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Aporus apicatus, new species. 



Male. — Black; pronotum with slight silvery pile in front and behind, not 

 as dense as in A. fasciatits, hind angles of metathorax silvery ; abdomen black, 

 with apical third of segments with white pubescence. Wings blackish, paler • 

 near the marginal and second submarginal cells. Body slender, face shining 

 above, silvery below antennae ; pronotum arcuate behind ; hind angles of the 

 metathorax sharp ; abdomen slender. Legs stout, spined as usual ; longer 

 spur of hind tibiae plainly shorter than the metatarsus. Wings with two 

 submarginal cells, the second twice as long as broad, first recurrent vein near 

 base, second recurrent plainly before tip. Length, 5 mm. 



From Claremont, Cal. (Baker). Differs from A. fasciatns in 

 having the first abdominal segment silvery only at tip, and in the « 

 shorter tibial spurs. 



Aporus magnus, new species. 



Male. — Black, with dense silvery pubescence, especially prominent on the 

 clypeus, pronotum, posterior angles of metathorax, and on apical half of the 

 abdomen, on the coxae and legs. Clypeus rounded in front ; antennae very 

 short, heavy and stout ; vertex rovmded ; ocelli large, anterior ocellus about 

 twice its diameter from the laterals, the latter farther apart than from the 

 eyes ; pronotum very large and long, barely arcuate behind ; posterior margin 

 of metathorax deeply excavate, angles prominent, as in other species ; a basilar 

 median furrow. Abdomen narrow, first and basal half of second segment 

 dull black, rest of abdomen densely silvery pubescent. Legs silvery, with 

 short black spines, longer spur of hind tibiae more than one half as long as 

 metatarsus; wings infuscate- toward apex, stigma dark, marginal cell acute; 

 three submarginals, second and third subequal, the third a little larger, each 

 but little longer than broad, each receiving a recurrent vein, the second 

 beyond middle, the third at middle. Length, 12 mm. 



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



Ceropales robinsoni var. stigmatica, new variety. 



Female. — Very similar in general to robinsoni, with markings heavier 

 than in that species ; the antennae reddish or yellowish on basal half, only 

 apical half black ; and the stigma of the fore wings clear yellow. Venation 

 very similar to that species, but the marginal cell is longer, also the third 

 discoidal longer, and more of the tip hyaline. 



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

 Ceropales bipunctata var. tibialis, new variety. 



Female. — In general similar to C. bipunctata, but legs I and II from 

 trochanter out are reddish yellow, and the hind trochanters, femora and 

 tibiae are also reddish-yellow, the rest of hind legs brown ; in the male these 

 Epical joints are also reddish. 



From Southern Pines, N. C, June (Manee). 



