pepsestae: tribe pepsini 67 



Banks (1946) identifies this form as bonariensis Lepeletier, which 

 was described originally in Pepsis. While Lepeletier's specific 

 description agrees, his generic description of the venation of Pepsis 

 does not. An examination of his type may show, however, that this 

 is the form he had. 



Specimens (TcT, 159): From Ai*gentina (Bolivar, Carcarana, 

 Cordova, Mendoza, Munecas, Salta, "San Juan", and Tucumdn); 

 Brazil (Campinas, Maldonado, Maracaju in Mato Grosso, and Rio 

 de Janeiro) ; Peru (Villa Rica) ; and Uruguay (Montevideo) . 



7f. Priocnemioides unifasciatus peruvianus (Rohwer), new status 



Cryptocheilus peruvianus Rohwer, 1913, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 44, p. 440, 

 9 . Type: ? , Santa Ana, Peru, 3,000 ft. (Washington). 



Black. Pubescence of face and clypeus medium brown; flageUum 

 orange; wings black with a slighth" brownish tint. 



This subspecies has a strong superficial resemblance to the Nearctic 

 P.julvicomis. It may be distinguished by the longer hair on the upper 

 part of the pronotum and by the more distinct wrinkles on the pro- 

 podeum, in addition to the specific differences described in the key. 



Specimens: 9, Misiones, Argentina, Feb. 4,^1942, A. L. Parker 

 (Washington). 9, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, J. Steinback (Cambridge). 

 9 (t}T)e), Santa Ana, 3,000 ft., Peru, Aug. 3, 1911 (Washington), 

 cf , Valle Chanchamayo, Peru, 800 m., "1-3-30," Weyrauch (Cam- 

 bridge) . 



7g. Priocnemioides unifasciatus duntosus (Spinola), new status 



Pompilus diwwsus Spinola, 1851, in Gay, Historia fisica y pohtica de Chile, 

 zoologia, vol. 6, p. 376, cf, 9 • Types: Coquimbo, Chile (?Paris). 



Black. Pubescence of face and clypeus dark brown; flagellum 

 orange; wings orange with the apical margin and the base for a very 

 short distance (equal to about 1.5 the length of the tegula) fuscous, 



Spinola mentioned having specimens from Brazil and from Co- 

 quimbo in Chile. Since the Brazilian specimens may have repre- 

 sented a different species or subspecies, the type locality is hereby 

 restricted to Coquimbo, Chile. 



Specimens (12cr, 199): From Chile (Conentoso River, Maipu, 

 Melipilla, Rio Negro, Santiago, Valparaiso, and the mainland near 

 Chiloe Island); and Peru (Lima and TrijiUo). 



Genus Cryptocheilus Panzer 



Salius Fabricius, 1804, Systema Piezatorum . . . , p. 127 (preoccupied). Type: 

 Sphex sexpnnctata Fabricius; designated by Gu6rin, 1849. 



Cryptocheilus Panzer, 1806, Kritische Revision der Insektenfaune Deutsch- 

 lands . . . , Band 2, p. 120. Type: Sphex annnlata Fabricius; designated 

 by Westwood, 1840. 



