112 ,jr_ 



BB. — ^Antennae with flagellmii black or picoous, in Htriking contrast 

 to the pale yellow scape. 

 C. — Length 9 iiini. or over; second siibniarj^inal cell lar<>(', sharply 

 pentangular. 

 D. — Legs honey yellow in striking contr;ist to the liody. 



E. — Length 12-13 mm pedatus. 



EE. — Length 9 nnii . . irigemms. 



DD. — Legs concolorovis with body. , insignis. 



CC. — Length 7 mm.; second snlmiarginal cell small, snboval 



flif/iciUs. 



433;^ Photopsis melanderi n. sp. 



Length 12 mm., with tern;inal segments extended. Dark ferruginous in 

 color, with legs piceous, the second abdom.inal segment darkened apically 

 and with a conspicuous white hair band. Pubescence mostly white. 



Antennae nearly all piceous including portions of scape, the funicular 

 article lighter, second article of flagellum distinctly longer than first. 

 Mandibles tridentate, the lower margin with n:erely a small swelling 

 back of the middle. Head concolorous, the ocelli appearing black. The 

 small, depressed, very strongly punctate area on upper part of mesopleu- 

 rae not sharply demarked, the remaining surface as coarsely, strongly, 

 and evenly retieulato-punctate as that below. Scutellum coarsely punc- 

 tate, the punctures distinctly separated anteriorly. Metanotum coarsely 

 and evenly retieulato-punctate as that below. Ki-utellnni coarsely punc- 

 line four of the spaces are thrown together forming two longitudinal 

 area s. 



Wings slightly smoky, especially along the anterior border and some 

 streaks within the outer cells; second submarginal cell large and pentan- 

 gular. All femora and tibiae piceous to black. 



First abdominal tergite coarsely rugoso-punctate, neaily smooth api- 

 cally, the ventral ridge crenulate and straight. Felt lines concolorous. 

 Fringes of plumose hairs occur on second and third segments. 



The Eev. Mr. Birkman collected this species in Coryell county, Texas. 

 I can not. refer it to any previously described Texari species. Tt is dedica- 

 ted to our latest student of Texan mutillids. 



4334 Photopsis indigens u. s. 



Length 9 mm. Color ferruginous, with antennae and legs uniform dark 

 testaceous, the abdomen slightly darkened apically. Pubescence mostly 

 ochraceous, that on abdomen comparatively short. 



Antennae pale testaceous basally; second article of flagellum distinctly 

 longer than first. Mandibles on the lower margin with a broad emargina- 

 tion which is subtended by a very large black tipped tooth which is di- 

 rected distad. Head concolorous, the ocelli appearing silvery. The depres- 

 sed very sparsely punctate area on upper part of mesopleurae is very 

 large, the sculpturing on the narrow remaining surface very much weaker 



