S. W. Williston — North American Conopidoi. 3V9 



side of the four front tib"ue with light golden luster. Wings with a 

 brown cloud, reaching to the extremity of the submarginal cell ; 

 costal cell and a streak running over the fourth longitudinal vein 

 light yellow; the brown does not encroach upon the first basal cell, 

 except at the base. 



Hab. Western Kansas ! 



Three specimens, August. 



ZODION. 



Small to rather large species, nearly bare, black or reddish yellow. 

 Face bare, somewhat receding in profile ; cheeks narrower than the 

 vertical diameter of the eyes. First joint of antennae short, the 

 second and third of nearly equal length. Proboscis slender, elon- 

 gate, directed forward, not bent near its middle. Abdomen moder- 

 ately long, arched above, curved downward at its tip, modei-ately 

 narrowed at the base. Femora thickened, the hind pair but little 

 longer than the others. Wings without distinct picture. 



Zodion pictulum, n. sp. 



3 ? . Length, 1^ — 8.^™™. Head yellow, cheeks with obscure, 

 indefinite, brownish spots ; proboscis black, about as long as the hind 

 femora. Antennae yellow, the third joint reddish or somewhat 

 brownish, second and third joints of equal length. Face with a 

 silvery white reflection. Front opaque yellow, blackish at the 

 vertex, with a triangular expansion in the middle in front ; below 

 the middle, on each side near the orbit, with a small blackish or 

 brownish spot. Occiput black, with black pile; and with silvery 

 pollen, changeable in different reflections. Thorax and abdomen 

 black, thickly light gray pollinose, leaving deep black opaque spots 

 as follows: On the dorsum of the thorax with two slender stripes, 

 broadly separated and interrupted or abbreviated on the poste- 

 rior part ; on the inner side of each with an elongate spot, some- 

 times obsolete, situated near the posterior part of a dark, not 

 opaque, stripe; on each side with two large spots, one before, the 

 other behind the suture; a spot on the humeri, the outer end of the 

 suture, the post-alar callosity, the tip of scutellum, and an additional 

 smaller one on each side ; the pleurse with several less definite ones ; 

 the dorsum of the abdomen with irregular, rather large spots on the 

 anterior corners of the second segment and on the posterior part of 

 the second and following segments. Scutellum projecting, nearly 

 triangular in shape. Ovipositor shining black. Legs yellow, 



