RAPHIDIA. 195 



1. Raph. adnixa! 



Raphidia adnixa Hagen ! 



Rufous ; head brownish-black, scabrous, long, sensibly narrowed 

 behind, the occiput with a flat streak ; antennae rufous, the apex 

 fuscous ; prothorax long, narrow, rufous ; feet rufous ; abdomen 

 rufous, the ventral segments having the posterior margin black ; 

 wings hyaline, veins fuscous ; pterostigma long, narrow, trapezoid, 

 occupying two areolets, yellow; subpterostigmatical areole almost 

 one-half longer within, truncated ; outer equal, broken ; a series 

 of five areoles beneath the pterostigma. (J* and 9.) 



Length to tip of wings 16 millim. Alar expanse 23 inillim. 



Hab. California; Oregon (Willcox, Berlin Museum). 



A female from Oregon has the dorsal base of the prothorax 

 blackish-brown, with a trifid rufous spot; the colors of the male 

 are not perfected. 



2. Raph. oblita! 



Raphidia oblita Hagen ! 



Fusco-aeneous ; head scabrous, shorter, posteriorly suddenly 

 compressed, occiput with a flat streak ; antennas with the basal 

 article nigro-fuscous, second yellowish, the rest ? prothorax 

 short, rufo-fuscous, upon the dorsal middle posteriorly, a large, 

 ovate, nigro-fuscous spot; feet rufo-fuscous ; abdomen brassy-black, 

 the ventral segments having the posterior margin yellow ; wings 

 hyaline, veins fulvous ; pterostigma long (shorter than in Raph. 

 adnixa), narrow, trapezoidal, occupying two areolets, yellow; sub- 

 pterostigmatical areole almost one-half longer within, truncated, 

 outwards equal, truncated ; a series of five areolets beneath the 

 pterostigma. 



Length to tip of wings 14 millim. Alar expanse 21 millim. 



Hab. California. 



3. Raph. media! 



Raphidia media Burm. Handb. II, 964, 3. Schneider! Monogr. 76, 4. 

 (With the synonymy.) 



Brownish-black; head obovate, the sides rounded, mouth yellow; 

 neck short ; vertex punctured, with a flat rufous streak ; base of 

 the antennae yellow ; 'prothorax black : feet testaceous, base of the 

 anterior femora, and the whole of the posterior ones black; abdo- 

 men black; wings yellowish-hyaline, especially at base; veins fus- 



