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line in the centre of its anterior margin, and a similar one on 

 each side ; an impressed line on each side over the tegulae ; the 

 suture at the scutellum consute ; the metathorax smooth ; the 

 enclosed space at the base of the metathorax with a central ab- 

 breviated impressed line at the base ; wings smoky-hyaline, the 

 nervures black. Abdomen : the margins of the segments slightly 

 depressed ; beneath, the second segment abruptly produced at 

 the base. 



The male only differs in having the antennae longer and the 

 abdomen more strongly punctured. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



26. GORYTES BIPUNCTATUS. 



Gorytes bipunctatus, Say, Narr. Exped. St. Peter's River, p. 72. 

 Dahlb. Hym. Europ, i. 15/. 



Hab. Pennsylvania ; South Carolina. 



27. Gorytes fulvipennis. 



Female. Length 4i lines. — Black, smooth and shining : the 

 clypeus, labrura, mandibles, an abbreviated line at the inner 

 orbit of the eyes, and the scape in front, yellow ; the tips of the 

 mandibles and the antennae ferruginous; the flagellum fuscous 

 towards the apex above, excepting the apical joint. Thorax : 

 the collar, tubercles, a s])ot beneath the wings, the hinder margin 

 of the scutellum, and an ovate spot on each side of the meta- 

 thorax close to the insertion of the abdomen, yellow ; wings 

 fulvous, with a fuscous cloud in the marginal cell, the nervures 

 and tegulae ferruginous ; the legs ferruginous ; the coxae, tro- 

 chanters and base of the femora black, the apex of the two former 

 ferruginous. Abdomen : the apical margins of the segments with 

 a narrow yellow fascia, and the apical segment yellow. 



Hab. N. America (United States). (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



28. Gorytes simillimus. B.M. 



Female. Length 5 lines. — Black: the head shining, deli- 

 cately punctured, and with larger scattered jjunctures ; the sca])e 

 in front, four or $ve of the basal joints of the flagellum, the 

 clypeus, and a line on the inner orbit of the eyes, yellow. Tho- 

 rax : the collar, tubercles, hinder margin of the scutellum, and 

 a small ovate sjjot on each side of the metathorax, yellow ; the 

 disk smooth and shining, with four abbreviated lines at its ante- 

 rior margin ; the suture at the base of the scutellum consute ; 

 the enclosed portion at the base of the metathorax striated at 

 the base and smooth towards the apex; a deep channel runs 



