58 WILLIAM J. FOX. 



14. t'eropales elegaus Cress. 



Ceropales elegans Cr., Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. iv, p. 208, 9; Patton, Bull. U. S. 

 Geol. Surv. v, p. 367, % . 



9 . — Ferrug;iuous, with a silvery-sericeous pile, more dense on tbe metathorax, 

 coxie and abdomen ; face, clypeus, labrum, broad anterior orbits, narrow poste- 

 rior orbits, spot between the antennae, posterior margin of the prothorax rather 

 broadly, spot on tlie shoulders, tegulse, rounded spot on scutellum, transverse 

 spot on postscutellum. spot at apex of metathorax medially, the posterior angles, 

 a line extending obliquely some distance on the nietapleurse. beginning at the 

 posterior angles, broad apical margins of dorsal segments 1 — 3, the segments 4 — 

 6 entirely, all yellowish ; the bands on the two basal segments uneven anteriorly ; 

 wings yellow-hyaline, extreme tips fuscous; legs ferruginous, anterior coxae 

 beneath, spot on medial pair, line on the posteriors and a spot at the apex, the 

 knees and tips of medial femora yellow; antennae reaching to the scutellum, 

 the last three joints black; front scarcely impressed, together with the vertex 

 with irregular, confluent wrinkles or strife ; dorsulum with much finer wrinkles 

 and a few punctures, with a raised longitudinal line medially, and an impressed 

 line on each side near the tegulae, between the raised line and each of the im- 

 pressed ones, the dorsulum is depressed; metathorax with a large, transverse- 

 triangular excavation at the base, which is black and polished in the middle; 

 from this excavation there begins a strong sulcus, which extends to the base of 

 the yellow spot at apical middle ; on each side of this yellow spot there is a dark, 

 somewhat shining depression ; each of these depressions have several transverse 

 striae, the rest of the metathorax is smooth, subopaque Length 10 — 11 ram. 



'^ . — Differs from the 9 ^s follows: antennae as long as the head and thorax 

 together; front with a distinct, medial, impressed line, smooth, with the excep- 

 tion of a few shallow ptinctures; first two joints of the antennae, the anterior 

 tibiae, spot at base and apex of medial pair and the basal joint of anterior tarsi 

 yellow; the dorsulum and metathorax with strong, sparse punctures, more dis- 

 tinct on the dorsulum. Length 10 mm. 



Occurs in Texas, Kansas (Patton). The sutures of the thorax in 

 both sexes are fuscous. 



15. Ceropales Cressoui n. sp. 



9 . — Ferruginous; two elongate, parallel marks on the front connected with a 

 larger transverse mark on the vertex, apical three joints of the antennae, the 

 dorsulum anteriorly, suture between the dorsulum and scutellum, sides of the 

 scutellum and postscutellum, base of metathorax, pectus, niesopleurae, except a 

 spot over the middle coxae, anterior portion of metapleurfe and the second seg- 

 ment of the abdomen medially, all black ; face, clypeus, spot between the an- 

 tennae, broad anterior orbits, labrum, mandibles except apex, which is black, 

 narrow posterior orbits, posterior margin of prothorax above and on the sides, 

 spot on the shoulders, tegulae, rounded spot on scutellum. transverse spot on 

 postscutellum, posterior angles of metathorax, spot at the apex, medially, the 

 apical margin of dorsal segments 1 — 4, the yellow on segments one and two un- 

 even anteriorly, and segments 5 and 6 entirely, all yellow, that on the clypeus, 

 orbits and labrum almost white; legs ferruginous, the anterior coxae in frout, 

 spot on the medial pair, a line on the posterior pair laterally, the knees and apex 



