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bands interrupted in the middle; fifth segment with a pyriform light patch 

 on each side. The last ventral segment is dark, a little hoary in some 

 lights, contrastive strongly with the broadly snow-white hind margins of 

 the three previous segments ; apex or abdomen very obtuse, the apical 

 ventral segment not produced. 



Distinguished from E. lunatiis by the transverse black band, instead 

 of semilunar mark, on the first abdominal segment. The lower part of 

 the pleura is free from hair, and sparsely punctured on a shining ground. 

 This insect seems intermediate between Iu7iatiis and occidentalis, and it 

 may be that all three are races of one species. 



Hub. — c? • Las Vegas Hot Springs, N. i\[., July 1 1. ? . Las Vegas, 

 at fiowers of Petalostemon candidtis, Aug. i i. (W. Porter.) 



Epeohis remigatus, Fabr., var. Martini, n. var. 



$. — Length about 14 mm. Head dull from the excessively close 

 punctures ; clypeus with some larger punctures interspersed, and a more 

 or less distinct longitudinal raised line; dark mark on mesothorax anchor- 

 shaped, the lateral lobes long; pleura with very little light colour; first seg- 

 ment of abdomen with a broad triangle of black on its disc, the band below 

 the triangle narrowly interrupted; band on second segment very thick, and 

 produced obliquely upwards at the sides, forming an acute angle where it 

 bends ; sides of fifth abdominal segment black ; antennae and legs black, 

 tarsi becoming ferruginous, middle tibiae with a stripe of orange-fulvous 

 pubescence. 



Differs from E. robustiis by the dull, densely-punctured clypeus and 

 face, different ornamentation of thorax, band on second abdominal 

 segment bent back at sides, etc. 



Differs from E. concavus by not having the last ventral segment 

 produced or curved. 



Differs from E. Texanus,v. nigripes, by the ornamentation of the thorax 

 and abdomen, and considerably shorter lateral teeth of scutellum. In life 

 the eyes of Martini have the upper third green, the rest black. 



^a(^.— Romersville, N. M., Aug. 6, 1899. (Martin D. Cockerell.) 

 This is very possibly a distinct species. 

 Epeohis Cressoni, Rob., 1867. New to New Mexico. 



Las Vegas, July 24, at flowers of Spharalcea Fendleri lobata, i $ 

 (Wilmatte Porter); San Ignacio, Sept. i, Aug. 31, 2 (W- Porter and 

 Ckll.). A female from near San Ignacio, Aug. 15 (W. Porter), is unusually 

 large, 13 mm. long. 



