308 A. L. MELANDER. 



Described from a single male specimen from the collection of 

 Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, collected by Mr. C. A. Townsend, at 

 Cuero, West Texas, June. 



This species resembles bellerophon Fox, differing by the shorter 

 and darker antennae, smaller ocelli, and darker wings. The arma- 

 ture of the mesosternum is also quite different. 



62. itfutilla mesillensis Cockerel] (101). 



Las Cruces and Arrogo, New Mexico (Cockerell). 



63. >1 ill ilia grata sp. uov. 



Small, testaceo-rufous, apex of abdomen fuscous, sparsely hairy, bead globose, 

 almost impunctate, antennae longer than bead and thorax, mesonotum smooth 

 and shining, ruetanotum coarsely reticulate, mesosternum with two minute teeth, 

 petiole short, strongly punctured and constricted from the smooth and polished 

 second segment, legs testaceous, wings hyaline, veins pale, two submarginals, the 

 second small. 



Male. Testaceo-rufous, vertex blackened, apex of abdomen infuscated, head 

 uniformly rounded and much produced behind the eyes, obsoletely punctulate, 

 its pubescence very sparse, ocelli small, hind ones further from each other than 

 from the eyes, a round, shallow, puncliform depression midway between the 

 antennae and the front ocellus; clypeus large, shallow, polished, with a promi- 

 nent Y-shaped ridge in front of the antennae; mandibles short, strongly bent, 

 not very robust, the tips and the strong basal tooth blackened ; antennas testa-' 

 ceous, scape pale yellow, slender and nearly straight, almost glabrous, antennae 

 reaching to the base of abdomen. Prothorax shallowly aud rugosely punctured, 

 mesonotum smooth, polished, the grooves wanting or indicated posteriorly as a 

 short punctured stria, scutellum finely rugulose, metanotum coarsely but rather 

 shallowly reticulate, the basal areas small, slightly exceeding two areoles ; meso- 

 pleurae minutely reticulate towards the coxae, mesosternum smooth except for 

 the two minute, backward-pointing, acute teeth which are placed rather far back 

 on the segment. Petiole of abdomen one-third longer than broad, and twice as 

 broad at tip as at base, anterior angles dentiform, the hind margin strongly con- 

 stricted from the second segment, strongly nodose and very coarsely punctured, 

 beneath subcarinate in the middle, the carina terminating abruptly in front; 

 second segment impunctate, polished, beneath very sparsely punctulate, third 

 segment with a V-shaped speculum. Vestiture of thorax and abdomen very 

 sparse, whitish, the second and third segments fringed with short, white, plumose 

 hairs. Legs including the coxae pale testaceous. Wings hyaline, stigma fuscous, 

 veins yellowish, marginal cell short, second submarginal receiving the recurrent 

 vein at its basal fourth, third submarginal completely wauting. 



Length, 5.5 mm. 



Fig. 58 ; wing. 



Described from two male specimens collected by Mr. C. H. Town- 

 send, at La Cueva, Organ Mountains, New Mexico, at an altitude 

 of about 5300 feet, at light. 



