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San Marcos, Nicaragua are I'olybia spilopus Cam-, Po.lyT)ia atra Ol., 

 and Odynerus nasidens Latr. From Acapulco, Mexico, coiiios the type 

 form of Polybia pygmaea F. 



5577 Polybia pallipes Ol v.u- centralis Cam- 



A maJe from Belize agrees very well with Saussure 's description 

 and figure. It is the variety with the apex of the abdomen without 

 black- The hinder ocelli are separated from each other by one third 

 the distance they are from the eyes and by a less distance than they 

 are from the anterior ocellus- M'esopleural furrow distinct, the forks 

 curved, reaching to shortly below the middle, the anterior reaching 

 to the base. The abdominal petiole is longish, longer than the second 

 segment; the base is narrowed to near the middle, the rest of equal 

 width. A large black mark covers the ocelli in front, its sides .ire 

 broadly continued to the antennae, leaving the middle of the front 

 fulvous, behind it is united to a broa/d band which extends on to the 

 occiput and is united to the inner edge of the eyes by an oblique 

 line- There are three black lines on the mesonotum dilated at the 

 base; there is a longish broad line on the apical three-fourths of t'le 

 pronotum- The a.bdomen is darker colored than the thorax, it bjivjug 

 no yellow tint, being unifornnly rufous. Seutellum broadly fuscous 

 in the middle. Antennae black above, the scape l)right, tlie fia!.nlliiiu 

 dark rufous below- Wings clear hyaline, the radial cellule •il'j.iuly 

 .smoky in front, the stigma .nd anterior nervures are bright fui\ous, 

 the others black. The hinder orbits, face, clypeus, mandililes, and 

 pleurae, are pale lemon yellow. Pronotum rounded, without anolo;. 



This does not appear to be lutea Ducke- As it forms a variety of 

 pallipes (and may not indeed be that species at all) J propo.^e to c;iil 

 it the var. centralis. P- jHillipes in its typical form is a South American 

 species. 



5578 Polybia (Clypearia) fulvotincta sp- nov. 



Black; the lower half of the front, the lower half of eye incision 

 broadly, clypeus, mandibles, an oblique line on the sides of thi- vertex 

 behind touching the eyes, a line along the top and a narrower one 

 along the sides of the pronotuim, two large irregular marks on t.-ie 

 seutellum, post-scutelluin, a large oval mark on the lower two.thirds 

 of metanotum at the sides, a broad line on the upper basal two-thirds 

 of mesopleurae, a broad line dilated in the middle on the apices of 

 the basal two-thirds of mesopleurae, a broad line dilated in the mid- 

 dle on the apices of the basal two abdominal segments, a narrower 

 line on the third, not extending to the outer edges, jiale orange yel- 

 low; the outer orbits, occipu*, largely, the greater part of pleurae, 

 center of metanotum, and the ventral surface, largely fulvous, tinged 



