AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 115 



Anthidium lepidum.— S -—Black, pubescence pale; head and thorax 

 closely and coarsely punctured, and abdomen sparsely punctured and shining; 

 anterior orbits, small spot on vertex, band on occiput extending half-way down 

 the cheeks, a short line beneath eyes, clypeus, mandibles except tips, broad 

 lateral margin of prothorax angular in front, two stripes on disk attenuated 

 before and dilated behind, broad posterior margin of scutellum, interrupted 

 into four spots, basal ones minute, the other two large, knees, tibite in front, 

 tarsi, stripe on anterior femora beneath, spot on posterior coxse beneath, trans- 

 verse sublunate spot on each side of first abdominal segment, band on each of 

 the five following segments, slightly interrupted on middle of segments 2—4, 

 broad and notched medially on five and semicircular on six, all lemon-yellow; 

 apical segment yellow, tipped with black, obtusely pointed with a small acute 

 tooth on each side at base; venter yellowish; wings pale fuliginous, darker 

 beyond stigma; tegulse honey-yellow, paler in front; scutellum rounded be- 

 hind, slightly notched medially; tubercles subacutely toothed, anterior margin 

 straight, scarcely reflexed. Length .30 inch. 



^ab. — Georgia, (Morrison). Resembles jugatorium Say, in orna- 

 mentation of abdomen. 



Anthidinni Ulkei.— 9 .—Small, black, with pale pubescence; head aud 

 thorax with rather fine, very dense punctures; broad anterior orbits, a dot on 

 middle of face, just above clypeus, a vertical spot on vertex, two dots behind 

 ocelli, stripe behind eyes, spot at base of mandibles, sides of clypeus broadly, 

 two distant spots on anterior margin of mesothorax, tubercles, outer margin 

 of tegulse, posterior margin of scutellum confluent with spot at basal angle, 

 quadrate spot beneath tubercles, four anterior femora beneath, all the knees, 

 tibite exteriorly, and base of tarsi, all lemon-yellow; tubercles formed into 

 a broad, thin, subconcave plate, with margin rounded laterally and reliexed 

 anteriorly; wings pale fuliginous, darker in marginal cell and beyond, second 

 recurrent nervure passing a little beyond apex of second submarginal cell ; 

 apex of scutellum slightly notched; abdomen convex, shining, strongly and 

 sparsely punctured, segments 1—5 each with a lemon-yellow band, that on one 

 and two narrow medially and dilated laterally, slightly emarginate on each side 

 posteriorly; the band on three, four and five broad and slightly interrupted or 

 subinterrupted on the middle; sixth segment with two large sublunate yellow 

 spots; ventral scopa yellow. Length .30 inch. 



Hnh.—\]t^h, (Mr. Henry Dike). One specimen. A beautiful 

 little species. 



Anthidinni Gabbii.— 'S -—Black, densely punctured, clothed with 

 ochraceous pubescence; broad anterior orbits, spot above antenna, clypeus, 

 transverse line above, spot on mandibles, broad posterior margin of head, 

 lateral marginsof mesothorax curved inwardly in front, broad posterior margin 

 of scutellum, curved line on tegulse anteriorly, knees, stripe on anterior tibiae 

 in front, and a broad uninterrupted band at base of abdominal segments 1—6, 

 all bright sulphur-yellow; wings fuliginous, paler towards base; legs clothed 

 with short pale pubescence, tarsi more or less pale testaceous ; abdomen convex, 

 finely and densely punctured, clothed with a short ochraceous pubescence; 

 apical segment obtusely pointed with a stout blunt tooth on each side near 

 base. Length .35 inch. 



