288 WILLIAM J. FOX. 



1. Melhoca stygia Say. 



? Mutilla (Metlwca) pacUin Harris, Cat. Anim. Mass. Insect, p. 587, 1835 (no 



description). 

 Tengyra stygia Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., i, 299. % , 1836. 

 Methoca canadensis Smith. Cat. Hym. Hrit. Mtis., iii, 67, %, 1855. 

 Ischioceras rngosa Provanclier, Nat. Can., xiii, 8, % 'excl. 9 ), 1882. 

 Methoca stygia Blake, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, xiii, 280, % , 1886. 



Occurs from Canada to Virginia, westward to Montana and 

 Nevada. 



2. Methoca nigrior n. sp. 



'^ . — Deep black, shining: pubescence short and black: clypeus tuberculate 

 medially; bead with distinct punctures, those on vertex larger and more sepa- 

 rated ; antennae stout (last joints mi.ssing) ; thorax with strong punctures, those 

 on upper surface well separated : middle segment rugoso-reticulate, i)ractically as 

 in M. stygia. posterior surface transversely rugose: abdomen with tolerably dis- 

 tinct, sparse punctures, finer than in stygia; wings a little infuscated. Length 

 12i mm. 



State of Washington. One specimen. This is a much blacker 

 insect than M. stygia, which has a grayish appearance. 



3. Methoca bicolor Say. 



Methoca bicolor Say, Bost. Journal Nat. Hist., i, 299, 9 , 1836 ; Blake, Tr. 

 Am. Ent. Soc, xiii, 279, 9 , 1886. 



I have only seen specimens from New Jersey (June and July) 

 and Kansas, but have no doubt it is generally distributed as if. 

 stygia ; Provanclier records it from Canada. 



4. Methoca californica Westw. 



Methoca californica West wood, Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1881, 133, 9 • 



California. I am inclined to regard this as a variety of bicolor in 

 the absence of California specimens. I have a New Jersey example, 

 which I regard as bicolor var., which agrees perfectly with West- 

 wood's description. 



TELrEPHOROMYIA Gueriii. 

 This genus was described from Chile and Patagonia, and Ashmead 

 recently records a species from California, which, while agreeing 

 with most of Guerin's generic description, yet differs in having the 

 claws supplied with a sharp median tooth internally, not with too 

 teeth as in Telephoromyia. I am now inclined to regard my Tele- 

 j)horomyia puivicea from Brazil, with cleft claws, as not representing 

 Telephoromyia. It is certain that punicea and anthracina do not 

 belong to the same genus. 



