XXxii.'21] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 41 



Clinopera hieroglyphica. 



This species is the genotype of Cliiioi^cra. The male 1 have 

 before me has characters that appear to justify the separation 

 of Clinopcra from Cyrtoneurinci, the genotype of which is 

 nbcr G.-T. The distinguishing characters may be summarized 

 as follows : 



Clinopera Cyrtoneurina 



First wing-vein setulose only First wing-vein setulose only 



basad of humeral vein; third distad of humeral vein; third 

 setulose at base. setulose to or almost to inner 



cross-vein. 



Muscina tripunctata. 



This species is the same as Neonutscina cavicola Townsend. 

 I have a male and female from Townsend's material sent me 

 by Dr. Aldrich ; the male agrees in all particulars with a male- 

 from van der Wulp's series from northern Yucatan. 



The genus is. valid and the species must therefore appear in 

 our list as Neouuiscina tripunctata (v. d. Wulp). 



Charadrella macrosoma. 



A male and female from northern Yucatan. The only 

 species of the genus. 



Spilogaster rubripalpis. 



A female of this species from Cuernavaca proves that 

 Ariciella flavicornis Malloch is a synonym. The species win 1 

 stand in our list as Aricclla rubripalpis ( v. d. Wulp) Malloch. 



Mydaea obscura. 



A male of this species from northern Yucatan has the pteropleura 

 and the declivitous portion of lateral margin of thorax in front of 

 scutellum with hairs in center, prosternum bare, lower margin of 

 metathoracic spiracle with some .black hairs, third wing-vein bare at 

 base, hind tibial calcar absent, third vein slightly flexed forward at 

 apex, scutellum with some hairs low down on sides at base, anterior 

 intra-alar bristle absent. 



I erect for the reception of this species the new genus XKO- 

 ~\\ SCA, with the combination of characters above mentioned. 



1 have in my possession a male from Ksprran/a Ra'u-li. 

 Brownsville, Tex.. July 25. 



Phorbia fuscisquama. 



A male from Omilteme, Guerrero, is an aberrant species 

 referable to Phaonia as at present limited. 



