998 FAMILY XXXII. — VELIID^. 



first joint of antennas, coxa?, trochanters, basal halves of front femora 

 and margin of basal third or more of connexivum, orange-yellow; under 

 surface of body and apical fifth of pronotum densely clothed with bluish- 

 gray pile. Head across eyes more than twice as broad as long; vertex 

 convex, its base about one-third wider than diameter of an eye. Joint 1 

 of antenna? nearly twice as long as 4, 2 slightly longer than 3. Prono- 

 tum extending much farther back than in obesa, covering the mesonotum 

 and part of metanotum, its hind margin broadly rounded, male, sub- 

 truncate, female; disk coarsely, rather sparsely irregularly punctate. 

 Connexiva of female meeting above the last dorsal, sometimes above the 

 last three, their basal halves widely separated. Legs distinctly shorter 

 and stouter than in obesa, the hind femora armed beneath much as there. 

 Length, 3.6 — 3.8 mm. 



Gainesville, Fla., Oct. 13 (Husscy) ; this, the type and only 

 recorded locality, several hundred specimens having been there 

 collected. 



1135 ( — ). Rhagovelia flavicincta Bueno, 1924a, 249. 



Form of the two preceding species but less robust than either. Dull 

 black; vertex and basal two-thirds of pronotum more shining; basal third 

 or more of first antennal, a large transverse spot on apical third of prono- 

 tum, entire margin of connexivum, prosternum, coxa?, trochanters and 

 basal third of front femora, a rather bright yellow ; under surface densely 

 clothed with a fine bluish pile; last ventral and genital fuscous and with 

 scattered yellow hairs. Antenna? fuscous-brown, joint 1 distinctly curved, 

 2 and 3 subequal, 4 slightly shorter than either. Pronotum covering in 

 great part the mesonotum, its hind margin broadly rounded, male, sub- 

 truncate, and impressed at middle, female; metanotum exposed as in 

 obesa. Connexiva of female almost meeting above fourth dorsal, then 

 slightly divergent and again subcontiguous above the last one, the first 

 segment with a tuft of matted hairs. Male with a stout black spine on 

 front trochanters, and basal spines of hind femora stouter than in obesa, 

 the shorter ones following of nearly equal length. Female with trochan- 

 ters unarmed, basal spine of hind femora longer and more slender than 

 in male, the others minute. Length, 3.2 — 3.8 mm. 



Raleigh and Swannanoa, N. C, July 17 — Oct. 20 (Brimley). 

 Known only from that State. 



1136 ( — ). Rhagovelia oriander Parshley, 1922, 19. 



Form and size of R. obesa. General color darker, without the faint 

 bronzed tinge of obesa; yellow markings the same, the spots on front 

 margin of pronotum obscured by a bluish bloom. In addition to the struc- 

 tural differences given in key, the male has the hind margin of pronotum 

 obtusely angulate; abdomen wider, less narrowed apically; hind femora 

 much more swollen, armed above on inner side near middle with an acute 

 spine, this preceded on basal half with a row of fine, equal, closely-set 

 teeth, and followed on apical half by two rows of fine teeth, those of the 

 upper row the larger. The female, in addition to the knobbed process, 



