180 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 



femora and coxse of the remaining pairs. Wings clear transparent, with the 

 nervure,s brown ; posterior margin of the second sul)marginal cell equal to that 

 of the third. 



% . — Similar to the female, except that the jnarks of the abdomen are yellow 

 instead of orange. 



Hab. — United States, Texas, Mexico. 



V. Carolina Dr. 9- — Eyes extending to the base of the mandibles. Head 

 black, with the mandibles, the clypeus. a subtriangnlar mark on the front, the 

 sinus and all the space above and behind the eyes yellow ; antennte black, with 

 the scape yellow in front. Thorax brown, with the posterior border of the pro- 

 thorax, a short narrow line extending down the anterior border, two longitudinal 

 stripes on the mesothorax. the border of the tegulfe. the scutellum, except a 

 narrow median line, a transverse line on the postscutelhim. two very large, ir- 

 regular spots on the metathorax, a broad band on the mesopleura and two spots 

 on the metapleura yellow. Abdomen ferruginous yellow with a narrow brown 

 line on the base of the second and following segments, each bearing a brown spot 

 on each side. Legs entirely ferruginous yellow. Wings smoky, with the ner- 

 vures brown. 



Woyker. — Similar to the female, though smaller. Length 16 mm. 



Hab. — United States, Pennsylvania. 



V. luacfarlaiidi ( V. bisfriata MacF., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. vol. xv, 1888). 



9 . — Head black, with the mandibles, except a narrow margin, the clypeus, 

 except a small, irregular, black mark, a somewhat triangular spot on the front, a 

 spot in the sinus of the eyes confluent with a narrow orbital margin yellow ; an- 

 tennse black, with the scape yellow in front. Thorax : collar yellow, giving off 

 an anterior, pointed, descending process; sides of the thorax beneath the wings 

 marked by an oblique yellow stripe and two yellow spots; tegulae yellow, with 

 a ferruginous spot; scutum with two longitutlinal yellow lines: scutellum with 

 two large yellow spots; postscntellum yellow, narrowly interrupted with black, 

 each side bearing a superior, small, circular, yellow spot, and an inferior, large, 

 subquadrate yellow spot. Abdomen : first segment black, with a narrow, inter- 

 rupted, basal, yellow border, confluent with two lateral, basal spots and at the 

 sides with a narrow, nearly interrupted apical yellow margin ; second segment 

 black, marked about the middle with a broad, broken yellow band, with two 

 rounded indentations and confluent laterally with the interrupted band ; the 

 third segment yellow, notched basally with black and having two lateral black 

 spots; the fourth segment yellow, less deeply notched with black and having two 

 black spots; the fifth segment yellow, scarcely indented with black anteriorly 

 and having two lateral spots; anal segment yellow, with a longitudinal black 

 stripe. Legs yellow, the cox£e and femora marked above with black, tarsi ferru- 

 ginous. Wings hyaline, with the nervures brown. Length 18 mm. 



Hab. — North America. 



I am obliged to change the name of this species as Fabricius pre- 

 viously described a species by this name from South America in Syst. 

 Piez. p. 281, n. 56, 1804. 



V. squamosa Dr. (Descr. of I', squamosa in Drury Ins. i, p. 98, pi. 43, fig. 7). 

 Head yellow, region of the ocelli black and hairy ; eyes black ; eyes dark brown. 



