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Nyssonid.^. 



Nysson texanus. Cress., is common, and N. solani, Ckll., rare, in 

 the Mesilla Valley. 



Gorytes pygidialis, Fox, G bigelovice, Ckll. & Fox, and G. crucis, 

 Ckll. & Fox, were described from the Mesilla Valley. 



G. propinquus, Cress., and G. tricolor, Cress., were described from 

 specimens collected by Dr. S. Lewis in northern New Mexico in 1867. 

 I have taken G. tricolor at La Junta, Colorado. 



G. veimstus, Cress. — ^ Santa Fe', see Bull. 15, N. M. Agr. Exp. Sta., 

 p. 63. 



G. spilopterus, Handl. — Organ, N. M., 5100 ft., Sept. 28, 1896. 

 G. bipimctatus , Say, det. Fox — Common in the Mesilla Valley. 

 Once at Santa Fe, on a hop vine. 



G. hamatus, Handl. — One (det. Fox) coll. by Elgin Holt at Las 

 Cruces, May, 1896. 



G. eximius, Prov., det Fox — On Bigelovia in the Mesilla Valley. 

 G. moneduloides, Pack., det. Fox — Mesilla Valley in August. 

 G. phaleratus, Say — Mesilla, June 7, etc. 



Larrid^. 



Trypoxylon texense, Sauss. , and what I take to be T. tridentatum, 

 Pack., occur in the Mesilla Valley, the former being very common. 

 T. texense was found also at Vega S. Jos^ {Townsend). 



Notogonia argentata, Bve., is common in the Mesilla Valley. 



Ancisti'omma chilopsidis, Ckll. & Fox, was described from Rincon; 

 A. rugosa. Fox, is reported from New Mexico, but the locality of cap- 

 ture is unknown. It was probably taken by VVickham. 



Tachyies distinctus, Sm. — Common in the Mesilla Valley. 



T. exornatus, Fox — Mesilla Valley; also at Colora'o, near Rincon. 



T. spatulatus, Fox — Santa Fe', see Bull. 15, N. M. Agr. Exp. Sta., 

 p. 74. 



T.fulviventris, Cress., is recorded by Townsend from Chaves and 

 Sabinal; and T. abdominalis , Say, was taken by Dr. S. Lewis in 1867. 



Tachysphex ampins, Fox, is recorded by Fox vaguely from " New 

 Mexico." 



