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From Lexington, Mass., July. Nearest to B. ater, but 
distinct by the pale marks. 
OXYBELID. 
Oxybelus carolinus sp. nov. 
2. Closely similar in most respects to O. packardi Rbt.; it differs 
in that the spine is acute at tip, tapering throughout and the face is 
broader than in that species, the lateral surfaces of the propodeum are 
more completely striate; the upper part of the mesepisternum has no 
distinct oblique rugee. There are no spots on the scutellum nor is the 
hind border of mesonotum pale; otherwise it is similar to that species 
and of the same size. 
From Southern Pines, N. Car., May 29th, (Manee). 
PHILANTHID. 
Philanthus carolinensis var. reductus var. nov. 
Polished black and marked with yellow about as in the typical 
form, but the scutellum has no mark, nor is there an interrupted band 
on the first abdominal segment, and in the female there is no spot on 
the pygidium. The first abdominal segment is a little more swollen 
above than in the type. In the male the hair on venter is mostly 
confined to the middle area of the last ventral, where it forms a dense 
transverse row, elsewhere the hair is sparse, (in the typical form the 
last two ventral segments are densely clothed with hair). 
Length, 7 to 9 mm. 
From Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, and Black Mt., 
N. Car. Both this and the typical form differ from P. bilunatus 
in the position of the interrupted band on the second abdominal 
segment; in the latter species the band is further back, and 
curves backward, moreover the bands on other segments are 
subinterrupted each side, and the pit on the metanotum is 
striate at bottom. 
LARRIDA. 
Tachytes pennsylvanica sp. nov. 
o. Related to T. pepticus of the west. Black with black legs, 
only about two or three joints of tarsi pale, front coxee without spines 
and femora without groove. It is a larger and heavier insect than 
T. pepticus, the face of the male is broader below, and clothed with 
yellowish gray hair, white above near the ocelli, the hair on pleura and 
especially on the metanotum is much longer and denser than in. 7. 
pepticus. The clypeus has a broad projection in the middle; the 
metanotum with a dorsal groove. The third joint of the antenna 
