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legs before, and spot on extreme sides of basal plates, all white; wings hyaline, 

 pale fuscous on apical half, nervuros and stigma black; posterior femora more 

 or less, and abdomen except two or three basal segments, ferruginous ; some- 

 times the tips of posterior femora, and their tibiae except pale line beneath, are 

 black ; abdomen short, about as long as head and thorax. Leugtli ,35 inch. 

 Hah. — Nevada, (Morrison). 



Allantus occidaneilS. — 9- — Black, shining; dot at summit of eyes, 

 lower half of cheeks, clypeus, labrum, mandibles except tips, palpi, posterior 

 angles of prothorax,subangular line ou pleura, two dots on pectus immediately 

 in front of middle coxae, tegulse, spot above posterior coxae, the legs beneath, 

 and sides of basal plates, white; clypeus deeply emarginate; antennae short, 

 nine-jointed, slightly thickened beyond middle, third joint nearly as long as 

 fourth and fifth together; wings hyaline, slightly dusky towards tips, nervures 

 •and stigma black; abdomen fulvo- ferruginous, basal plates except sides, and 

 the first segment, black. Length .45 inch. 



Hah. — Colorado, New Mexico. The specimen from New Mexico 

 has the posterior femora and tibiae ferruginous beneath. 



MACROPHYA Dahlb. 

 Macrophya annulipes. — 9- — Black, head and thorax closely punc- 

 tured; labrum, upper margin of prothorax narrowly, spot on tegulae, knees, 

 tibiae except tips, four anterior tarsi except tips, base of posterior pair, and 

 apical margin of basal plates, yellowish-white; wings subhyaline, nervures 

 and stigma black, lanceolate cell with short, straight cross-line; abdomen 

 smooth and polished. Length .30 inch. 

 Hah. — Nevada, (Morrison). 



RIacroptiya maura. — 9- — Deep black, shining, sparsely punctured 

 except on face and pleura which are closely so; two dots at base of labrum, 

 spot at base of mandibles, tips of anterior femora and their tibiae in front, and 

 spot or short line on upper side of posterior tibiae near apex, white; wings 

 pale fuliginous, with a violet reflection, lanceolate cell contracted in middle. 

 Length .36 inch. 



Hah. — Nevada, (Morrison). 



Hacropliya jiigosa. — %, . — Black, shining ; clypeus, labrum, spot at base 

 of mandibles, palpi, dot on tegulae anteriorly, all the coxae beneath, trochanters, 

 four anterior femora and tibiae beneath, most of their tarsi, and spot at tip of 

 posterior tibiae above, white; sometimes the posterior femora has a white line 

 beneath; head broad, eyes large and prominent; antennae as long as head 

 and thorax, third joint about as long as the two following combined ; vertex 

 and mesothorax strongly punctured; wings hyaline, apical third fuliginous, 

 nervures and stigma black, lanceolate cell contracted in middle. Length 

 .35 inch. 



Hah. — California, (H. Edwards), 



Iflacrophya subviolacea.— 9-— Shining black, with a slight viola- 

 ceous reflection; head and sides of thorax finely punctured, base of mandibles 

 and palpi whitish; antennae scarcely as long as head and thorax; eyes large 

 and unusually prominent, the vertex flat, giving the head a somewhat trans- 



