TEXAN HYMENOPTERA. 209 



Popfsis formosa. 



Pompihi.i fonnosics , Say, Aincr. Ent. pi. 42. 



Twelve S 9 specimens. (Belfrage; Boll; Heiligbrodt.) This is 

 probably identical with cxndea, Linn.. In size it varies from .65 — 

 1.50 inch, and is distinguished at once from marginata by the clear 

 apical margin of the wings. 



Pcp$!$is marginata. 



Pcpsis mavginatu, Beauv. Ins. p. 94, pi. 2, figs. 2, 3. 



Ten % 9 specimens. (Belfrage; Boll; Heiligbrodt.) One 9 

 specimen, which may be named var. srricafa, is covered with a dense 

 silvery-sericeous pile, as in a specimen of Pum^yilus jMladc/phicus, 

 mentioned above. 



Popsis (lubilata. / 



Pepsis dubituta, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Sor. i., p. 144. 

 Six % 9 specimens. (Belfrage; Boll; Heiligbrodt.) 



SPHEGID^. 



Aininopliila grossa, n. sp. 



9- — Large ami very robust, black, subopaque, sparsely clothed with s 

 long black iiiiboS(!euce ; head broader than tiiorax, face broad, densely punc- 

 tured, clypeus large, rugose laterally, apex with a large deep fovea, apical 

 margin dentate, lateral margin broad, slightly reflexcd ; mandibles fulvo-tes- 

 taccous above, black at base and apex ; tiiorax densely punctured; metathorax 

 opaque, transversely striated, sides obliquely striated, apex abrupt, with a deep 

 fovea above; teguhe dull testaceous on posterior margin ; wings fusco-h^'aline; 

 legs shining; abiiomen robust, shining, yellow-ferruginous, petiole short, 

 black, not extending be3'ond j)ostei-ior trochanters, second segment black at 

 base and narrowly on disk half way to apex, a transverse stain on apex of 

 fourth segment and the following segments, except base of fifth, black. Length 

 .05 inch. 



One specimen. (Coll. L. Heiligbrodt.) A very robust species, 

 having much the general appearance of a Sjdiex, resembling some- 

 what L. rvjiccntrls, described below. 



Ammopliila C^ii'.vphiig. 



Avunophilii Gri/p/ius, Smith, Brit. Mus. Cat. iv., p. 222. 

 Eight % 9 specimens. (Belfrage; Boll; Heiligbrodt.) 



Aminophila aiiepta, u. sp. 



9- — Black, with sparse pale pubescence; clypeus with large sparse punc- 

 tures ; prothorax with a. small notch on disk above; mesothorax sparsely 

 punctured, more tliickly so laterally, disk with deeply impressed longitudinal 

 groove, and a siiallow depression on each side; scutellum with coarse longi- 

 tudinal striie; postscutellum rugose; metathorax witii pale pubescence, coarse- 

 ly punctured laterally and apically, the dorsal space flattened, rugose at base, 

 shining and transverocly, somewhat obliquely, striated toward apex, extremd 



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