134 EUMKNin.E. 



tVrnip^nous, more or loss brij^ht in (lifforcnt individuals ; two or 

 throe of (ho apical joints of the tarsi lorrugiiious, Ihc basal joint 

 of the postorior tarsi with ferruginous pubesconco beneath. The 

 liead in this species is subelongato. 



Ilab. Santiairo and INfendoza. 



•^o^ 



1 1 . Bombus lateralis. 



Worl-er. Length 4||-6i| lines. — Black ; head subelongate ; the pu- 

 bescence on the head black ; on the thorax it is black, except that 

 on the sides, wliicli is bright yellow ; on the basal segment of the 

 abdomen and in the middle of the second also it is bright yellow, 

 on the rest of the abdomen it is black. 



Var. The yellow pubescence on the abdomen is on the sides only of 

 the first and second segments. 



Hah. Guatemala, Yal de Fuego, and Irazu, 6000-7000 feet. 



EUMENID^. 



ODYNERUS. 

 Group of Odynorus pratensis, Saussure^s American Wasjis, p. 292. 



1. Odynerus localis. 



Female. Length 7 lines. — Head and thorax not strongly but very 

 closely punctured ; the clypeus convex, strongly punctured, and 

 truncate at the apex. The mesothorax with a mixture of large and 

 small punctures ; the postscutellum with strong punctures and cre- 

 nulated ; the metathorax rugose and truncate ; wings dark shining 

 reddish brown. Abdomen shining, triuicate at the base, but not 

 sharply ridged ; the first and second segments with very fine distant 

 punctures, the puncturing being strongest and closest at the base 

 of the second segment : the third and following segments with 

 stronger punctures than the first or second ; the apical margins of 

 the first and second segments with white fasciae, that on the fijst 

 narrower than that on the second. 



MaU. Only presents the usual sexual difference in the structm-e 

 of the antenna? and abdomen ; but the white bands on the abdomen 

 are narrower, and the basal segment is rounded, not truncate. 



Hah. Kauai. 



According to the Rev. T. Blackburn, this species is abundant on 

 the island of Kauai, but is not found anywhere else. 



