182 H. L. VIERECK. 



sculpture of the triangle much like the surrounding area, rugulose, shining, a 

 median smooth streak in the triangle and the apical half duller than other parts 

 of metathorax. Between the apex of the triangle and the insertion of abdomen 

 is a distinct pit about as broad as long. Metathorax and sides of thorax covered 

 with black pubescence, the sides of the thorax more closely rugulose than the 

 metathorax — dull. Legs covered with black pubescence; claws cleft, the ante- 

 rior pair of legs with the lesser tooth of claw slender and extending beyond mid- 

 dle of large claw, the middle and posterior pair of legs have the lesser tooth short 

 and broad, without a point, not very prominent. Distance between the insertion 

 of first recurrent nervure and second transverse cubitus on cubitus about one- 

 fourth length of second cubital cell on the cubitus; second recurrent received by 

 the third cubital cell in the middle. Transverse median nervure in hind wings 

 terminates a little before the origin of cubitus. 



Abdomen shining, finely sculptured, covered with a fine black or deep brown 

 appressed pubescence, a slight depression on second and third segment with 

 denser pubescence, segments 1, 2 and 3 with narrow polished apical margins, 4, 

 5, 6 with broad polished margins, a row of bristles on segments 4 and 5 at the 

 caudal edge of polished margin. Apical segment slightly emargiuate and with a 

 slight median furrow. First and second segment with a small spot of yellowish 

 appressed pubescence on each side near the caudal margin. 



Black, tarsi somewhat inclined to brown. Wings very much darkened, deep 

 brown, nervures black. 



Type, Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. Phila. Type locality, Nevada. 

 Nevada, one $ . 



Boiiibomelecta alfredi Ckll. 



Psyche, vii, Suppl. 1. p. 2, % 12 mm. 



Type loaned to Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Type locality, Las Cru- 

 ces, N. M. 



One % , Las Cruces, April 17, 1895, on cottonwood tree (A. Holt). 



Kombomelecta edwardwii Cress. 

 Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, vii, p. 92, % . 



Type, Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. Phila. Type locality, California. 

 One £ , California. Has spines on scutellum like zyf/o«. 



