TWO NEW EMBIID.i:. 



EMBIA TEXANA, sp. nov. (Figs. 2 and 3.) 



Immature Male. Length, 5-7 mm. Rufous. Antennae pale fuscous, 

 when folded back reaching to second pair of legs, filiform with small tes- 

 taceous setae. First three joints more or less quadrate, others rounded, 

 first joint rather thicker than the others, a little longer than broad : second 

 the palest, as long as broad : third pale at base, nearly twice as long as 

 broad : fourth and fifth but little longer than broad : remaining joints 

 gradually increasing in length, last three joints twice as long as wide, their 

 diameter nearly equal to that at base. No more than sixteen joints were 



a 



FIG. 2. E/nbia texana t sp. nov. a, dorsal view ; b, ventral view ; c, insect in web. 



counted in any one specimen. Each antennal joint has a small pale space 

 at its base. The 5-jointed maxillary palpi become paler apically and have 

 the first joint connate with the head, second joint very short, third, fourth 

 and fifth gradually increasing in length and decreasing in breadth, fifth a 

 little longer than the two preceding together. Third joint of the labial 

 palpi broad, yellow. Galeae yellow, prominent, broad. Mentum and sub- 

 mentum rufous, as is a large W-shaped mark on the lower side of the 

 head. Eyes oblique, black, consisting of about fifty facets. Neck tri- 



