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Very much resembles the preceding species, but readily separ 

 ated by the color of pubescence and legs. 



Ashmeadiella curriei, n. sp. 



9- Length 5.5 mm. Black, rather stout, closely finely punctured. 

 Pubescence of face (except sides), clypeus, occiput, thoracic dorsum, tibiae 

 and tarsi ochraceous ; of sides of face, cheeks, pleura, thorax beneath^ 

 femora, abdominal bands and ventral scopa white, mandibles sparsely 

 fringed with long yellow hairs. Antennae short, jet black, clypeus at apex 

 faintly emarginate, fringed with very short white pubescence, two outer 

 mandibular teeth ferruginous, claws and claw joints of tarsi ferruginous ; 

 tegulae punctured, black with a faint reddish tinge, nervures and stigma 

 black, second marginal narrowed fully one-half above, second recurrent 

 nervure reaching second submarginal cell one-fifth length of cell from tip ; 

 tibial spurs black. . 



Hab. Kaslo, British Columbia, June u, 1903 (R. P. Currie). 



Type. No. 6876, U. S. National Museum. 



May be separated from A. prosopidis Ckll., A. cactorum Ckll. 

 and A. mcliloti Ckll., by the absence of white pubescence on the 

 clypeus and thoracic dorsum, lack of red on legs and from all but 

 A. prosopidis by its size. 



Ashmeadiella gillettei, n. sp. 



9- Length 6-7 mm. Stout, but not as broad as A. caUfonrica Ashm. 

 Densely, finely punctured. Head and thorax black, mandibles black with 

 faintly reddish tips, flagellum ferruginous beneath; claw-joint and claws 

 of all the legs reddish, -middle and hind femora reddish, sometimes with 

 some black, hind tibiae reddish on inside. Abdomen black with first dor 

 sal segment red excepting an irregular transverse blotch in center near hind 

 margin, second segment red at sides and a third of the way toward the 

 middle, third segment with a small red space on each side. Pubescence 

 white, dense on face, cheeks and thorax, except disk, where it is present, 

 but sparse and short. Ventral scopa and all the tarsi, beneath, with 

 ochraceous pubescence, bands on abdomen very distinct, last dorsal seg 

 ment with fine, short hairs; tibial spurs black; tegulae pale yellow with 

 an anterior black spot. 



Hab. Ft. Collins, Colorado, June 8 and 20, 1900 (Titus). 



7yfle.No. 6880, U. S. National Museum. 



Cotype in Colorado Agricultural College Museum. Three 

 specimens. 



There is in the National Museum collection a headless female 

 from La Mesa, San Diego Co., California, 21 April, 1898 (L. O. 

 Howard), that very closely resembles this species ; the legs, how 

 ever, are blacker and the 5th dorsal abdominal segment is also 

 densely clothed with fine white pubescence. 



