252 WILI-IAM J. FOX. 



10. Abdomen castaneoiis brown, if a tall darker the apical (4-7) may be fuscous. .11. 

 Abdomen black from and inclusive of segment 2 15. 



11. Head considerably produced and rapidly narrowed behind, somewhat rhom- 



biform. but rounded at the occiput; first abdominal segment banded 

 with white pubescence at apex, segments 4-7 fuscou.s. 



albiciiicta n. sp. 



Head broadly rounded behind ; first segment not banded with white, the 



apical segments castaneous brown 12. 



12. Insect throughout very pale, especially legs and antennae, clothed through- 



out with a long, erect, whitish, rather dense pubescence ; stigma pale. 



terrilas Ckll. 



Insect castaneous brown ; pubescence sparser and darker, though pale ; stigma 



dark 13. 



13. Antennae much shorter than head and thorax united, .brevicornis n. sp. 

 Antennae as long or nearly as long as head and thorax united 14. 



14. First segment about three times wider at apex that at base, evenly convex, its 



punctuation separated nielicaiiKa Blake. 



First segment about two times wider at apex than at base, its punctuation 

 confluent Orestes n. sp. 



15. First segment about three times wider at apex than at base, its punctuation 



separated ; head concolorous with thorax ; legs pale- • • -pliito n. sp. 



First segment elongate, subpetiolate, barely twice as wide at apex as at base, 



its punctuation more or less confluent 16. 



16. Head transverse, broadly truncate behind, black ; space between hind ocelli 



much greater than that between them and eyes; antennae shorter than 



head and thorax ; legs dark iiolconiis Blake. 



Head considerably produced and rounded behind, concolorous with thorax; 

 space between hind ocelli slightly less than that between them and 

 eyes: antennae slender, about as long as head and thorax ; legs pale. 



Hiibbardii n. sp. 



FEMALES. 



Insect above, at least on liead and thorax, clothed with a dense pubescence con- 

 cealing the sculpture- . - 2. 



Insect with a sparser pubescence . .5. 



2. Pubescence reddish or golden 3. 



Pubescence of head, thorax and abdomen above from middle of second seg- 

 ment golden yellow; ground color dark, the anterior half of second 

 dorsal segment with long black hairs niarpesia Blake. 



3. Abdominal segments 3-6 above and beneath moreor less with palei)ubesceuce.4. 

 Abdominal segments 3-6, as well as the entire upper surface of abdomen, with 



golden pubescence: ground color reddish, sides of thorax black. 



zeiiobia Blake 



4. Pubescence of thorax above and second dorsal segment coppery red, the long, 



erect pubescence paler; head covered with an appressed, grayish pu- 

 bescence, as well as erect hairs; ground color of abdomen reddish, dor- 

 sals 3-5 fringed medially with yellowish pubescence. - • .arota ('ress. 

 Pubescence of thorax above and second dorsal, except laterally and posteriorly, 

 fulvous; head anteriorly with grayish pubescence. above with fulvous; 

 ground color of abdomen black, the fulvous pubescence of the second 



