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•foveolate; scutellum sparsely punctate; meaopleurum striate above, 

 punctate below, speculum polished, sternum punctate, sternauli 

 foveolate; niotapleurum punctate, ru<;osely so below; propodeum 

 basad of carina polished and sparsely punctate, middle area punctate 

 medially, reticulate ru(2;ose laterally, apical slope tran^sversely rufrose 

 with a narrow median polished area, apophyses lon<^; areolet longer 

 than high, wider at apex than at base, recurrent interstitial or nearly ; 

 legs slender, front tibia slightly swollen; abdomen finely coriaceous, 

 first tergite polished, with a prominent flange on lower margin at 

 base of postpetiole; sheath as long as abdomen exclusive of fir^t 

 tergite. 



Black with whitish markings as follows : Orbits with narrow inter- 

 ruptions behind top of eye and sometimes in malar space, middle of 

 face and c^ypeus, mandibles basally, annulus centering about on the 

 eighth flagellar joint, anterior and dorso-lateral margins of pro- 

 notum, rounded median spot on mesoscutum sometimes flanked on 

 either side by a narrow line; scutellar carinae and scutellum except 

 in basal middle, postscutellum, and apical margins of their lateral 

 areas; subalar tuberc.le, a large oblique mark on mesopleurum a 

 branch of which runs forward on sternum; upper division of 

 metapleurum and upper part of lower division; a broad mark on 

 each side of apical slope of propodeum including the apophyses and 

 extending forward narrowly to the basal carina ; apices of all tergiles 

 except last; petiole reddish; wings hyaline, veins black, t-tigma 

 brown; legs testaceous, front coxa and trochanter, middle ones 

 largely, dorsal spot on hind coxa, and hind tarsus except apex yellow ; 

 hind tibia yellow, testaceous at apex. 



Male. — Like female but malar space a little narrower; flagellar 

 joints gradually successively shorter; apical carina of propodeum 

 more or less distinct throughout, apophyses short, space covered 

 by anterior extension of yellow spots in the form of strong we^ts; 

 first tergite without prominent flange below; antennal annulus cen- 

 tering about on joint 13 of flagellum; petiole and apical tergites 

 largelj'^ yellow; front and middle legs yellow, only the femora red, 

 the coxae sometimes black beloAV at base ; hind coxa black with a yel- 

 low streak above and more or less piceous below, trochanter and base 

 of femur piceous red; femur black with apex narrowly pale; tibia 

 yellow, extreme base red, apex broadly black; tarsus yellow. 



The tyjoe was from Carolina and that of alho'pictus from Delaware, 

 and the species has been recorded by Viereck from as far north as 

 Stonington, Conn. The specimens in the United States National 

 Museum are from Texas (Belfrage, Fonts) ; San Antonio, Tex., F. 

 €. Pratt; P^ano, Tex., E. S. Tucker; Calvert, Tex., F. C. Bishopp; 

 Pyziton, Ala., H. H. Smith; Paradise Key, Fla., C. A. Mozier; 

 Falls Church, Va., S. A. Rohwer; Difficult Run, Va., W. L. McAtee; 



