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^ Body black; antennae moderate ; clypcus and labrum, 

 spot at base of mandibles, and i)alpi, whitish ; clypeus 

 deeply emarginate ; labrum truncate ; wing-scale, edge of 

 collar, and two dots behind scutellum, yellow ; legs yel- 

 low ; coxae at basal tips black ; four anterior legs immac- 

 ulate ; apical half of posterior femora above, the tibiae, and 

 basal half of first joint of tarsi, black ; wings slightly 

 clouded ; nervures black ; and stigma pale at base. 



Hab. Farmington, Conn. 



One specimen examined. This may be the male of A. 

 Jiavicoxcc. 



Sp. 45. A. Jiavolineatus. Nov. spec. Black, with edge 

 of collar, scutellum, a line on pleura, and legs in part, yel- 

 low. ( 9 Long. 0.32 in. Ex. alar. 0.65 in. $ Long. 0.25 

 in. Ex. alar. 0.55 in.) 



9 Body black ; antennae moderate ; head and thorax 

 punctured, most densely about the ocelli ; clypeus sparsely 

 punctured, almost inclosing the labrum, which is truncate, 

 and fringed with hair; clypeus and other parts of mouth 

 pale yellow; mandibles at tip and apical joints of palpi at 

 tip black ; wing-scale, edge of collar, apex of scutellum, 

 two dots behind, and a broad line on pleura before inter- 

 mediate legs, pale yellow ; tip of anal segment of abdomen 

 sometimes white ; legs yellow ; coxae yellow ; on the ante- 

 rior pair a slender black line above, from middle of femora 

 to nails ; the intermediate femora above toward apex, the 

 tibiae, and tarsi at tips are black; the apical half of poste- 

 rior femora, the apex and base of tibiae, and the tarsi are 

 black. In some cases the posterior tarsi are only tipped 

 with black. Wings hyaline, faintly smoky ; nervures 

 dark ; stigma enlarged, pale at base. 



$ The male has the pleural mark and posterior coxae 

 pure white ; the four anterior legs straw-color, with a very 

 slender black line on the anterior tibiae, and the tarsi tipped 

 with black ; the posterior tibiae black, with a short white 

 line in middle above. 



