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Pubescence above and nervures and stigma whitish pruinosus. 



6. Dark blue cteruleus. 



Greenish ; abdomen usually more or less testaceous zephyrtcs. 



7. Abdomen and tibire almost entirely testaceous zephyms. 



Abdomen not testaceous ; tibiae black except often at base and 



apex , 8. 



8. Sides of metathorax and pleura distinctly punctured, the latter 



beneath with a distinct fovea ; mesonotum smooth, shining, 



coarsely punctured foveolatus, sp. nov. 



Sides of metathorax and pleura not distinctly punctured 9. 



9. Vein III- and beyond almost obsolete ; head much longer than 



wide ; mesonotum finely rugose, opaque, sparsely, finely punc- 

 tured ; antenna? short ; tarsi pale coreopsis, sp. nov. 



Vein III- and beyond ordinary ; head not, or hardly, longer than 

 wide 10. 



10. Mesonotum finely punctured 12. 



Mesonotum coarsely punctured, shining n. 



1 1. Wing white, nervures and stigma white albipennis. 



Wing ordinary, nervures and stigma dark ; metathorax coarsely 



reticulated, with a semicircular enclosure bordered by a sharp 

 edge Cressonii. 



12. Mesonotum shining; head wider than thorax; metathorax at apex 



gibbous, smooth, shining ; nervures and stigma dark ; abdomen 

 subclavate, almost impunctate, usually darker towards apex ; 



length 4 mm . . . , sparst/s, sp. nov. 



Mesonotum opaque ; abdomen hardly subclavate 13. 



13. Abdomen bronze black, minutely punctured, bare impunctate apical 



margins of segments broad ; nervures and stigma dark . . obscurtis. 



Abdomen less black, distinctly punctured, bare impunctate apical 



margins of segments narrow, often pale testaceous ; nervures and 



stigma pale : length, 4-6 mm versatus, sp. nov. 



Paralictus, Rob. 

 Females. 

 Cheek regularly rounded ; face narrowed below simplex. 



Cheek with rounded angle below middle of eye ; face narrowed 

 below platyparins. 



Cheek with rounded angle a little above middle of eye ; face not 

 narrowed below cephalicus. 



Mailed September 10th, 1902. 



