NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. ITS 



tibiae, and base and apex of their tarsi, blackish; wings hyaline, 

 with the apex broadl}', and a cloud across middle before stigma, 

 fuscous. Opaque ; thorax densely and minutel}' sculptured ; meta- 

 thoracic tubercles prominent and obtuse ; areolet 5-angular, outer 

 uervure hyaline; abdomen shining. Length Splines. 

 Orizaba. A very beautiful species. 



8. Hemiteles adultus, n. sp. 



?. White or 3'ellowish-white ; thorax strongly tinged with 

 yellowish ; legs pale honey-yellow ; antennae except broad annulus, 

 mark on middle of vertex cov^ering ocelli and extending on occiput, 

 line on collar above, mesothorax (except a line on each lateral 

 lobe, hooked anteriorly and two small dots on each side of middle 

 lobe), base of scutellum and lateral regions, three narrow stripes 

 on metathorax all connected at base by a broad band which in- 

 closes a pale spot on each side, tips of tarsi, spot near apex of first 

 abdominal segment, a broad band near base of second segment, a 

 rather broad band at base of third, and narrow basal margins of 

 remaining segments, black ; coxte yellowish ; wings dusky hyaline. 

 Opaque ; metathorax rugulose, obliquely truncate behind, the 

 tubercles prominent, obtuse; abdomen shining. Length 4|^ lines- 

 Orizaba. 



9. Hemiteles bimaculatus, n. sp. 



% 9. Black; head except spot covering ocelli and connected 

 with mark covering most of occiput, broad annulus on antennae, 

 scape beneath, prothorax except broad posterior margin, tegulse, 

 line before, spot beneath, another above (wanting in % ), two 

 short broad lines on disk of mesothorax, scutellum, postscutellum, 

 space behind base of wings, pleura except black spot beneath pos- 

 terior wings, flanks of metathorax and two ovate spots on posterior 

 face, sometimes much reduced, four anterior coxje and apical half 

 of first three abdominal segments, white ; apex of abdomen and 

 legs pale honey -j-ellow ; basal half of first three segments black, 

 sometimes the apical half of the third segn^ent is hone^'-^'ellow ; 

 posterior tarsi pale, black at base and apex, their trochanters and 

 apex of their tibite dusky in % ; wings hyaline, iridescent. Shin- 

 ing ; metathorax rounded, transversely aciculate above, without 

 tubercles. Length 3^-4 lines. 



Orizaba; Cordova. (Sumichrast, No. 124.) Common. 



