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PSYCHE. 



[June, 1902 



corners of a square, between the lateral rows ; 

 lower edge of the face at the middle with a 

 row of four downwardly directed and smaller 

 bristles. Antennae luteous, except the third 

 segment of the arista which is black. Palpi 

 yellow. Post ocular cilia stout, black, the 

 lowest three or four which are below the eye 

 being stout, and twice as long as the others. 

 Thorax yellow, paler below and brownish 

 above, except for a rather wide lighter dorsal 

 vitta ; with a few lateral black hairs and tAvo 



Phora epierae Brues. Head, frontal view. 



stout macrochaetae behind each wing. Scu- 

 tellum with 2 marginal macrochaetae. Abdo- 

 men yellow ; first and second segments each 

 with a large quadrate, very sharply defined 

 lateral black spot (that on the second al)sent 

 in one specimen). The spots on the first 

 segment each bear a tuft of small black 

 bristles at the middle. Ovipositor black at 

 extreme base. Legs yellow, each coxa with 

 a few stout bristles at the apex, together 

 forming a stiff backwardly directed brush. 

 Femora wholly pale, the posterior ones deep- 

 er vellow. Tibiae, especially the posterior 

 pair, .spinulose above ; four posterior tibiae 

 with a single apical spur, that of the middle 

 leg very long, half as long as the tibia. The 

 posterior tibiae have a fine black line above, 

 their tarsi bilineate with black externally. 

 Wings light yellow, faintly dusky at the 

 tips. Costal vein very much thickened on its 

 basal half, its spines moderate: second longi- 

 tudinal vein bifurcate, the furcation and the 



tip of the costal vein forming the apex of a 

 low isosceles triangle. Four equally distinct 

 discal longitudinal veins. 



Described from four female specimens, 

 Austin, Tex. 



Tliis species may be readily distin- 

 guished from P. scalaris Loew., by the 

 coloration, and from the European P. in- 

 terrupta Ztt., by the spinulose hind tibiae. 

 The maculation of the abdomen will dis- 

 tinguish it from any known North Ameri- 

 can species. 



Neoglaphyroptera opima Lw. (?) 



Larva. Length 15 mm., greatest width 1.30 

 mm. Body elongate, tapering at both ends ; 

 the constrictions between the body segments 



Neoglaphyroptera opima Lw (.' ) 

 Larva and head of larva, ventral view. 



