M4 Rob. huca»: 



18. Pepsis dubitata Crew. 

 dubitata Creaaon, Transact. of the Amer. Eni Soc. I, 1867 — 

 68, pag. 144, No 2 cfQ. 

 l'emalc — Velvety black, witli a more OT less brilliaat purple reflec- 

 tion, less obvious on the head and tliorax : antennae orange-yellow, tln- 

 two basal joints black: metathorax tranBYeraelj striated; wings unifonnly 

 black; riolaceoas, the extrem« tip sligbtlj paler Length 18 linea. 



Male. — More slender t hau the 9. w ' tn tne purple reflections more 

 uniform "Vir tbe body; antennae long and tbieb; abdomen entirely black, 

 witb the porple or violot refiectioa more brilliant than on the rest of 

 tbe body. Lengtb l « » linea. 



Hab. — Georgia (Coli. Am Eni See.) und ferner Texas (Transact. 

 Am. Eni Soc IV. no 809) 

 One Q, four rf Bpeeimene, Thia may be [dentieal «rith degana, bnt 

 none af the tf specimeni liave the Bligbteat indieation of reddUfa mar* 

 lt i 1 1 - to therr Begnente. 



//. Pepsia eh ilienBit Pol. 

 Pepm chüunaia St l'.u-r.. Ihm. III, 184."'. 180, No. 17 Q 

 Capnt nigrom, nigra eoeraleo pubescens, nigro villosum. Antennae lutes- 

 ferrugineae, articulis duobns primil nigris Thorax niger, nigra pubescens 

 rilloanaqne, metathoraeii domo biraote Abdomen rabnitidnm, uigro-ooe- 

 ruleuni. e\no nigra rilloae. Pedes Digri, pilie Bpinlfqne nigris. Alae 

 aigrae, riotaeeo micantea; aerrnris, puncto marginali, coata egnamagae ni- 

 gris. — Femelle 1 pouce 10 lignes. 

 • 'Iiili. Ifaaöe de M. Berville. 



l~>. Pepa is in t ii n li in ii Pel 

 Pepsis mmeehme St. Karg. Hym. III, 184.0. 481, No. 30 Q 



Caput nigrom, nigro pnbescens piloanmque. Antennae luteo-ferrugi- 

 neae; articulis duobus primis nigris. Thorax niger, nigro pubescens villo- 

 Buaqw .'-. metathoracis dorso longitudinaliter qnadricarinato, carinis extern ia 

 subbitulereulatis, et transversaliter substriato. Abdomen nigrom, opaenm, 

 tenuiter nigro pubescens. Anus nigro pilosus. Pedes nigri, pilis Bpinisqne 

 nigris. Alae nigrae, opacae; nervuris, puncto marginali, coata squamaque, 

 nigris. Femelle. Long. 12 lignes. 



Mas. Similis. Segmentum abdominis sextum uti praecedentia Corpus 

 paulo gracilius; metathorax ut in femina quadricarinatus. 



16. Pepsis eleyans Pel. 



Pepsis elegans St. Farg., Hym. III, 1845, pag. 489 No. 33 (f. 



Antennae crassae, luteae, articulis duobus baseos nigris. Caput ni- 

 grum, non nitens. Tliorax niger, non nitens. Metathoracis dorsum trans- 

 verse substriatum, carinatum. Abdomen nigro caeruleum, pube densa, bre- 

 viori, nigra-caeruleo vestitum. Segmeutorum, seeundi, tertii, quinti sex- 

 tique margo posticus linea ferruginea tenui ferrngineo pubescenti termi- 



