l?<)() A}nhils Entomological Society of America \\'o\. III. 



than ihc pcnultimalc; discocubital \cin wiih a trace of a slump, recur- 

 rent vein interstitial with the second transverse cubitus, aerolet quad- 

 ran}.,'ular, metathorax transversely wrinkled abo\-e and with a ])aren- 

 thesis-shajjcd carina on each side; abdomen shininj.,' and with a bloom- 

 like pubescence that is conspicuous only in certain li^'hts, the rest of 

 the body very similarly i)ubescent, the pubescence pale, seeminj^lv 

 tin<,'ed with jj;olden. 



Male — Very like the female, but wiili a yellow face and ^(i-jointed 

 antennae; male paratopotype with a distinct stump of a vein. 



Type. — Female and male and ])arato])Otype, No. 12;J2(), 

 U. S. National Museum. 



Type locality. — Wellington, Kans., E. Ci. Kelley, collector, 

 Webster, No. 54.")1, U. S. Department of Ao;riculture, Bureau of 

 Entomology. 



Paniscus subfuscus, Cress. 



Pn cocdines rf the Entrmolcgical Society of Philadelphia, I\', 1SG5, p. 57. 



Dull rufo-fuscous, lc<?s and antennae paler; basal se^jjnents of 

 abdomen jjiceous; win<.js hyaline. 



Female — Dull rtifo-fuscous, o])aquc; ch-jjcus ])alc. pubescent; 

 antennae as lon^ as the body, slender, dull fulvous, slightly dusky at 

 tips. Thorax with the dorsal lines deeply impressed; scutcilum prom- 

 inent, carinated on each side; metathorax minutely sculptured, incised 

 at base, with a small acute tubercle on each side behind. \Vin}.;:s 

 hyaline; nervures fuscous, sti^nna testaceous; areolet small, subpetio- 

 latcd, oblique. Le<;;s pale fuscous, the femora sli^ditly dusky. Abdomen 

 stout, arcuated, subcompressed, clothed with a very short, appressed, 

 pale ]jubescence; 1st scji:ment elonj^ate, sli(^htl\' l:)roader at tip. with a 

 faint tubercle on each side before the middle; 2nd segment about one- 

 third shorter than the 1st; the three basal .segments above, except the 

 extreme base of the 1st, stained with piceous; apical margins of the 

 remaining segments ])ale; ovipositor about as long as the 1st .segment 

 of the abdomen. Length !) lines; ex]jansc of wings 1.") lines. 



Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. One specimen. 



This does not agree with the description of P. Rufus Brulle, 

 which I have not seen, and which is said to inhabit Cuba. 



Paniscus texanus, Ashm. 



Pn eee<linj,'s of the United States National Museum. XII. 1889. p. 42.'). 



l*"emale — Length 9 mm. This species has probably been confused 

 in our collections with P. geminatus Say; but besides its much smaller 

 size it can be readily se])arated by the following differences: 



The third joint of the antennae is only slightly longer than the 

 fourth; the mesonotum is smooth without ])arapsidal grooves; the lateral 

 keels of the sciitellum become delicate jjostcriorly; the spiracles of the 

 petiole are ])lace(l just anterior to the middle; the second abdominal 

 segment viewed from above is trapezoidal but slightlx- longer than wide 



