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ends. Vertex of head rather elevated at the dark spots; antennae quite short; 

 prothorax narrowed in front. Wings narrow, tips rounded, but three gradate 

 veinlets of inner series, four or five of outer series, but one series of gradate vein- 

 lets in hind wings. Length 10 mm. 



San Antonio, Texas, and Austin, Texas, May 20th ; the latter 

 from Mr. McClendon. A very handsome and distinct species, not 

 very closely related to any other in our fauna. 



Eremoclirysa puiictinervis McLach. — Head yellowish ; a blackish 

 mark under each eye reaching toward mouth, a spot between base of antenna' ; 

 palpi banded with red-brown ; basal joint of antenna? often with a red-brown 

 spot on inner upper side, a narrow line on outer side; second joint often with a 

 dark spot above, but not wholly black. Pronotum marked each side with red- 

 brown, as likewise meso- and metathorax ; abdomen somewhat marked with 

 brown ; legs pale, a brown dot under tip of each femur. Wings grayish hyaline, 

 veius and veinlets interruptedly pale and red-brown, sometimes some of the 

 cross-veinlets are wholly dark, gradate veinlets brown; hind wings similarly 

 marked. Wings narrow, rounded at tip, but three or four gradate veinlets in 

 each series, in hind wings but one (the outer) series of gradate veinlets, third 

 cubital cell about twice as long as broad. Length 9-11 nun. 



I have seen specimens from Brazos Co., Victoria (March 29th), 

 and Austin, Texas; San Augustine, Las Vegas Hot Springs and 

 Mesilla, New Mexico; Williams and Winslow, Arizona; Los An- 

 geles and Palm Springs, Calif. ; and Colorado. Most specimens 

 were taken in Aug., Sept. and Oct., but those from Palm Springs 

 were captured in Feb. and March. In life it looks quite unlike 

 Chrysopa, and is of a grayish color. It appears to be the most 

 common species of the arid region of the southwest. 



Eremochrysa fraterua Bauks. — Similar to E. punctinervis, but larger, 

 and more marked with brown. From between the antenna? two stripes run up 

 on the vertex, and the second joint of antenna? is wholly black ; the inner orbit 

 of each eye is margined with black. The thorax has a broad stripe on each side, 

 and a narrow median line ; there is a dark dot under the tip of each femur. The 

 cross-veinlets of the wings are all dark, the pterostigmatie ones broadly marked 

 with brown. Length 12 nun. 



The type is from Colorado, but I have recently seen a specimen 

 taken by Mr. Baker at King's Canon, Ormsby Co., Nevada, June 

 6th, which agrees with the type in every particular. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY, 



Thomas Say. — Descriptions of some new North American Neurop- 

 terous Insects, and observations on some already described. — 

 Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1839, pp. 9-46. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXIX. APKIL, 1903. 



