212 CHARLES A. BLAKE. 



which terminates at the top in a small ohtuse tooth ; metathorax abruptly trun- 

 cate, the sides closely reticulated, and bearing a shining black tubercle on each 

 side; legs robust, black, clothed with long black hairs; abdomen ovate, basal 

 segment coarsely reticulated, clothed with long scattered black hairs; second 

 segment closely punctured, basal and apical margins clothed with black, disc 

 with pale brown pubescence; third segment clothed with brownish black, the 

 remaining segments with ferruginous; under side of second segment closely 

 punctured, lateral carinse distinct; margins of ventral segments fringed with 

 dark brown pubescence. Length 21 mm. 



Hal). — Texas. 



Spliseroplif Iialiua texana Blake. 



Female.— HesLi and thorax coarsely, confluently punctured, nigro-fuscous, 

 thinly clothed with short erect hairs, the former subquadrate, posterior angles 

 rounded, as wide as the thorax ; cheeks thinly clothed with glittering hairs ; an- 

 tenna- fuscous, scape punctured, flagellum slightly pruinose ; eyes round, promi- 

 nent, polished ; thorax ovate, naiTowed posteriorly, metathorax roundly truncate ; 

 legs black, clothed with scattered white hairs ; feiiiora and tibite finely punctured, 

 intermediate and posterior tibiae armed with spines ; abdomen ovate, narrowed 

 to apex, basal segment fuscous, closely punctured, second segment clothed with 

 obscure fulvous pubescence, its apical margin ciliated with yellow, third and 

 fourth segments nigro-fuscous, clothed with black hairs, apex silvery. Length 

 10 mm. 



Hab. — Texas. Two sioecimens. 

 Allied to Comanche Blake. 



Spliaroplitlialiua elotlio Blake. 



Female. — Black; head subquadrate, posterior angles rounded, not as wide as the 

 thorax, densely ruKose, clothed with black pubescence, cheeks below the eyes 

 closely and irregularly punctured ; eyes round, prominent ; scape of antennse 

 punctured, black, flagellum piceous ; thorax robust, ovate, narrowed posteriorly, 

 densely clothed above with black pubescence, sides closely punctured, mesothorax 

 armed posteriorly with a small tubercle on each side, metathorax abruptly trun- 

 cate, closely punctured ; legs black, clothed with black hairs, intermediate and 

 posterior tibise armed with long spines; abdomen ovate, basal segment closely 

 punctured, clothed with long erect black hairs, second segment having a broad 

 band of reddish golden pubescence, eniarginate anteriorly and posteriorly, divided 

 by a narrow central longitudinal line of black, base and apical margin black, 

 third and fourth black, apical segment clothed with reddish golden pubescence ; 

 under side black, closely punctured, sparsely clothed with black hairs, margins 

 of all the segments fringed with long black pubescence. Length 21 mm. 



Hab. — Texas. One specimen. 



This fine species is allied to comanche. It differs from the latter 

 in having the head less rounded, and the thorax someAvhat longer, 

 the clothing is also less coarse than in comanche. It also resembles 

 oceidenfalis in the ornamentation of the abdomen, but the head and 

 thorax are entirely black. 



