420 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell — Descriptions and 



type was from Oajaca, and Gribodo's was marked 

 "Oajuca?" {sic). 



The following species are now recorded from new 

 localities : — 



Augochlora radians (Vachal). Cacao, Trece Aguas, Alta 

 Vera Paz, Guatemala, April 25 (Schivarz and Barber). 

 This is probably the same as the so-called A. vesta from 

 Mexico in the British Museum, but it is not true 

 vesta. 

 A. fervida, Smith. Tlahualilo, Durango, Mexico, at 



peach blossoms (A. W. MorriW). 

 A. illustris (Vachal). Colombia, from C. F. Baker 



collection. 

 A. phoemono'e (Schrottky). Sapucay, Paraguay, March 



(JV. T. Foster). 

 A. nigrocyanea, Ckll. Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 



Dec. 6 (F. C. Bishopp). 

 A. esox (Vachal). Paraiso, Canal Zone, Panama, Jan. 18 



{Aug. Busck). 



A. seminigra, Ckll. Cordoba, Mexico, Jan. 20 {F.Knab). 



The A. nigrocyanea females from Tampico are variable ; 



one has strong purple tints on apical part of abdomen, 



which the other lacks ; the latter has the mesothorax black. 



Xenoylossa howardi, sp. n. 



£ . (Type.) — Length about 12 mm., anterior wing 9. 



Black, including the clypeus and antennae ; mandibles 

 fulvous apically, bidentate, but with a slight notch on inner 

 side indicating the rudiment of a third tooth ; labrum brown 

 at sides, covered with appressed pale hair ; maxillary palpi 

 5-jointed ; hair of head long and creamy white, with some 

 fuscous hairs on vertex and below antennae ; hair of thorax 

 above clear reddish fulvous, without black ; a large patch 

 on middle of vnesopleura, and tubercles, with dark fuscous 

 hair; teguhe ferruginous. Wings dusky. Legs black, the 

 spurs stramineous, and tarsi at apex ferruginous ; hair of 

 middle aud posterior tibiae and tarsi dark brown, but the 

 femora aud anterior legs with pale hair. Abdomen shining 

 black, minutely punctured, hind margins of segments 2 to 4 

 suffusedly reddened ; no hair-bands, but base of second 

 segment at sides with thin greyish hair j venter with thin 

 whitish hair. 



? . — Length about 12'5 mm. 



Similar to the male, but all the legs with dark brown 



