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nae and almost to vertex, broadest at middle and filling space between 

 clypeus and orbit, excavated for antennal sockets at upper edge of cly- 

 peus and thence continued upward as a linear mark. Antennae short, 

 not attaining tegulae. Head black, coarsely punctured. Thorax witli 

 a scarcely interrupted yellow line on collar, yellow tubercles and spot 

 on tegulae. Legs black with all the knees partly yellow. Abdomen 

 very shining, first segment distinctly punctured, apices of the segments 

 narrowly testaceous. Wings perfectly clear, nervures and stigma 

 fuscous. 



Type. Monroe Canyon, Sioux County, Nebraska, August 

 23, 1908, on Solidago (R. W. Dawson). Collection Univer- 

 sity of Nebraska. 



Distinguished by its small size, partly yellow collar, dark 

 hind basitarsus, narrow face marks, clear wings and by the 

 conspicuous excavations of the face marks about the antennal 

 sockets. Most closely related to P. coloradensis Ckll. [ == tuer- 

 tonis Ckll.] and P. polifolii Ckll., but differing from these 

 species in the excavated face marks. 



Prosopis supracurta n. sp. 



$ . Length 5 mm. Very similar to the same sex of P. sayi Rob., 

 but basal abdominal segment more strongly punctured, the apical tarsal 

 joints strongly suffused with dusky, the nervures and stigma darker, 

 blackish rather than brownish. 



Type. Ute Creek, Colorado, July 17, 1907 (R. W. Daw- 

 son). Collection University of Nebraska. 



This is the western or mountain representative of P. sayi 

 Rob. and may prove to be only a subspecies of that form. It 

 is also related to P. episcopalis Ckll. and P. itniversitatis Ckll., 

 but the lateral face marks of these species are distinctly dif- 

 ferent. 



WE offer our heartiest congratulations to Dr. C. J. S. Bethttne, editor 

 emeritus of The Canadian Entomologist and wish to express our deep 

 appreciation of the work he has done for that journal and for ento- 

 mology in America. It is not often that such men are found, and when 

 they are we should pay tribute to their unselfish love and devoted labor. 

 Dr. Bethune put forth the first member of the Canadian Entomologist 

 in 1868, and brought to completion the 41 st volume. Twenty-eight 

 volumes were edited by Dr. Bethune and thirteen by Dr. Saunders. 



