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are merely darker with a stronger violaceous reflection. One c? 

 at the same place and time (T. D. A. Cockerell). 

 Agenia accepta Cress. 



One ?, La Jolla, August. Wings uniformly fuscous, apical 

 border paler. Specimens from Atco, N. J., June, 1897 (C. W. 

 Johnson), Dakota, Texas, Las Cruces, KM., October 19, found 

 dead (Ckll. ), have wings mottled as in the type from Georgia. 

 Agenia euphorbise n- sp. 



J*. — Length 4 mm. Head apparently impunctate, opaque, face 

 below antennae covered with appressed silvery pubescence, space 

 between posterior ocelli a little less than that between them and 

 nearest eye-margin, first joint of flagellum as long as or a little 

 shorter than the second. Thorax dull, covered with very fine sil- 

 very pubescence, apparent only in certain lights. Wings almost 

 uniformly darkened, pale brown, nervures and stigma dark brown 

 Abdomen shining, somewhat compressed, covered with a finer and 

 less apparent pubescence than the thorax. First segment not dis- 

 tinctly petiolate, about twice as long as broad at apex. Legs very 

 finely sericeous. Second submarginal cell along the cubitus a little 

 longer than the first. 



Black, tibite and tarsi brownish. Apical dorsal segment with a 

 white spot. 



Type, Coll. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. 



Type locality, San Pedro, Cal. Related to A. petiolatus Cress., 

 from Illinois, but smaller and without a" distinctly petiolate first 

 abdominal segment. 



One c?, July 27, on Euphorbia. 



Anoplius (Pompilinus) padrinus n. sp. 



. d^. — Length 4.5 mm. Plead impunctate, subopaque, face below 

 antennae covered with appressed silvery pubescence, on the rest of 

 the head the pubescence is so fine as to be almost invisible. Space 

 between posterior ocelli about equal to that between them and near- 

 est eye-margin, first joint of flagellum distinctly shorter than the 

 second. The entire tegument has a bluish sheen to it, the thorax is 

 covered with a very fine silvery pubescence apparent only in cer- 

 tain lights, on the under side and oo the coxse it is heaviest. A 

 faint furrow down the middle of the metathorax. Abdomen pol- 

 ished, slightly dull, with a very fine pubescence. Legs silvery 



