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Mex., on August 26th. It was identified by Mr. Fox, and is, I 

 believe, an addition to the Mexican fauna. Mr. Fox, who has 

 access to the types of Cresson, assures me that M. tristis is un- 

 described. He remarks that it resembles the of M. menuacha, 

 'agilis and confusa, but differs in not having" a yellow clypeus. 



Calliopsis subalpinus Ckll. n. sp. <$. Black, with the antennae and 

 front legs parti}- rufous. Length about 8 5 mm. Head broad, some- 

 what broader than thorax, shining black, finely and rather sparsely punc- 

 tured, rather thinly clothed with long grayish white hairs, which are 

 denser on the face. Clypeus pale primrose-yellow, except a black patch, 

 broader than long and broadly notched below, on its upper median bor- 

 der, and a small black spot on each side of this patch. The space be- 

 tween the clypeus and the antennce, and a band along the front lower 

 margin of each eye, are also pale yellow. Mandibles pale yellow, with 

 the tips rufous; antennas with the flagellum more or less yellowish rufous, 

 the last two segments being wholly so; scape black. Length of antennae 

 2 ' 3 mm. Thorax oval, shining pitch-black, sparsely punctured, with hairs 

 like those on the head. Abdomen black, shiny, finely and rather closely 

 punctured; the last three segments conspicuously hirsute at sides with 

 pale brownish hairs; the last five segments dorsally with a fine appressed 

 pubescence of the same color, while on the first two segments the hairs 

 are sparse and more inconspicuous. The general appearance produced 

 I >y the hairs of the abdomen at a glance is as if it were dusty. Length 

 of abdomen nearly 5 mm. Legs black, hairy like the thorax; tarsi of 

 front and middle legs, and anterior part of tibiae of front legs orange- 

 rufous. Wings hyaline, brilliantly iridescent, green and pink in certain 

 lights, venation fuscous; apex of primaries conspicuously fuscous, the 

 HHCOUS portion being sharply defined, and about as large as the second 

 submarginal cell. Marginal cell very elongate, narrowly truncate at apex; 

 first submarginal over twice as long as broad, second submarginal sub- 

 quadrate, narrowed above. 



Hab. Las Cruces, N. Mex., 1893. One specimen. 



Mr. Fox assures me that this species is hitherto undescribed. 

 In Caster County, Colorado, I took Calliopsis in the high-alpine 

 zone, but not in the mid-alpine (Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xx, 310). 

 The present species, from 3800 feet in southern New Mexico, is 

 quite different from the high-alpine one I found in Colorado. 



Nomada penniger Ckll. n. sp. Black with reddish legs and abdomen; 

 length about 6 mm. Head about as broad as thorax, broader than 

 long, eyes large. Head pitch-black, shiny, finely punctured; face cov- 

 ered with appressed grayish silvery hairs, which aiv pinnately barbed; 

 antennae very dark bro\vn; mandibles reddish; clypeus reddish. Scape 

 of antennce witli conspicuous appressed pale hairs; funicle without hairs, 



