248 Psyche . [December 
A FEW NEW PSAMMOCHARID. 
By Natuan BAnkKs. 
East Falls Church, Va. 
Psammochares transversalis n. sp. 
@. Black; face silvery each side of the antenne, wings black. Clypeus trun- 
cate, margined; antennz long, slender, third joint very long, as long as width of 
the face at antenns; a very distinct line from antenne to anterior ocellus, latter 
a little more than its diameter from the smaller laterals, these as close to the eyes 
as to each other; vertex, from in front, barely rounded; face rather narrow, nar- 
rowed above; eyes large. Pronotum depressed behind, and almost angulate; 
metanotum moderately long, with a median line on the basal part, and the apical 
part plainly transversely wrinkled; abdomen broad at base, dull, last segment 
rather brownish, fringed; legs slender, tarsi I with long cilia, more than twice as 
long as the width of a joint, hind legs not very heavily spinose, hind tibia with 
the longer spur nearly one-half as long as the metatarsus, last joint of hind tarsus. 
with spines beneath, claws toothed. Wings of moderate length; marginal cell 
long, acute, second submarginal cell about twice as long as broad, first recurrent 
vein near the tip; third submarginal shorter, nearly one half narrowed above, 
second recurrent vein arising much beyond the middle of the outer cell, and run- 
ning nearly straight to the middle of the third submarginal; basal veins inter- 
stitial in the fore-wings, widely dislocate in the hind-wings. 
Length 13 mm. 
From Palmerlee, Arizona (Biederman). Readily known by 
wrinkled metanotum. 
Psammochares castella n. sp. 
3. Small, narrow, black, not silvery, except on the lower part of the face, 
second abdominal segment mostly dull red above. Head and thorax very sparsely 
hairy; clypeus truncate in front, not margined; face broad, especially above; 
antennee heavy; a faint line from antenne to anterior ocellus, latter scarcely more 
than its diameter from the laterals, and these as close to eyes as to each other; 
vertex from in front very distinctly rounded; pronotum angulate behind; meta- 
notum short, suddenly depressed behind; abdomen broad at base, dull, apical: 
segment with a marginal fringe; legs slender, only slightly spinose, hind tibia with 
only three spines above, more on sides, longer spur of hind tibia more than one-half 
as long as the metatarsus, last tarsal joint without spines below. Wings long and 
narrow, black, not darker at tips; marginal cells large, submarginals small, second 
larger than third, latter triangular; first recurrent near tip of second submarginal, 
