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with rod and yeljow- Legs tulv 

 tibiae darker- Wings liyaliii", th 

 ish. Female. Length to end o1' ^ 

 Johnson.) 



Clyjieus as broad as long, its ;i 

 Front and verte.x strongly, Imt 

 short, pale. Postscutelluni large 

 triangle- The first abdominal segii 

 ing gradually widened from the 

 from the second, which is as long as wude, and is distinctly roundly 

 narrowed at the base. The flagellum lirown b^low, the scape fulvous. 

 The ocelli are -in a triangle, the hinder separated from each other by 

 a distinctly less distance than from the eyes, which touch th(; 

 nanidibles- 



The a.mount of rufous color varies, as does probably also the black 

 anl yellow. Tlie form of the Itasal two abdominal segments is very 

 different from what it is in the type of the gi\')\\Y> (aiiiripenni.s ) l)eing 

 brcider and not clearly separated from the second. 

 514) Eumenes Johnsoni sp- nov. 



Back; densely covered witii a pale sericeous [die, which gives it a 

 greysh appearance, a pale Vvdlow narrow line of equal width along the 

 sidet of the apical half of tlit- n>)dose jiai't of the abdominal petiole 

 and cross its apex; the fore t;n'si bcdow i.lensely covered wnth reddish 

 golda puibescence, the apical joint for the greater part yellowish 

 testaceous; the underside of the sca.pe brownish, darker at the base 

 than t the apex. Puncturatiou of the head, thorax, and basal abdom- 

 inal sgments weak, but quite distinct and not very close. Wings unif- 

 ormly dark fuscous violaceous, the nervures and stigma black- Female- 

 Total ength 22 mm. Belize (J. D- Johnson.) 



Basa third of abdominal petiole narrowed, the rest widened into a 

 large .'ide pyriform mass, the base rounded, becoming gradually 

 wideue, the apex transverse, slightly raised, its center with a 

 longituinal furrow, extending back to the base of the apical fourth 

 of the lilated part; the furrow deep, narrow, widened at the apex, 

 which uns into the yellow border; there are no teeth, the second 

 segmentlongish eampanulate, distinctly roundly narrowed at the base. 

 CMypeus sveakly sparsely punctured, about one-third longer tlian wide, 

 the apiel third flattened, the apex with a distinct rounded incision- 

 The hinor ocelli separated from each other by a slightly but distinc- 

 tly greatr distance than they are from the eyes. Occiput transverse, 

 the temjes roundly narrowed, as wide as the space between the 

 hinder odli- Base of thorax transverse, without salient angles- On 

 the apex of the mesonotum are two short shallow furrows, shorter 

 than thetegulae. Apex of postscutelluni broadly roundly narrowed; 



