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3. Procladius pusillus Loew 

 1S66 T a n y p u s Lw. Berl, Ent. Zeit. 4 



Male and female. Very pale yelloAv, the thoracic stripes aud the 

 metanotum ochreous red, each abdominal segment with a fuscous 

 basal fascia, wanting or indistinct in the female, the legs white, 

 the extreme tips of the tibiae and the apical ends of the tarsi 

 black, the fourth tarsal joint simple, wings bare, subhyaline, the 

 crossvein subfuscous. Length 1.5 to 2.3 mm. Wing 1.5 to 1.8 mm. 

 Much resembes T. b e 1 1 u s , but is paler and smaller. 



The head is pale, the disk of the occiput red, antennae fuscous, 

 in the female with pale base; in the male the hairs suibfuscous. 

 Thorax pale yellow, with three red stripes, the median one pos- 

 teriorly much abbreviated and often divided by a fine line, lateral 

 ones much abbreviated anteriorly. Metanotum and the upper 

 half of the pleura red; the pleura are sometimes wholly red. 

 Scutellum yellowish. Abdomen of the male whitish, each segment 

 with a fuscous basal ring; the abdomen of the female is some- 

 times wholly white or pale yellow, sometimes with lateral sub- 

 fuscous spots, rarely each segment with a subfuscous ring. The 

 legs are white, short pilose, extreme tips of tibiae black, the tarsi 

 marked like P . b e 1 1 u s Halteres white. Wings bare, sub- 

 hj'^^aline transverse vein subfuscous or fuscous. Washington D. C. 

 (P1.27,fig.l). 



To the above description may be added that the tips of two or 

 three joints of the tarsi are blackish, the fourth and fifth tarsal 

 joints infuscated. Fore metatarsus about one-third shorter than 

 its tibia. Specimens from Ithaca, N. Y. Michigan. 



4. Procladius bellus Loew 

 1866 T a n y p u s Lw. Berl. Ent. Zeit. 4 



Male and female. Pallidly yellow, the thoracic stripes and the 

 metanotum reddish, pleura and pectus red and fuscous variegated, 

 the abdomen black annulate, the tarsi tOAvards the tip, and the 

 extreme tips of the tibiae black, the next to the last tarsal joint 

 normal, the wings bare, subhyaline, the transverse veins fuscous. 

 Length 2.7 to 3 mm. Wings 2.5 to 2.7 mm. 



The head pale or dilutely clay yellow, the disk of the occiput 

 ferruginous, the antennae of the female pallid, blackish towards 

 the tip, that of the male subfuscous, with basal and apical joints 

 black, with pale pile. Dorsum of thorax pallidly yellow, with 

 three reddish stripes, the median one much abbreviated pos- 

 teriorly and divided by a very slender pale line; the lateral stri])es 

 much abbreviated anteriorly. Scutellum pallidly yellow. Meta- 

 notum reddish or ferruginous, often marked with a fuscous 



