752 A. E. Verrill— The Bermuda Islands. 
black stripe on the occiput. Thorax with a large cordate dorsal 
spot, the apex turned forward, edged with yellow, and including 
two short rufous stripes; sides in front of and behind the wings 
rufous brown ; two rectangular dorsal spots of the same, behind the 
black spot, both edged with yellow ; posterior part of thorax rufous 
brown, with a median dorsal black stripe and one of yellow each 
side of it of same width; pedicel with an angular yellow spot on 
each side. Abdomen rufous brown, each segment narrowly edged 
distally with brownish yellow ; the first enlarged segment with a 
wider light yellow edge, and with some indistinct blackish spots 
anteriorly ; next segment with a triangular black dorsal spot, the 
point turned backward; middle segments with indistinct blackish 
patches; wings smoky brown or blackish; legs light yellowish 
brown ; the femora rufous brown distally; antenne black. Length, 
19™™; expanse, 32™™. August, Miss Hayward. (Fig. 107.) 
Geddes records also P. pallipes, a smaller North American species. 
A burrowing wasp or sand-wasp of the genus Halictus was 
recorded by Dr. Fr. Dahl. (Plankton Exp., i, pt. 1, 108, 1892.) 
Jones recorded the genus Augochlora. 
Wood-wasp. (Mimesa Shuck., sp.) A slender-bodied wasp of the 
family Mimesidie was also recorded by Dr. Dahl. 
Sand-wasp ; Digger-wasp. (Pompilius Philadelphicus Lep.) This 
North American species was recorded by Dr. F. Dahl (Plankton 
Exp., i, part 1, p. 108, 1892.) A species of this genus was also 
recorded by Jones, 1876, but we did not obtain it. 
Mason Wasps; Spider-wasps; Mud-daubers. (Sceliphron = 
Pelopeus, ete.) 
Yellow-footed Mason-wasp. (Sceliphron, or Pelopeus, flavipes.) 
This common North American species was recorded by Jones, 
1876. 
Large Mason Wasp. (Sceliphron cementarium Drury, as Sphea, 
Exot. Ins., i, p. 105, pl. xliv, figs. 6, 8. Smith, Cat. Brit. Mus. 
Hym., iv, p. 234, as Pelopeus.=P. lunatus Fab.; Guer., Icon. 
R. Anim., p. 436, pl. lxx, fig. 5.) 
This species is common in the southern United States, West 
Indies and South America. Closely resembles the next species. 
