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fuscous apex of the forewing; spurs of fore and middle tibiae blackish 

 brown; first three abdominal segments ferruginous; seventh tergite 

 with a large white spot ; pubescence of head and thorax silver gray. 



Female: Forewing 8.5 to 10.5 mm. long; pubescence and setiferous 

 punctures of mesoscutum and of upper part of head and pronotum 

 very dense; pubescence of clypeus, face, and lower lateral part of 

 frons a little longer than that elsewhere; third cubital cell receiving 

 the second recurrent vein at its basal 0.4. 



Black. Wings yellow, the apical margin of the forewing fuscous; 

 wing veins yellowish brown ; abdomen rufous ; pubescence of head and 

 thorax dark brown. 



Specimens: 9 (type), Fort Reynolds, Colo., "Mills" (Cambridge). 

 9, Wallace County, Kans., July 10 (Washington). cT, 3 9, on 

 Sphaeralcea angustifolia, 6 to 10 miles west of Fort Davis, Tex., at 

 5,000 ft., July 15 to 23, 1948, H. E. Evans (Evans). 9, Marfa, 

 Tex., July 15 to 23, 1948, H. E. Evans (Evans). 



3. Ageniella (Leucophrus) incita (Banks) 



Cryptocheilus incitus Banks, 1911, Journ. New York Ent. Soc, vol. 19, p. 234, 9 

 Lectotype: 9 , Fedor, Lee County, Tex., July 2, 1909, Birkman (Cambridge) 



Male: Forewing 6,7 to 7.5 mm. long; pubescence and setiferous 

 punctures of mesoscutum and of upper part of head and pronotum 



Figure 95. — Localities for Ageniella incita. 



very dense, so that these parts are not at all shining. The punctures 

 on the frons are quite close, with their intervening ridges usually about 

 0.25 as wide as the diameter of the punctures. 



Blackish. Face with a longitudinal cream-colored mark next to 

 the eye; wings weakly infuscate, the apical part of the forewing 

 darker; wing veins blackish brown; spurs of fore and middle tibiae 

 stramineous or pale brown; seventh tergite with a large white spot; 

 pubescence of head and thorax silver gray. 



