Cresson.] 376 [March 23, 



34. Agenia orbieulata Smith, Journal of Entomology, i, p. 



397. Cresson, ibid., p. 132. 

 Hob. — " Mexico." 



35. Agenia eserulipes Smith, Journal of Entomology, i, p. 



397. Cresson, ibid., p. 132. 

 if a6.— "Orizaba." 



Genus FERREOLA St. Farg. 



1. Perreola formosa. 



Ferreola formosa Smith, Journal of Entomology, i, p. 399. Cres- 

 son, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, i, p. 133. 

 Hob. — Orizaba. (Prof. F. Sumichrast. Coll. Am. Ent. Soc.) 

 One ? specimen. 



2. Ferreola azteea, n. sp. 



? . Black, shining, c'lothed with a very short, fine, ashy sericeous 

 pile; clypeus, mandibles except tips, scape of- antennae, thorax, ex- 

 cept tip of metathorax, and most of anterior legs, ferruginous; tip 

 of metathorax silvery in certain lights; wings hyaline, the anterior 

 pair with two black bands, the outer one double the width of the 

 inner; apex of wing whitish, apex of posterior wing dusky; four 

 posterior legs black; tips of posterior coxeb, tibial spurs, and outer 

 basal half of posterior tibiae, white; abdomen subpetiolate, two large 

 subovate spots on base of second segment and a band at base of fifth 

 segment, white. Length six and one half hnes. 



Hob. — Vera Cruz. (Chas. Sartorius. Coll. Am. Ent. Soc.) One 

 ? specimen. 



3. Ferreola Isevifrons, n. sp. 



?. Black, with a brilliant blue and purple, silky pile; head flat, 

 all below the ocelli black, smooth and polished; antennae short, in- 

 serted in deep foveae, black, scape polished ; metathorax transversely 

 wrinkled, tip truncate, with its disk concave ; wings dark fuliginous, 

 with a brilliant piu-ple reflection; legs dark blue, tibise spinose ; ab- 

 domen long, more or less strongly compressed beyond second segment. 

 Length eight and one half lines. 



Hob. — Orizaba. (Prof. Sumichrast. Coll. Am. Ent. Soc.) Two 

 9 specimens. One specimen has the abdomen very much compressed 

 at tip. 



4. Ferreola variegata Smith, Journal of Entomology, i, p. 398. 



Cresson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, i, p. 133. 

 Hob. — " Mexico." Not seen. 



