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narrowed on the radial vein. The second sternite of the male is 

 bituberculate, the tubercles being widely separated. The specimen 

 from Pennsylvania (male) and also the specimen from Giant Forest, 

 Calif., have the maciilations yellow instead of white, which is the 

 color in the case of all other specimens of this species that I have 

 se^n. 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



Califobnia: Giant Forest (C. L. Fox). 



Colorado: Custer County (T. D. A. Cockerell) ; West Cliff. 



Oregon: Mount Hood (C. L. Fox). 



Pennsylvania: Carlisle Junction (May 24, 1910, W. S. Fisher). 



AVyoming: Snalie River (August 18, 1917, W. B. Sheppard). 



STICTIELLA PULCHELLA (Cresson) 



Monedula pulchella Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., vol. 4, 1865, p. 471. 

 Monedula ininutula Handliksch, Sitz. Akad. Wisseusch. Wien. Matli.-Nat. ('1., 



vol. 99, 1890, p. 148.— Daxla Torre, Cat. Hym., vol. 8, 1891, p. 498. 

 Stictiella pulchella Parker, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 52, 1917, p. 40. 



This species was described by Cresson from two females and one 

 male taken in Colorado. All the material at hand was taken in 

 California as indicated below. 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



California: Los Angeles County (Coquillet) ; Los Gastos Canyon, Mount 

 Diablo Range, Fresno County (June 2, 1907, J. C. Bradley). 



STICTIELLA SPECIOSA (Cresson) 



Monedula speciosa Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., vol. 4, 1865, p. 470. 

 tMonedula speciosa Patton, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., vol. 5, 1879, p. 361. 

 Stictiella speciosa Parker, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 52, 1917, p. 41. 



There are in the collection of the United States National Museum 

 three female specimens of this handsome species. The maculations 

 of the thorax and abdomen are almost white. The legs are yellow 

 with the apical tarsal segments of the middle and posterior legs 

 decidedly dusky or black. On one specimen this is true for the apical 

 segment of the anterior tarsi. 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



Canada: Medicine Hat, Assiniboia (August 20, 1916, Sladen). 

 Colorado: Sterling (August 8, 1904, Johnson). 

 Nebraska: West Point (J. C. Crawford). 



This species has been reported also from Kansas and New Mexico. 

 Cresson's type (a female) in the collection of the Entomological 

 Society of Philadelphia is from Colorado. 



