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-nally diverging carinse; with exception of the space between these carince 

 and the metapleurse, the metathorax is coarsely rugose; the mesopleuru.- 

 on lower portion with coarse, longitudinal striations; abdomen with the 

 last segment reddish. Length 7 mm. 



District of Columbia. Easily distinguished by the striated 

 mesopleurse. 



7. Alyson trianguliferus Prov. 



A. triangulifer Prov., 1. c. p. 272, <$. 



9. Black; first and second abdominal segments red; mandibles, ex- 

 cept tips, clypeus, orbits as far as middle of front, scape, first two or three 

 joints of flagellum beneath and tubercles, yellow; legs entirely fulvous, 

 the anterior pertaining to yellowish; front finely and evenly punctured, 

 vertex likewise; first joint of flagellum, if anything, a little longer than 

 the second ; prothorax and dorsulum with fine and close, but distinct 

 punctures, the prothorax on sides indistinctly striated; scutellum not im- 

 pressed, the suture which separates it from the dorsulum strongly foveo- 

 lated ; enclosure on metanotum almost exactly triangular, within with 

 somewhat irregular ridges, posterior face of metathorax rugose; wings 

 subhyaline, iridescent, with a fuscous cloud in the vicinity of the marginal 

 and submarginal cells; the abdomen, especially beneath, is clothed with 

 long, sparse, dark hairs. Length 7-8 mm. 



Massachusetts, Virginia, Illinois. Resembles the 9 of opposi- 

 tus, but the shape of metanotal enclosure will distinguish it as 

 well as the color of legs. 



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SOME NEW AND LITTLE-KNOWN AFRICAN HESPERIID/E. 



By W. J. HOLLAND, Ph.D., D. D., F. Z. S., etc. 



The species described and figured in the following paper are 

 represented in my own collection by the types, or by authenti- 

 cally determined specimens. The figure of Tagiades dannatti 

 Ehrmann, recently described in the pages of the ENTOMOLOGICAL 

 NEWS, is represented by a drawing which I have carefully made 

 from the type. I am inclined to think that this species is iden- 

 tical with T. lacteus Mab., described in the Bulletin of the Ento- 

 mological Society of France, ser. 5, vol. vii, p. xxxix. The 

 description given by Mons. Mabille tallies well with the insect 

 figured, save in one or two minor particulars. Cal&norhinn* 

 afratus Mab., C. illustris Mab., and C. interniplaga Mab:, 

 which were described a couple of years ago by Mons. Mabilk- in 

 the " Comptes Rendus," of the Belgian Entomological Society, 

 being there referred to the genus Pardaleodes, are known to me 



