INSECTS OF BEULAH, NEW MEXICO. 55 



the sides more opaque closely finely punctured, no median impunctate line, 

 process of labrum not so broad, slightly emarginate. Front dull, finely rough- 

 ened, the cheeks more shining. First joint of flugellum as long as 2 + 3. Pubes- 

 cence across the face at insertion of antennae and on mandibles fulvous, that on 

 clypeus and lower parts of cheek paler, tending to whitish. Dorsulum shining, 

 deeply rather sparsely punctured, except on the sides where it is more finely and 

 closely punctured and dull. Pleura? and me tat borax almost uniformly, finely 

 roughened, dull, the enclosure distinguishable chiefly by the abscence of pubesc- 

 ence. Dorsum of thorax dark fulvous, heaviest near the margins of the segments. 

 Pubescence on sides of metathorax more ochraceous, below the pubescence of 

 thorax is whitish. Wings slightly yellowish, stigma and nervures largely tes- 

 taceous, second submarginal cell not regularly quadrate, the first recurrent ner- 

 vure received beyond the middle. Legs with the pubescence ranging from 

 silvery on the anterior to golden on the posterior pair. Abdomen rather shining, 

 the second, third and fourth segments with a thick fascia of ochraceous pubesc- 

 ence, interrupted on the second, slightly so on the third. Pubescence on apex 

 of abdomen of much the same color as the fasciae but tinged witli brownish. 



Black. The mandibles brownish on the apical half. % Length 7.5 mm. Pubes- 

 cence pale, tinted with brown, that on the face darkest, a collection of black hairs 

 on each side of face extending almost to the middle. Clypeus shining, covered 

 with deep, separated punctures. Process of labrum truncate, front very finely 

 roughened. Dorsulum subopaque, indistinctly punctured. Metathorax finely 

 roughened opaque, the enclosure hardly defined. Abdomen subopaque, finely 

 roughened, 



Type. — Coll. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Phila. Type locality, Beulah, 

 N. M. 



One 9 , oneS , June 29, 30, 1902 (Viereck). 



Tracliand roust gramlior Ckll. 



July 26, one 9 , another $ August 18 (T. D. A. and W. P. Cock- 

 ered). Two $ 9 , June 29, 1902, on flowers of Ceanothus fendleri 

 (W. P. Cockered). One 9 , June 29, 1902, on flowers of Potentilla 

 (pueherimumt). 



*.4n<lrt»na segregans Ckll. 



Beulah, type locality, July 26, 1899 (W. P. Cockered). 



VihIiiiui americaua D. T. 



Amlrena argeinonis Ckll. 



(Oslar) 1902. Beginning of August 1902 (T. D. A. Cockered). 



Amlrena atala n. sp. Process of labrum broad, truncate, mandibles broad, 

 slightly indented within the blunt apex. In greater part dull granular. 



9 Length 8 mm. — Process of labrum and clypeus shining, the latter with 

 separated well defined punctures, evenly distributed, no indication of a central 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXIX. DECEMBER, 1902. 



