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irregular punctures; front very coarsely and closely punctured, 
but with a bow-shaped transverse smooth band ; top of head ele- 
vated, very convex, all the ocelli above the level of top of eyes; 
mesothorax shining, with very strong irregular punctures, more 
or less in rows; scutellum similarly sculptured; base of meta- 
thorax shining, very coarsely cancellate; tegulse piceous with a 
rufous spot ; wings strongly brownish ; stigma piceous ; abdomen 
shining, the first two segments with scattered but very distinct 
punctures ; a strong constriction between first and second dorsal 
segments. 
Luzon, Laguna Province, Los Banos {Baker) . Nearest to S. 
fumipennis Smith, but smaller, with darker abdomen. 
Sphecodes transversus sp. nov. 
Female. — Length, a little over 7 millimeters; anterior wing, 
a little over 6 millimeters; black, with the abdomen castaneous 
red, black beyond the extreme base of fourth segment; man- 
dibles obscurely red apically, and with an inner tooth; head 
very broad, transversely oval, face with rather thin white hair ; 
clypeus roughened, depressed in middle ; region behind the sum- 
mits of eyes smooth and polished; mesothorax and scutellum 
polished, with scattered distinct punctures; base of metathorax 
with a series of large inclosed spaces ; pleura conspicuously hairy ; 
tegulae piceous, the outer margin partly pallid; wings brownish, 
stigma dark reddish; legs very dark reddish, with white hair: 
abdomen shining, without distinct punctures; constriction be- 
tween first and second segments moderate. 
Luzon, Mount Maquiling {Baker). By the broad head thi.'i 
recalls the smaller S. biroi Friese, from New Guinea. 
Sphecodes latifrons sp. nov, 
Male. — Length, about 6.5 millimeters; anterior wing, 5.5 mil- 
limeters; black, the abdomen red as far as the middle of the 
third segment, but the basal segment dorsally reddish black; 
head very broad; face and front densely covered with white 
hair; mandibles red in middle; occiput strongly elevated; meso- 
thorax and scutellum shining, with large and strong, rather 
close punctures; base of metathorax very coarsely, irregularly 
cancellate; small joints of tarsi pale ferruginous; tegulse piceous 
basally, the outer side broadly hyaline; wings dilute fuliginous, 
stigma dark reddish; abdomen shining, the first two segments 
with fine but distinct punctures, 
Luzon, Baguio, Benguet {Baker) . Closely allied to S', trans- 
versus, but surely not its male, on account of the punctured ab- 
