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Pedinaspis luctuosa, new species. 



Female. — Reddish yellow, antennae beyond fourth segment black ; ab- 

 domen mostly dull black, second segment with a large pale yellow spot each 

 side, third segment with a pale basal band, narrowly interrupted in the middle, 

 fifth and apical segments with silvery pubescence, sides of metathorax silvery ; 

 legs reddish yellow, tibiae and tarsi darker, spines pale. Clypeus subtruncate 

 in front; antennae short, third joint not longer than fourth; faint line above 

 antennae not reaching ocelli, latter very small, anterior ocellus fully four 

 times its diameter from the laterals, and these as near to eyes as to each 

 other ; vertex nearly straight across. Pronotum very long, scarcely arcuate 

 behind ; metathorax short, bent down behind and transversely striate ; abdomen 

 short, dull, slightly heavy at tip and on venter ; legs with few small spines 

 on tibiae, longer spur of hind tibiae not quite one half the length of the 

 metatarsus. Wings as in P. maricc and P. legatits ; yellowish, with basal, 

 narrow submedial, and broad apical fuscous bands ; hind wings dusky at tip ; 

 venation as in P. legatus. Length, 9 mm. 



From Fedor, Lee Co., Texas, 29 Ma}' (Birkmann). 

 Differs from P. inaricc and P. legatus in colors of abdomen and 

 legs, and in the much smaller and more separated ocelli. 



Planiceps pulchella, new species. 



Female. — Black, abdomen and most of hind femora red, clypeus emargi- 

 nate ; antennas short, third joint shorter than fourth and shorter than first ; 

 vertex straight across ; anterior ocellus about one diameter from laterals, latter 

 as near to each other as to the eyes ; pronotum long, transverse behind ; meta- 

 thorax rather long, broadest in middle, posterior slope rather concave in 

 middle; abdomen no longer than thorax, compressed toward tip. Anterior 

 legs short, their femora thickened ; hind femora red inside and middle of 

 outer side, tibiae weakly spinose, longer spur of hind tibiae not one half the 

 length of metatarsus. Wings rather short ; marginal cell not very long, but 

 acute, second submarginal very short, broader than long, the first recurrent 

 interstitial with its base, second recurrent before the tip, the second discoidal 

 cell is therefore much broader than long. In the hind wing the cross-vein 

 from upper fork of median vein meets the radial sector close to base (not 

 far out as in most species of this family). Length, 5 mm. 



From Falls Church, Va., 21 July; a smaller example from Fedor, 

 Lee Co., Texas (Birkmann), has the middle femora and hind tibiae 

 reddish. 



Pseudagenia apicipennis, new species. 



Male. — Black, abdomen and legs mostly reddish yellow ; clypeus and basal 

 joint of antennae above and below yellowish, rest of antennae brown. Clypeus 

 broadly truncate in front ; antennae rather higher up than usual ; face not very 

 long, with fine silvery pubescence, anterior ocellus about its diameter from 



