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on the metathorax, yellow ; legs yellow, with a black spot on the 

 trochanters and femora beneath ; also a black stripe at the base 

 of the femora above ; wings subhyaline, the nervures ferrugi- 

 nous. Abdomen yellow, the margins of the segments ferrugi- 

 nous ; the first segment has the base and a central pointed spot 

 uniting with it, black, an oblique line on each side black ; the 

 second segment has a central saddle-shaped spot, and the fol- 

 lowing segments two central black dots ; the apical segment has 

 in addition a central elongate-acute angular spot. 



The male closely resembles the female, but the spots on the 

 abdomen are seldom united; the abdomen is yellow beneath, 

 the second segment having a central longitudinal black stripe, 

 and also a central minute acute tooth at its apical margin. 



Hob. Mexico. 



This is a species which varies in the markings of the abdomen ; 

 the black spots sometimes unite with the black basal margin of 

 the segments ; in some examples they are all separated, par- 

 ticularly in specimens of the males. 



15. MoNEDULA Carolina. B.M. 



Bembex Carolina, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 249. 7; Syst. Piez. 224. 11 . 



Coqueb. Illustr. Icon. Ins. dec. 1. t, 6. f. 2$ . 

 Monedula Carolina, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 100. 



St. Farg. Hym. iii. 281. 1. t. 28. f. 4. 



Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 185. 2. 



Hab. North America j East Florida ; Carolina. 



16. Monedula 4-fasciata. B.M. 



Monedula 4-fasciata, Say, Narr. Exped. St. Peter's River, Ap- 

 pend. 70. 1 . 

 Monedula Sallei, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii. 437? 



Hab. Pennsylvania; N. Carolina. 



17. Monedula ventralis. 



Monedula ventralis, Say, Narr. Exped. St. Peter's River, Append. 

 70.2. 



Hab. Pennsylvania. 



18. Monedula pictifrons. B.M. 



Female. Length 6 lines. — Head black ; the clypeus, face on 

 each side, a triangular spot enclosing the anterior stemma, a 

 central line uniting with it and running to the base of the cly- 



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