Nov., '08] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 419 



This belongs to Fox's group hilaris Sm. The black clypeus, 

 mandibles and venter are good superficial characters to separate 

 this species from its allies. The sculpture is much finer than 

 in any allies except snowi from which it differs in the wider 

 space between the eyes at the clypeus and other characters. 



Crabro (Xylocrabro Ashm. ?) besseyae n. sp. 



9 Anterior margin of the clypeus rounded out, carina distinct; 

 mandibles at apex tridentate, at base within with two large teeth ; 

 width of the eyes at the clypeus a little greater than the width of the 

 clypeus; first and second flagellar joints equal; head closely punctured 

 with rather large punctures, more sparsely so on vertex and posterior 

 orbits ; ocelli in an obtuse triangle ; distance between the lateral ocelli 

 and nearest eye margin about the same ; furrow from anterior ocellus 

 rather indistinct ; pronotum rather feebly carinated, anterior angle with 

 a small tooth ; dorsulum punctured with rather large, strong punctures ; 

 scutellum sparsely punctured ; mesopleura anteriorly sharply truncated, 

 transversely striated, with some large punctures among the striae; 

 enclosure and sides of metathorax not sharply defined ; enclosure and 

 posterior face rather coarsely, irregularly, closely punctured ; post- 

 scutellum more finely so ; furrow of metathorax extending to below 

 middle of posterior face ; metapleura very finely, transversely striate ; 

 anterior femora at base beneath with a small tooth ; first rec. rather 

 near apex of first cubital cell; abdomen, both dorsal and ventral sur- 

 faces, punctured with rather small, distinct, well-separated punctures ; 

 pygidium about twice as long as width at base ; apical half strongly 

 contracted and narrowed, basal half broad, punctured with large 

 punctures ; scape at apex, spot on mandibles, two spots on pronotum, 

 tubercles, anterior femora beneath, four posterior femora beneath for 

 basal half, spots on dorsal abdominal segments 2-5 bright yellow; 

 clypeus, cheek and inner orbits with dense silvery pubescence ; thorax 

 with some white hairs ; wings strongly dusky, iridescent ; venation 

 black. 



Habitat Boulder, Colo., May 26, 1908, at flowers of Bcs- 

 seya plantaginca (S. A. Rohwer). 



This species is nearest to stirpicolus Pack., but differs as 

 follows : metathorax above and behind not coarsely striated, 

 etc. The shape of the pygidium should distinguish this species 

 at once. 



Ichneutidea secunda n. sp. 



9 . Length 4 l /> mm ; length of anterior wing 4 mm. Head shining, 

 impunctate; ocelli in a low triangle; a furrow from lower ocellus to 

 occiput ; antennal fovese quite distinct, wider above the antennae ; an- 



