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their posterior margin, as well as the posterior wings, subhyaline ; 

 the legs orange-red. Abdomen : the basal segment and posterior 

 margin of the second segment orange-red, the latter widely 

 emarginate at its anterior margin; the three apical segments 

 very coarsely punctured. 



The male differs in having the flagellum fuscous except the 

 basal joint ; the clypeus and inner orbit of the eyes yellow. 



Hab. East Florida. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



31. GORYTES RUFIPES. B.M. 



Female. Length 4 hnes. — Black : the head and thorax 

 strongly punctured ; the scape, flagellum beneath, and three or 

 four of the basal joints entirely, the anterior margin of the cly- 

 peus, a line on the inner orbit of the eyes, the labrum, mandibles 

 and palpi, reddish-yellow, varying in difl^erent specimens. Tho- 

 rax : the collar, tubercles, a spot beneath the wings, the lateral 

 margins of the mesothorax and the scutellum, reddish-yellow ; 

 the metathorax and legs ferruginous, the enclosed portion at the 

 base of the former black and longitudinally striated ; the anterior 

 wings with a broad fuscous cloud extending from the base to 

 their apex, their posterior margin subhyaline, as well as the pos- 

 terior wings. Abdomen shining and strongly punctured, the 

 apical segments coarsely so ; the basal segment ferruginous, its 

 posterior margin, as well as that of the second, and sometimes of 

 the two following segments, with an orange-yellow fascia ; the 

 first two bands widest, the second slightly emarginate in the 

 middle ; beneath black, the second segment with scattered large 

 deep punctures ; the following segments are smooth at their basal 

 and punctured at their apical margins. Some examples have 

 only two bands on the abdomen. 



Hab. East Florida (St. John's Bluff). (Coll. E. Doubleday, Esq.) 



32. GoRYTES APICALIS. B.M. 



Male. Length 5 lines. — Black, smooth and shining ; six or 

 seven of the basal joints of the antennae ferruginous ; the scape 

 in front, the clypeus, face on each side, a narrow line at the inner 

 orbit of the eyes, not reaching their vertex, the labrum, man- 

 dibles and pal{)i, sulphur-yellow ; the tips of the mandibles fer- 

 ruginous. Thorax : the collar, tubercles, an irregularly-shaped 

 large sjiot beneath the wings, an epaulet over the tegula;, the 

 scutellum, post-scutellum, and a large subovate macula on each 

 side of the metathorax, yellow ; the suture at the base of the 

 scutellum smooth ; the anterior legs yellow, the intermediate 

 and posterior pairs pale ferruginous ; the base of the coxae black ; 



