1947] 
Cerceridce 
11 
Cerceris eurymele sp. nov. 
Female. Black, face below antennae pale yellowish, the 
front edge of the clypeal process slightly reddish, the 
lateral spots extend a little above antennae, basal half of 
mandibles yellowish, a large elongate spot back of the 
eyes and basal joint of antennae yellow, the next four 
joints and the last joint pale rufous, others dull black; 
two spots on pronotum, tegulae, small spot on pleura be- 
low tegnlae, postscutellum, and a stripe each side on pro- 
podeum yellow. Abdomen with two large spots, almost 
touching, on first segment ; second, third, and fourth with 
a broad band, occupying almost entire width except a 
rather square black space in middle of front margin, 
band on fifth segment also broad, but without indenta- 
tion; sides of apical segment yellow, and venter with four 
very broad bands ; tip below with some long brown hairs 
each side; legs mostly yellowish, hind femur with a small 
dark mark before tip on inner side, hind tibiae with larger 
dark mark at tip ; extreme bases of front and mid femora 
black ; front basitarsus with six long even bristles on outer 
side. Wings yellowish hyaline, dark streak beyond the 
reddish stigma. 
Body densely and rather finely punctate ; hair on head 
moderately short, on thorax above shorter, longer hair on 
back of head, lower pleura, and sides of propodeum. Cly- 
peal process very large, on the plan of C. sextoides, but 
the basal part is much longer, and the lateral parts not so 
divergent, the tips being very blunt. Enclosure strongly, 
obliquely striate, rather more coarsely than in sextoides, 
basal segment broader than long, second segment hardly 
twice as broad behind ; pygidium very finely granulate, 
tip rounded, at base fully once and a half as wide as at 
tip, sides with fringe of yellow hair. 
Male very similar, spot back of eyes small, spots on 
propodeum sometimes small, yellow bands on abdomen 
broadly and shallowly emarginate in front, black spots 
on legs larger ; hair on head and thorax very long ; pygid- 
ium with parallel sides, truncate at tip, and less than twice 
as long as broad; face of moderate width, mid lobe of 
clypeus one and one-half times as high as broad, lower 
