68 CYRTIDAE OF NORTH AMERICA 



follows: first segment with a large dorsal spot, the other segments with a short 

 transverse basal band, which extends only over the dorsal third, and from which 

 projects posteriorly, except on the last segment, a short dorsal triangle; third 

 and fourth segments with a small spot on each side of the dorsal line near the 

 posterior margin; all the segments with a small lateral triangle, most prominent 

 on the last three segments; venter white, with a single transverse band on the 

 last segment; the entire abdomen covered with whitish hairs. Legs yellow, 

 coxae and basal half of the femora black, tips of the tarsi brownish. Wings 

 hyaUne, veins light yellow, tegulae whitish with a narrow hyaline margin. 

 Length, 5 mm." 



One specimen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 18, 1896. 



Ogcodes borealis new species 



9 . Head black. Thorax and humeral callosities black. Pleura mostly 

 black, yellowish brown just below base of wing. Thoracic pile yellowish 

 white. Scutellum black. Praescutellar callosities black, brown above next to 

 thorax. Squamae infuscated and black rimmed, whitish pile on the surface. 



Abdomen blackish brown. Posterior borders of segments narrowly yellow- 

 ish white, the band on first segment very narrow, wider on succeeding segments. 

 Pile of body very short. Posterior margins of ventral segments yellowish white 

 and the lateral margins of the second, third and fourth segments narrowly 

 whitish. Legs pale brownish yellow, the coxae black. Wings slightly in- 

 fuscated, the veins brown and distinct. 



Tijpe.— Montreal, Quebec. May 28, 1902. In collection of 

 C. W. Johnson. 



Another specimen from St. Johns County, Quebec, is in the 

 collection of C. W. Johnson. I have made this a paratype. In 

 this specimen the squamae are more whitish hyaline. The venter 

 is yellowish brown with darker lateral Inargins. This species can 

 be recognized by the pale yellowish legs. 

 Ogcodes rufoabdominalis new species (PI. XV, fig. 43.) 



(f. Head black. Antennae blackish brown. Thorax and scutellum black 

 with bright yellow pile, which is quite thick and in some lights a pale golden 

 color. Pleura black. Squamae whitish hyahne, yellowish near the yellow 

 borders, and with short yellow pile. Halteres blackish brown. 



Abodmen orange yellow. Segments two to six with a basal blackish band 

 which does not reach nearly to the lateral margins (see fig. 43). The incisures 

 whitish. Pile of abdomen short, erect, and yellow. There is a blackish brown 

 spot on the stigmata along the sides of the abdomen as in the male of dispar. 

 Venter orange yellow with narrow whitish posterior margins. Genitalia 

 blackish brown. 



Coxae mostly black, but with some yellowish brown coloring. Trochan- 

 ters jet black. Femora and tibiae brownish yellow. Tarsal joints dark brown 



