarsely cancellate sculpture; 

 tegulae black, with a light spot on outer side; second submarginal 

 very narrow, third broad above ; abdomen shining, with scanty very 

 weak and minute punctures, apex with short black hair ; spurs red. 



Canton, China (C. W. Howard). 



7'ype.— Cat. No. 24885, U.S.N.M. 



Related to the Indian S. fumipennis Smith, but smaller; also 

 allied to ^. formosanus Cockerell, from Formosa, and S. turneri 

 Cockerell, from Assam, S. japonicus Cockerell, from Japan, is also 

 of the same group. 



SPHECODES GRAHAMI. new species. 



Fevicde. — Of the same size as S. howardi, and superficially ap- 

 pearing the same, but differing thus: Apical half of mandibles 

 (which are toothed) dark red; clypeus more finely punctured, with 



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