840 S. W. Williston — North American (Jonops<. 



faintly dusted. Abdomen red, with more or less black, on tlie dor- 

 sum of the third, fourth and anterior part of fifth segments ; posterior 

 part of fourth, the fifth and sixth segments, in Avell preserved speci- 

 mens, quite conspicuously dnsted with golden j^ellow. Legs red, 

 coxte mostly, or at least the middle ones in front, black; basal half of 

 tibia; yellowish. Wings light brown on the anterior half, coloration 

 very nearly as in the preceding, the first posterior cell, sometimes 

 scarcely at all, sometimes for tlie lai'ger part, nearly hyaline. Long. 

 Corp., 10-11""". Twelve specimens. Kansas Plains; California 

 (Baron) ; Washington Ter. (Morrison). 



This species is intermediate between iiKirghiatus and tedccmus, 

 holding the same relation to the former as Burgessl does to fnrcilla- 

 tus. From texainis it may be distinguished by its much smaller 

 size and broad thoracic stripes, from maryinatus by the shape of its 

 antennal style and the strong diflTerence in coloration. 



ConopS piCtUS Pal). 



According to Loew, who apparently has recognized this species, 

 (Vide O. Sacken's Catalogue, Note 258), 'pictiis F. is not plctus Wied. 

 but Ramondi Bigot ix a synonym of the former. Not having seen 

 the species I give here Fabricius' original description, together with 

 Bigot's : 



Fab. Ent. Syst. IV, 391, 3. (^a))ut ferrugineuni, I'ostro nigro orbi- 

 taque oculorum aurea. Thorax niger antice utrinque puncto calloso, 

 marginali ferrugineo. Lineolae duae parvae marginis antici, liuea 

 lateralis, scutellum lineaque punctaque duo sub scutello fiavis. 

 Abdomen hamosum, ferrugineuni segnienti primo et secunda nigris 

 margine fiavo, .Viae hyalinae, costa late flava. Pedes ferruginei, 

 apice nigri. 



(]. Ramondi Bigot, Ramon de la Sagi'a, 808. 



" Niger, capite ferrugineo ; oculis brunneis ; antennis ferrugineo- 

 bnmneis, basi pallidis ; haustello ferrugineo, acumine brunneo ; facie 

 ferrugiuea, aureo-nitente ; fronte ferrugineo, linea media brunnea ; 

 orbitis, postice, flavidis; thorace nigro-piceo, antice, linea transver- 

 sali sinuata, interrupta, flava; metathorace postice subtus linea lata 

 transversal!, flava; pleuris externe auratis; alis hyalinis, antice mar- 

 gina ferruginea ; margine magna apicali fusca ; abdomine petiolato, 

 segmentis duobus primis nigris, incisuris pallide flavis ; omnibus seg- 

 mentis posterioribus rubescentibus ; incisuris superne obscure brun- 



