

302 Say^s Descriptions of 



tmn^s Lyallne; nervures fuscous: stigma hvown : radial 

 cellule fuliginous : tergiim, each segment excepting the 

 first, with a yellow, dilated band on its middle and more 

 or less interrupted : venter with a transverse spot each 

 side on the 3d, 4th and 5th segments : feet yellow : 

 thighs, except at the tip, black : tarsi honey-yellow. 



Length about three tenths of an inch. 



Var. ? ft. Spots ferniginous. 



Length nearly two fifths of an inch. 



I have hardly a doubt that the individual here given as 

 a variety is a distinct species ; but as my speciinens are 

 much mutilated, I am unwilling to venture to separate 



them. 



PoMpiLUs, Fabr. Latr. 



1- P. calipterm. Wings bifasciate ] antenna and feet 

 honey-yellow. 



Inhabits Indiana* 



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Body black, polished, slightly pruinose : antenna 

 honey-yellow, a little dusky towards the tip : nasus, at 

 tip, mandihles and palpi honey-yellow : wings hyaline, 

 with a blackish band on the middle and a much broader 

 one crossing the second and third cubital cellules; the 

 latter hardly reaches the anal margin; basal series of 



nervures 



ure : feet honey-yellow ; tarsi with the ultimate joint 

 blackish ; intermediate and posterior pairs of feet more 

 or less varied with blackish. 



Length three tenths of an inch. 



A very pretty species, of which I have as yet obtained 



but two specimens. It is probably allied to the Ufascia- 

 tus, Fabr. 



