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Maracandula belliila n. sp. — Head yellow, a black inter-anteuiial 

 mark extending below antenuse eacb side; vertex pale, with a black spot on 

 each side; aiitennte short, black, witii a broad yellow band near middle covering 

 about four joints, beyond blackish; palpi pale, last joint blackish, slender ; pro- 

 notQ!n pale yellow-gray, with a black spot on each side near front, and one in 

 middle behind ; rest of thorax brown oi dull black, a yellow spot each side in 

 front of base of wings; legs pale, the femora more or less infuscated, especially 

 above, often black; tibia- with a basnl and a more prominent apical black band ; 

 tarsal joints barely black at tips; abdomen black, each segment with a broad 

 whitish band at base, several of those toward base often contain a median black 

 mark, the one on segment 2 usually connected to the black sides; wings hyaline, 

 venation brown, broadly interrupted with white, many of the cross-veins wholly 

 white, a black cloud near end of anal vein ; and one near end of cubital vein, 

 latter also present in the hind wings ; pterostigma indistinct a brown dot at inner 

 base. Body with long black and some white hairs. Expanse 35-40 mm. 



Three Rivers, California (Baker) ; Reef, Arizona (Biederinan) ; 

 and Phoenix, Arizona (Kunze). 



This is what Mr. Carrie has identified as the 3Iyrmeleon pygmams 

 of Hagen. But Hagen's description differs from this species in 

 many particulars. He says tliat liis species has a black face, with 

 yellow spots ; that the prothorax is fuscous, varied with yellow ; 

 that the abdomen is pointed with fuscous; and that the legs are 

 spotted with black ; all of which is strikingly contrary to this spe- 

 cies. Moreover, his statements about the antennae and wings do not 

 fit this species. In fact I see nothing in his description, save that it 

 is a small species without spurs, that will suit the species before me. 



Dendroleon ^ipeciosuin n. sp. — Head pale yellowish; a broad, deep 

 black inter-antennal band, truncate above and below, and a dull black band on 

 vertex from eye to eye ; pntennse brown, as long as head and thorax ; prouotum 

 pale, thickly dotted with black, a black median stripe, a line from furrow curv- 

 ing back each side, margined by a pale line, and beyond a blackish patch ; rest 

 of thorax mostly dull black above, a pale spot on each lobe, and each side on the 

 mesoscutellum ; pleura with a broad black stripe through the middle; abdomen 

 black, a small, yellowish, hastate mark above in middle of eacb segment; legs 

 pale, femur I mostly black, except at base and on inner side; tibiae dotted with 

 black, especially on base, and tarsal joints beyond the second are blackish ; leg 

 II more blackish, but the first tarsal joint wholly pale; leg III with broad black 

 baud on basal half of femur and the apex black, tibia dotted with blackish, and 

 black at tip, third and fourth tarsal joints blackish. Legs very slender, first 

 tarsal joint longer than next three together, spurs longer than joints one and two 

 together, curved and slender. Wings hyaline; venation pale, marked with 

 black, median vein almost wholly black; many cross-veins black and margined 

 with black, most of those between median and cubitus very broadly margined 

 with black; a large black spot on anal margin half-way out to the end of anal 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXII. NOVEMBER, 1905. 



