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cence at the apex; tergites 3-6 with thick, erect, golden pubescence; 

 second sternite with hirge, separated punctures; sternites 2-4 with 

 a thin band of golden pubescence at the apex. 



Wings subhyaline; cell R4 almost obsolete; vein M 3+4 received 

 by cell R5 at the middle. 



Legs black, sparsely clothed with silvery pubescence; calcaria 

 whitish. 



Allotype.— 'MqXg^, May 15, 1902, Alamogordo, New Mexico, in col- 

 lection of American Entomological Society of Philadelphia. 



22. PSEUDOMETHOCA PIGMENTATA. new species. 



Female. — Black ; length 10 mm. Head black, covered with sparse, 

 erect and semierect, black hairs; front and vertex rugoso-punctate ; 

 genae with large, confluent punctures; mandibles tridentate; an- 

 tennae separated at the base by a distance equal to half the length of 

 the scape ; pedicellum half the length of first segment of flagellum ; 

 longitudinal carina of genae strong and sharp; eyes slightly ovate; 

 distance between hind margin of e5^es and postero-lateral angles equal 

 to the longitudinal diameter of the eyes; head slightly wider than 

 the thorax. 



Thorax black ; dorsmn of thorax and posterior face of propodeum 

 rugoso-reticulate, the reticulations broader on the propodeum ; moder- 

 ately clothed with erect and recumbent, black hairs; propleura con- 

 fluently punctured, the cephalic margin with a strong, sharp carina ; 

 humeri rounded; mesepisternum slightly finely rugose; mesepimeron 

 with large, confluent punctures ; metapleura polished ; sides of propo- 

 deum with cephalic half polished, caudal half coarsely punctured. 



Abdomen dark ferruginous; first segment completely sessile with 

 the second ; first tergite with small, separated punctures, with sparse, 

 long, black hairs on the disk and a thin band of golden pubescence 

 at the apex; tergite 2 confluently punctured on basal half, with 

 separated punctures on apical half ; tergites 2-6 thickly clothed with 

 golden pubescence ; pygidial area distinct, finely transversely rugose ; 

 sternite 2 with distinct, sparse punctures; sternites 2-5 with a thin 

 band of silvery pubescence at the apex. 



Legs black ; anterior legs with sparse black pubescence ; middle and 

 posterior legs with sparse, silver}^ pubescence; calcaria pale. 



Holotype. — Female, Jmie 10-12, 1908, Chisos Mountains, Brew- 

 ster County, Texas (Mitchell and Cushman), Cat. No. 26207 U. S. 

 N. M. 



Paratype. — Female, Chisos Mountains, Texas (W. B. Phillips), 

 collection American Museum Natural History. 



Superficially this species resembles hrazoria Blake. It may be dis- 

 tinguished from the latter by its heavier vesture and the strong, 

 sharp carina of the genae. 



