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black dots behind, and two in the anterior corner similar to the ocellus- 

 like spots of M. conspersa ; metathorax yellow, divided by black cross 

 lines ; sides largely black ; thorax between the wings and legs black with 

 many yellow spots and stripes. Abdomen of male slender, longer than 

 wings, densely clothed with long black villosity ; black, each segment with a 

 large yellow spot in middle, a yellow band at the apex, and a yellow band, 

 except on the three last segments, on base ; appendages, long 4 m.m., full 

 as long as the two last segments, thin, cylindrical, a little incurved, clothed 

 with long black hairs ; between and below a short pyramidal tubercle 

 with longer hairs. Abdomen of female similar, as long as the wings ; 

 genitals with a row of black spines, appendages brownish. 



Legs very slender, short, pale, hairy, sprinkled with black, femur and 

 tibia with a more or less distinct black ring at base and before tip ; tibia 

 with the three last joints black at tip, fourth nearly entirely black ; spurs 

 brown, as long as first joint. 



Wings slightly fumose ; pterostigma whitish after a darker spot ; only 

 few of the costals forked before it ; venation black, largely interrupted 

 with pale ; some transversals near the mediana and submediana, and the 

 small forks near tip and hind margin more or less fumose ; hind wings 

 less marked ; venation and hind margin villous. 



Length of body, male 35 m.m ; female 25 m.m. Exp. al. 40 to 50 

 m.m 



Habit. — Texas, Dallas, Boll, and Waco by Belfrage, May 3 to 7 ; June 

 10. California, San Francisco, O. Sacken and Austin; Tucson, Arizona. 

 Seven males and two females. 



Two females from Colorado, sub-alpine, July, length 35 m.m.; exp. al. 

 58, can not be separated from the males, except the larger size; the 

 description agrees fully, the legs and wings are stronger marked ; the 

 abdomen is as long as the wings, the genitals with a row of strong black 

 spines, the small appendages yellow. The greatest breadth of the wings 

 is 9 m.m. where it is of the males only 6 m.m. 



10. Brachynemurus longipalpis Hag., n. sp. 



Pale yellow, marked with black ; face very pale yellowish, with a small 

 black median spot above ; sometimes between the eyes and the base of 

 the antennae a faint black stripe and another one on the inner side of the 

 base of the antennae ; labrum pale yellow ; maxillary palpi pale, of com- 



