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hind a little wider; base and hind angles rounded; sides near 

 the epipleurae longitudinally, deeply impressed, the impres- 

 sion reaching neither apex nor base. Elytra about as long as, 

 and together considerably wider than, the prothorax, together 

 longer than wide ; shoulders and outer hind angles rounded. 

 Abdomen strongly pedunculate, the peduncle apparently con- 

 sisting of the third segment; segments 4-8 forming a short 

 oval, above flattened, below convex mass. Legs and all their 

 parts very long; all the tarsi five jointed. Mesosternal process 

 moderately projecting between the middle coxae, at tip slightly 

 rounded. Metasternal process moderately produced, at tip 

 broadly rounded. 



I cannot assign to this genus the proper systematic position 

 in the tribe Aleocharini; Gastrorhopalus Sol. and Ecitophya 

 Wasm. are, to my knowledge, the only other genera of the 

 tribe having a similar abdomen. 



The type species of the genus is 



Beyeria vespa sp. nov. 



Slender, elongate, winged ; entirely yellowish brown ; shining. An- 

 tennae elongate, longer than head and prothorax together; scarcely 

 incrassate distally; joint i long, thick; 2 short, conical, about one-half 

 as long as 3; 3 elongate; about as long as i; 4-10 approximate to each 

 other, gradually slightly shorter, from a little longer than wide to a 

 little wider than long; n as long as 9 and 10 together, acuminate, with 

 moderate pubescence. Head, smooth, sparsely pubescent. Prothorax, 

 with uneven, shallow and indistinct punctures, sparsely pubescent. Ely- 

 tra, with sparse, coarse and shallow punctures. Abdomen smooth. 

 Legs, with long and delicate hairs. Length, 3.5 mm. 



Rincon Mts. in Arizona. 

 Type in my collection. 



LIBELLULA. 



'Round and 'round in a figure-of-eight, 

 Over the hemlock pool ; 

 Gauzy wings in the sunshine gleam 

 Where, here and there, a fitful beam 

 Pierces the shadows cool. 



'Round and 'round in a figure-of-eight, 

 Playfellows blue and green, 

 Evenly matched in a tireless jig, 

 A perfect mechanical whirligig, 

 The liveliest ever seen. 



