1 . CIMBEX. 7 



/■' ,iiah. Pitchy brown ; scutellum rufous ; collar, the hinder part 



of the head, two depressions on the vertex within the eyes, and 



the jaws and lower edge of the clypeus rufous ; antenna' and tarsi 



luteous. Abdomen with a yellow membrane at base, as in the 



male ; basal segment violet-brown, the colour extending in a wedge 



backwards over more or less of the following segments ; it' it only 



covers the first three or four, it is followed by a series of triangular 



- in the middle of the following segments ; in one case the 



purple colour extend the whole abdomen, leaving only a si 



of five Literal yellow sj in typical ultni. Abdomen beneath 



brown, the apical third deeper yellow than above. Femora viola- 



j; tibi brownish. "Wings as in 0. 



. 



King r< identical with his C. luctifera, with 



which 1 am unacquainted. As we | 2 series, and the 



mal< ' i be- undescribed, I have thought it better to describe 



both o. full. St. tinted with the locality 



..t :. : - Bp< imen. 



Two of the largest m m Huds y have the club of the 



• ; 1 1 -. i much more constricted in tl e than the others ; but 



1 am unwilling to descril i act at present. 



// . \ •• h Amei 



,. cf $ . Ubany Dr. Barnston. 



Rrv( .Hudson's 1 Say. 

 n, 2- a - ''■ Redman. 



17. Cinibex luctifera. 



i luctifera, Kim/, VerharuU. Berl. Qes.nat. Fretmde, i. p. "1 



(18i 



1 6 . Cimbex semidea. 

 i lea, Cress. Trans. Amer. Ent. Sue viii. p. 1 (1880). 



Hab. \\ li intains. 



L9. Cimbex pacifica. 

 i , Cress. 1 ans. A hit. Ent. Soc. viii. p. 51 (1880). 



Hob. Washington Territory. 



20. Cimbex rubida. 

 Cimbex rubidu, Cress. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. viii. p. 1 (1880). 

 Il.il>. California, Nevada. 



