pepsinae: tribe jviacromerini 181 



Ferruginous. Wings hyaline, their apices a httle darkened; extreme 

 base of first tergite blackish. 



Specimens: 9, Dickinson County, Kans., August, J. C. Bridwell 

 (Washington). 9, Riley County, Kans., Sept. 3, J. B. Norton 

 (Manhattan). 9 (type), Aden, N. Mex., July 12, 1917 (Cambridge). 

 9, July 29, 1916 (Townes). 



3. Ageniella {Priophanes) faceta (Cresson) 



Male: Forewing 4.0 to 4.5 mm. long; nervulus beyond the basal 

 vein by about 1.0 its width; wings hyaline, the forewing with an 

 abrupt apical infuscation, a weak discal fuscous cloud and a weak 

 fuscous fascia along the basal vein and nervulus; the hind wing with a 

 weak apical infuscation; all tibial spurs white; seventh tergite with a 

 large whitish spot. The coloration is described further under the 

 two subspecies. 



Female: Forewing 4.5 to 5.5 mm. long; pubescence of head and 

 thorax sparse, these parts quite shiny; apical hairless margin of 

 clypeus mat, slightly widened medially, its apical edge with a weak 

 median rounded angulation ; mesoscutum subpolished, with fine rather 

 sparse punctures; nervulus beyond the basal vein by about 0.5 its 

 length. 



Fulvo-ferruginous. Axillae and base of first abdominal segment 

 black ; wings subhyaline, the hind wing with a weak apical infuscation 

 and the forewing with three transverse brownish fasciae — a narrow 

 fascia along the apical margin, a broad discal fascia, and a narrow 

 fascia along the basal vein and nervulus (pi. 2, fig. 31). The color 

 of the abdomen varies from entirely fulvo-ferruginous to mostly 

 blackish, as described under the subspecies. 



3a. Ageniella {Priophanes) faceta faceta (Cresson) 



Plate 2, figure 31 



Priocnemis facetus Cresson, 1872, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 4, p. 205, 9 • Type: 



9 , Texas (Philadelphia) . 

 Cryptocheilus pallescens Banks, 1910, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vol. 18, p. 121, [91. 



Type: 9, Falls Church, Va. (Cambridge). 



Male: Color varying from fulvo-ferruginous with the tarsi and 

 antennae somewhat infuscate to blackish with the following parts 

 fulvo-ferruginous: clypeus largely, mouth parts largely, scape largely, 

 coxae except above, trochanters except for weak infuscation above, 

 femora except for a strong fuscous stripe on the hind side of the hind 

 femur and a weak one on the hind side of the middle femur, fore 

 tibia, first two abdominal segments, and all but the apical part of 

 third abdominal segment. Fore tarsus, middle tibia and tarsus, and 

 hind tibia more or less infuscate and tinged with fulvous. Tibial 



