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21. Anomalon ferruginous, n. sp. 9- Length 0.00 in. Br. wings 0.72 in. 



9- Ferriigindus. Aiitenii.'o hardly as long as tliorax. basal article palest, yellow- 

 isli beneath, .3rd as long as Uli and oth, remaining articles wider than long; ver- 

 tex coarsely pitted, ocelli black: face below antennae and a large sj)ot on mandi- 

 bles yellow, tips of mandibles black: base of costa, scutel. some irregular spots on 

 sides of abdomen and tlio torebra valves yellow; a black line al)ove 2nd segment; 

 legs color of l)ody. ])o.sterior pair darkest; anterior trochanters, tibifp and tarsi, tips 

 of posterior trochanters, femora and base of first article of tarsi yellow: wings yel- 

 lowish smoky, stigma rufous. 



Two specimens. Chicago, III. (P. R. Uliler). 

 The nietathorax is coarsely pitted. 



22. Anomalon nigritum, n. sp. %, Length 0.48 in. Br. wings 0.56 in. 



%. Black, abdomen partly rufous. Antenna; black, piceous beneath and yellow 

 at base, a little longer than thorax, articles longer than wide; vertex rough, some- 

 what confluently punctured; a narrow reddish orbital line behind; face at the side 

 of and beneath antennae, a spot on mandibles and the palpi yellow, scutel black; 

 metathorax flattened behind, obscurely transversely rugose, sides of basin distinct; 

 abdomen rufous, base of 1st, a line on 2nd above, the sides of the three following 

 and the apical segments black ; tips of four anterior coxa; and the legs (except a 

 black line on femora above), posterior trochanters, base of tibia and tarsi yellow; 

 all the coxse, the posterior femora and apical half of tibiae black, posterior tarsi above 

 and apical joints of all the tarsi reddish, wings smoky hyaline, costa pale, stigma 

 piceous. 



One specimen. Mass. (Harris Coll.). 



Section III. Autenntie as long or nearly as long as body, very slender, 

 abdomen slender, segments compressed toward apex, 

 a. Discoidal area not contracted at base. 



2.J. Anomalon luteo-pectus, n. sp. %. Length 0.60. in. Br. wings 0.74. in. 



% . Black and rufous with yellow pectus. Antennae longer than body; ferrugin- 

 ous, the sides of 1st article, the 2nd and 4th above and apex black; the basal arti- 

 cle above and below and the 2nd and 4th beneath yellow; head yellow; ocelli 

 ruby, a black spot on summit (enclosing ocelli, with a yellow dot on each side) cov- 

 ering back of head to neck; clypeus and mandibles with pale hair; mesothorax, 

 apex of metathorax and part of pleura black; mesothorax distinctly trilobate, 

 confluently punctured around the edges and between the lobes; tegulse, scutel, 

 front of pleura and pectus yellow; prothorax and neck, space below scutel, base 

 of metathorax and abdomen pale ferruginous; line above 2nd segment and apex 

 of abdomen black; four anterior legs, posterior coxse, trochanters and tarsi yellow; 

 a spot on posterior coxse and trochanters above and the apical half of tibiae black; 

 femora and base of tibiae rufous; wings hyaline, stigma pale. 

 One specimen. Farmington, Ct. 



This and the succeeding species have the metathorax produced as in 

 Sec I, with a shallow suture and interlacing carinas over the whole sur- 

 face. No black spot at base of 1st segment beneath. 



