ISO ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, '08 



Hab. Mesilla Park, N. M. College campus, June 7, '99 

 (Ckll.). " Digging in sand." 



Related to O. abdominalis Baker, from which it may be 

 known by its larger size, shining abdomen, with the punctures 

 on the second segment more widely separated ; the pale ferru- 

 ginous, instead of dark brown, venation and the narrower 

 spine. 



Oxybelus townsendi n. sp. $. Length 5 mm. Head and thorax rather 

 densely but finely punctured, covered with fine silvery pubescence which 

 is denser on the face, cheeks, prothorax and upper posterior face of meta- 

 thorax ; clypeal process prominent ; mesonotum without depression ; 

 scutellum and postscutellum carinated, postscutellum not so strongly ; 

 squama rising from side of postscutellum, short, strongly curved and 

 sharply pointed ; spine rounded at tip and slightly broader, grooved 

 above until apical third ; areas of the metathorax well defined, posterior 

 face surrounded by a ridge, on posterior face below spine is an oval shin- 

 ing fovea ; abdomen finely punctured, first segment somewhat truncate 

 at base, the medial depression broad but distinct, second segment with a 

 narrow transverse basal depression. Color black ; mandibles at tip pic- 

 eous ; antennae, mouth parts, base of tegulae, anterior tibiae and tarsi 

 dull rufous ; eyes (dry) pale yellowish brown ; squama pallid ; first, sec- 

 ond and third abdominal segments on apical margin dull white ; first on 

 each side with a line of yellow ; a yellowish spot on base of hind tibia ; 

 three apical segments and narrow apical margin of the one before ru- 

 fous ; abdomen with sparse silvery pubescence. Wings hyaline, nerv- 

 ures brown. 



Hab. L,as Cruces, N. M., August 30. Flowers of Solidago 

 canadensis. Dedicated to Prof. C. H. T. Townsend, who col- 

 lected it. 



This species has its nearest ally in O. similis Cress., from 

 which it may be separated by the different shape of the post- 

 scutellum, its being feebly carinated ; fovea in face of meta- 

 thorax not produced beneath, the abdomen evenly punctured 

 throughout ; pubescence on mesothorax silvery and other color 

 characters. 



Accompanied on the flowers by O. sparidcus, O. emarginatus 

 and O. cornutus. 



Beloinicrus cladothricis Ckll., on Croton, between Rovve and old Pecos 

 Pueblo, N. M., Sept. (W. P. Ckll.). This extends the range a long dis- 

 tance northward. 



