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than is the upper part; the pro- and mesothorax are closely and dis- 

 tinctly punctured ; on the apex of the mesonotum, in the center, are 

 two short deep furrows, which are deep, and are wider at the apex 

 than at the base. The scutellum is more strongly and somewhat more 

 widely punctured; its basal furrow bears 7 stout longitudinal keels. 

 The median segment, except on the base and the lower part of the 

 pleurae, bears large, romid, deep punctures; the center in the apex is 

 smooth, shining and depressed ; down the middle of the segment is a 

 narrow, transversely striated band ; the transverse striae being weaker 

 at the base, and at the apex they are stouter and fewer in number. 

 The base of the prothorax is keeled all round; behind this keel is 

 another less distinct one, which curves backwards above to near the 

 end of the prouotum ; on the pleurae the space between the two keels 

 is striated. Mesopleurae obscurely and sparsely punctured ; in front 

 of the centre are 7 large foveae, the upper 4 are round and deep and 

 the uppermost is in front of the others ; the lower ones are larger and 

 deeper, are separated by stout keels, and are placed somewhat in front 

 of those in the middle so that the row of foveae forms a curve ; the 

 apex is bordered by a narrow crenulated furrow. On the lower half 

 of the base of the metapleurae are four deep foveae separated by stout 

 keels ; on the upper half, behind the middle, is a row of smaller foveae ; 

 the apical half is irregularly closely reticulated. Legs pruinose, black ; 

 the tarsi with a fuscous tint; the calcaria are testaceous. The radial 

 cellule is distinctly appendiculated, the appendicular cellule being 

 longer than broad ; the second cubital cellule at the top is not one- 

 fourth of the length of the third, at the bottom, half its length ; the 

 first recurrent nervure is received near the base, the second close to 

 the middle of the cellule ; the transverse basal nervure is interstitial. 

 Abdomen pruinose ; the petiole distinctly longer than the second seg- 

 ment and punctured ; the punctures at the base more pronounced than 

 elsewhere ; the apex is depressed and narrowed ; near the base of the 

 narrowed neck is a row of depressed furrows." 



New Mexico : ' ' Santa Fe Mts. " (I have not been able to learn of 

 any mountains bearing this name. ) 



Subfamily Masaridinae 



Synoptic Table of the Tribes of MASAEIDINAE 



Glossae not retractile, short, scarcely exceeding the length of the paraglossae, 

 the membranous part much shorter than the stipes and quite broad; the max- 

 illary palpus 6-segmented, of normal length, the labial palpus 4-segmented; 

 antenna of the male incrassate toward the apex but without a club....Paragiini. 



Glossae retractile, very elongate, far exceeding the length of the paraglossae, 

 at least as long as the stipes and usually many times as long, narrow and 

 forming a sucking tube; maxillary palpus reduced in size, at most 4-segmented 

 (except in Ceramiopsis, where it is 6-segmented), often reduced to a mere 

 tubercle; labial palpus consisting of from 1 to 4 segments; antenna of the 

 male with the apical segments often fused into an indistinctly segmented 

 club - Masaridtni. 



