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second with a wide square medial anterior emargination, remaining 

 fasciae slightly biemarginate on anterior middle, heart-shaped spot 

 on apex of ultimate tergite, apical fasciae on all sternites distinctly 

 narrowed medially on 5, apex of ultimate sternite, coxae, and tro- 

 chanters below more or less, femora except broad stripe above and 

 short stripe below on posterior pair, tibiae except spot below on first 

 and second pairs, and tarsi, yellow or yellowish white. 



Length. — 14-16 mm. 



On both male and female the flagellum is ferruginous above and 

 fulvous below; the apical segment is curved, and in the male the pos- 

 terior border of the flagellum is slightly carinate. The wings are 

 hyaline, the veins fulvous. The pul villi are indistinct. The fascia 

 on the scutellum of one female is broken into spots similar to those on 

 the male, the fascia on the median segment appears as faint oblique 

 lines, yellow on mesosternum and mesopleurae much reduced, and 

 the black on the legs present on all tibiae and below on posterior and 

 middle femora. The frons and clypeus of the female show a silvery 

 reflection ; the eyes are widely separated and only slightly divergent 

 above. 



All specimens differ from the original description in that they show 

 no trace of discal marks on the scutum, and the male has the base of 

 the clypeus black. 



Habitat . — California. 



Number of specimens examined — Males, 17; females, 10. 



STICTIELLA SPECIOSA Cresson. 



Figs. 63, 64, 89, 107. 



Monedula speciosa Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., vol. 4, 1865, p. 470, female. 

 IMonedula speciosa Patton, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., vol. 5, 1879, p. 361. 



Male. — Black: Clypeus, labrum except an indefinite medial stripe, 

 mandibles except apices, lower part of frons extended in a triangular 

 area above insertion of antennae, semicircular spot below anterior 

 ocellus, scape below, broad anterior orbits, posterior orbits broader 

 below than above, prothorax except a broad anterior dorsal spot, 

 tegulae, short lateral lines on scutum above tegulae, broad fascia on 

 scutellum, narrow fascia on metanotum, broad curved fascia on dor- 

 sum of median segment extended down medially on posterior surface, 

 sides of same entirely including lateral angles and much of posterior 

 surface, mesopleurae except large spot below extended on meso- 

 sternum almost to the median line, metapleurae, fascia on first ter- 

 gite broad laterally, interrupted narrowly in the middle, broadly 

 emarginate on anterior middle and slightly on either side the pos- 

 terior middle, fascia on second broad, continuous, inclosing a pair of 

 median, elliptical, transverse, black spots and triundulate on pos- 

 terior margin, fasciae on 3-6 broad, biemarginate on anterior margin 



