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Say^s Descriptions of 



2. C* apicalis. Black ; wings black at tip ; abdomen 

 with a rufous band ; tip white. 



Inhab. Indiana* 



Body black : hjpostoma hoary : collar on the posterior 

 margin white : wings hyaline with a fuliginous lip, in 

 which is an ohsolete hyaline spot or band: metathorax 

 dull silvery ; abdomen rather slender towards the base ; 

 second segment, excepting on its posterior margin, fulvous ; 

 anal segment white : posterior tibia with a white line on 

 the posterior side : intermediate and posterior tarsi with 

 the second, third and fourth joints white, with black tips. 



Length over two fifths of an inch. 



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Chlgrign, Latr. 



) 



(Ampulex, Western Quarterly 



The name Chlorign has priority over that of Ampu- 

 les given by Jurine. ' 



's 



Bembex, Fabr. Latr. 



■ 



^ 1. B. longirosira. Rostrum extending beyond the 

 msertion of the intermediate feet ; superior wings with 

 the marginal and last submarginal cells divided by a very 

 distinct space. ' 



Inhab. Mexico. 

 ^ Body black, with short, dense, white hair : antenna 

 tinged with piceous ; 6rst joint white beneath : anterior 

 orbits dull white : nasus whitish, with two black spots : 

 hbrum white, with a bi-lobate, black spot at base : rostrum 

 honey-yellow, extending nearly to the origin of the pos- 



anterior 



