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ing the tergum and notum invested with long gray, or yellowish hairs 

 and with white hairs around the meso-thoracic cross . . . front having 

 the sulcus distinct from the base to below the middle, and thence ex- 

 panding and becoming effaced, with the margins distinctly carinated, 

 and the transverse grooves distinct . . . legs flavo-piceous, clothed 

 with long remote white hairs and bristles, the coxse. knees, and tarsi 

 dark piceous. Wing-covers hyaline, somewhat tinged with fulvous 

 at base, . . . membrane of base of wings and basal portion of nervures 

 white." Length of body 16-17 ^'^^ > to tip of closed wings 22-23 ^^- ] 

 width of base of pronotum 5^-6 mm. The type material is said to be 

 ■■ Three specimens examined from Southern California," all males. 



m 



Platypodia minor 



Recently the Uhler collection in the United States National Mu- 

 seum was examined to see if the three males used in the original 

 description could be found. A male was discovered bearing three 

 labels. The first reads '" Cal. S. " ; the second "Platypodia minor 

 Uhler, San Mateo," and the third "Platypcdia minor Uhler, San 

 Mateo, Det. Uhler." The fact that " Cal. S." is on this specimen 

 would seem to indicate that it belonged to the type series, though 

 San Mateo is only about half way down the coast of California. 

 Though now old and slightly broken this insect answers Uhler's de- 

 scription. A figure of the specimen is given on our plate. The uncus 

 it rather slender, nearly straight below, arcuated above. 



In his note on Platypcdia minor, Journal N. Y. Ento. Soc, Vol. 

 XXIII, p. 28, 191 5, Mr. Van Duzee stated that what he was identify- 

 ing as jninor was somewhat smaller than called for in the original 

 description, and that the true minor might be one of the other species 



