198 Aunals Eutomolo'^ical Society of America (\'oI. Ill, 



Type — Cal. Xu. oG<S8, U. S. Nat. Museum. From Kukak 

 Bay, July 4. Five specimens. 



Paniscus albotarsatus Prov. 



I'auiK- JCiii' iiiohfijiciue Du Crmada, II, 1SS3, p. 3()1. 



Male — Length .40 inch. Beautiful yellow, face of a yellowish 

 white, the ocelli black, contijj;uous with each other. Posterior tarsi 

 white except at the base of the first seji;ment; their claws (hooks) brown. 

 Abdomen elonj^ated, comjiressed; slij^htly arched, slim, scarcely lin<;ed 

 with brown at its extremity. Winj^'s colorless, nerves brown; stigma 

 yellow. Median nervure arched, without a rudiment of a nervure at its 

 middle; areola subtriangular, very oblique, very small. G. 



The color almost uniform, color of the sj^ccies with its posterior 

 tarsi which distinguishes it at first sight. In the female the abdomen is 

 a little obscure towards the extremity, the ovipositor longer than the 

 length of the abdomen. 



Paniscus albovarigatus, Prov. 



Faune Enlomologique Du Canada, II. 1883, p. 3')1. 

 Female — Length .;iS inch. L^niform, honey-yellow; the face below 

 and above the antennae, the orljites all around the eyes, a line on the 

 edges of the mesothorax prolonged to the tip of the scutellum, two lines 

 upon the back of the mesothorax, a line below the anterior wings, a 

 large spot lower upon the flanks (sides) with another smaller one below 

 the posterior wings, of a beautiful white. Ocelli not touching the eyes, 

 and also distant from each other. Metathorax uniform (simple, even) 

 obscurely transversely aciculate; areola of wings small, triangular, 

 pedunculated, slightly oblique, abdomen convex, comjiressed from the 

 third segment, brownish in its ])ostcrior half. AC. 



Paniscus geminatus (.Say). 



Faiinr Ent' molr»ique Du Canada, II, 1883 p. 360. 

 Female — Length .Go inch with a uniform \-ellowish russet tinge. 

 Face a little clearer; ocelli contiguous with the eyes, and also with each 

 other. Wings colorless, nerves black, stigma yellow. Median nervure 

 strongly arched, with a rudiment of a nervure very apparent towards 

 its middle. Metathorax pubescent, very iiiu'ly punctured. Legs and 

 jjosterior tarsi a little darker than the rest. Abdomen compressed, 

 slightly convex, brownish at the extremit\-; o\-i])ositor longer tlian the 

 length of the abdomen. AC. 



Paniscus medius, Ashm. 



Proceediings of the California Academy of Sciences, l\', 1S'»4, p. 12S. 

 Female — Length 12 mm.; ovip. 2 mm. Brt)wnish-yellow; face and 

 clypeus yellowish white; ocelli large, ])rominent, the lateral touching 

 the eye; eyes distinctly emarginate within; thorax smooth, trilobed; 

 metanotum smooth, without a vestige of carinac; wings hyaline, the 

 costa and stigma brownish-yellow, the other ner\aires black, the dis- 

 coidal nervure with a distinct stump of a vein; abdomen twice as long as 

 the head and thorax united, strongly compressed, viewed from the side, 



