NO. 1413. NEW FILIPINO IIYMENOPTERA—ASIIMEAD. 959 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



Fjunily HOMBID.E. 

 Genus BOMBUS Latreille. 



1. BOMBUS MEARNSI, new species. 



Female. — Length l> nun. Bhu-k, clothed with a long-, grayish 

 pubescence, that on the abdomen more or less yellowish, mixed with 

 some black hairs, that on the ti])ije and tarsi ferruginous; ventral 

 segments at apex narrowl}" testaceous; all tarsi and the middle and 

 hind tibiaj ferruginous; claws black and cleft. The head is smooth 

 and shining, })ut sparsch^ and, minutely punctured on the face; the 

 malar space is distinct, fully as long as wide; the first joint of the 

 flagellum is about as long as joints 2 and 3 united, while the second 

 joint is onl}- a little longer than thick and much shorter than the third. 

 Wings hyaline, with the stigma, costal and median veins blackish, the 

 other veins flavo-te.staceous. 



7}/y>r.— Cat. No. 8323, U.S.N.M. 



Mindanao. This species is described from a single specimen taken 

 by Dr. E. A. Mearns on Mount Apo, at an altitude of 6,000 feet. It is 

 the first species to be described from the Philippines, and is named in 

 honor of its discoverer. 



Family PROSOPIDID^E. 

 Genus PROSOPIS Fabricius. 



2. PROSOPIS TAGALA, new species. 



Female. — Length 6 mm. lilack, the head and thorax fineh', closel}^ 

 punctate, the triangular area on metanotum rugulose, the abdomen 

 smooth and shining, impunctate; the triangular lateral plates on each 

 side of the clypeus, a stripe on each side of the upper margin of 

 the prothorax, the prothoracic tubercle, a small spot on the tegula? 

 anteriorly, and the tibial spurs are white, rest of legs black, but the 

 sutures of the tarsal joints and beneath are more or less ferruginous 

 or brownish. Wings hyaline, the stigma and veins dark In-own, the 

 former being nearly black; the first and second recurrent nervures 

 are, respectively", interstitial with the first and second transverse cubital 

 nervures, the second cabital cell being quadrate, or ver}- nearlv. 

 . Ti/pe.— Cat. No. 8200, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. Described from a single specimen received from Mr. 

 Charles S. Banks, of the Bureau of Government Laboratories. 



