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Podium riifipcs. 



Podium rufipcs, Fabr. Ryst. Ficz. p. 183. 



Two specinions. (Bclfrage.) 



Chlorioii ca;rulciiin. ,, 



Sphcx ccEfi-lca, Drury, Ins. li., p. 75, pi. 39, fig. 8. 

 Two 9 .specimens. (]JoIl ; Heiligbrodt.) 



Spliex itoiiiisylvaiiioa. 



Sphe.T. j^cnnsi/hanica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i., p. 041. 



Five % 9 specimens. (Belfragej Boll 3 Heiligbrodt.) 



Spliex habeiia. 



Sj^hc.r Iinbcna, Say, Insects of Louisiana, p. 14. 

 Eight % 9 .specimens. (Belfrage; Boll.) Found quite commonly 

 on Solidago flowers in September and October. 



Spliex apscalls. 



Sphcx apical is, Smith, Brit. Mus. Cat, iv., p. 262. 

 Sis % 9 Specimens. (Belfrage; Boll.) 



Sphcx flavipcs. 



Sphcx Jlavipcs, Sinitl), Brit. Mus. Cat. iv., p. 263. 



One 9 specimen found on Sumach flowers in August. (Bel- 

 frage.) 



Spliex tibialis. 



Sphcx tibialis, St. Farg. Ilym. iii., p. 339. 



Ten % 9 specimens. (Belfrage; Boll.) 



Sphex abfioniinalis, n. sp. 



'J,. — Dt.'e|i liliicik, velvety, elothoil with a thin black pubescence; mesotho- 

 rax with a finely impressed central line; metalhora.x above finely transversely 

 aciculatod ; legs entirely black; wings black, subviolaceous; abdomen short, 

 ovate, shilling, secoml and third segments yellow-ferruginous; petiole slender, 

 as long as posterior co.xre and trochanters, black. Length .75 inch. 



One specimen found on Sumach flowers in August. (Coll. G. W. 

 Belfrage.) Closely resembles Ammophila cementaria^ Smith, in gen- 

 eral appearance, but more robust. 



Sphcx rufiventris, n. sp, 



9. — Deep velvety-black, with sparse black pubescence; head shining, 

 xnesothorax aixl sciilelliiin closely and minutely punctured, the latter shining; 

 metathorax transversely aciculated; wings fuscous, subviolaceous, second 

 marginal cell narrower than usual, quadrangular; legs entirely black, tibiae 

 brown sericeous within; abdomen oblong-ovate, shining, smooth, entirely 

 yellow- ferruginous, sliglitly obfuscated towards apex, petiole as long as pos- 

 terior coxae, black. Length .90 inch. 



Two specimens found on Sumach flowers in August. (Belfrage; 

 Heiligbrodt.) In general form and color this species closely resem- 

 bles some 9 varieties of Priononi/x Thomse, Fabr. 



