die Pompiliclen-Gattung Pepsis. 819 



31. Pepsis ferruginea Pel. 

 Pepsis ferruginea St. Farg., Hym. III, 1845, pag. 471, No. 3. Q. 

 Caput cum antennis nigrum. Thorax nigro-coeruleus. Metathoracis 

 transverse profunde striati basis fossa impressa: pars postica linea distincta 

 transversali notabilis. Abdomen nigrum lucidum, coeruleo micans. Pedes 

 nigro-coerulei. Alae ferrugineae, basi, costa margineque postico nigricanti- 

 bus (color hie nigricans oecupat mediam partem longitudinalem cellulae 

 radialis). Apex alae hoc margine minus coloratus. — Femelle. 

 Cayenne. Musee de France. 



32. Pepsis apicalis Pel. 

 Pepsis apicalis St. Farg., Hym. III, 1845, pag. 472, No. 4 Q. 



Caput nigrum, nigro-pilosum pubescensque. Antennae nigrae. Thorax 

 niger. nigro-pilosus pubescensque; mesothorace supra longitudinaliter uni- 

 carinato; metathoracis dorso transverse striato, longitudinaliter tricarinato, 

 carinis lateralibus in tuberculum subspiniformem desinentibus. Inter ca- 

 rinas pnbes rufa. Abdomen nigrum, opacum, nigro subpubescens. Pedes 

 nigri, pilis spinisque nigris. Alae ferrugineae, apice summo decolores; ner- 

 vuris, puncto marginali, costa squamaque nigris. — Femelle. Long. 1 pouce 

 8 lignes. 



Exotiqne. Sans patrie. Musee de M. Serville. 



33. Pepsis antennalis P. Cam. 

 Pepsis antennalis P. Cameron, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Hymenopt., vol. II, 

 October 1893, p. 217, no. 4, tab. XII, %. 3 Q. 



Long. 22 mm. Q. — Hab. Panama (Boucard). 



Sericeous-blue; the first, second, third, and fourth joints of the antennae 

 black, the remaining joints orange-yellow. Head covered with long black 

 hair; the frontal furrow wide and deep; the apex of the clypeus very 

 slightly arcuate. The median segment strongly tiansversely striolate; the 

 extreme apex sharply oblique and strongly carinate at the top; the apical 

 keel not depressed in the middle; the sides and the mesopleurae hardly 

 tuberculated The abdomen at the apex above and beneath bearing long 

 black hairs. The legs pruinose, very stoutly spinöse The fore wings deep 

 black at the extreme base, infuscated at the apex, but not deeply. for the 

 rest dull yellow; the bind wings entirely smoky violaceous. The third cu- 

 bital cellule elongate; the third transverse cubital nervure sharply elbowed, 

 so that at the top the third cubital cellule is hardly half the length of 

 the bottora ; the second recui rent nervure sinuate and reeeived considerably 

 in front of the middle of the cellule. 



34. Pepsis domingensis Pel. 

 Pepsis domingensis St, Farg., Hym. III, 1845, 477, No. 13 (f. 

 Caput nigrum, nigro-coeruleo pubescens pilosumque. Antennae nigrae. 

 Thorax niger, nigro-coeruleo pubescens villosusque; metathoracis dorso con- 

 vexo. Abdomen nigro-coeruleo pubescens. Pedes nigro-coerulei. Alae fer- 

 rugineae, basi et latius apice nigricantes et violaceo micantes; nervuris, 



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