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4. Larger; abdomen covered with short red hair above (West Indies). 



rufipeiiiiis (Fabr.). 

 Smaller; apical half of abdomen black (S. Domingo). .Nolitaria Sm. 9 (T.). 



5. Abdomen with patches of yellow hair simulating the bands of Anthidium 



(interrupted midially) ; scopa black and white; hair of thoracic dor- 

 sum black (Parana) anthidioides Sm, 9 (T.)* 



Abdomen not so 6. 



6. Males; abdomen parallel-sided, with narrow hair-bands; anterior tarsi pale 



yellow, dilated and broadly fringed ; anterior coxae spined 7. 



Females 8. 



7. Larger; anterior tibiae red, except basally (St. Vincent). 



flavitarsata Sm. (T.). 



Smaller; auterior tibia?, black, except pale apical margin, and a reddish tinge 



within ; mandibles with an acute tooth on lower margin directed 



mesad (S. Domingo) elongata Sm. (T.). 



8. Legs red ; stigma ferruginous (Cuba) |>oey i Guer. 



Legs black, or practically so 9. 



9. Clypeus with a long pointed curved process on each side; upper half of mar- 



ginal cell very dark ; scopa entirely pale reddish or reddish white 



(Mendoza, Argentine) cornuta Sm. (T.). 



Not so 10. 



10. Hair around base of antennae bright rufo-fulvous ; scope yellowish white in 



middle, black at sides and on two apical segments; middle of clypeal 



margin broadly concave (Villa Nova) construct rix Sm. (T.). 



Hair around base of antennae white ; abdomen with very distinct entire hair- 

 bands 11. 



11. Larger; sc.utello-mesothoracic suture conspicuously white. 



deceptrix Sm. (T.). 

 Smaller; scutello-mesothoracic suture not conspicuously white. 



concinna Sm. (T.). 



Table D. — Species of Australian Region. 



Abdomen with at least the apical half red, and usually more (less in alecto, how- 

 ever) 1. 



Abdomen black, with a red or orange-red apical hair-patch, and lateral white 

 patches or stripes ; size rather small 5. 



Abdomen above not at all red 6. 



1. Abdomen nude, strongly punctured, entirely red; insect about 8 mm. long 



(Australia) alxloiii i nalis Sm. 



Abdomen at least largely hairy or tomentose 2. 



2. Size small, abdomen with only the apical half red (Queensland) .ealida Sm. 

 Size fairly large, abdomen with little more than the apical two segments red, 



above and below (Dorey) alecto Sm. J . 



Size larger; abdomen with more than the apical half red 3. 



* Smith described this as new, but it appears that Eadoszkowski, five years 

 earlier, described it under the same name. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXI. SEPTEMBER, 1905. 



