120 Psyche [October 



than the face below. Ocellar triangle distinctly flattened; the 

 lateral ocelli much nearer to the eyes than to each other and about 

 as far from the anterior ocellus as from the eyes. Clypeus straight- 

 ly truncate at the apex. Antennae slender, the basal joint (scape) 

 about the length of the fourth, which is a little shorter than the 

 third. Pronotum a little shorter than the mesonotum, strongly 

 convex, Propodeum with pronounced apical emargination ; its 

 lateral angles sharp, spinose (in A. fasciatns these angles are 

 obtusely rounded at the tip). Legs slender as compared with A. 

 fasciatus, the hind femora and tibise feebly swollen. Comb of the 

 fore tarsi long, its longest bristles about half the length of the fore 

 basitarsus. Fore wings with the second cubital cell much shorter 

 than in A. fasciatus, slightly over 1| as long as broad and not quite 

 f the length of the first cubital on the cubital vein. Hind wings 

 with the transverse median ending much before the base of the 

 cubitus; in A. fasciatus both veins are nearly interstitial. 



Black. Mandibles except at base and apex, narrow anterior 

 margin of clypeus, hind femora and hind tibise entirely, first two 

 joints of hind tarsi partly, and spurs of the hind tibise, reddish 

 brown. The apical margins of the first two abdominal tergites are 

 very faintly suffused with brown. Wings subhyaline, with black- 

 ish veins, infuscated in their apical third. 



Tegument impunctate. Body almost devoid of pubescence. 

 A few erect hairs on the mandibles and clypeus and on the terminal 

 segments of the abdomen. No sericeous pile; but a feeble, grey 

 pruinosity covers the shining body and shows clearly that the 

 specimen is in a very fresh condition. 



Described from one female specimen collected by Mr. Birkman 

 in Lee County, Texas, May, 1907.^ 



This species comes near the preceding (wheeleri) but is suffi- 

 ciently distinct in the characters shown in the key. 



List of Nearctic Species. 



1. Aporinellus apicatus Banks, Journ. New York Ent. Soc. 19, 

 1911, p. 230. 



Aporus apicatus Banks, ibid. 18, 1910, p. 126, d^. 

 Type-locality: Claremont, Calif. 



In Mr. Banks' collection there are also specimens from 



« Mus. Comp. Zool. Cambridge, No. 10757. 



