Female: Face and front golden yellow, callosities shining pitchy black, a dark stain surrounds the ocelli; palpi yellow, proboscis black. Antennae; first joint yellow, second dark brown, third black fading into brown at extreme base. Dorsum of thorax bearing three black subshining stripes on a golden yellow ground: the median black stripe extends half way across the scutellum which is also golden yellow. Abdomen fulvous, first to fifth segments inclusive each marked with a pair of black dots which decrease gradually in size toward tip of abdomen; venter immaculate fulvous. Legs in large part yellow, trochanters, tips of tibiae and tarsi black. Length 8 mm. Described from a single female specimen deposited in the United States National Museum. This handsome species was collected by Mr. R. M. Fouts of the US Bureau of Entomology at Cabin John Bridge, Maryland, July 20, 1916.
