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Neoglaphyroptera lineola, n. ep. 



Female : Differs from N. stiata Will., in the following partic- 

 ulars : The brown of occiput is sharply defined, the center and 

 sides being yellow ; pleunie with a brown spot anterior to and 

 above the middle coxae, metapleur?e above hind coxae brown ; 

 the last two abdominal segments almost wholly yellow ; all 

 trochanters, the posterior coxae and femora black, the latter 

 with a narrow longitudinal line on the inner and outer sides, 

 yellow ; the brown cross-band on outer part of wing is much 

 broader. Length, 4 mm. 



One specimen ; Kern county, California. 



Neoglaphyroptera cuneola, n. sp. 



Female : Yellow, shining ; vertex with a transverse black 

 line, occiput with a reddish cast and sparse yellow pile, anten- 

 nae, except base, dark brown ; mesonotum with three shining 

 black stripes, the two lateral ones nearly as broad as long, the 

 middle one wedge-shaped, scarcely reaching the middle of the 

 dorsum, pile yellow, scutellum yellow, with two long yellow 

 bristles ; pleur^ip black, yellow above anterior coxae, metanotum 

 black, halteres yellow; abdomen shining black, except narrow 

 lateral margins, apex, and venter, which are yellowish, pile 

 very short and yellow ; legs yellow, a small spot on trochanters, 

 extreme tip of posterior femora, tibiae, and tarsi in large part, 

 fuscous ; wings hyaline, a brownish fascia traversing the wing, 

 starting about midway between tip of first vein and apex of 

 wing. Length, 4 mm. 



One specimen; Colorado Springs, Colo., August, 1894. Col- 

 lected by E. S. Tucker. 



CULICID^. 

 Culex afl&nis, n. ep. 



Female : Head and members dark brown, proboscis lighter in 

 the middle; scales of head light brown; thorax brown, meso- 

 notum uniformly covered with brownish yellow scales, pile 

 black, scales of pleurae mostly white, abdomen brownish scaled, 

 a narrow band at bases of segments white, pile pale yellow, 

 venter white-scaled ; coxae and base of femora pale yellow, dis- 

 tal end of latter dark brown, tibia dark brown with extreme 

 apex and base white ; tarsi concolorous with both ends of joints 

 wiiite, which on the front tarsi is indistinct, and the last joint 



