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nietathorax abruptly rounded, coarsely punctured ; wings dark fuscous, marginal 

 cell small, abruptly truncate at tip ; first submarginal larger than the marginal, 

 second subtriangular, receiving the first recurrent nervure, near the first sub- 

 marginal, third distinct and extending beyond the marginal ; legs black, with 

 black hairs ; abdomen ovate, basal segment clothed with erect black hairs ; ab- 

 domcT) ovate, basal segment clothed with erect black hairs, apical half of second 

 and the following segments clothed with long, coarse, scarlet pubescence ; under 

 side black, shining. Length 11 mm. ; expanse of wings 20 mm. 



Female.— Sann^ as the male, with the exception of the second segment of the ab- 

 domen being entirely covered with coarse scarlet pubescence. Length 8.5-13 mm. 



Hab.— California. (Mr. liilich.) 



Closely allied to fulvohiria Cresson, but may be distinguished by 

 the marginal cell being smaller and the clothing much coarser. 



Spliserophtlialina piilchra Smith. 



Female. — Black ; head snuill, narrower than the thorax and densely clothed 

 with bright golden pubescence ; thorax deeply notched at the .sides and having a 

 transverse curved fascia of golden pubescence a little beyond the middle ; the 

 thorax beneath and the legs have a pale ochraceous glittering pubescence ; ab- 

 domen : the second segment has on each side at its base a large angular macula, 

 and towards its apical margin on each side a transverse, oblong, subovate macula 

 of reddish yellow ; the three apical segments clothed with golden pubescence, 

 the fifth having on each side a mixture of black and fuscous hairs. Length 19 

 mm. (Smith.) 

 Hab.— Mexico. 



NplistTophtlialina Sniiiiohrasti Sau.ss. 



3/rt/c. — Head and thorax black, clothed with ochraceous pubescence, nieso- 



tliorax black ; wings hyaline, clouded at apex, marginal cell short, truncate at 



tip : abdomen above clothed with .scarlet pubescence, apex black ; eyes round. 



Length 13 mm. ; expanse of wings 17 mm. 



Female. — Head subquadrate, posterior angles rounded, clothed with dense 

 (5~t. ochraceous pubescence ; eyes round, convex, polished ; antennsB black ; 

 ^^ thorax short, subquadrate, .somewhat wider than the head, narrowed 

 yw7 jiosteriorly, disc clothed with black pubescence, margined laterally 

 ~T and po.steriorly with ochraceous; legs black, clothed with yellowish 

 '^m\ hairs; abdomen ovate, second segment clothed with dense ochraceous 



\^^^fl pubescence, having on the disc a bilobate patch of black, somewhat 



SJ^By resembling a horseshoe in form, extending to the anterior margin, 



^i' third and fourth segments with black pubescence, the remaining ones 



ochraceous, apex black. Length 8.5-13 mm. 

 Hab. — Mexico. 



?$pli»'ropIitIialiiia iiiilitarii^ Smith. 



Female. — Bright brick-red; the head, legs, basal segment of the abdomen, a 

 trilobate si)ot at the base of the second segment, an angular one on its apical 

 margin, and also the four apical segments, black ; all the black parts of the in.sect, 

 except the legs, are clothed with black pubescence, on the legs and the red por- 

 tions it is griceous. Length 13 mm. (Smith.) 



Hab. — Jamaica. 



