388 E. T. CRESSON. 



except a central black spot, white; wings subliyalinc, costal half of the 

 marginal cell fuliginous; iicrvures black; legs black, all the tibiic with 

 an exterior white streak, the tarsi densely clothed with white pubes- 

 cence exteriorly and brownish within ; abdomen clothed above with 

 a short, thin, white pubescence, more dense at the base, each segment 

 has a subapical whitish fascia, dilated on the extreme sides, all of them 

 slightly interrupted in the'iniddle, and emarginate on each side ante- 

 riorly, except that on the first segment, which encloses a black dot; 

 the fasciix; become broader on the apical segments; ventral scopa short 

 and white or yellowish-white. 



Described from four $ specimens. Also taken in Colorado. 



30. Epeolus remigatus, Fabr. 



Mdecta remujata, Fabr., Syst. Piez. p. 1587. Cresson, Proc. ite. iii, p. 393. 

 One 9 specimen. 



37. Melissodes menuachus, n. sp. 



Male. — Black ; head, thorax and legs densely clothed with a long 

 ochreous or fulvo-ochraceous pubescence, the apical margins of the ab- 

 dominal segments fringed with a short dense, pubescence of the same 

 color; clypeus entirely, and a spot at base of niandildes, pale yellow- 

 ish ; antennae three-fourths the length of the body, bright fulvo-testa- 

 ceous, darker and sometimes blackish above, the base blackish ; wings 

 hyaline, the nervures, as well as the tegula), pale fulvous; logs thickly 

 pubescent, tarsi more or less fulvous; abdomen ovate, thinly clothed, 

 except at apex, with ochreous or fulvo-ochraceous pubescence ; the de- 

 pressed, apical margins of the segments pale testaceous; on the ex- 

 treme lateral, basal margin of the fifth segment a short angular acute 

 tooth, and a smaller one at tlie base of the sixth segment, the ajtex of 

 this segment is concave, with the sides acutely reflexed and its tip trun- 

 cate; venter brownish, with the apical margin of the segments fringed 

 with ochreous pubescence. ]jength 5 — Si lines. 



Two S specimens. Also found in Colorado. 



