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“ Male .—This sex closely resembles the female, but differs in havin<>’ 
the clypeus yellow as well as a spot above and the mandibles also yel¬ 
low exteriorly. The abdomen has two additional spots on the fifth 
segment, and all the spots are emarginate at their outer margins, the 
sixth segment is sub-bituberculate on its apical margin, the seventh is 
somewhat produced and rounded, and has a slight central carina, its 
apical margin as well as the extreme lateral margins of all the seg¬ 
ments yellow. 
“ Hah. —Georgia.” 
A single 9 specimen of this species from Florida, in the collection 
of Mr. Edward Norton, agrees exactly with Mr. Smith’s description 
above quoted. It closely resembles A. notatum Fabr., but is much 
larger and more robust. I have not seen the % . 
6. A. curvatum, Smith. 
Anthidium curvatum, Smith, Brit. Mus. Cat. ii, p. 215, 9 (1854). 
“ Female. Length 4 lines.—Black, the clypeus yellow, having a 
broad black stripe down the middle, the inner orbits of the eyes nearly 
to their vertex broadly yellow, a minute yellow spot before the anterior 
stemma and a transverse yellow line on the vertex continued nearly 
half-way down the outer margins of the eyes. The collar, tubercles 
and posterior margin of the scutellum yellow, the former slightly inter¬ 
rupted ; the tubercles and legs yellow, the latter varied with ferrugi¬ 
nous, the femora being fusco-ferruginous towards their base; the wings 
smoky, darkest towards their anterior margin. The basal segment of 
the abdomen has a transverse band, deeply emarginate laterally, the 
three following segments have on each side an oblong stripe curved 
downwards and pointed at their extremity within; the curved form 
being given by a deep notch in the middle of each stripe beneath; the 
fifth segment has two central oblique stripes, the sixth immaculate. 
“ Hah. —Georgia.” 
Not identified. 
7. A. simile, n. sp. 
Female .—Head black, densely punctured, clothed with short pale 
hairs; sides of the face nearly to the summit of the eyes, broader on 
each side of the clypeus, an ovate spot on each side of the clypeus, and 
a short stripe behind the eyes near their vertex, yellow. Antennae 
black. Thorax black, densely punctured; a rcither small spot on each 
