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Epimecis atriceps. n. sp. 



Honey-yellow ; head and antennae black, mouth yellow : abdomen dull fer- 

 ruginous : wings hyaline, iridescent. 



Female. — Head black ; frontal orbits beneath antennas obscurely ru- 

 fous ; clypeus, mandibles and palpi, yellow ; antennas slender, as long 

 as the body, black, the basal joint beneath, dull rufous. Thorax en- 

 tirely pale honey-yellow, smooth and polished. Wings rather short 

 and narrow, hyaline, iridescent; nervures and stigma fuscous. Legs 

 moderate, pale honey-yellow, posterior tibiae and tarsi dusky, tips of all 

 the tarsi brown, with pulvilli as in the preceding species. Abdomen 

 about twice the length of the head and thorax, dull ferruginous, the 

 segments deeply depressed at base and a little before the apex ; ovipo- 

 sitor about one-third the length of the abdomen, blackish. Length 4 

 lines; expanse of wings 64 lines. 



Collection. — Dr. J. Gundlach. One specimen. 



Readily distinguishable from the other species by the smaller and 

 hyaline wings. 



Genus CLISTOPYGA. Grav. 

 Clistopyga? lateralis, n. sp. 



Honey-yellow; face and orbits white; antenn e brown; abdomen ferruginous, 

 with five black spots on each side; wings hyaline, areolet triangular, slightly 

 oblique. 



Female. — Honey-yellow, shining ; face, orbits, clypeus, mandibles 

 and palpi, white; eyes moderate, oval, slightly emarginate, black; an- 

 tennas slender, about as long as the body, entirely pale fuscous. Thorax 

 smooth and polished ; mesothorax dull honey-yellow, somewhat flattened ; 

 scutellum small and flattened ; metathorax finely punctured, sides and 

 posterior face rather suddenly depressed, on each side of the insertion 

 of the abdomen a small black spot. Wings rather short and narrow, 

 hyaline, iridescent, nervures and stigma pale fuscous; areolet small, tri- 

 angular, and slightly oblique. Legs rather short and slender, yellow, 

 pulvilli moderate and pubescent. Abdomen sessile, rather more than 

 twice the length of the head and thorax, sides parallel; rufo-ferrugi- 

 nous, the 2nd and four following segments with a small black spot on 

 each side at tip; segments slightly longer than wide, rather deeply de- 

 pressed at base and apex, and the second segment obliquely depressed 

 on each side at base; last veutral segment entire; ovipositor blackish, 

 about one-third the length of the abdomen. Length 4$ lines; expanse 

 of wings 6 lines. 



Male. — Resembles the female. Length 3} lines; expanse 5 lines. 



Collect ton. — Dr. J. Gundlach. Two (S J) specimens. 



I have placed this species in the genus Clistopyya with doubt, on 



