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PSYCHE. 



[January, 1901. 



Type. — Cat. No. 5326, U. S. N. M. (One 

 ? specimen.) 



(5) Alexeter canaliculatus Pro- 

 vancher. 



One (J specimen. 



(6) Otlophorus affinis, new spe- 

 cies. 



$. — Length 6 mm. Black; the antei'ior 

 half of the clypeus, the tegulae and abdomi- 

 nal segments 2--5 rufous; mandibles, palpi, 

 anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi, except 

 last joint, pale yellowish, or yellowish-white ; 

 all coxae, a spot on the anterior and middle 

 trochanters above and the hind legs, mostly 

 black, the extreme base of the hind femora 

 and more or less of their apices, rufous ; an 

 annulus at base of hind tibiae, the tibial 

 spurs and the base of the first joint of tarsi, 

 whitish ; two apical segments of the abdo- 

 men fuscous. . Wings obscure hyaline, the 

 stigma and veins brownish, the stigma having 

 a whitish spot at basal third. 



Type. — Cat. No. 5327, U. S. N. M. 

 (One $ specimen.) 



Comes nearest to Otlophorus iniiume- 

 rabilis Davis, but differs in color of tlie 

 legs and by the disco-cubital nervure 

 not being broken by a stump of a vein. 



(7) Limneria striatipes, new spe- 

 cies. 



?. — ^ Length 7 mm. Black; mandibles, 

 except at base and apex, the palpi, the teg- 

 ulae, the subcostal and the median veins to- 

 ward base in both wings, pale yellow, or yel- 

 lowish white, the rest of the veins black or 

 blackish, the stigma within being ferrugi- 

 nous, the anterior femora, except a large spot 

 at base beneath, their tibiae and tarsi, pale fer- 

 ruginous, the middle and hind legs mostly 

 black, their tibiae having a long whitish stripe 

 beneath and within ; the tibial spurs, as well • 

 as the extreme base of the first joint of tarsi, 

 are whitish. Metathorax areolated, the are- 

 ola longer than wide, hexagonal. 



$. — Length 4.5 mm. Differs from the 

 female in its smaller size and in the color of 

 the legs : The anterior and middle coxae be- 

 neath and their trochanters, except the first 

 joint above, are yellowish-white, the anterior 

 femora have no black spot at base beneath, 

 the middle femora are mostly rufous, while 

 the hind femora are rufous at base. 



Type.— Cat. No. 5328, U. S. N. M. 

 (One 9 , one ^ specimen.) 



(8) Cidaphurus alticola, new spe- 

 cies. 



$. —Length 12 mm. Black and yellow, 

 the ground color of the head and the thorax 

 black; scape beneath, the posterior orbits, 

 the anterior orbits and the face below the 

 antennae, except a median stripe, the malar 

 space and the lateral incisions of the clypeus 

 which are black, the clypeus, the mandibles 

 except at apex and a spot at basal angle with- 

 in, the legs except middle coxae at base and 

 behind, the hind coxae within and at apex, 

 a V-shaped mark at each anterior lateral 

 angle of the mesonotum, the scutellum, ex- 

 cept the fovea at base and the spine, the post- 

 scutellum, a band across the apex of tlie meta^ 

 thorax extending as a spot on the metapleura, 

 the tegulae, a spot beneath a perpendicular 

 line on the mesopleura, a spot beneath the 

 insertion of the hind wings, two short stripes 

 on upper margin of the pronotum, andaspot 

 on the prosternum above the insertion of the 

 front coxae, yellow. Wings subhyaline, the 

 internal veins blackish, the costal vein and 

 the stigma brown. Abdomen subcompressed, 

 the basal two thirds of the first segment and 

 bands at the base of the following segments 

 black. 



Type. —Cat. No. 5329, U. S. N. M. 

 (One $ specimen.) 



Allied to Cidaphurus {Baiichies) 

 spinosus Cresson, described from Col- 

 orado. 



