Dec, 1914] Banks: Psammocharid.^. 305 



other, vertex straight across, antennae short, third joint not one half of vertex 

 width ; pronotum long, straight behind ; metanotum with large, median depres- 

 sion behind ; the abdomen no longer than thorax, with a few long hairs near 

 tip ; legs rather short, with short spines, inner spurs of hind tibix one half 

 of the metatarsus, middle coxae hairy below. Wings deep black, rather paler 

 in discal area, two submarginal cells, the second, which is long, receiving the 

 first recurrent vein at middle, the second recurrent considerably beyond 

 the cell. 



Male similar to female, but smaller; wings paler on basal part, the pro- 

 notum hardly as long, and more bent down in front, the posterior corners of 

 the metanotum with dense silvery pile nearly reaching across, also a white 

 stripe above on hind coxae. Length, female 10 mm., male 7 to 8 mm. 



From National City, Calif., 15 May (Van Duzee). 



Ageniella norata new species. 



Male. — Black ; head and thorax with silvery pile ; abdomen rather shining 

 black, last dorsal segment white. Clypeus slightly rounded below ; antennae 

 long, third joint about two thirds of the vertex width, vertex rounded, with a 

 few long hairs, posterior ocelli much closer to each other than to eyes ; pro- 

 notum arcuate behind ; metanotum long, sloping, no median groove, with 

 dense white pile, especially on the sides ; coxae silvery, rest of legs dull black, 

 tarsi rather brownish, spurs black, but those on leg I pale, inner one of hind 

 tibiae a little more than one half of the metatarsus ; abdomen slender, almost 

 petiolate, with very slight pale pile ; wings hyaline, the apex blackish, third 

 submarginal cell quite long, especially below, but above no longer than the 

 second, receiving the second recurrent vein a little beyond middle, basal veins 

 a little before the transverse. Length, 7 mm. 



From Niagara Falls, N, Y., July (Van Dttzee) and Falls Churchy 

 Va., July. Related to A. pcfiolatus. 



Ageniella praestans new species. 



Slender ; black, with silvery pubescence, very distinct on the face below 

 antennae, on thorax and coxas, and less distinct on the abdomen. Clypeus 

 rounded below, posterior ocelli hardly nearer each other than to eyes, vertex 

 rather strongly rounded above, but one bristle each side by upper orbit, about 

 as high as the lower ocellus ; occiput white haired ; pronotum strongly arcuate 

 behind, metanotum long, sloping, with median line ; abdomen subpetiolate, all 

 black ; legs long and slender, black, spurs black, inner one of hind tibiae a 

 little more than one half of the metatarsus. Wings faintly dusky, tip much 

 darker, third submarginal cell about as long as the second, both longer than 

 high, third receiving the second recurrent at middle, this recurrent quite 

 strongly curved outward. Length, 6 mm. 



From San Diego Co., June (Van Duzee) and Mts. near Clare- 

 mont (Baker) ; both California. Dififers from A. euphorbicc in lack 



