HYMEXOPTERA. 



1. PODIUM RUFIPES. B.M. 



Podium rufipes, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 183. 1. 

 Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 59. 

 Dahlb. Hym. Ear op. i. 24. 



Hab. South America; St. Domingo. 



2. PODIUM LUTEIPEXXIS. PI. VI. fig. 2. B.M. 



Pepsis luteipennis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 210. 10. 

 Podium flavipenne, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 59. 



St.Farg. Encycl. MeU. x. 164. 1. 

 Podium luteipenne, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 23. 



St. Farg. Hym. iii. 324. 2. 

 Podium Latreillei, Spin. Mem. Accad. Torino, xiii. ser. 2. p. 51. 



Hab. Brazil (Para); Cayenne. 



3. PODIUM CONSANGUIXEUM. B.M. 

 Female. Length 8i lines. Black and shining : the face 



strongly punctured, the vertex sparingly and delicately so. 

 Thorax strongly punctured, the punctures distant on the meso- 

 thorax and scutellum, which are highly polished ; the anterior 

 and intermediate femora, tibiae and tarsi ferruginous ; the femora 

 black at their base, the tibiae and tarsi fuscous above ; wings 

 flavo-hyaline, the nervures and tegulae pale ferruginous ; the 

 calcariae ferruginous. Abdomen smooth, shining and impunctatt. 



Hab. South America. 



4. PODIUM H^EMATOGASTRUM. B.M. 

 Podium haematogastram, Spin. Mem. Accad. Torino, xiii. 50. 33. 

 Hab. Brazil (Para; Tapajos). 



5. PODIUM NITIDUM. B.M. 

 Podium nitidum, Spin. Mem. Accad. Torino, xiii. 49. 32. 



Hab. Brazil (Para). 



6. PODIUM LUCTUOSUM. 



Female. Length 10 lines. Black : head and thorax shining, 

 finely and distantly punctured; the metathorax closely punc- 

 tured; the head, thorax and petiole covered with long black 

 pubescence ; the tips of the mandibles, tibiae, tarsi, and apex of 

 the femora, ferruginous ; wings dark brown with a violet irides- 

 cence ; the abdomen smooth, shining and impunctate. 



Hab. North Carolina. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



