ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. XXlX 



base, and posterior tibia at tip within, black; tarsi dusky at tips; abdomen 

 sulphur-yellow, coarsely confluently punctured, second segment except narrow 

 band at tip, the third except broad band at apex, and narrow basal margin of 

 remaining segments, black ; first segment subpyraraidal in profile, when viewed 

 from behind the prominence is emarginate. Length .50 inch. 

 Hah. — Nevada. (Morrison). 



Metopius iiiirancl.lS.-9.-Black; face except central longitudinal 

 spot, scape beneath, spot beneath tegulae, apical margin of scutellum, spot 

 behind, first segment of abdomen, broad apical margin of third, and the three 

 following entirely, pale yellow; palpi, base of antennae, upper margin of pro- 

 thorax, dot before scutellum, spot on each side of metathorax, spot on sides 

 of pleura, apical margin of second segment of abdomen and narrow band ou 

 middle of third segment, ferruginous; antennee three-fourths the length of 

 body, slender; wings subhyaline, costal margin broadly pale fuscous; legs 

 fulvous, posterior coxa within and their femora within black, spot on middle 

 coxa, posterior pair except within, their trochanters and spot at tip of their 

 femora, pale yellowish, the latter robust; abdomen densely rugose, first seg- 

 ment gibbous in profile, rounded above, with two sharp carina on disk. 

 Length .50 inch. 



T^rt^.. —Colorado. (Morrison). 



Metopiuslaticiiictus.-?. -Black; face, except a large oblong ovate 

 median black mark, anterior orbits, scape beneath, palpi, line on posterior 

 angles of prothorax, short line beneath tegula, scutellum, except base, rounded 

 spot above posterior coxa, a dot on each side of metathorax posteriorly, four 

 anterior coxa beneath, their trochanters, their femora beneath more or less, 

 their tibia, spot at sides of apex of first segment of abdomen, and a band at 

 apex of segments 2-6, sometimes subinterrupted on two, broad on three and 

 four, narrow and dilated laterally on five and six, all yellow; antenna longer 

 than head and thorax, thickened towards apex, brown above, ferruginous 

 beneath; thorax coarsely punctured; wings hyaline, dusky on apical margin, 

 subiridescent; four anterior femora above, posterior coxa, trochanters, base 

 and apex of their femora and within, pale ferruginous; basal half of posterior 

 tibia and base of their tarsi, yellowish; posterior femora robust; abdomen 

 coarsely sculptured, first segment rounded above in profile, with two sharp 

 carina on disk. Length .46 inch. 

 j{ah. — Colorado. (Morrison). 



metopius SCitulus.-S .-Small, black; lateral and apical margins of 

 face, spot on each side of antenna, scape beneath, palpi, line on each side of 

 prothorax, large elongate spot beneath tegula, scutellum entirely, dot on each 

 side of metathorax posteriorly, large rounded spot on each flank above pos- 

 terior coxa, spot on four anterior coxa beneath, trochanters, base and apex ot 

 four anterior femora, line ou anterior pair beneath, tips of posterior femora, 

 all the tibia and tarsi, spot on each side at tip of first abdominal segment, and 

 band at tip of second and following segments, more or less dilated laterally, 

 all lemon yellow; antenna longer than head and thorax, slightly thickened 

 toward tips, dull ferruginous, fuscous at tips; wings stained with dusky yellow ; 

 abdomen deeply and coarsely pitted, first segment rounded in profile, with two 

 sharp carina on disk. Length .40 inch. 

 i/a(!>.— Nevada. (Morrison). 



