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domen, the closer and larger punctures of mesothorax, and the 
irregularly sculptured base of metathorax. The scanty hair on 
apical half of abdomen is white in S. laMfrons, yellowish in S. 
transversus. 
Sphecodes tristellus sp. nov, 
Male. — Length, about 5.5 millimeters; black, with the tarsi 
pale ferruginous apically; apical margin of first abdominal 
segment and extreme base of second narrowly chestnut red, 
and sides of first two segments broadly suffused with red ; head 
subcircular; clypeus, shining, but strongly and quite closely 
punctured, not at all hidden by hair; scape short; third 
antennal joint about one-thfrd as long as fourth; surface of 
flagellar joints microscopically reticulate; front and sides of 
face with much white hair, not however hiding the surface; 
mesothorax with very large, rather dense punctures, partly con- 
fluent in rows; tegulse rufotestaceous, with the margin pallid; 
wings hyaline, the apical field dilute brown; stig-ma ferru- 
ginous; base of metathorax very coarsely cancellate; abdomen 
delicately and sparsely but distinctly punctured. The type has 
the second submarginal cell extraordinarily narrow on one side, 
while on the other the second transversocubital nervure is lack- 
ing. There is a distinct dorsal constriction between the first 
and second abdominal segments. 
Leyte, Tacloban {Baker). Resembles S. javanicus Friese, 
from Buitenzorg, Java, but is considerably smaller, with less red 
on abdomen. 
ADDITIONAL NOTE ON CERATINA 
Ceratina humilior (Cockerell). 
Ceratina philippinensis nigrolateralis humilior Cockerell, Philip. 
Journ. Sci. § D 11 (1916) 305. 
A second specimen from the original locality agrees, and I 
now believe that this is a quite distinct species. The first ab- 
dominal segment is reddish orange, with a black spot on each 
side. 
