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yellowish. Stalk of halteres dark yellow, the knob light yellowish. 

 Length 6 mm. Los Angeles county, Cal. A single female, in June. 



Epaomis fumosus, n. sp. — Black, the tibiae largely reddish. Front 

 black pilose, destitute of tomentum ; face slightly produced below, des- 

 titute of tomentum, the pile yellow, that in the middle black. Proboscis 

 not projecting beyond the oral margin. Antennae having first joint twice 

 as long as the second, styliform portion of the third joint once and a-half 

 as long as the thickened basal part. Occiput light yellow tomentose and 

 pilose. Thorax light yellow tomentose, the bristles yellowish ; pleura 

 having pile of the upper part yellowish, that on the lower part, breast and 

 coxae white. Scutellum opaque, rounded behind, yellow tomentose, the 

 bristles reddish. Abdomen somewhat abraded in my specimen, but ap- 

 parently wholly light yellow tomentose ; pile of dorsum sparse, yellowish, 

 that on the sides more abundant, especially on the first segment, white ; 

 venter white tomentose and pilose. Legs mixed white and yellow tomen- 

 tose, all femora and the front tibiae destitute of bristles. Wings hyaline 

 at the apex, the costal cell, bases of marginal, first submarginal, first and 

 second basal and of the anal cell smoky-brown, which colour does not have 

 a well defined limit outwardly. Stalk of halteres dark yellow, the knob 

 light yellow. Length 6 mm. San Diego county, Cal. A single female, 

 in May. 



HET^RINA AMERICANA. 

 There was brought to me by Mr. T. H. Hill, of this city, one of our 

 young collectors, a dragon fly captured at Delaware, a village a few miles 

 west of here. It was one I had not seen before. On referring to Glover's 

 Plates I found it there, figured and named. It is Hetcerina Americana^ 

 Fab., the Lestes basalis of Say, in the family Agrionidae ; a beautiful 

 creature. Its most noticeable characteristics are the bright sanguineous 

 colour on the base of the wings, the clear copper colour of the thorax, 

 and the brilliant gem-like ornamentation of the head. Say gives the 

 habitats as Missouri, Indiana and Massachusetts. Abundant, and easily 

 taken. I am not aware of its being hitherto reported from Canada. Mr. 

 Hill kindly donated one to the Society's collection. 



J. Alston Moffat, London, Ont. 



