174: Meview of the American BorribidcB. 



13. BombtlS Carolinus. Auct. (St. Fargeau.) 



Head black, thorax black, first and fifth segments and anus 

 black, second, third, and fourth red ; legs and tarsi shaded 

 reddish black ; wings brownish with a violet reflection. 



Length 11 lines $ . 



Sahitat. — Carolina. 



I know of no specimen of this species, but its existence is 

 indicated, and diagnostic characters given, by St. Fargeau. See 

 his work, Yol. I. p. 472, et seq. 



13. Boiiibus violaceus, 8t. Farg^. 



Hist. Nat. Hymenop. p. 473, Vol. I. 



Black, feet black ; hairs below the legs and tarsi red ; wings 

 brownish with a violet reflection. 



Length 13 lines $ . Worker alike. Length 6 lines. 



Habitat — Western America. 



