66 Harry Scott Smith 
Genus Neofoxia ‘Viereck 
Neofoxia suffusa (Fox). 
1898. Psen suffusus, Fox, Transactions of the American Entomological 
Society, xxv, p. 18. 
1901. Neofoxia suffusus Viereck, Ibid., xxvii, p. 342. 
Represented by a single female from Lincoln, taken during 
August on Physalis (M. A. Carriker). 
Genus Psen Latreille 
Psen monticolus (Packard). 
1867. Mimesa monticola Packard, Proceedings of the Entomological 
Society of Philadelphia, vi, p. 407. 
1898. Psen monticola Fox, Transactions of the American Entomolog- 
ical Society, xxv, p. 11. 
A single female specimen from Glen. Easily recognized by 
means of the wing venation and general habitus. 
Genus Mimesa Schuckard 
SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES 
PreMIaeS Ph. o.. 2 3k day sie alte a wena Le ae Une mince eine eee eee 1 
Males’ (copied “irom Fox iol. Ralielok ENS esac De eaten ee ee ff 
1. Apex of abdomen cone-shaped, flattened pygidial area wanting.... 2 
1. Apex of abdomen with a distinct flattened pygidial area.......... 3 
2. Abdomen with segments 1 to 3 red; joints 2 to 6 of the fla- 
gellum strongly produced beneath; petiole almost as long 
as hind femur, trochanter and coxa combined........... conica 
2. Abdomen with segments black, sometimes margined with 
testaceous; joints of flagellum not strongly produced be- 
neath; petiole not longer than hind femur......... granulosa | 
3. Insect entirely black; mandibles strongly bidentate apically (a sin- 
gle tooth practically equaling the tip) ; pygidium with large 
StEOME PURCHILES: Sct aie 308 as oink eee eerie mandibularis 
3. Insect with at least one segment of the abdomen reddish; antennae 
and tarsi more or less testaceous; pygidium with small 
juehileathy oh Oevaesia RGA ror ob die yCormointomod coe a Sd 1. 4 
4. Petiole fully as long as, or longer than, the hind femur; ab- 
domen with segments 1 to 3 and sometimes 4 reddish. .cressontt 
4. Petiole equal to or shorter than, the hind femur............ 5 
5. Size larger, 9.5 mm.; sculpture of metathorax coarsely reticulate; 
mandibles bluntly rounded; abdominal segments 1-3 and 
base of 4 reddish; pubescence of face yellowish white, 
nebrascencis 
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