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ened on the basal three-fourths, the penultimate joint slightly longer than broad. 

 Palpi black. Scutellum bearing only two pairs of long marg nal macrochsette. 

 Abdomen shining black with a bronze luster, bases of second and third segments nar- 

 rowly white pollinose; first segment destitute of dorsal macrochceta;, the second and 

 third destitute of discal ones. Apical cell open at the wing-tip. Length 4 mm. 



Southern California. A single specimen, in March. 



Hypostena pusilla, sp. nov. 



9 — Differs from variabilis as follows: Front two-thirds as wide as either eye, 

 face slightly concave. Third joint of antennce nearly three times as long as the 

 second, only twice as long as broad. Palpi black. Apical cell open at the wing- 

 tip. Length 3 to 4 mm. 



Illinois (Dr. Nason) and Southern California. Three specimens. 

 Hypostena degeerioides, sp. nov. 



9 — Same as variabilis with these exceptions : A row of short, black, bristly 

 hairs extends just outside the facial ridges, from frontal bristles to lower end of eyes; 

 cheeks nearly half as broad as the eye-height. Third joint of antenn.ie nearly six 

 times as long as broad ; arista thickened nearly to the middle, the penultimate joint 

 slightly longer than broad. Palpi black. Thorax shining except the whitish polli- 

 nose sides and a median vitta in front of the suture. The discal pair of macroch^etse 

 present on the second and third abdomiral segments, the discal row absent on the 

 fourth. Front tarsi nearly twice as broad as the middle ones, the last joint shorter 

 than the preceding. Wings grayish in front of the third vein, small crossvein at 

 middle of discal cell. Length 6 mm. 



Illinois (Dr. Nason) and District Columbia. Two specimens. 



A VARIETY OF THE LARVA OF SPHINX 

 PLEBEIUS. 



By Wm. Beutenmuller. 



Head olive pink with numerous flesh-colored, elevated dots. Body 

 olive pink with the oblique bands on each side olive, and a stripe of 

 the same color along the subdorsum, broken posteriorly by the oblique 

 bands. Anal horn bluish gray, rather dark above, with elevated black 

 dots. Body covered with numerous, minute, flesh-colored dots, placed 

 in transverse rows; body at sides olivaceous. Underside wholly 

 olivaceous with a pinkish tinge. Length 65 mm. Found July 23d. 

 Food plant trumpet vine {Tecoina). 



