264 H. Friese. 



white pubescence on each side, that above the antennae slightly fulvous; the flagellum 

 of the antennae fulvous beneath. The scutellum with dense pale fulvous pubescence; 

 the wings hyaline, the nervures, stigma, and tegulae rufo-testaceous; the apical joints 

 of the tarsi pale ferruginous. Abdomen shining, the basal segment impunctate, at its 

 extreme base a little pale fulvous pubescence, also a little at the sides of the second, 

 and the following segments covered with similar pubescence. 



»d\ Smaller; the labrum rufo-testaceous, the tips of the mandibles ferruginous; 

 the wings as in the female; the legs rufo-piceous; the tibiae and femora darkest above, 

 the pubescence whitish above and fulvous beneath. The abdomen rufo-testaceous be- 

 neath, above obscurely so; a little white pubescence at the base; the second segment 

 has an interrupted fascia of white pubescence, and the third and following segments 

 covered with the same. 



»Para, Brasilia.« 



25. Exomalopsis neglecta Buyss. 



1891. Exomalopsis neglecta Buysson, d\ Ann. soc. entom. France, LXI, pag. 55, Nr. 12. 



»cT. Corps petit, trapu, noir couvert de poils blancs, peu epais; antennes marron, 

 rousses en dessous; thorax lisse, brillant, ä points mediocres epars; ecailles scarieuses, 

 testacees, grandes; ailes hyalines ä nervures rousses; pattes marron roussätre avec d'epais 

 et longs poils blancs. Abdomen court, ä points mediocres, profonds, peu serres, couvert 

 de poils blancs, courts, fins et couches, les segments 1 et 2 avec une bände de poils 

 bruns sur le milieu du bord apical. Long. 6 J / 2 mm.« 



Caracas (Venezuela). 



26. Exomalopsis solidaginis Cockll. i. 1. 



1898. Exomalopsis solidaginis Cockerell, cT, i. 1. d. d. 21. IX. 1898. 



»cf. Length about 5 mm., black, with rather abundant entirely pale pubes- 

 cence. Head broader than long, vertex quite broad, shining; face densely covered with 

 plumose shining white hair; clypeus and labrum black; mandibles black, dark 

 rufous at the middle; scape black; flagellum yellowish-brown, black above; 

 pubescence of pleura pure white, of thoracic dorsum disty white; mesothorax smooth 

 and shining, punctured only at the sides; base of metathorax nude, smooth and shining; 

 tegulae pale testaceous, hairy all over; wings perfectly clear, nervures and stigma very 

 dark brown; second submarginal cell extremely small and narrow, twice as 

 high aslong, narrowest above; transverso-medial nervure joining first discoidal 

 cell almost at its extreme base; legs black, with abundant white hair; the tarsi, 

 especially the small joints, ferruginous; hair on inner side of basal Joint of hind 

 tarsi fulvous; abdomen short, as usual in the genus, covered with dull white hair, ex- 

 cept the disc of the first segment, which is exposed and shining, though not free from 

 hair. The first abdominal segment is without any conspicuous punctuation, and has 

 not the transverse keel of E. compactulus. 



»Las Cruces, New Mexico, Aug. 27 (C. H. T. Townsend). At flowers of Soli- 

 dago canadensis subsp. ari\onica (Cockll., Ms.).« 



27. Exomalopsis texana n. sp. cf 9- 



Nigra, griseo-hirsuta, Q abdominis segmentis 1. — 2. nitidis, 3. — 6. opacis, 1. — 2. 

 utrinque albido-tomentosis, 3. — 5. marginibus latissime sed obscure albido-fasciatis; 



