224 HYMENOPTERA. 



the collar has an impressed line in the centre, as well as the 

 mesothorax ; the enclosed portion of the metathorax finely aci- 

 culate transversely, beyond it is strongly ]3unctured. The thorax 

 covered with long black pubescence at the sides ; wings dark 

 fuscous, the posterior pair being subhyaline towards their base ; 

 the apical margins have a darker cloud, and the wings are adorned 

 with a violet iridescence. Abdomen ovate, attached by a short 

 petiole, which is black ; the first and second segments red. 



Hab. St. John's Bluff, East Florida ; Georgia. 



70. Ammophila luctuosa. B.M. 



Female. Length 9 Imes. — Black : head and thorax coarsely 

 punctured, thickly covered with long black pubescence, which 

 is most sparing on the disk of the thorax ; the metathorax ru- 

 gose ; wings dark fuscous, the posterior pair being subhyaline 

 towards their base. Abdomen ovate, attached by a short petiole, 

 and very smooth and shining. 



Hab. Nova Scotia j California ; Rocky Mountains. 



71. Ammophila procera. 



Ammophila procera, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 15. 

 St. Farg. Hym. iii. 376. 16. 



Hab. North America. 



72. Ammophila violaceipennis. 



Ammophila violacei-pennis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 370. 10. 

 Hab. Philadelphia. 



73. Ammophila apicalis. 



Ammophila apicalis, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii. p. 435. t. /O- f- 3. 

 Hab. Cuba. 



Genus 2. MISCUS. 



Miscus, Jurine, Hym. i. 130 (1807). 



Ammophila, pt., Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. (1809). 



Sphex, pt., Zett. Ins. Lapp. p. 436 (1840). 



1. Miscus campestris. 



Ammophila campestris, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 54. 

 -S^. Farg. ^ Serv. Ency. Meth. x. 453. 3. 

 Curtis, Brit. Ent. xiii. t. 604. 



