322 AMEKICAN PSYCHODID^. 



of black at the anterior and posterior termiuations of the S-shaped discal band ; 

 length of wing 2.5 mm. Legs yellowish-white, clothed with cream-colored hairs 

 and scales. Anteunfe longer than the width of the wing, 14-jointed, with verti- 

 cellate whorls of cream-colored hair upon the nodes; joints 1-2 small, closely 

 united; joints 3-13 globular, separated by slender pedicles; joint 14 minute. 

 Ventral plate yellowish, very narrow at base, broadening toward the apex, which 

 is px'oduced into divergent lobes; ovipositor yeHow, short, almost straight. 



"Male. — Smaller than female, with the black band upon the wings less clearly 

 evident. Genitalia conspicuous, brown, clothed with long cream-colored hair. 

 Inferior appendages 3-jointed ; joint 1 stout, cylindrical ; joint 2 twice as long as 

 1, slender, slightly swollen at base, curving upwards ; joint 3 very slender, cylin- 

 drical, tapering at apex. Superior appendages not as long as the basal joint of 

 inferior; 2-jointed ; joint 1 stout; joint 2 tapering to an acute point." 



^a6.— Olympia, Washington. Jiine 24 to July 1, 1897. 



* FliEBOTOMlIS. 



The genus Flebotomiis, or Phlebotomus as it has been amended by 

 European entomologists, unwarrantedly, according to Coquillett, 

 has just recently been recorded from North America. Two species 

 are reported from our Continent. The females of this genus have 

 the blood-sucking habit of the mosquitoes. The third anal vein is 

 wanting or hardly distinguishable from the anal furrow, and there 

 are two simple veins between the forked ones. 



Flebotomus vexafor Coquillett. 

 FlebotomuK vexator Coquillett, Entomological News. XVIII, p. 102 (1907). 

 "'Yellow, the mesonotum brown, hairs chiefly brown; legs in certain light 

 appear brown, but are covered with a white tomentnm ; wings hyaline, un- 

 marked ; the first vein terminates opposite one-fifth of the length of the first 

 submarginal cell; this cell is slightly over twice as long as its petiole; terminal 

 horny portion of male claspers slender, bearing many long hairs; the apex ter- 

 minated by two curved spines, which are more than one-half as long as the pre- 

 ceding part, and just in front of these are two similar spines, while near the mid- 

 dle of the length of this portion is a fifth spine similar to the others. Length 

 1.5 mm." 



Hub. — Plummer's Island, Maryland. June 23rd to July 29th. 

 Type No. 10154 U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Flebotomus crufialns Coquillett. 

 Flebotomus criiciatus Coquillett, Entomological News, XVIII, p. 102 (1907). 

 "Same as wa;((<or, except that the hairs are chiefly yellow, and the first submar- 

 ginal cell is about three times as long as its petiole. Hale unknown." 



Hab. — Cacao, Trece Aguas, Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala. April 

 2nd to 26th. Both of these species were collected by Messrs. H. S. 

 Barber and E. A. Schwarz. Type No. 10155 U. S. Nat. Mus. 



