24 Annals Entomological Society of America [ Vole 
Fedor, Lee County, Texas, 7 June, (Birkmann). The 
female which seems to agree in all essential points with the 
male is described as follows: 
2 Black, most of mandibles, spot at base of mandibles, all of 
clypeal process, above and below, oblong spot each side on face, inter- 
antennal mark, two spots on pronotum, tegule, scutellum, stripes on 
metanotum, all segments of abdomen with bands, yellow. Band on 
las: segment of abdomen very narrow, on second quite broad, scarcely 
emarginate, legs yellowish, coxee and bases of femora blackish. Body 
not very coarsely punctate; clypeal process small, sub-conic; lateral 
ocelli as near to each other as to eyes; enclosure mostly smooth, punc- 
tate on sides; the abdomen moderately broad, the segments not much 
constricted at base; pygidial area about three times as long as broad, 
narrowed at base; hind tibia with about seven spines, nearly evenly 
spaced; second joint of flagellum plainly longer than third. Wings not 
very dark, except tip, stigma yellowish. 
Length 12 mm. 
From Lee County, Texas, 7 July (Birkmann). 
Cerceris halone n. sp. 
2 Black; a small spot at base of mandibles, spot beneath clypeal 
projection, one on its upper surface, a large triangular mark on each 
side of face, two spots on the pronotum, tegule, post-scutellum, a 
broad band (emarginate in front) on second abdominal segment, an 
elongate lateral spot each side on third segment, and narrow bands on 
the next two segments, yellow; basal two joints of flagellum yellowish 
beneath; legs yellow, cox, and front and mid femora black, hind 
femora black behind, (except tip), black at inner tip of tibia, and the 
hind tarsi mostly blackish; venter black. Body densely and rather 
coarsely punctate. Clypeal process small, from above it is about 
three times as broad as long, and emarginate in front, from in front it 
shows as an even arch, above it is transversely convex, and very hairy 
at sides; lateral ocelli a little nearer to each other than to eyes; enclosure 
not very coarsely but very irregularly and mostly transversely rugose. 
Abdomen moderately slender but basal segment is much broader than 
long; pygidial area about two and one-fourth times longer than broad, 
sides sub-parallel, but narrowed at tip, and margined with much black- 
ish hair; venter rather finely punctate; hind tibia with seven not evenly 
spaced spines. Wings dusky, darker at tips, stigma yellowish. 
Length 12 mm. 
From Falls Church, Va. 
Cerceris fulvipediculata Schlett. 
This is the C. fulvipes Cress., the name being preoccupied. 
From Falls Church, Va., 4 September. The pygidial area of 
the female is fully three times longer than broad, the sides 
practically parallel, but the tip rounded, and a little more nar- 
row than the base. 
