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Jlcsolcptus? strigosns, n. sp. 



% . — Long, very slender, honey-yellow; head subglobose, cheeks swollen, 

 tips of mandibles and flagellum of antennae, black, the latter long and testace- 

 ous; thorax elongate, narrowed into a neck anteriorly; metathorax as long as 

 pro- and mesothorax combined, subconvex above and transversely striated ; 

 mesothorax subtrilobate; wings rather short, narrow, hyaline, beautifully 

 iridescent, stigma narrow, marginal cell very long, lanceolate, areolet small, 

 complete, subquadrate; legs long- and slender, posterior coxae unusually long, 

 apices of four anterior tarsi dusky, posterior tarsi dusky with basal half of third 

 joint white, spurs of posterior tarsi unequal; abdomen long and slender, 

 slightly and gradually widened from base to apex, first segment almost cylin- 

 drical, smooth and polished, the remaining segments finely punctured. Length 

 .30 inch. 



One specimen. (Coll. Gr. W. Belfrage.) A very elongate slender 

 form, with rather short narrow wings; it will probably form a new 

 genus. 

 Jlesoleptus? rotundiceps. n. sp. 



% .— Minute, honey-yellow, incisures of thorax blackish; antennas long, 

 slender, dusky; head large, subrotund, emarginate posteriorly, cheeks large, 

 swollen; wings hyaline, iridescent, stigma large, pale at base, areolet 5-angu- 

 lar, incomplete, the outer nervure obsolete; legs rather long, slender; abdo- 

 men slender, petiolated, depressed, apex stained with fucous. Length .12 inch. 

 One specimen. (Coll. G. W. Belfrage.) 



Jlesolcptus ? stiginaterus, n. sp. 



% . — Small, entirely honey-yellow, smooth and shining, thorax and apex 

 of abdomen darker; head transverse, eyes and ocelli unusually prominent; 

 tegulae pale; wings ample, hyaline, iridescent, stigma large, broad, blackish, 

 pale at base, marginal cell large, subtriangular, areolet incomplete; legs 

 slender; abdomen slender, petiolated, petiole long, rather slender. Length 

 .IT inch. 



One specimen. (Coll. G. W. Belfrage.) This has much the ap- 

 pearance of a winged male of the genus Pezomachus. 



Bassus sycophanta. 



Bnssits sycophanta, Walsh, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii., p. 112. 

 Two specimens. (Belfrage.) 



Exochodes texana. n. sp. 



^, . — Differs from me.vicana only as follows: — Size much smaller; antennae 

 paler; sides of prothorax, mesothorax and pleura entirely, flanks of metatho- 

 rax and two spots at base above, black; wings hyaline, not yellowish, apex 

 slightly dusky, a very small petiolated areolet: a spot on posterior coxae be- 

 neath, as well as base within, and their femora, tinged with dusky, but not 

 black at tips. Length .35 inch. 

 One specimen from Comal Co. 



Exoclius atrocoxalis. 



E.cochws atrocoxalis, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii., p. 114. 

 One specimen. (Belfrage.) 





