Plate XXXIX. fig. 7.
ORDER: Hymenoptera. SECTION: Fossores. FAMILY: Sphegidæ.
GENUS. PELOPÆUS, _Latr. Fabr._ Sphex, _Drury_.
PELOPÆUS PETIOLATUS. Fuscus, thorace abdomineque nitidis brunneis.
(Expans. Alar. 1 unc.)
SYN. Sphex petiolatus, _Drury, App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
Head and antennæ brown. Thorax and abdomen shining dark brown, and
separated by a rather long peduncle. Wings brown and thin. Legs also
brown; the fore ones having a single tibial spur, the rest having two.