420 Timehri. 
Temples wide, broadly rounded. Apex oi clypeus transverse, its upper 
furrow <listinct. 
Priocnemis purpureipes, sp.n. 
Black, covered with a blue bloom, varied with purple, the legs almost 
entirely purple ; the antennal scape purple, the 2nd to the apex of the 5th joints: 
black, the others rufous yellow ; wings yellowish-rufous hyaline, the base 
narrowly black the apex with a narrow pale fuscous border ; the 1st abscissa of 
the radius one-fourth of the length of the 2nd which is hardly one-fourth longer 
than the 3rd ; the lst recurrent nervure is received one quarter of the length 
of the 2nd transverse cubital nervure from the apex of the cellule, the 2nd dis- 
tinctly before the middle, not far from the apex of the basal third ; it is broadly 
roundly curved outwardly. Apex of 2nd ventral segment broadly bitubercu- 
late. Claws with 1 tooth. 
Length 36 m.m. 
Eyes converging above. Hinder ocelli separated from the eyes by one-half 
more than they are from each other. Apex of clypeus with a shallow, broad 
incision. Temples broadly rounded as long as the top of the eyes, the occiput 
with a shallow incision. Apex of pronotum bluntly angled in the middle, the 
sides broadly rounded. Metanotum weakly transversely striated, the apical 
slope more strongly than the base, and having also some longitudinal strive, 
the 2 forming weak, irregular reticulations. The accessory nervure in hind 
wings is received very shortly beyond the cubitus. 
Has the appearance of a Pepsis. 
Priocnemts sericeiornatus, sp.n. 
Black, densely covered with a white silky pile, the apical abdominal seg- 
ments covere with white hair, wings hyaline to near the transverse basal and 
transverse median nervures, fuscous violaceous beyond ; the 1st abscissa of 
radius one-third shorter than the 2nd, which is about one-fourth shorter thar 
the 3rd; the transverse median nervure received shortly beyon the trans- 
verse basal, the Ist recurrent nervure received at the base of the apical third, 
the znd at the apex of the basal fourth, broadly, roundly curved. Eyes dis- 
tinctly converging above ; the hinder ocelli separated from each other by one- 
fourth more than they are from the eyes. The temples are very short, very 
shahtly developed, the occiput transverse. ‘The head is flattened in front and 
is wider than the thorax. There is only 1 tooth on the claw. 
The head shows an approach to Planiceps. 
Pompilus interruptus, Say. 
This is a widely distributed, and as regards the amount of black on the body 
and legs, very variable species. It also varies greatly in size. P. costatus, 
Tasch., P. polistoides, Smith and P. flavopictus, Smith are forms of it. 
Pompilus crassidentatus, sp n. 
Ferruginous, the mandibular teeth, the 4th and following joints of the 
antenn and the pleural sutures black ; the wings fuscous violaceous, the stigma 
