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brown at the tips, and orange-yellow on the front of the scape; anterior and 

 posterior borders of the prothorax above, tegulae, two spots under the wings, 

 anterior border of the S(!utellum and postscutellum, and two marks on the nieta- 

 thorax orauge-yellow ; base of the first abdominal segment black or brown, apical 

 end orange-yellow ; the rest of the abdomen orange-yellow, or sometimes trans- 

 versely striped with black ; although the coloration of the abdomen is very va- 

 riable, the brown predominates on the second and third segments without forming 

 any definite designs ; coxfe, trochanters and base of femora black, the rest of the 

 legs and the spots on the coxse and trochanters orange-yellow. Length 16-20 mm. 



% . — Very closely resembles the female. 



Worker. — Is unknown to me. 



Hab. — California. 



P. cubeiisis Sauss. 9- — Prothorax brown, with the posterior border and a 

 line connected with it and extending down each side of the anterior border yel- 

 low ; tegulse yellow ; scutellum brown, with the anterior border yellow ; post- 

 scutellum yellow; mesothorax brown, with two light brown longitudinal marks 

 , in the center ; metathorax black, with two large yellow spots; nieso- and meta- 

 pleura black, each bearing two yellow spots. Abdomen brown, eacli segment 

 bearing a narrow, apical, yellow border; coxpe, except two yellow spots, trochan- 

 ters and base of femora black ; rest of the legs yellow. Wings transparent, 

 cloudy at the tip, nervures ferruginous. 



Hab. — Florida, West Indies. 



TR.VNS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIV. JuNE, 1897. 



