TEXAN HYMENOPTERA. 205 



Prioenemis validus. 



Priocncmls validus, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i., p. 116. 



Two 9 specimens. (Belfrage.) 



Priocneinis nothns. 



Priocncmis nothus, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i., p. 1 18. 

 One 9 specimens. (Belfrage.) 



Priocneiiiis ntiperus. 



Friocnemis nuperus, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i., p. 118. 

 One 9 specimen. (Belfrage.) 



Priocnemis facetns, n. sp. 



9 . — Small, uniformly pale ferruginous, shining; antennae paler, sericeous ; 

 posterior margin of prothorax arcuate ; metathorax smooth, convex, closely 

 and minutely punctured; wings dusky hyaline, a fuscous band on apical 

 fourth, a large spot covering marginal, second and third submarginal and apex 

 of discoidal cells and the extreme apex also fuscous, marginal cell long, lance- 

 olate, apex acute, the second and third submarginal cells much as in Agenia 

 ac.cepta, Cress. (Trans, etc. i., p. 130, fig. 11) ; legs long, slender, posterior tarsi 

 fuscous; abdomen polished, dusky towards apex which is clothed with yellow- 

 ish hair. Length .27 inch. 



One specimen. (Coll. G. W. Belfrage.) 



Agenia Belfragci, n. sp. 



%. — Black, opaque, clothed with short black pubescence; tips of mandi- 

 bles ferruginous; head not wider than thorax ; antennae robust, gradually nar- 

 rowed to apex; thorax long, subcompressed, sides parallel, posterior margin of 

 prothorax arcuate; metathorax rounded, finely and densely punctured; wings 

 ample, dark yellow, tinged with dusky, especially at apex which is narrowly 

 margined with fuliginous; abdomen very closely and minutely punctured, 

 sutures between first, second and third segments constricted, apex emarginate, 

 fringed with long black pubescence. Length .60 inch. 



Two specimens. (Belfrage.) Easily known by the yellow wings 

 and long black body. 



Agonia architectus. 



Pompilus a7-chiiectus, Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, i., p. 303. 

 One 9 specimen. (Belfrage.) 



Agenia mellipes. 



Pompilus mellipes, Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, i., p. 304. 

 One 9 specimen. (Heiligbrodt.) 



Agenia longa, n. sp. 



9 • — Form long, narrow, parallel, black, impunctured, thinly covered with 

 a fine pale sericeous pile; anterior margin of clypeus shining, truncate; man- 

 dibles piceous; antenna as long as head and thorax, slender ; thorax long, 

 6ides parallel, posterior margin of prothorax subaugular; metathorax long, 

 convex, even; wings smoky hyaline, darker at tips, marginal cell broadly 

 rounded at tip, not reaching beyond third submarginal cell, second submar- 



