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PHARSAIilA. n. gen. 

 Same form as Eiphosoma, rather more slender and roughly sculp- 

 tured as in Trachynotus ; head transverse, not wider than thorax, 

 buccate; antennas short, not longer than head and thorax; thorax 

 gibbous, subtruncate anteriorly ; scutellum broad, flat, with a broad 



^ r— ^.^. p^ ^ deep central groove; metathorax longer and 



\^ ^-■''^^!.-::riS ^^^''^ pointed at apex than in Trachynotus, 



^ "^ with a deep central groove ; legs as in 



Eiphosonin, except that the posterior femora are shorter and unarmed, 

 their tibise and tarsi shorter and more robust; abdomen as in 

 Eiphosoma, except that it is rather longer and more slender; wings 

 short and very narrow, with the neuration as represented by the ac- 

 companying figure, the dotted lines of which indicate very indistinct 

 nervures. 



Pharsalia texana, n. sp. 



9. — Black, face with silvery pubescence; cheeks, pleura and metathorax 

 entirely covered with a dense, appressed silvery pile; anterior orbits, all be- 

 neath antennse, lower part of cheeks and scape beneath, whitish ; vertex and 

 occiput rugose; antennse not longer than head and thorax; mesothorax coarse- 

 ly rugose; scutellum deeply excavated centrally; metathorax coarsely reticu- 

 lated, central groove deep and shining; wings hyaline; four anterior legs 

 bright honey-yellow, their coxse and trochanters, base and apex of tibice, and 

 tarsi at tips, white; posterior coxa3 black, their trochanters with basal half 

 white and balance black, their femora black above, ferruginous beneath, their 

 tibiae ferruginous, white at base, below which is a narrow black annulus. their 

 tarsi blackish; abdomen nearly three times longer than head and thorax 

 together, black, apex of third segment, and the fourth and fifth entirely except 

 dorsal ridge, ferruginous; ovipositor very short. Length .50 inch. 



One specimen. (Belfrage.) 



In the collection of the American Entomological Society there is 

 another species belonging to this genus, from West Virginia, which 

 I have named P. vinjiniensis. It is a S , having the eyes larger than 

 in 9 and face much narrower, especially beneath ; the color is nearly 

 altogether black, the cheeks, pleura and metathorax densely silvery; 

 the anterior orbits, margin beneath eyes and mandibles whitish; an- 

 tennse entirely black; the scutellum broadly concave; anterior legs 

 honey-yellow, with coxae beneath, tibias, and tarsi except tips, white ; 

 intermediate legs fuscous, with annulus at base of tibiic, and tarsi ex- 

 cept tips, whitish; posterior legs black, with basal half of trochanters 

 and annulus near base of tibiae white; abdomen more slender than in 

 texana and entirely black. Length .5(1 inch. 



X C. Bridwell 



TRANS. AMER. ENT. SOC. IV. (23) NOVEMBER, 1S72. 



