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and as it is a male, I think there is no doubt but what the species 

 should be called P. solstitialis Hentz. Moreover, the species 

 identified, described and figured by Prof. Atkinson as P. caro- 

 linensis does not agree with Hentz's figure of that species. But 

 P. turris Atk. does agree with Hentz's figure of the eyes. There- 

 fore I consider P. turris = P. carolinensis = P. solstitialis. I 

 see no characters of specific value between Prof. Atkinson's P. 

 carabivorus, P. carolinensis and P. quadrispinosus. The varia- 

 tion of width in the cephalothorax is so slight as to be of no 

 value; the arrangement of spines and teeth on claws are not of 

 specific importance. The males are not known. There is no 

 great difference in the eyes. I thus write the species under one 

 name, P. carabivorus Atk., at least until the males show differ- 

 ences in the palpal structure. The two species may be separated 

 thus: 



P. S. E. as near to A. S. E. as to P. M. E. . . . P. solstitialis. 

 P. S. E. nearer to P. M. E. than to A. S. E. . . . P. carabivorus. 



P. audouiniiLueas, 1837, described from "Ameriquedu Nord;" 

 if from W. S. may be one of the above species. Lucas placed it 

 in Actinopus; Ausserer says it is a Pachylomerus; why, I do not 

 know. 



A NEW DALMANNIA FROM CALIFORNIA. 



By D. W. COQUILLETT, Los Angeles, California. 



Up to the present time only two species of the Conopid genus 

 Dahnannia have been reported from America north of Mexico. 

 To these I now add a third, and present a table for identify ing 

 these three species : 



1. Scutellum and humeri marked with bright yellow . . . .2. 

 Scutellum and humeri wholly black .... vitiosa n. sp. 



2. The yellow on hind margins of abdominal segments three and four 



prolonged forward each side, nearly crossing the segments; cheeks 



of male yellow picta Will. 



The yellow not prolonged forward each side; cheeks of male with a 

 large black spot nigriceps Lw. 



Dalmamiia Vitiosa n. sp. r?\ Front yellowish brown, darkest on the 

 upper half, where the dark color forms two indistinct stripes; antenna? 

 black, apex of style yellowish; face and cheeks yellow, the former with 

 two brown median stripes; occiput black. Thorax, pleura, breast and 

 scutellum wholly black. Abdomen black, hind margin of the second, 



