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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.98 
  

  

  MEUSSODES 
  FLAVIFASCIATUS. 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Alale. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  or 
  nearly 
  9 
  mm.; 
  black, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  with 
  a 
  

   broad 
  yellow 
  apical 
  band, 
  but 
  the 
  labrum 
  and 
  mandibles 
  black; 
  

   antennae 
  black, 
  very 
  long, 
  reaching 
  at 
  least 
  to 
  middle 
  of 
  abdomen, 
  

   the 
  flagellar 
  joints 
  swollen; 
  hair 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  long 
  and 
  white, 
  

   on 
  thorax 
  above 
  somewhat 
  dusky; 
  facial 
  quadrangle 
  about 
  square; 
  

   mesonotum 
  and 
  scutellum 
  moderately 
  shining; 
  tegulae 
  black; 
  wings 
  

   hyaline, 
  faintly 
  dusky, 
  nervures 
  dark; 
  second 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  large, 
  

   quadrate, 
  receiving 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  end; 
  second 
  

   submarginal 
  broader 
  on 
  marginal 
  than 
  third; 
  legs 
  black, 
  with 
  thin 
  

   white 
  hair, 
  claw 
  joint 
  reddened; 
  abdomen 
  shining, 
  first 
  tergite 
  with 
  

   no 
  band, 
  tergites 
  2 
  to 
  5 
  with 
  apical 
  white 
  hair 
  bands; 
  second 
  with 
  no 
  

   discal 
  band. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  October 
  19 
  (M. 
  R. 
  Palacios). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  U.S.N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  58545. 
  

  

  M. 
  tenuimarginata 
  Friese 
  has 
  the 
  antennae 
  black, 
  but 
  not 
  nearly 
  so 
  

   long 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  species. 
  

  

  MELISSODES 
  TENUICINCTA, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  10.5 
  mm., 
  width 
  of 
  abdomen 
  about 
  5.5; 
  

   black, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  obscurely 
  reddish 
  beneath, 
  the 
  small 
  joints 
  of 
  

   tarsi 
  reddish; 
  face 
  broader 
  than 
  long; 
  clypeus 
  dull, 
  but 
  region 
  above 
  

   it 
  partly 
  shining; 
  tongue 
  elongate, 
  curved 
  downward 
  at 
  end; 
  maxillary 
  

   blades 
  long 
  and 
  slender; 
  mesonotum 
  mainly 
  dull, 
  not 
  hairy, 
  but 
  hind 
  

   part 
  of 
  thorax 
  and 
  pleura 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  dull 
  white 
  hair; 
  tegulae 
  

   large, 
  reddish, 
  the 
  margins 
  pallid; 
  wings 
  strongly 
  dusky; 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  

   second 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  strongly 
  oblique, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  cell 
  is 
  contracted 
  

   above; 
  third 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  a 
  little 
  wider 
  on 
  marginal 
  than 
  second; 
  

   legs 
  with 
  pale, 
  slightly 
  yellowish 
  hair; 
  scopa 
  on 
  hind 
  legs 
  large; 
  abdo- 
  

   men 
  shining, 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  tergites 
  very 
  narrowly 
  pallid, 
  but 
  no 
  

   distinct 
  bands; 
  fifth 
  tergite 
  and 
  apex 
  with 
  pale 
  red 
  hair. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  December 
  (Vidales). 
  Also 
  taken 
  by 
  Pelen. 
  

  

  Type.—V.S.'N.M. 
  No. 
  58546. 
  

  

  MELISSODES 
  PEL6NI, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  or 
  nearly 
  10 
  mm.; 
  facial 
  quadrangle 
  about 
  

   square 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  dull 
  above, 
  but 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  shining, 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   but 
  delicate 
  keel; 
  head 
  with 
  scanty 
  white 
  hair, 
  but 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  

   face 
  a 
  large 
  triangular 
  patch 
  of 
  white 
  hair; 
  flagellum 
  reddish 
  beneath; 
  

   anterior 
  part 
  of 
  mesonotum, 
  and 
  region 
  of 
  scutellum, 
  with 
  red 
  hair; 
  

   mesonotum 
  posteriorly, 
  and 
  scutellum 
  in 
  front, 
  exposed 
  and 
  shining; 
  

   pleura 
  with 
  white 
  hair; 
  tegulae 
  shining 
  red; 
  wings 
  hyaline, 
  suffused 
  

   with 
  red; 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  light 
  red; 
  marginal 
  cell 
  very 
  broadly 
  

   and 
  obliquely 
  truncate; 
  second 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  small, 
  third 
  very 
  

   long; 
  legs 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  small 
  joints 
  of 
  tarsi 
  red; 
  hair 
  of 
  legs 
  black 
  

  

  