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Long spur of hind tibia not three fourths of metatarsus ; white at tip of 

 abdomen biedennani. 



4. Middle and hind tarsi marked with white, wings black at tips only 5 



Middle and hind tarsi all black, no red on abdomen, wings dark below 



stigma, and also near tip huniilis. 



5. Basal joint of middle and hind tarsi mostly white ; no red on abdomen. 



posticatus. 



Basal joint of middle and hind tarsi black ; red on second segment of 



abdomen cinctipes. 



Episyron atrytone, new species. 



Female. — Black, clypeus densely hairy, slightly rounded below, the margin 

 smooth; antennae with basal joint hairy; third joint about twice the length of 

 first, second plus third longer than vertex width ; no groove to anterior ocellus, 

 this a little more than diameter from laterals, these nearer to eyes than to each 

 other, vertex rounded, head very hairy ; pronotum angulate behind, with appressed 

 pubescence and long hair ; metanotum rather flat, densely scaly pubescent behind, 

 and hairy all over; basal joint of abdomen with appressed scaly pubescence and 

 long hair, last segment hairy ; legs strongly spined, comb of tarsus with spines 

 extremely long, those on second and third tarsal joints longer than joint itself; 

 long spur on hind tibia over two thirds of metatarsus, the spines on metatarsus, 

 much longer than the width of the joint, spines below last joint of hind tarsi,, 

 claws nearly cleft, with a long sloping tooth. Wings dtisky, but black at tip ; 

 second submarginal one and one half times as long as broad, receiving the first 

 recurrent vein beyond the middle, third submarginal as broad as long, narrowed 

 above, the second recurrent arising beyond middle of anal cell and meeting the 

 third submarginal at middle, the marginal cell acute, not much more than its 

 length from tip of the wing, basal vein interstitial with the transverse ; in hind 

 wings the cubitus arises before end of the cell. 



Length 12 to 15 mmi. 



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



Table of Episyron. 



1. Hind legs partly reddish 2 



Hind legs mostly black, not at all red 3 



2. A transverse white spot at tip of the mesonotum poms. 



No such spot posterns. 



3. Hind tibise with white spot at base 4 



No such spot 7 



4. Spurs white, body partly sericeous, wings black only at tips, sometimes white 



spots on third segment of abdomen snowi. 



Spurs black 5 



5. An apical white spot on abdomen, as well as others, wings pale except 



(^jp 5-notatus. 



No apical white spot " 



