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joint of antennas two and one-half times as wide as long, over twice as 

 wide as greatest width of the first joint; face bare. Head, first joint of 

 antennae, body, coxae and femora opaque, grayish pruinose, mesonotum 

 marked with three brown vittae, the median one about one-fourth as wide 

 as the gray space on either side of it; an oblong brown dorsal spot on 

 abdominal segments two to five. Wings hyaline, the stigma pale brown. 

 Length 5 mm. 



Santa Clara Co., Cal. A female specimen collected by Prof. 

 C. F. Baker. 



Type. No. 8034, U. S. National Museum. 



Family BOMBYLIIDy^. 



Phthiria melanoscuta, n. sp. 



Black, the sides of the front, posterior half of the cheeks, lateral and 

 lower margins of the occiput, sides of the mesonotum, a broad vitta on 

 upper edge and one below middle of pleura, connected by a cross-line 

 below the wings, a spot above front coxae, the hypopleura, halteres. abdo 

 men, coxae, femora, tibiae and bases of tarsi, yellow (antennae wanting). 

 Head polished, face and cheeks almost bare, proboscis about six times as 

 long as the head, palpi slender, linear, nearly as long as the head. Hairs 

 of body whitish, scutellum and the black portion of the mesonotum opaque, 

 velvety. Wings hyaline, stigma grayish, last two sections of fifth vein 

 subequal in length. Length 2.5 mm. 



Dripping Springs, Organ Mrs., N. M. A female specimen 

 collected in September, 1899. by Prof. T. D. A. Cockerel!. 

 Type. No. 8013, U. S. National Museum. 



Phthiria fulvida, n. sp. 



Yellow, a large spot on either side of the face which extends consider 

 ably on the cheek and slightly on the front, the third antennal joint 

 except its base, the mouth parts, center of occiput, an ocellar dot, middle 

 of metanotum and apices of tarsi, black; three vittae on the mesonotum, 

 a few spots on the upper and lower portions of the pleura, and the narrow- 

 bases of some of the abdominal segments, reddish yellow. First two 

 joints of antennae of nearly an equal length, the second wider than long, 

 the third about four times as long as the first two taken together, its upper 

 and lower edges almost parallel, but converging toward the apex which is 

 deeply emarginate ; proboscis about twice as long as the head, palpi rather 

 robust, dilated toward the apex, reaching slightly beyond apex of second 

 antennal joint; head polished, face and cheeks almost bare. Hairs of 

 thorax and scutellum yellowish, mesonotum somewhat polished. Wings 

 hyaline, apical half of subcostal cell yellowish, last two sections of fifth 

 vein subequal in length. Length 3.5 mm. 



