March, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NKWS. 81 



E. ledoidcs, being strongly punctured, segments 2-4 with the 

 apical margins replexed. The pubescent fasciae are quite con- 

 tinuous, not interrupted as in /:. ledoidcs. 



Epeolus autumnalis sp nov. 



9- Maxillary palpi two-jointed, with only one evident free joint ; head 

 and thorax densely confidently punctured, the lower part of pleura with 

 some shining impunctate intervals ; scutellum unusually flat and trans 

 verse, lateral spines large, not equaling the posterior margin of scutel- 

 lum ; black, middle of mandibles rufous ; tubercles, more or less, tegula . 

 tibice and tarsi, including tibial spurs, ferruginous; femora and tn>- 

 chanters, especially of hind legs, more or less blackish ; middle of face, 

 collar, border of mesonotum and two lines on anterior middle, border c.t 

 tubercles, posterior margin of scutellnm, postscutellum, sides of meta- 

 thorax, base of abdomen and apical margins of segments 1-4 with yellow- 

 ish cinereous appressed pubescence, the fasciae more or less notched or 

 interrupted ; segment 5 has a large patch on each side, the extreme apex 

 showing a lunate p Uch of silvery pubescence ; wings subfuscous, the 

 apical margins darker, the nervures and stigma fuscous. Length 10 mm. 



<j\ More pubescent, especially the face and pleura, segments 1-6 of 

 abdomen with apical fasciae, wings more hyaline. Length 7-9 mm. 



Carlinville, Illinois ; 5 9 , 6 specimens. 



E. pnsillus closely resembles this species, but is smaller ; 

 lateral spines equaling scutellum ; tibial spurs black ; pubes- 

 cence of segment 5 of abdomen, before the silvery lunule, 

 transverse, nor forming two lateral spots ; trochanters and 

 and femora more red. 



Triepeolus minimus sp. nov. 



9. Closely resembles the female of the preceding, but is smaller ; the 

 maxillary palpi three jointed, with two evident free joints ; scutellum 

 more elevated, more bilobed, lateral spines shorter, less Mat ; face ; md 

 pleura more densely pubescent, fascia on segment 2 of abdomen with a 

 lateral subquadrate patch extending forwards black ; the labrum and 

 three basal joints of antenna; partly ferruginous ; legs red, hind trorhan- 

 ters and femora more ferruginous, the front ones more black ; wuigs 

 hyaline, apical margins clouded. Length 8 mm. 



Carlinville, Illinois ; i 9 specimen. 



DK. W. J. HOLLAND, Director of the Carnegie Institute and auilmt <>t 

 the Butterfly Hook, is actively engaged in the preparation <>f a work on 

 the Moths, to be profusely illustrated by the three color proi 



