New Species of Sphecoidea 9 
separated moderate punctures; punctures on the second tergite more 
sparse; remaining tergites with very sparse punctures, almost impunctate ; 
broad band on first tergite (narrowly and deeply emarginate anteriorly, 
and shallowly triemarginate posteriorly), all of second tergite (except a 
shallow emargination posteriorly), posterior half of tergites three, four, 
five and six, and spot on tergite seven, all lemon-yellow; sternites one 
and two tending to reddish. Coxae, trochanters, anterior femora (except 
distal half beneath, and distal third above), and intermediate and pos- 
terior femora (except the tips), black; remainder of legs lemon-yellow. 
Wings strongly tinged with yellowish. 
2. Unknown. 
Type, a male collected at Ute Creek, Colorado, Sage Flats, 
August 15,1907 (L. Bruner). Three paratypes from same local- 
ity: August 14, 1907 (L. Bruner); August 15, 1907 (H. S. 
Smith), and August 15, 1907 (R. W. Dawson). 
Related to sanborni Cresson, but differs in the much larger size, 
in the abdomen being much more shining and sparsely punctured ; 
abdomen more pubescent beneath, and in the yellow much more 
extended on the frons and tergites. 
Ococletes illustris sp. nov. 
9. Length 13 to 14 mm. Black, shining; head covered with rather 
short, pale pubescence; frons above the insertion of the antennae finely 
rugoso-punctate; vertex and occiput shining, very sparsely punctured; 
distance between the posterior ocelli greater than the distance between 
the lateral ocelli and the nearest eye-margin; first joint of the flagellum 
longer than joints two and three combined; mandibles except the tips, 
clypeus, supraclypeal area, frons along the eye-margins a little above the 
emargination of the eyes, large spot on frons above insertion of antennae 
(this spot connected with the supraclypeal area), scape beneath, and spot 
behind the eyes, all lemon-yellow. Thorax covered with short, pale pubes- 
cence; pronotum impunctate; anterior fifth of mesonotum closely punc- 
tured, remainder of mesonotum with very scattered punctures; scutellum 
almost impunctate; mesepisterna with moderate, well-separated punctures; 
sides of propodeum with sparse fine punctures; propodeum above punctured, 
channeled medially; interrupted band on pronotum, tegulae, spot on 
prepectus above, and line on metanotum, all lemon-yellow. Abdomen 
shining; basal segments with scattered, coarse punctures; apical segments 
almost impunctate; widely separated lateral spots on first tergite; large 
widely separated spots on second tergite, bands on tergites three and 
four, and tergites five and six almost entirely, all lemon-yellow. Legs 
black; wide line on anterior femora beneath, tips of intermediate and 
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