Dec, I9II.] Banks: Psammocharid^. 225 



antenn.-E moderately stout, third joint fully as long as the first ; a line to 

 anterior ocellus, this not much more than diameter from the laterals, and these 

 a little nearer to each other than to eyes ; vertex slightly rounded, face pnd 

 vertex long-haired ; pronotum with only a few hairs, arcuate behind metavKAxjm 

 with short hairs, quite suddenly declivous behind ; abdomen rather broad, 

 depressed, last segment dull black, others iridescent, venter with few hairs ; 

 legs strongly spined, long spur of hind tibia two-thirds of the metatarsus, no 

 spines below on last joint of hind tarsus, nor other tarsi. Wings deep black, 

 iridescent ; second submarginal cell a little longer than broad, receiving the 

 first recurrent vein close to tip ; third submarginal cell broader than long, 

 narrowed above, receiving the second recurrent at middle, this vein arising 

 from beyond middle of the anal cell ; basal vein interstitial with the trans- 

 verse ; in hind-wings the cubitus is interstitial with the end of the cell. 

 Length 15 mm. 



From Palmerlee, Arizona, Sept. (Biederman). 



Psammochares gracilicornis, new name. 



A new name for the Ps. tcuiiiconiis Bks.. which I find is preoccu- 

 pied by Tournier in 1889. 



Psammochares astur, new species. 



Female. — Black ; clypeus short-haired, bristles very distinct, lower margin 

 truncate; antennae moderately slender, basal joint not hairy, third joint very 

 long, second plus third as long as vertex width, a line to anterior ocellus, this 

 scarcely more than diameter from laterals, and these nearer to eyes than to 

 each other ; vertex straight ; head above the antennje with long hair, face and 

 especially vertex very narrow ; pronotum plainly angulate Ijehind ; metanotum 

 sloping, long-haired all over, with a median groove ; abdomen dull black, basal 

 segment hairy at base, apical segment finely hairy, ventral segments with a few 

 hairs before tips ; legs slender, very fine short hairs on femora, spines strong, 

 tarsal comb long, long spur of hind tibia nearly two-thirds of the metatarsus, 

 spines below last joint of hind tarsus ; claws with rather small tooth. Wings 

 black, rather darker on tip, second submarginal cell longer than broad, receiving 

 the first recurrent vein much beyond the middle, third submarginal cell about 

 as long as second, and only a little narrowed above, receiving the second 

 recurrent vein before middle, this vein arising from beyond middle of anal cell ; 

 basal vein before or interstitial with the transverse ; in hind-wings the cubitus 

 interstitial with end of the cell. 



Length 15 mm. 



From Great Falls, Md., 12 July, Falls Church, Va., Sept. and 

 Oct., and Waldoboro, Me. 



Has a narrower face than Ps. rclatizms, and more angulate pro- 

 notum. 



