322 Capt. P. P. King's South American Hymenopteia. 



Nigra, pubescentia cana, mod5 femora postica subtus et tibiae latere externo 

 nigro-villosse. Alee subhyalinse, nervis nigris. Abdomen dorso fere gla- 

 brum. Venter pubescens. 

 Chili. 



*26. COLLETES OCCIDEiNTALIS, n. S. 



Fulvo-hlrtus ; ahdomine subconico basi retuso, fusco cingulis fulvis. Mas et 



fem. 

 Long. corp. 8 lin. Alar. 12^ lin. 

 Taken by Lieut. Graves in Chili. 



*27. Epipone cyanea. Fabr. 

 Taken at St. Paul's ; also by my friend Edward Bennett, Esq., in Columbia. 



28. POLISTES IGNOBILIS, W. S. 



Cocrvleits ; alls obscure hyaUn'ts costd fused. Fem. 



Long. Corp. 5f lin. Alar. 11 lin. 



Fem. Obscurfe coeruleus. Clype'i apex medio productus, acuminatus. Man- 



dibulw prselongse. Lacinice labii prselongse, apicibus pendulis, glandulosis. 



Segmenfum primum infundibuliforme, subpetiolatum. 

 St. Paul's. 



*29. POLISTES MULTIPICTUS, n. S. 



Flavo fuscoque varius ; antennis nigris ; alisfuscescentihus. Fem. 



Long. Corp. 6 lin. Alar. 11^ lin. 



Fem. Caput flavum. 3Iacula magna, hexagona, fusca, verticem fere totum 

 occupans et punctum flavum prae ocellis includens : macula altera magna 

 trifurca clypei basin signat, has sejungit macula cordata flava inter an- 

 tennas. Mandibulce apice ferrugineee ; antennce nigrae. Occiput fusces- 

 cens. Thorax subtus nigro flavoque varius ; supra nigricans, prothoracis 

 margine, lineolis 2 dorsi, macula lateral! scutelli, metathoracis fascia 

 transversa maculisque duabus pone illam flavis. Pedes flavi ; litura externa 

 femorum anteriorum et posticis fer^ totis ferrugineis ; coxae posteriores 

 fiisco-maculatae. Alee dilute fuscae, costa lutescente. Abdomen nigrum, 

 margine segmentorum flavo. Segmentum primum fere infundibuliforme 

 at brevius quam praecedenti. 



