hymenoptera. 235 



1. Podium rufipes. B.M. 



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

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

 Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 24. 



Hab. South America ; St. Domingo. 



2. Podium luteipennis. PI. VI. fig. 2. B.M. 



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

 Podium flavipenne, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 5,9. 



St. Farg. Encycl. Metli. 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 consanguineum. B.M. 



Female. Length 8| 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 scutelhim, which are highly polished ; the anterior 

 and intermediate femora, tibia; and tarsi ferruginous ; the femora 

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

 flavo-hyaline, the nervures and tegulte pale feiTuginous; the 

 calcariae ferruginous. Abdomen smooth, shining and impunctate. 



Hab. South America. 



4. Podium HiEMATOCASTRUM. B.M. 

 Podium ha;matogastrum, 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 

 ])ubescence ; tlie tips of the mandibles, tibire, tarsi, and aj)e\ of 

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

 cence ; the abdomen smooth, shining and impunctate. 



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



