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[October 1S96. 



closer than those on scutelliini. Enclosed 

 area of metathorax ill-defined, strongly 

 wrinkled. Pubescence very sparse, except 

 on pleura, where it is pale and rather con- 

 spicuous. Hind border of prothorax wholly 

 dark, except the large orange patch (without 

 a dark spot) on tubercles. Tegulae with an 

 orange spot. Femora black with the ex- 

 treme apices orange. Tibiae and tarsi 

 entirely reddish-orange. Wings smoky- 

 hyaline, second submarginal cell little nar- 

 rowed towards marginal. Abdomen very 

 shiny, without distinct hair-bands or spots, 

 but very small and narrow hair-bands or lines 

 on lateral hind margins of first three seg- 

 ments, only noticeable in certain lights. 

 First segment impunctate. 



Hub. — Georgia, exact locality and collec- 

 tor unknown. Sent by Mr. Fox. In Coll. 

 Amer. Ent. Soc. Much larger \.\\7m fygmaea, 

 which it resembles in its face-marks. In the 

 color of its legs it approaches /i'«m;«//e.s'. 



Prosapis georgica, n. sp., ^. — Length 

 5 mm., rather slender, black with bright 

 lemon-yellow markings. Face rapidly nar- 

 rowing below, bright lemon-yellow; sup- 

 raclypeal mark fairly broad, longer than 

 broad, rounded above; lateral marks little 

 excavated by antennal sockets, terminating 

 broadly on orbital margin. Scape moder- 

 ately swollen, yellow in front; flagellum 

 dark brown above, paler beneath. Vertex 

 and occiput strongly punctured. Meso- 

 thorax, scutellum and pleura finely granu- 

 lar, with numerous but rather small and 

 not very close punctures. Enclosed space 

 of metathorax granular and irregularly can- 

 cellated. Pleura with short white pube- 

 scence. Hind border of prothorax inter- 

 rupted in middle, tubercles (without a dark 

 dot), and large spot on tegulae bright yel- 

 low. Extreme apices of femora, and tibiae 

 and tarsi wholly, yellow, the tarsi becoming 

 rufescent at ends. Wings hyaline, second 

 submarginal cell high, narrowed about one- 

 third to marginal. Abdomen shining, with- 

 out hair-bands; dorsum of first segment 

 microscopically reticulate, impunctate. 



Hab. — Georgia, exact locality and collec- 

 tor unknown. Four specimens sent by Mr. 

 Fox. In Coll. Amer. Ent. Soc. Easily 

 known by its small size, converging orbits, 

 3'ellow tace and largely 3'ellow scape. The 

 orbits converge below much more than in 

 modeUa. 



Prosapis saniculae Robertson $ . — Length 

 44 mm., slender, black with yellow mark- 

 ings. Face broad above, rapidly narrowing 

 below; face-marks dull pale, lemon-yellow, 

 including clypeus, a narrow elongate supra- 

 clvpeal mark obtuse at its apex, and very 

 peculiar narrow lateral marks. These lat- 

 eral marks leave the clypeus about its middle 

 and run along the orbital margin, narrow 

 and uniform in width, until a point about 

 level with the middle of the supraclypeal 

 mark, when they suddenly terminate in a 

 short linear projection directed towards the 

 upper margin of the antennal socket. 

 Scape wholly dark, dilated to its apex, 

 forming an elongated triangle. Flagellum 

 very dark brown, last joint only about one- 

 fourth longer than the one before it. Front 

 and vertex rather sparsely punctured. No 

 yellow on mandibles. Mesothorax, scutel- 

 lum and pleura granular, with numerous 

 small punctures, close, but not so close as 

 to obscure the granular surface. Enclosed 

 area of metathorax strongly pitted, not at 

 all ridged. Thorax without any yellow, 

 even the tubercles and tegulae wholly dark. 

 Anterior tibiae except a large blotch behind, 

 basal third of middle tibiae, and nearlv the 

 basal half of hind tibiae, yellow. Tarsi 

 rufous, first joint of hind tarsi becoming 

 whitish-yellow. Wings hyaline with a 

 vellowish tinge, second submarginal cell 

 little narrowed to marginal. Abdomen 

 without hair-bands, hind margins of first 

 three segments becoming rufescent, dorsum 

 of first segment impunctate. 



Hab. — Iowa, exact locality and collector 

 unknown. Sent b^' Mr. Fox. In Coll. Am. 

 Ent. Soc. Easily known by the peculiar 

 lateral marks of face, the dark tubercles, 

 etc. 



