1949] 
Hull — Genus V olucella 
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base of the third segment is narrowly and diffusely yel- 
lowish translucent. This translucent area extends widely 
down the sides and across the posterior portion of the 
segment leaving a rather wide, smoky, brownish black 
band across the middle. The extreme margin of the 
third segment is narrowly black. Fourth segment chiefly 
yellowish brown with black posterior margin. The pile 
of the abdomen is yellow on the yellow areas of the first 
and second segments but black upon the remainder of 
the abdomen and quite short except upon the anterior 
corners of the second segment. First, second and third 
sternites pale yellow and yellow pilose. The third with 
a narrow brown post margin. 
Holotype: male, Pucallpa, Peru, Dec. 4, 1947, Jose 
Schunke. 
Volucella stigmata n. sp. 
A small black species with trivittate face. Related to 
fracta Curran. The facial stripes are black, not brown, 
the second segment of the abdomen has a pair of distinct 
rounded triangles of brownish yellow. The abdomen is 
distinctly black, rather than violaceous brown. Length 
8 mm. 
Female. Head: face and cheeks light brown in color 
with a distinct, central, medial black stripe upon the face 
over the tubercle and another from the eye margin to 
the epistoma. The lower part of the front is obscure 
reddish brown, the upper part of the front and vertex 
shining black; the facial and frontal pile is pale yellow. 
The antennae are yellowish brown, the arista pale yel- 
low, reddish brown apically and there are only eight rays 
upon the arista ; there may have been one or two others 
basally. The eyes have sparse, short, yellowish or 
brownish yellow pile. Thorax: the mesonotum and scu- 
tellum are black with an opalescent greenish reflection, 
coppery in some lights. The sides of the mesonotum 
are yellowish brown. There are two long, slender, black 
bristles on the notopleura, two above the wing, two upon 
the post calli, one upon the mesopleura, a single pair of 
