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and third joints of the flagellum about equal in length, not quite twice as long as the 

 first which is the shortest joint ; legs black, the inner apical angle of the hind tibiae 

 which is triangularly produced, and the basal half, or a little more, of the claws 

 honey-yellow ; the hind femora are much swollen. Wings hyaline, faintly tinted 

 the tegulre and costal vein pale yellowish, the subcostal vein and the stigma brown 

 black, the internal veins brownish, the first branch of the basal nervure is curved in 

 wardly much as in Ha/ictus, the first and third cubital cells are long, about equal, the 

 second small, wider than long, about one third the length of the first. 



The abdomen is smooth and shining, the first segment is closely finely punctate, 

 clothed with a whitish pubescence, but with a smooth, shining, impunctate space at the 

 anterior middle, the following segments all smooth, almost impunctate, with some 

 black, sparse hairs, the apical white margins with some white hairs. 



Type. — No. 7693, U. S. National Museum. 



Manila. Described from a single specimen received from Father 

 W. A. Stanton, in honor of whom the species is named. 



Family XIII. COLLETID^. 



This family is well represented in India and should have many 

 representatives in the Philippines. 



Family XIV. PROSOPID.'E. 



35. Prosopis philippinensis, new species. 



9 . Length 6 to 6. 5 mm. Black, polished, impunctate, except the labrum and 

 the apex of the clypeus which are sparsely punctate, and the abdominal segments 3 

 to 6 which are shagreened. The face is depressed and there is a broad yellow band 

 that extends from a little below the insertion of the antennae to the labrum ; the tarsi, 

 except the basal joint, and the extreme apical margin of abdominal segments 2 to 5, 

 are honey-yellow ; claws pale with the teeth black. Wings hyaline, the tegulie yel- 

 lowish-white, the stigma, except the outer edge, and the veins, brown. 



Type. — No. 7694, U. S. National Museum. 



Manila. Described from 2 9 specimens taken by Father W. A. 

 Stanton. 



This is not a genuine Prosopis but the material is too limited for 

 me to dissect and study the trophi to make certain of its position. 



Superfamily II. SPHECOIDEA. 

 Family XV. OXYBELID^. 

 None recorded from the Philippines, but the family surely has 

 representatives there. 



Family XVI. CRABRONIDyE. 

 Should be found in the Philippines. 



