148 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
it runs nearest to 7’. edwardsw (Cresson), to which it has a very strong 
superficial resemblance, differing, however, by the black hair on the 
basal part of the second abdominal segment (although that segment 
has some light hair subapically), the brilliant silvery hairs on the 
apical part of the abdomen, and the shorter third antennal joint. The 
last two characters also separate it from 7’. acerba (Cresson). There 
is no light band on the fifth segment, such as is seen in 7’. edwardsiz 
vagabunda, Ckll. In some respects 7’. argyrophila closely resembles 
T. fedoris, Ckll., from the same region, but the apical part of the 
abdomen is very different, and the wings have none of the dusky 
yellowish tint of fedorvs. 
Hab. Lee County, Texas, March 24th (Birkmann, No. 16). 
Melissodes masuca, sp. nov. 
3. Length about 114 mm., black, with ochreous pubescence, be- 
coming bright yellowish red on the thorax above. No black hair on 
head or thorax. Head rather broad; eyes dark reddish; clypeus 
(except the two black spots), labrum, and large spots on base of 
mandibles yellow; antennz long, flagellum black above, clear ferru- 
ginous below ; third joint broader than long ; mesothorax with strong 
punctures ; tegule clear ferruginous; wings dusky, nervures rather 
dilute brown ; legs ordinary, apex of middle and most of hind tibiz 
ferruginous ; abdomen with continuous bands; hind margin of first 
segment rather narrowly whitish hyaline, of the others broadly and 
suffusedly dark reddish brown; segments two to five with broad 
basal bands of ochreous tomentum; second with also an entire 
straight median band; sixth segment with black hair; seventh with 
lateral red teeth. In the table in Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1906, this 
runs to 8 on p. 81; it also runs to that vicinity (-e. of M. awrigenia 
and agilis) in Robertson’s table in Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1905. It 
differs from M. trinodis, Rob., by the yellow on mandibles and other 
characters; from M. agilis and various other species it is readily 
known by the entire narrow median band (separated from the basal 
one by a black exposed area) on the second segment. In colour and 
general appearance (except for the much longer antenne) it is curi- 
ously like an undersized M. suffusa, Cress., but the distribution of 
hair on the second abdominal segment and other characters are 
entirely different. 
Hab. Fedor, Texas, June 17th, 1901 (Birkmann, No. 17). 
The name means golden-haired in a dialect of Ceram. 
Melissodes loena, sp. n. 
g. Length about 12 mm.; hair of thorax, &¢., ochreous, but not 
quite so bright as in M. masuca; clypeus (except the spots), labrum, 
and large spot on mandibles yellow ; flagellum black above, clear fer- 
ruginous beneath ; tegulze shining ferruginous ; nervures fuscous. In 
the characters of the head, thorax, &c., this is almost the same as M. 
masuca ; were the abdomen removed, it would be hard to separate 
them. The maxillary blade is shorter in loena, the tegule are shining 
(dull in masuea), and the hind tibia is more slender, less densely 
