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apex. Black ; clypeus, line on pionotum, tegulae and abdominal spots 

 white ; legs reddish-yellow, hind tibiie while at base, the apical part black. 

 Wings hyaline, iridescent; venation dark brown. 



Type locality : Florissant, Colorado. Specimens swept from Salix 

 brachycarpa in June and July by S. A. Rohwer. There are also some 

 Colorado numbered specimens in the C. F. Baker collection. 



Type, No. 12838, U. S. N. M. 



The male is very like the female, but has the usual sexual differences. 



Empria melanosto^na, n. sp. — -PxcHostomidea maculata Kincaid, 

 Wash. Ac. Sc, Vol. II, Nov. 24, 1900, p. 346. 



$. Length, 6 mm. Clypeus as in ^^//V/.f Roh., but the carina is 

 stronger ; antennje of the short, subslender type ; antennal furrows com- 

 plete ; middle fovea and ocellar furrow forming a deep, shining frontal 

 furrow ; sheath obliquely truncate, the angles rounded ; saw with large 

 teeth, the upper part reaching neaily to tip, the margin strong. Black ; 

 line on pronotum, abdominal spots and knees white ; tibiie brownish. 

 Wings hyaline, iridescent ; venation dark brown. 



(^ . Length about 5 mm. Very like the female, except for the 

 sexual differences. 



Type locality : Sitka, Alaska, June, 1899. (T. Kincaid.) 



Other localities: Yakutat, Alaska, June 21, 1899. (T. Kincaid.) 

 Oregon (Koebele), "W. T." 



Type, No. [2839, U. S. N. M. 



Var. A. — 9 . Edge of clypeus white ; third antennal joint longer 

 than fourth ; emargination of clypeus broader and the lobes sharper. 



9 , Ute Creek, Colorado, July 4, 1907, 9,000 ft. (R. W. Darson.) 



Empria mellipes, n. sp. — ^ . Length, 7 mm. Clypeus broad, 

 subtruncate, carina nearly wanting ; antennae short, subrobust ; antennal 

 furrows slightly interrupted below ocelli ; middle fovea small, circular, 

 indistinctly connected with the narrow ocellar furrow ; sheath of the 

 normal type, rounded beneath ; saw with rather large hooked teeth, the 

 upper part faintly ribbed and reaching apex. Black ; pronotum, teguhx?, 

 indistinct spot on pleurre, legs below the coxae and the abdominal spots, 

 which are large, reddish-yellow. Wings pale brownish ; venation pale 

 brown. 



Type locality: Missouri. Specimen labelled "Straw. Apr. 14,71 

 C. Mo." 



Type, No. 12840, U. S. N. M. 



