54 WILLIAM J. FOX. 



silvery pile ; winjis hyaline, iiervures black, stigma yellowish ; tegulse brownish ; 

 antennae longer than head and thorax together; legs reddish, the anterior and 

 medial coxse black, the anterior pair with a yellow spot in front; posterior tarsi 

 with the apex of the tibite fuscous. Length 8 — 9 mm. 



%. — Differs from the 9 as follows: the anterior tibife and the tarsi pale yel- 

 lowish, all the coxae rufous, with the exception of a yellow spot on the anterior 

 and medial pair yellow, as in the female ; fascia on the second and third abdom- 

 inal segments interrupted medially. Length 6 mm. 



Cuba; Jamaica (Fox, April, 1891); San Domingo. Specimens 

 from the latter locality have a spot on the clypeus medially, the pos- 

 terior coxfe, and the posterior tibise and tarsi black. The stigma of 

 the wing also black. 



8. Ceropales ine.YJcana Cress. 



Ceropales mezicana Cress., Proc. Boston See. Nat. Hist, xii, p. 377, % ^ , 

 1869. 



9.— Black ; face, clypeus, labrura, except the medial portion, spot between the 

 antennae, anterior and posterior orbits, the anterior ones broadly so, spot on the 

 scape at the apex beneath, spot on the underside of following joint, posterior 

 margin of prothorax, spot on the shoulders, and on the scutellum and postscu- 

 tellum, a spot on the posterior angles of the metathorax, the apical margin of the 

 dorsal segments 1—5, and the sixth almost entirely, an irregular mark on the 

 sides of the first segment, emarginate on its inner margin, all yellow ; the yellow 

 on the apical margin of the first segment not connected with the lateral marks; 

 the bands on the other segments emarginate on each side: antennae as long as, 

 or very slightly shorter than the head and thorax; front microscopically punc- 

 tured, impressed medially; a deep, somewhat curved pit before the anterior 

 ocellus; vertex with rather large, sparse punctures; prothorax and dorsulum 

 strongly and sparsely punctured, the punctures more compact in two longitudinal 

 depressions on the dorsulum : metathorax with a transverse excavation at the 

 base, which is broadest and shining medially, from which begins a strong, long, 

 furrow, which is stronger on the basal portion ; the rest of the metathorax finely 

 granulate, the sides nearly smooth ; wings with a slight yellowish tinge, faintly 

 dusky at apex, nervures brownish, stigma yellowish ; tegulae brown ; legs, except 

 coxfe, bright fulvous: four anterior coxae beneath, two lines forming an angle at 

 the apex on the outer side, and a spot at the apex yellow; face, clypeus, cheeks, 

 metathorax posteriorly, mesopleurae and the coxsr with silvery pubescence. 

 Length 11 mm. 



% . — Differs from the 9 as follows: first two joints of the antennae entirely, 

 and the base of the third yellow beneath ; labrum entirely yellow ; the anterior 

 tibiae and tarsi more or less yellow; the lateral marks on the first abdominal 

 segment confluent with the band on the apical margin. Length 9—10 mm. 



Orizaba, Mexico. 



9. Ceropales alhopieta Cress. 



Ceropales ulbopicta Cress., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xii, p. 378, % . 

 % . — Differs from mexicana as follows: antennae slightly longer than the head 

 and thorax ; front, above the base of the antennae, with a distinct pit, which is 

 connected wijh the pit before the anterior ocellus by a feint impressed line; 



