122 Journal New York Entomological Society, lvoi.xviii. 



part of discoidal cells, apex also darkened ; marginal cell of moderate length, 

 second submarginal one and a half times as long as broad, with first recurrent 

 before middle ; third submarginal barely longer than second, wider than second, 

 narrowed one third toward marginal ; second recurrent leaving the anal cell 

 scarcely beyond the middle, outwardly angular above middle, meeting the tlurc? 

 submarginal at middle. Length, 7.5 mm. 



From Falls Church, Va. 



Cryptocheilus placitus, new species. 



Female. — Black, lower half of clypeus, antennae, legs and abdomen yel- 

 lowish-red. All with very fine dense silvery pubescence, most prominent on 

 sides of pleura and metathorax. Clypeus broad, truncate in front ; antennae 

 slender, third joint but little longer than the fourth; face rather broad, a 

 line from antennae to ocelli ; anterior ocellus two diameters from laterals ; 

 vertex slightly convex ; pronotum subangulate behind ; metathorax slightly 

 and evenly rounded, with a broad median furrow ; abdomen subpetiolate, 

 slightly compressed near tip, last segment with yellowish hair. Legs slender, 

 hind tibiae strongly serrate, the longer spur two fifths of metatarsus ; tarsi very 

 slender, first plus second joints of hind tarsi much longer than tibiae, last 

 joint of hind tarsus beneath without spines. Wings hyaline, tip fumose ; 

 third submarginal cell larger than the second, both recurrents meeting cells 

 at the middle, the second recurrent arising from middle of anal cell, and 

 slightly bent outward above middle. Length, 7 mm. 



From Fedor, Lee Co., Texas (Birkmann). 



Pedinaspis australis, new species. 



Male. — Black, with black hair on head and thorax ; head narrower than 

 thorax ; clypeus truncate in front ; a line from antennae to ocelli ; anterior 

 ocellus fully twice its diameter from the laterals ; vertex rounded ; antennae 

 very short and thick, not nearly as long as thorax ; some gray hairs on sides 

 of face ; pronotum long, broader behind, margin slightly arcuate ; metathorax 

 nearly level, long, rather narrowed and emarginate behind, scutellum broad ; 

 abdomen cylindrical, not longer than thorax, the apical segments with silvery 

 hair ; the tip shows below a short forked process and before it a single 

 median tooth ; the legs are short and spiny, tibia I not twice as long as spurs, 

 femur cylindrical, the coxae I do not reach hardly more than half way across 

 the mesosternum, which is very long, and on the middle behind with a lobe 

 projecting over the base of coxae II ; longer spur of hind tibia two thirds as 

 long as metatarsus ; no spines below last joint of hind tarsus ; all claws with 

 tooth ; hind femora very heavy. Wings black, basal veins interstitial, mar- 

 ginal cell acute, second submarginal narrowed above, third shorter and also 

 narrowed above, second recurrent at middle, straight, arising from middle of 

 anal cell, veins not reaching the apical margin. Length, 1 1 mm. 



From Fedor, Lee Co., Texas (Birkmann). 



