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Pompiloides moestus, new species. 



Female. — Deep dull black, not silvery sericeous ; clypeus truncate in front, 

 rather brown pubescent, not hairy but with the four bristles large and erect, 

 antennae rather slender, third joint much longer than the first, the first not 

 hairy, a groove to the anterior ocellus, this about twice its diameter from the 

 rather smaller laterals, these plainly nearer to eyes than to each other, vertex 

 straight across, head above antennas with some long hair, the inner orbits 

 slightly, evenly concave ; pronotum quite long, angulate behind ; metanotum 

 short evenly rounded, with a median furrow, and a faint pit each side behind, 

 abdomen rather broad at base, depressed on basal part, compressed near tip, 

 hairy at tip, and a row of hairs on each ventral segment ; anterior tarsus with 

 the spines short and straight, but little longer than the width of joint, not 

 forming a comb ; long spur of hind tibia more than one-half of metatarsus ; 

 last joint of hind tarsus with spines beneath ; legs with moderate spines, those 

 on hind metatarsi rather longer than width of joint. Wings fuscous, much 

 darker on tips, the hind pair plainly pale on basal half, marginal cell short, 

 second submarginal as broad as long, third subtriangular or slightly petiolate, 

 receiving the second recurrent beyond the middle, and this vein arising before 

 the middle of anal cell, transverse median vein beyond the basal ; in hind wings 

 the cubitus is interstitial with end of cell. 



Expanse 13 to 20 mm. 



From Fedor, Lee Co., Texas (Birkmann). 



Pompiloides rufibasis, new species. 



Female. — Black, first and second abdominal segments partly red. Clypeus 

 broad, truncate below, no bristles visible ; antenna short, no hairs on basal 

 joint, third joint scarcely longer than the first, no line to anterior ocellus, this 

 about two diameters from the laterals, and these nearer to each other than to 

 the eyes ; vertex rounded, slightly hairy, but face only pubescent ; pronotum 

 scarcely arcuate, nearly transverse behind ; metanotum short, rounded, seri- 

 ceous, with distinct median line ; abdomen moderately broad, apical part of 

 first segment and basal half of the second red, hardly as much below, apical 

 segment hairy below ; legs slender, well spined, tarsal comb with spines longer 

 than width of joint, long spur of hind tibia hardly two-thirds of the metatarsus. 

 Fore-wings black, hind-wings dusky ; second submarginal cell square, third as 

 large, but little narrowed above, first recurrent beyond middle of second marginal 

 cell, second recurrent arising from middle of anal cell, meeting third sub- 

 marginal at middle ; basal veins scarcely interstitial. 



Length 6 mm. 



From Ithaca, N. Y., early July. 



Pompiloides insolens, new species. 



Male. — Black ; clypeus and face each side by eyes silvery, metanotum 

 sericeous. Clypeus broad, truncate below, bristles not distinct ; antennas short, 

 basal joint without hair, a line to anterior ocellus, this scarcely more than 



