Ob HENRY L. VIERECK. 



ocelli less than twice the distance between them and anterior ocellus; distance 

 between posterior o(relli equal to or a little greater than that between them and 

 nearest eye margin. Malar space distinct, less than one-half mm. high. Man- 

 dibles narrow, gently curved, slightly emarginate, teeth not strong. 



Thorax. — Prothorax shining, crudely punctured. Dorsnlum with strong, 

 almost contiguous punctures, grooves present only on posterior half. Scutellum 

 rugose; postscutellum indistinctly sculptured, rugulose. Propleura with a large 

 shining area, shining rugulose; bulged portion not strong, closely reticulate or 

 nearly, depressed part smooth and shining. Area not sharply defined, oblong. 

 Meshes of the reticulation on nietathorax large, not strong nor regular. 



Wings. — Trace of a third transverse cubitus, with a trace of a nervure at right 

 angles to it; second recurrent nervures absent, subdiscoidal nervure delicate. 

 First submarginal cell four times as long as high. Transverse median nervure 

 interstitial with basal nervure. 



Abdomen. — Petiole with only a few very shallow punctures on a shining sur- 

 face. Punctures on second segment sparse and small, felt line about one-half 

 length of segment, on ventral segment a little shorter. Exj)osed part of subtle 

 area semicircular. 



Co?or. — Pubescence white, that of the felt lines dark. Pale castaneous, a spot 

 on each side of pronotum and between ocelli black, antennte and legs testaceous. 

 Stigma and nervures darkened testaceous. 



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



Odontophotopsis crucis n. sp. 



Length, % , 7 mm. — -Head. — Medium, strong uniform punctures, well separated, 

 median line partly formed on front. Distance between posterior ocelli less than 

 twice the distance between them and anterior ocellus; distance between poste- 

 rior ocelli about equal to that between them and nearest eye margin. No malar 

 space. Mandibles broadly emarginate, tooth short and rounded, elbow distinct. 



Thorax. — Prothorax closely rugose. Punctures of dorsnlum quite separated, 

 grooves starting anterior to the middle. Scutellum coarsely punctured. Post- 

 scutellum indistinctly sculptured, rugulose. Propleura coarsely sculptured, 

 rugulose. Propleura coarsely sculptured, almost reticulate, no smooth area. 

 Mesopleura with bulged part pronounced, reticulated; depressed portion punc- 

 tured and smooth in part. Area poorly defined, almost obsolete. Meshes of 

 reticulation on metathorax large, strong. 



Wings. — k. very faint third transverse cubitus, second recurrent nervure en- 

 tirely obliterated, subdiscoidal nervure indistinct. First submarginal cell four 

 times as long as high. Ti-ansverse median nervure interstitial with basal nervure. 



Abdomen. — Punctures of petiole sparse and shallow. Second segment with fine 

 sparse punctures, felt line about one-half length of segment, on vential segment 

 a little shorter. Subtle area hidden. 



Color. — Nearly all pubescence white. Testaceous; antennae and legs pale, 

 black spot between ocelli, abdomen darker than the rest of the insect. Stigma 

 testaceous, nervures jiale. 



Type, Coll. x\iii. Ent. 8oe. Phila. Type locality, Las Cruces, N. 

 M. Las Cruces, July 8th (T. D. A. Cockereil). 



