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joints fuscous. Eyes small, round. Thorax elongate subquadrate, feebly nar- 

 rowed at middle, prothorax with a small tubercle on each side, metathorax 

 roundly truncate, reticulate. Wings only rudimentary. Legs castaneous, 

 thinly clothed with whitish hairs, calcaria white. Abdomen elongate ovate, 

 sessile, stained with castaneous, closely and finely punctured, thinly clothed 

 with silvery hairs. Length 3 lines. 



9 . — Bright ferruginous; head nearly as large in proportion to the thorax as 

 that of the male. Thorax robust, subquadrate, minutely punctured, sides deeply 

 excavate. Legs castaneous, thinly clothed with glittering hairs, posterior tibiae 

 armed with spines. Abdomen above stained with castaneous, thinly clothed 

 with silvery pubescence. Length 2| lines. 



Two ( % 9 ) specimens from Bosque Co. A very curious little spe- 

 cies, in structure allied to laticeps, Blake. 



.Tlutillst simillima. Smith. — Synopsis, p. 255. 



Three 9 specimens from Dallas and Bosque Counties. 



n ill ilia Eloetra, n. sp. 



9 . — Head black, subquadrate, posterior angles rounded, closely punctured, 

 vertex clothed with reddish golden pubescence ; eyes round, prominent; scape 

 of antennas castaneous, flagellum piceous. Mandibles ferruginous at base, 

 black at tips. Thorax ovate, narrowed posteriorly, bright ferruginous, finely 

 punctured, thinly clothed with reddish golden pubescence, bearing on each side 

 two small tubercles, metathorax coarsely rugose on disc, abruptly truncate. 

 Legs black, thinly clothed with glittering white hairs. Abdomen ovate, en- 

 tirely black above, closely and minutely punctured, thinly clothed with bla&k 

 pubescence. Under side closely and finely punctured, clothed with silvery pu- 

 bescence, the margins of the second third and fourth segments fringed with sil- 

 very pubescence, apex black. Length 4£ to 6 lines. 



Two specimens from Dallas Co. Very distinct by the abdomen be- 

 ing entirely black above and clothed with silvery pubescence beneath. 



Genus AGA5IA, Blake. 

 Agama Aulas, n. sp. 



'J,. — Uniform dark honey-yellow; thinly clothed with erect white hairs. 

 Head subquadrate, posterior angles rounded, shining, very minutely and dis- 

 tantly punctured; eyes large, round, prominent, ocelli moderate; scape of an- 

 tennas honey-yellow, scutellum fuscous; tips and upper edge of mandibles 

 blackish. Thorax elongate subquadrate, rounded in front, pro- and mesothorax 

 finely punctured, the latter with four faintly impressed longitudinal lines, me- 

 tathorax roundly truncate, broadly and shallowly reticulate. Wings moderate 

 yellowish hyaline, marginal cell large, ovate lanceolate, first submarginal cell 

 narrow, second subquadrate, pointed towards base, its basal nervure sinuate, 

 third, subobsolete. Stigma fuscous, its apical two-thirds lying within the mar- 

 ginal cell. Tegulse round, polished, honey-yellow. Legs fuscous, thinly clothed 

 with whitish hairs. Abdomen elongate-ovate, petiole pyriform, its ventral 

 carina terminating anteriorly in an obtuse tooth, second segment shining, 

 minutely and distantly punctured, apical margins of all the segments fringed 

 with white pubescence. Length 5 lines; expanse of wings 8J lines. 



Hab. — Texas. (Belfrage.) 



