In a paper on “The Digger Wasps of the Genus Podalonia (Psammophila)” (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 71, p. 25, 1927) the writer ended a discussion of the possibility that Podalonia luctuosa Sm. is only a differently colored P. violaceipennis (Lep.) with the statement : “On the whole it seems best to leave luctuosa as a species separate from violaceipennis, for the present, until more pairs have been captured and the evidence they may give becomes available.”