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7. Abdomen elongate-oval, longer than the thorax . . magnicornis, v. d. Wulp. 
Abdomen compressed at the sides, not longer than the 
thorax . . 6 6. 1 ew ew ee ew ee we COmpressa, V. A. Wulp. 
8. Palpirufous . 2... 1 we we ee ee OD 
Palpi black . . . wee ~ .e. Ld 
9. Abdomen black, without whitish markings ~ + « « monochroma, v. d. Wulp. 
Abdomen black, with whitish front borders to the 
segments ... . soe ee ew ew ew ew «10~E 
10. Wings hyaline, with thin venation. . . . . . . Jeucocycla, v.d. Wulp. 
Wings brownish, with thick venation . . . “. »« nervosa, v. d. Wulp. 
11. Thorax anteriorly greyish, with four black stripes . . albomarginata, v. d. Wulp. 
Thorax black, with some whitish markings . . . . Jlongipes, v.d. Wulp. 
1. Degeeria nigrocostalis, sp.n.3. (Tab. IV. fig. 10, wing.) 
Shining black; thorax cinereous; palpi rufous; wings blackish along the costa. 
Length 4 millim. 
Face whitish, a little inclined; the bristles on the facial ridges not numerous and not mounting higher than 
half the length of the eyes; front cinereous, as broad as the eyes; frontal band black, with cinereous 
reflections ; frontal bristles descending to beneath the second antennal joint. Antenne black, as long as 
the face: second joint bristly; third joint four or five times as long as the second; arista thickened to 
nearly half its length. Palpi brownish-red. Thorax before the transverse suture with cinereous 
tomentum and four not very distinct black stripes. Abdomen shining black, somewhat bronze metallic, 
with scarcely any greyish reflection on the front margins of the segments, and with long discal and 
marginal macrochete. Legs black, with scattered bristles; foot-claws and pulvilli short. Tegule 
yellowish-grey. Wings greyish, at the base and along the costa blackish, most obscure between the end 
of the auxiliary and second veins; a small hyaline point where the auxiliary vein begins to depart from 
the first vein; small cross-vein distinctly before the middle of the discal cell; curvature of the fourth 
vein with a blunt angle; apical and posterior cross-veins straight, the latter much nearer to that curvation 
than to the small cross-vein. 
Hab. Mexico, Xucumanatlan 7000 feet, Omilteme 8000 feet, both in Guerrero 
(H. H. Smith), Orizaba (H. H. Smith & F. D. G.). 
Four specimens, which I regard as males, notwithstanding the shortness of the foot- 
claws and pulvilli. 
2. Degeeria nitidiuscula, sp. n.,¢. 
Black; face and sides of the front with ochraceous reflections ; thorax anteriorly cinereous, with black stripes ; 
abdominal segments with white front borders ; hind tibise outwardly fringe-like with bristles; posterior 
eross-vein nearer to the curvation of the fourth vein than to the small cross-vein. 
Length 5°5 millim. 
Front as broad as the eyes; frontal band black, as broad as the lateral portions ; frontal bristles on each side 
in a single row, descending as far as the end of the second antennal joint ; vibrisse inserted a little above 
the oral margin. Antenne black, shorter than the face; second joint bristly; third joint four times as 
long as the second ; arista thickened to less than the proximal half. Proboscis black ; palpi dark rufous. 
Thorax anteriorly with cinereous tomentum and somewhat indistinct black stripes. Abdomen ovate, 
black, and black-haired, shining, especially on the anal segment; second and following segments with 
narrow white front margins; the second and third segments with short marginal macrochete; anal 
