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tibiae; abdomen elongate, not much narrowed at base which is dull ferrugin- 

 ous, minutely and sparsely punctured, segments 1 — 5 each with an apical 

 lemon-yellow band, broadly dilated laterally on second and third segments 

 and indented on each side of middle of segments 2 — 4; second and third 

 ventral segments with a triangular yellow spot on each lateral apical corner. 

 Length .50 inch. 



One specimen. (Coll. G. W. Belfrage.) Larger than moneduloi<l< *. 

 Pack., which it resembles. 



Gorytes costalis, n. sp. 



9 . — Black, subsericeous; face broad; broad anterior orbits, narrow line on 

 posterior orbits, anterior margin of the broad transverse clypeus, spot on man- 

 dibles, scape beneath, upper posterior margin of prothorax, tubercles, trans- 

 verse spot beneath tegulse, spot on lateral margin of mesotborax over tegulfe, 

 broad band on apex of scutellum, tip of anterior femora, the two posterior pair 

 beneath, all the tibiae in front, apical margins of abdominal segments T — 5, all 

 lemon-yellow; antennae with joints 2 — 6 pale ferruginous beneath; mesotho- 

 rax, pleura and scutellum with large scattered punctures; metathorax with 

 large, rather dense punctures, the basal triangular space with radiating cari- 

 na; tegulse fuscous; wings hyaline, the costa broadly fuliginous almost to 

 apex, second cubital cell receiving the two recurrent nervures, which are ap- 

 proximated, between middle and apex, third cubital obliquely quadrate, very 

 little narrowed above ; tibiae behind and the tarsi ferruginous, posterior tarsi 

 not much longer than their tibiae; abdomen ovate, convex, much narrowed at 

 base, covered with deep punctures, more coarse and dense on apical segments : 

 second ventral segment convex, coarsely punctured, and with an apical lateral 

 yellow spot. Length .45 inch. 



One specimen. (Boll. Coll. Mus. Comp. Zoology.) 



Gor.ytes Bollii, n. sp. 



9 . — Black, shining, densely and finely punctured, clothed with a fine pale 

 sericeous pile, rather long on face, cheeks, pleura and metathorax ; face broad ; 

 two spots on clypeus, scape beneath, upper posterior margin of prothorax, 

 tubercles, spot beneath tegulae, short line on each side of mesothorax over 

 tegulae, postscutellum, and narrow apical margins of abdominal segments 1 — 3, 

 dilated laterally, lemon-yellow ; joints 2 — 4 of antennae beneath, tegulae and 

 legs, except coxae, ferruginous; postscutellum protuberant; mesothorax strong- 

 ly punctured; metathorax minutely punctured, pubescent, the basal space 

 with a crenulated central longitudinal groove, and coarsely striated on pos- 

 terior margin; wings dusky hyaline, radial cell fuliginous, second cubital cell 

 broad, receiving the recurrent nervures, which are distant, one before the mid- 

 dle and the other near apex, third cubital narrower than usual, obliquely 

 quadrangular; abdomen ovate, convex, much narrowed at base, very minutely 

 punctured; second ventral segment convex, with large deep scattered punc- 

 tures and a small yellow lateral apical spot. Length .35 inch. 



One specimen. (Boll. Coll. Mus. Comp. Zoology.) 



TRANS. AMER. ENT. S0C. IV. (29) NOVEMBER, 1S72. 



