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APORINELLUS CALIFORNICUS, new species. 



This species appears to be more closely allied to Aporinellus ferru- 

 gineipes (Viereck), but does not agree with the description of that 

 species, being easily differentiated by the red four anterior legs, 

 relationship of antennal joints, and arcuation of the pronotum. 



Female. — Length, 6 mm. Anterior margin of clypeus truncate; 

 malar space very narrow; inner margin of eye broadly arcuately 

 marginate about the middle ; ocelli in a low triangle ; postocellar line 

 one-fifth longer than the ocellocellar line; antennae slightly tapering, 

 third and fourth joints subequal; head shining; pronotum shallowly 

 arcuately emarginate posteriorly; entire thorax shining; dorsal as- 

 pect of propodeum with a distinct median furrow; longer calcaria 

 of both the intermediate and posterior tibiae distinctly more than 

 half as long as basitarsus, that on the intermediate tibiae slightly 

 longer in proportion than the one on posterior tibiae; radial cell 

 very short; second cubital cell trapezoidal in outline; second recur- 

 rent nearly interstitial with second transverse cubitus; the first re- 

 current one-third of the length of the cell from the first transverse 

 cubitus; nervulus slightly antef ureal; abdomen shining. Black with 

 very little pubescence; mandibles except apices, anterior margin of 

 clypeus, all of the femora and tibiae, and basal part of all of the 

 basitarsi rufus; wings hyaline; venation pale brown. 



Type-locality. — Alameda County, California. Described from one 

 female collected July, 1907, by W. M. Giffard. 



Type.— Cat No. 199G7, U.S.N.M. 



Superfamily SPHECOIDEA. 

 Family SPHECIDAE. 



CHLOEION CYANEUM Dahlbom. 



Two females from Ohio or Texas. 



PALMODES LAEVIVENTRIS (Cresron). 



One male from the foothills of Santa Barbara County, California, 

 August, 1907. 



AMMOBIA FENSTLVANICA (Linnaens). 



Two males from Ohio or Texas. 



AMMOBIA ICHNEUMONEA (Llnnaetu). 



One female and one male from Ohio or Texas, one of each sex from 

 San Rafael, California, August, 1909; one male from Calaveras 

 County, California, July, 1910, collected by Blaisdell. 



