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Halictoides. 



Many authors have confused this with Rophites, but it is fairly 

 distinct. I have before me the following species : 



H. paradoxus, Moraw. — Innsbruck, July 15th; Sept. 13th, at 

 Euphrasia. Coll. Friese. 



H. dentirentris, Nyl. — Andermatt, J"ly 9th ; " Weissntis," Aug, 3rd; 

 Sept. 2nd, at Campajiula, Coll. Friese. 



H. inermis, Nyl. — " Weissnfls," July 13th, at Campanula. Coll. 

 Friese. 



H. 7narginatus (Cress., as Panurgus). — My New Mexico insect has 

 stood as haiictulus, Cr., but according to Robertson that is identical with 

 marginatus. It flies in August and September. 



H. campa/iuice, w. sp. — ^. Length, 9 to 10 mm. Black, shiny ; 

 pubescence sparse ; pale cinereous, mixed with black, on head and 

 thorax ; black, with a little cinereous, on abdomen and legs. Hair 

 on inner side of tarsi shining orange-fulvous. Head large, very broad, a 

 little broader than thorax^ subquadrate, facial quadrangle very much 

 broader than long, anterior edge of clypeus with a hoary fringe, clypeus 

 and front appearing rough from very close puncture s, mandibles with a 

 well-formed inner tooth, antennre crenulate, flagellum feebly tinged with 

 ferruginous beneath ; mesothorax shiny, with distinct, rather close 

 punctures ; enclosure of metathorax coarsely rugose ; tegulse piceous, 

 with a hyaline band ; wings smoky, nervures and stigma piceous, first 

 recurrent nervure joining second submarginal cell considerably nearer its 

 base than the second recurrent to its apex ; second to fourth joints of 

 hind tarsi broadened, triangular ; abdomen shining, the surface appear- 

 ing silky, hardly punctured ; no hair- or colour-bands ; sides of segments 

 towards apex with tufts of black hair ; apex conspicuously tufted with 

 more or less shining sooty hair ; a large tuft of sooty or black hair also 

 arises from the sixth ventral segment, and is very conspicuous when the 

 insect is viewed from the side. Tongue narrow. 



Hab. — Four from Olympia, Washington State, June 30; all at 

 flowers of Campanula scouleri. (T. Kincaid, coll.) 



How many more of our so-called Panurgus will be found to belong 

 to Halictoides I do not. know, but it is probable that an examination of 

 the types will show that we have at least as many Halictoides (six) as are 

 known from the other side of the world. 



