256 WILLIAM J. FOX. 



laterally, beneath with strono:, scatterefl pimctui-es; remaining segments finely 

 and closely punctured ; wings subhyaline, slightly yellowish, nervures and 

 tigma pale; entire insect clothed with pale pubescence, a whiti!^h fringe at iijiex 

 of second or second and third segments. Length 11-12 mm. 



Texas. Five specimens. This species has been confused with 

 nokomis, but is quite distinct by shape of first abdominal segment. 



108. iVIutilla nokoinis Blake. 



Agama nokomis Blake, Tr. Am. Ent. See., iii, 260, % , 1871. 

 Photopsis nokomis Blake, ibid, xiii, 259, % , 1886. 



Arizona. Only the unique type seen. 



109. Miitilla Ifiibbardii n. sp. 



'J,. — Head, thorax and first abdominal segment castaneous; abdomen black 

 from segment 2; legs and antennae testaceous, the flagellum and hind legs per- 

 taining to fuscous ; pubescence whitish ; head considerably produced and rounded 

 behind eyes; space between hind ocelli slightly less, if anything, than that 

 between them and eyes ; antennse about as long as head and thorax united ; first 

 abdominal segment elongate, subpetiolate. nodose, but not strongly at apex, its 

 punctures large and somewhat confluent; second dorsal with large, sparse punc- 

 tures laterally, those of the second ventral larger and more abundant ; wings sub- 

 hyaline, nervures testaceous, stigma dark; second submargiual cell shorter than 

 first, the second transverso-cubital vein straight. Length 8-10 mm. 



Arizona: Chiric Mts. and Fort Grant in August (H. G. Hub- 

 bard). Two specimens in collection U. S. National Museum. 



110. 9Iiitilla orestes n. sp. 



'^. — Pale castaneous; legs and antennae paler, clothed with a rather sparse, 

 pale pubescence throughout, the abdominal segments 2-5 with a short, whitish 

 fringe; head subquadra+e, considerably produced, but scarcely narrowed behind 

 eyes, almost truncate behind, punctures tolerably strong and separated; space 

 between hind ocelli very slightly less than that between them and eyes; 

 antennae fully as long as head and thorax united ; first abdominal segment rather 

 narrow, not moi'e than twice wider at apex than at base, convex or subnodose at 

 apex ; punctures coarse and confluent; second dorsal shining, sparsely punctured, 

 the ventral moiety more distinctly; wings subhyaline, somewhat yellowish, 

 stigma dark, nervures pale. Length 14 mm. 



One specimen with no locality label. Inhabits the Southwestern 

 United States, probably. 



111. i^Iiitilla ferrugiuosa D. T. 



Agdina ferrnghiea Blake (nee Smitli), Ti'. Am. Ent. Soc, vii, 254. %. 1879. 

 Photopdn ferrnginea Blake, ibid, xiii, 264, % , 1886. 

 Mntilla ferruginosa Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., viii, 40, 1897. 



Nevada. 



112. IVIiitilla iiigriventris Fox. 



Photopsis nigriventri.s Fox, Pr. C'al. Ac. Sci. (2), iv, .5, % , 1893. 



Lower California. The first segment in this species is only gently 



