372 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 



distinctly angulatc; eyes nearl\- jjarallel the antcnnocular line 

 longer than the interantennal line; antenna* rather short and stout. 



Pompiloides (castancus Provanchcr) — argenteus (C^rcsson). 



'i\ pe male bearing yellow label "774" and name label "arf^ett- 

 teiis Cress " Derniere Proxancher (^)llection, Public Museum, 

 Quebec. Pro\ancher's manuscript list proves that this is t>pe 

 of casiaucus. 



Argenteus (Crcsson) agrees with all of the notes made on 

 caslaneiis, and there seems to be but little doubt that the synonymy 

 indicated by Rrovancher is correct. 



Batazonus coquilletti ( Pro\ ancher). 



Type male Cat. \o. 1980, V. S. Xat Mus. 

 This is probabJN- a synonvin of naviis Crcsson. 



DESCRIPTION OF A XKW SKSIII). 



nV WILLIAM I!i:t Tl.NMt LL1:K, M;W YORK. 



Gaea arizonensis, sj). no\ . 



Female. — Fore wings opac]i;e, golden orange red, dusted 

 with fuscous in the inter\enular parts. All the xeins. rather 

 "heavily marked with fuscuous. Discal mark fuscous, edged 

 with orange red. Hind wings transparent, veins fuscous, and the 

 outer margins narrowly edged with orange red. Fringes fuscous. 

 lin<]er side of fore wings with the intervenular parts considerai)ly 

 brighter, orange red, as also the transverse discal mark, which 

 is wholly orange red. Hind wings similar to the above, but with 

 the narrow, orange red margins brighter. Head black; palpi 

 yellow. Antenna^ orange red. fuscous terminally and decidedly 

 clavate. Abdomen brown-black with a broad, yellow band 

 on the posterior edge of each segment, except the fourth, the last 

 three bands broader than the three basal ones. Anal tuft lemon 

 yellow. Under side of abdomen, with all the bands much broader 

 and the fourth also banded. Posterior legs yellow, joints black, 

 femora black (remaining legs wanting). Expanse 25 mm. 



Habitat. — Pinal Mts., Arizona. 



Described from a single female. Type: collection Dr. William 

 Barnes. 



rMovemb<>r, 1916. 



