THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 93 



NEW SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN MYRMELIONID^.— I. 



BY ROLLA P. CURRIE, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Brachyfiemurus Coqttilletti, new species. 



Male. — l^tngih, 33 mm.; expanse of wings, 44 mm.*; greatest width 

 of anterior wing, 5.6 mm.; length of antenna, 6 mm, ; luteous, marked 

 with dark fuscous ; clothed with white hairs, thickly so on abdomen ; 

 apical segments of abdomen with some black hairs among the white ones. 



Face flat, luteous, bordered above by a pitchy-black band separating 

 the antennae and narrowly bordering them in front and on the outer side ; 

 a longitudinal median black line extends from this band almost to the 

 clypeus. Circum-ocular area luteous, except along the anterior portion 

 of the vertex, where it is fuscous, and on the margin next the eye, oppo- 

 site the middle of anterior joint of maxillary palpiger, where there is a 

 fuscous spot. Clypeus rather short, luteous, on either side anteriorly an 

 impressed spot ; above, a few black bristles. Labrum transverse, luteous; 

 rounded laterally and narrowed anteriorly, nearly straight in front, where 

 it is sparsely clothed with light -coloured hairs. Mandibles piceous, 

 black at tips. 



Maxillary palpi of moderate length, luteous ; first two joints short, 

 about as broad as long, subequal ; third joint a little longer than first two 

 together, somewhat curved, enlarged apically ; fourth joint a little shorter 

 than third ; last joint as long as third, slightly fusiform (a little swollen 

 medially), apically piceous ; tip truncate, pale. 



Labial palpi about same length as maxillary, luteous ; first joint 

 twice as long as broad ; second joint about twice as long as first, curved, 

 enlarged apically ; apical joint as long as second, fusiform, strongly 

 narrowed apically, where it is piceous ; sparsely clothed with dark hairs ; 

 tip fine, truncate, pale. 



Maxillary palpigers luteous. Labium and labial palpigers luteous. 

 Mentum luteous, with a longitudinal median dark line, at the posterior 

 end of which is a long bristlef- Gula luteous. 



Antennsfi clavate, as long as head and thorax, luteous, joints with a 

 fuscous ring at base, clothed with some very short dark hairs or bristles ; 

 the two basal joints luteous, clouded with piceous ; basal joint set in a 

 yellow ring which is widest in front. 



*One specimen, a co-type, collected at .San Simon, Arizona, July 5, 1897, by Mr. 

 II. G, Hubliard, expands only 41 mm. 



fThis bristle is not apparent in some specimens. 



