262 WILLIAM J. FOX. 



3. Pubescence scarlet, grading into fulvous in some specimens (ground color 



black) aiilhoplioree Ashni. 



Pubescence pale golden 4. 



4. Greater part of body (sides of thorax, abdomen, legs) black ; thorax tolerably 



elongate and pyriform ; pubescence rather coarse. Length 12 mm. 



auraria Blake. 



Greater part of body reddish; thorax shorter, more quadrate; pubescence 



silky. Length under 7 mm. 5. 



5. Thorax anteriorly a little wider than head, rather short; ground color fu.sco- 



ferruginous aspasia Blake. 



Thorax anteriorly, if anything, nari'ower than head, rather elongate ; ground 

 color pale ferruginous plitedra Blake. 



6. Thorax short, truncate behind, its upper surface not much longer than wide- .7. 

 Thorax elongate 8. 



7. Thorax above rugoso-punctate, the punctures of second dorsal segment at base 



strong, apically becoming weak and sparse; a band of white pubes- 

 cence at apex of segments 1-4; color deep ferruginous-erigoiie n. sp. 

 Thorax with tolerably strong, separated punctures, the second dorsal similarly 

 punctured, the punctures even throughout; no white bands on abdo- 

 men, but a sparse, silvery pubescence on second dorsal ; color pale, 

 ferruginous ilione n. sp. 



8. Thorax oblong, truncate and but little narrowed behind (ferruginous, legs 



testaceous, apical segments fuscous ; pubescence sparse). Length 4 mm. 



niyriiiicoides Ckll. 



Thorax pyriform, or considerably narrowed behind, where it is more or less 



rounded 9. 



9. Entirely pale ferruginous, with long, rather dense, pale hair; second dorsal 



sparsely punctured zepliyritis n. sp. 



Head, thorax and first segment ferruginous, remainder of abdomen and 

 greater part of legs black; pubescence rather short; second dor.sal 

 with strong, evenly separated punctures, .saiicta-fese Ckll. and Fox. 



The first seven species have the first abdominal segment rather 

 elongate and narrow, scarcely sessile with second, and distinctly 

 contracted anteriorly from middle. 



125. ]flutilla ceyx n. sp. 



%. — Dark testaceous, clothed with pale pubescence; antennse and legs paler; 

 head broad, not much narrowed and gently rounded behind ; space between hind 

 ocelli but little less than that between them and eyes : antennse slender, a little 

 longer than head and thorax united, first joint of flagellum almost as long as 

 second, the scape longer than pedicel and first flagellum joint united; reticula- 

 tion of middle segment coarse, above at base with three longitudinal, strong 

 ridges, forming two smooth areas ; first abdominal segment rather long, sparsely 

 punctured, narrowed considerably from about middle to base; second dorsal 

 sparsely punctured at sides, smooth medially ; second ventral sparsely punctured ; 

 apical segments densely pubescent; wings subhyaline, nervures and stigma tes- 

 taceous. Length 14 mm. 



Lower California: El Paraiso (May), and Calmalli. Mines (Aprilj. 



