ceropalinae: tribe minageniini 235 



tibial spurs infuscate; wings subhyaline; abdomen rufous basally, 

 blackish apically. Although most specimens are of the foregoing 

 coloration, occasional ones have the legs and abdomen almost entirely 

 blackish with the front tarsus and tibial spurs pale brown, the front 

 tibia largely brown, and tinges of rufous on the sides of the abdomen. 

 Specimens of intermediate coloration are common. 



Female: Forewing 4.8 to 6.3 mm. long; sensillae beginning as a few 

 scattered ones on apical 0.3 of second flagellar segment; subgenital 

 plate with a median longitudinal broad area of long, fine, suberect 

 hairs that are weaker than in the other Nearctic species. 



Black. Scape and apical part of mandible tinged with reddish 

 brown; palpi brown; tegula reddish brown; legs rufous, the coxae at 

 the extreme base and the hind tarsus fuscous; apices of middle and 

 hind tibiae and of front and middle tarsi infuscate; wings suffused 

 with light brown, the forewing with a faintly darker cloud centering 

 just beyond the stigma; abdomen rufous, blackish at the base of 

 the first segment. 



Seven females at hand have the coxae and trochanters mostly or 

 entirely blackish and often some basal infuscations on the femora. 

 They may be variants ofjulia or represent a distinct species. 



Specimens: cf, Washington, D. C, July 7, 1947, R. Boettcher 

 (Vogel). cf , 49, Washington, D. C, Sept. 4, 1947, M. Vogel (Vogel 

 and Townes). 9, Washington, D. C, Sept. 9, 1947, D. Shap- 

 pirio (Shappirio). cf, Washington, D. C, Sept. 11, 1947, M. Vogel 

 (Shappirio). cf, Lake Placid, Fla., Apr. 1, 1954, K. V. Krombein 

 (Krombein). 29, Tarpon Sprmgs, Fla., Mar. 20 and 21, 1950, H. 

 Townes (Townes). cf, Louisiana (Washington). cf, Opelousas, 

 La., G. R. Pilate (Washington). 2d^, Plummers Island, Md., July 3, 

 1921 (Cambridge). 9, Garland, N. C, Sept. 30, 1951, H. and M. 

 Townes (Townes). cf (type), Raleigh, N. C. (Raleigh). 9, Wake 

 County, N. C, June 2, 1949, H. Townes (Townes). 3<f, McClellan- 

 ville, S. C, May 10 and 17, 1944, H. Townes (Townes). cf , Brazos 

 County, Tex., Apr. 30, 1939, J. E. Gillaspy (College Station, Tex.). 

 cf , 9, Roanoke in Denton County, Tex., May 31, 1951, H. E. Evans 

 (Evans), cf , Dunn Loring (near Vienna), Va., July 13, 1947, K. V. 

 Krombein (Krombein). 2cf, Falls Church, Va., July 4, N. Banks 

 (Cambridge), cf , Great Falls, Va., July 15, N. Banks (Cambridge). 



This species occurs in the Carolinian and Austroriparian faunas. 

 Adults occur from midspring to early fall. 



8. Minagenia perfecta (Provancher) , new combination 



Agenia perfecta Provancher, 1882, Naturaliste Canadien, vol. 13, p. 44, cf. 

 Type: cf , Cap Rouge, Quebec (Quebec). 



The type has recently been examined by K. V. Krombein who 

 reports that it represents a species of Minagenia which will key to 



