1895.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 531 



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27. Gorytes piotifrons Fox. 



Dienoplus pictifrons Fox, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, p. 549. 9 $ . 



Washington State. Seems to differ only from niendicus by having 

 the enclosure of middle segment striated basally, a character liable 

 to vary. 



28. Gorytes mendious Hdl. 



Gorytes niendicus Handlirsoh, Auu. k. k. uaturh. Hofmuseums, VJ I. p. 278, 9 • 



British Columbia (Handlirsch). Unknown to me. 



29. Gorytes Coquillettii n. sp. 



9-— Eyes strongly converging toward the clypeus ; the latter 

 rounded behind, its anterior margin a little incurved ; front with 

 punctuation indistinct, apparently coriaceous; antenna? short, fiagellum 

 clavate, the first and second joints about equal in length, scape short 

 and broad, longer, however, than the two following joints united; 

 dorsulum and mesopleurie finely and closely punctured; suture be- 

 tween dorsulum and scutellum foveolate; mesosternum not ridged, the 

 epimerum and episteruum mesothoracis separated ; middle segment 

 finely punctured, the enclosure large, well-defined and covered with 

 about 16, oblique stria', the central furrow rather broad; legs stout, 

 tibia? and tarsi spinose, the fore tarsi with a distinct comb; wings 

 clear throughout, nervures and stigma black, submedian cell of hind 

 wings terminating at the origin of the cubital vein; abdomen 

 elongate, the segments not much constricted at the sutures, indis- 

 tinctly punctured, finely so ventrally, pygidium with strong punc- 

 tures, margined at the sides. Black ; first three or four abdominal 

 segments more or less, and hind femora, except base, reddish, 

 antenna? beneath, clypeus, labrum, mandibles except apex, line on 

 pronotum, tubercles, spot on scutellum, spot at apex of fore and 

 medial femora, short stripe on the medial and hind tibia? exteriorly, 

 two transverse spots on apical margin of the first abdominal segment 

 and a long, sinuate stripe on each side of the apical margin of seg- 

 ments 2-4, whitish-yellow; tarsi dark ; front and dorsulum brownish 

 tomentose, that on clypeus, sides of thorax and in particular the 

 middle segment, silvery. Length 7 mm. 



Los Angeles, California, in April (Coquillett). In collection of 

 U. S. Nat'l Museum. 

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