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var. glahriiisculus, Muls., I.e. 



var. indisthictus, Muls., /. c. 



var. kevifroiis, Muls., I. c. 



var. Iceviusculus, Muls., I. c. 



var. taherculatus, Muls., I. c. 



var. ohtusus, Muls. & Rey, Ann. Soc. Ag. Lyons (4), ii. 



p. 298. (Basses Alps). 

 Mediterranea Region (Gibraltar, Malta, Sicily, Spain, 



France, Italy, Greece, Algeria, Morocco, &c. ; 



Austria ; Bohemia ; S. Germany ; Caucasus ; 



Turkestan ; Transcaspian Region. 



104. janthinus, Cast., Hist. Nat. ii. p. 71. 



Barbary. 



105. sturmi, Macleay, Horae Ent. ii. p. 512 ; Macleay, Horse 



Ent. ed. Leq. p. 59, ? ; Erichs., Nat. Ins. iii. 

 p. 758, 1848. 

 = pilularis, Sturm, Verz. i. p. 79. 

 = cantharus, Dufts., Faun. Austr. i. p. 162, 

 = convexiusadus, Mots., Bull. Mosc. 1849, iii. p. 101. 

 = atronitkliis, Macleay, Horse Ent. ii. p. 513. 

 Mediterranean Region ; Syria ; Algeria ; Spain ; 

 Austria ; Siebenbergen. 

 Gymnopleunis. Habits, &c., noticed — Lucas, Bull. Soc. Ent. 

 Fr. (6) i. pp. Iviii, lix. 



(To be continued.) 



NEW HYMENOPTERA FROM NEW MEXICO, U.S.A. 

 By T. D. a. Oockeeell. 



PHILANTHID^. 



Cerceris acanthophilus, n. sp. 

 (?. Length about 8 mm., black, with light yellow markings, 

 closely punctured all over, the punctures very large, so as to produce 

 a sLibcancellate effect. Pubescence silvery, but very sparse, only con- 

 spicuous on lower part of face. The light yellow markings (on face 

 nearly white) are as follows : — All of clypeus, except anterior edge, 

 supraclypeal mark pointed above ; lateral face marks occupying all 

 the area between clypeus and eye, and extending upwards, gradually 

 narrowing to an abrupt broad ending on orbital margin, a short 

 distance above level of antennte ; mandibles, except the dark rufous 

 ends ; scape, except a dark patch at end above ; a broad but 

 interrupted band on prothorax (but not tubercles) ; tegulas, except 

 the hind margin ; a pair of widely-separated spots on scutellum, 

 postscutellum, distal ends of femora, first four tibi» entirely, basal 

 three-fifths of hind tibiee, tarsi (becoming slightly rufous towards 

 ends), two small spots close together on first abdominal segment, and 



