RAPHIDIA. 195 



1. Raph. adnixa! 



Raphidia adnixa Hagen ! 



Rufous ; head brownish-black, scabrous, long, sensibly narrowed 

 behind, the occiput with a flat streak ; antennse rufous, the apex 

 fuscous ; prothorax long, narrow, rufous ; feet rufous ; abdomen 

 rufous, the ventral segments having the posterior margin black ; 

 wings hyaline, veins fuscous ; pterostigma long, narrow, trapezoid, 

 occupying two areolets, yellow; subpterostigmatical areole almost 

 one-half longer within, truncated ; outer equal, broken ; a series 

 of five areoles beneath the pterostigma. (J" and j.) 



Length to tip of wings 16 millim. Alar expanse 23 millim. 



Hab. California; Oregon (Willcox, Berlin Museum). 



A female from Oregon has the dorsal base of the prothorax 

 blackish-brown, with a trifid rufous spot; the colors of the male 

 are not perfected. 



2. Raph. oblita ! 



Raphidia oblita Hagen ! 



Fusco-aeneous ; head scabrous, shorter, posteriorly suddenly 

 compressed, occiput with a flat streak ; antennae with the basal 

 article nigro-fuscous, second yellowish, the rest — ? prothorax 

 short, rufo-fuscous, upon the dorsal middle posteriorly, a large, 

 ovate, nigro-fuscous spot; feet rufo-fuscous; abdomen brassy-black, 

 the ventral segments having the posterior margin yellow ; wings 

 hyaline, veins fulvous ; pterostigma long (shorter than in Raph. 

 adnixa), narrow, trapezoidal, occupying two areolets, yellow ; sub- 

 pterostigmatical areole almost one-half longer within, truncated, 

 outwards equal, truncated ; a series of five areolets beneath the 

 pterostigma. 



Length to tip of wings 14 millim. Alar expanse 21 millim. 



Hah. California. 



3. Raph. media ! 



Raphidia media Burm. Handb. II, 964, 3. Schneider! Monogr. 76, 4. 

 (With the synonymy.) 



Brownish-black; head obovate, the sides rounded, mouth yellow; 

 neck short ; vertex punctured, with a flat rufous streak ; base of 

 the antennae yellow ; prothorax black ; feet testaceous, base of the 

 anterior femora, and the whole of the posterior ones black ; abdo- 

 men black; wings yellowish-hyaline, especially at base ; veins fus- 



