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is distribution. However, Kohl included a New Zealand species, 
insularis Kohl, in his conception of the genus, and various workers 
since have listed Epipompilus from the Australian region. I have 
studied two females determined by Banks as insularis and agreeing 
well with Kohl’s description of this species. There can be no question 
that this species is closely related to the several Neotropical species 
of Epipompilus. Indeed, it agrees well with the above diagnosis except 
in the following characters (the males are unknown) : maxillary palpi 
not greatly lengthened, about as usual in the family; labial palpi 
unmodified; eyes with only minute, scarcely noticeable hairs; trans- 
verse median vein of hind wing reaching media a short distance before 
origin of cubitus. The generic name Epipompiloides is here proposed 
for insularis Kohl, 1884. I know of no other species assignable to 
this genus, but the pompilid fauna of the Australian region is, of 
course, very inadequately known. This genus is related to Epipo?npi- 
lus and should be placed in the Aporini next to that genus. 
Key to known species of the genus Epipompilus 
Males 
Antennae moderately long, crenulate in profile; claws of front tarsus 
nearly alike; thorax in considerable part rufous; parameres of 
genitalia with extremely long hairs, abdominal venter with hair- 
tufts 9. innub us n. sp. 
Antennae very short, with coarse, dark pubescence but only very 
weakly crenulate in profile; outer claws of front tarsus much more 
strongly curved than inner claws; thorax black; parameres and 
abdominal venter with only short hairs 6 . excelsus (Bradley) 
Females 
1. Wings wholly fuliginous; abdomen wholly rufous; pronotum 
patterned with red and black (Florida and Bahamas) 
I. pulcherrimus (Evans) 
Wings hyaline, fore wing with two prominent brownish bands; 
abdomen not wholly rufous, more or less patterned with black, 
rufous, and/or whitish, pronotum all black or all rufous .... 2 
2. Abdomen black, with a pattern of whitish spots 3 
Abdomen in part rufous, with or without whitish spots 5 
3. Body wholly black except for a pair of whitish spots on second 
abdominal tergite; hind tibiae with a few short spines; prono- 
tum very short, subangulate behind (Ecuador) 
2. williamsi ( Banks) 
Thorax largely rufous ; hind tibiae without spines 4 
