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5. Agama anicolor. 



Muiilla xinicolor, Crosson, Troc. Ent. Soc. Phil. "Vol. IV, p. 389. 



Male. — Pale honey-yellow, with bright yellow pubescence, wings yellowish 

 hyaline, clouded with fuscous, eyes large, round. Length b\ — 7 lines, expanse 

 of wings 8J — 11 lines. 



Ilah. — California. 



6. Agama Danans, n. sp. 



Male. — Dark honey-yellow; thinly clothed with erect white hairs, head 

 round, finely punctured; eyes round, large, prominent; antennae fuscous 

 Thorax elongate sub<iuadrate, rounded in front, closely punctured, disc of 

 inesothorax with two longitudinal impressed lines, scutcllum rounded, finely 

 reticulate; metathot-ax roundly truncate, coarsely reticulate. Tegulse convex. 

 Wings hyaline, faintly iridescent, marginal cell elongate-ovate, second sub- 

 marginal obliquely subquadrate, pointed towards base, its basal nervure sinu- 

 ate, receiving the recurrent nervure before the middle; nervures fuscous, a 

 pale fuscous cloud extending from the stigma and gradually widening to the 

 first a}>ical cell : three faint streaks of the same at apex. Legs fuscous, paler 

 towards the joints, femora finely jjunctured, thinly clothed with white hairs, 

 calcaria pale. Abdomen ovate, petiolate, j)etiole coarsely reticulate, second 

 sigmcnt closely punctured, apical segments fringed with whitish pubescence; 

 underside same as above. Length 4i lines, expanse of wings 7i lines. 



ILih. — Texas. 



A variety has tlie basal segment more elongate. 



This species closely resembles A. chua, Cresson, but may be easily 

 distinguished by the transverse fuscous cloud iu the wings, and the 

 coarse puncturing of the abdomen. 



7. Agama clara. 



Mutilla clara, Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. Vol. IV, p. 4.39. 

 Male. — Honey-yellow; apex of abdomen clotlied with long white pubescence, 

 wings hyaline, eyes round. Length 4 lines, expanse of wings 7| lines. 

 Hab. — Colorado. 



8. Agama melicausa, n. sp. 



3falc. — Uniform dark honey-yellow; thinly clothed with erect yellowish hai)'S. 

 Head rounded, shining, finely punctured, eyes large, round and prominent, as 

 well as the ocelli ; anlennre pale fuscous, except the scape, which is j)ale honey- 

 yellow; tips of mandibles black. Thorax: pro- and mosothora.x closely punc- 

 tured, the latter with two short, feebly impressed longitudinal lines; melu- 

 thorax rounded, coarsely reticulate; tegu la; ovale. Wings moderate, hyaline, 

 marginal cell sub-lanceolate, first subinarginal long, narrow and sub-parallel, 

 second subquadrate, narrowed towards the base, its basal nervure sinuate, ami 

 receiving the first recurrent before the middle, third obsolete; stigma lanceolate, 

 dark brown; a faint streaked fuscous cloud in the discoidal region. Legs pale 

 yellow, except the apices of the femora and tibise, which are pale fuscous, 

 thinly clothed with pale hairs. Abdomen elongate-ovate, j)etiolate, smo(jth, 

 shining, thinly clothed with erect jiale yellowish hairs, })eliole as long as the 

 second segment, moderately punctured, the latter having a few very minute 

 scattered punctures ; lateral carinre distinct, apical margin fringed witu tine, 

 white pubescence, the remaining segments margiuud with long thin yellowish 



TBA.SS. AMEK. E.NT. SOC. (34) FEBKLARV, 1871. 



