G82 ME. F, SMITH ON NEW SPECIES OF ACULEATE 



gitudinal impressed line; the metatliorax concave-truncate; wings 

 subhyaline, ATitli a fuscous line along the costal and marginal 

 cells ; the wings iridescent. Abdomen — the basal segment cam- 

 panulate, and with very shallow punctures ; the second segment 

 with very fine shallow punctures ; the apical segment with shal- 

 low punctures. 



Hah. Maui. 



Apparently rare ; I have nob seen the female. (-Z'. B.) 



Fam. VESPiDiE. 

 ■ PoLiSTES AUEiFEE, Sauss. Moii. Guejjes Soc. p. 78. 

 Hab. Honolulu. California. 



Pam. ANDEENIDiE. 



Peosopis Blackbtjeni, n. sp. Female. Length 3 lines. Black, 

 and closely resembling the female of P.facilis, but has the fla- 

 gellum of the antenna? fulvous beneath. The metathorax with a 

 few short strise at the base; wings subhyaline and iridescent, the 

 recurrent nervures uniting v,dth the transverse nervures of the 

 second submarginal cell, as in P.facilis. The abdomen smooth, 

 shining, and impunctate. 



Male. The size of the female ; the front of the head as high as 

 the antennae, yellow, the scape with a yellow line in front, the fla- 

 gellum fulvous beneath. The tibia? and tarsi yellow, with a small 

 black spot on the tibiae behind, and the apical joint of the inter- 

 mediate and posterior tarsi fusco-ferruginous ; wings and abdo- 

 men as in the female. 



Hah. Island of Maui. 



It will be seen that the male of this species differs greatly iu 

 colouring from the same sex oi P.facilis, although the females 

 have little specific distinction. 



Peosopis ftjscipennis, u. sp. Male. Length 4| lines. Black, 

 the head and thorax semiopaque ; the abdomen smooth, very finely 

 punctured, sparsely so at the base, bright and shining ; wings 

 fuscous, inclining to fulvous, and brightly iridescent. The head 

 closely and finely punctured ; the clypeus somewhat produced, 

 and truncate anteriorly ; the scape of the antennse compressed, 

 its lower margin narrowly white. Thorax — the margin of the 

 prothorax white ; the mesothorax and scutellum closely punc- 

 tured ; the metathorax rugose ; the anterior tibise and tips of the 



