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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  tol. 
  44. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Frons 
  at 
  vertex 
  one- 
  third 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  head, 
  slightly 
  

   divergent-sided, 
  the 
  width 
  at 
  above 
  antennae 
  being 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  

   more 
  than 
  at 
  vertex; 
  orbits 
  shining, 
  but 
  obscured 
  by 
  whitish 
  dusting; 
  

   widest 
  at 
  mid 
  way 
  to 
  vertex, 
  and 
  at 
  this 
  part 
  one 
  and 
  one-half 
  times 
  

   as 
  %vide 
  as 
  frontal 
  stripe 
  at 
  same 
  part; 
  middle 
  stripe 
  brownish 
  red 
  

   with 
  wliitish 
  dusting. 
  Palpi 
  slightly 
  spatulate. 
  Mesonotum 
  more 
  

   thickly 
  dusted 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  and 
  with 
  indications 
  of 
  three 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal,very 
  fine, 
  browm 
  lines. 
  Abdomen 
  marked 
  as 
  in 
  male, 
  but 
  the 
  

   spots 
  more 
  diffused. 
  Legs 
  %vith 
  only 
  the 
  fore 
  femora 
  slightly 
  browned, 
  

   and 
  the 
  tarsi 
  black; 
  bristling 
  normal; 
  the 
  hind 
  femur 
  with 
  2 
  antero- 
  

   ventral 
  widely 
  placed 
  bristles 
  on 
  apical 
  third, 
  the 
  hind 
  tibia 
  as 
  in 
  

   male. 
  In 
  other 
  respects 
  as 
  male. 
  

  

  Type 
  and 
  paratypes. 
  — 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  15425, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Type-locality. 
  — 
  Mountains 
  near 
  Claremont, 
  California 
  (C. 
  F. 
  Baker). 
  

   One 
  male 
  and 
  five 
  females. 
  One 
  male 
  from 
  Santa 
  Clara 
  County, 
  Cal- 
  

   ifornia 
  (C. 
  F. 
  Baker). 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  3 
  females 
  from 
  Grand 
  Canyon, 
  

   Arkansas, 
  taken 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  about 
  7,000 
  feet, 
  marked 
  "very 
  annoy- 
  

   ing 
  by 
  buzzing 
  round 
  eyes, 
  nose, 
  and 
  mouth" 
  (Schwarz 
  and 
  Barber), 
  

   and 
  5 
  females 
  from 
  Caj^amas 
  and 
  Baracoa, 
  Cuba 
  (E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz, 
  and 
  

   A. 
  Busck) 
  . 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  I 
  have 
  named 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Marcus 
  Benjamin, 
  editor 
  

   of 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  ]\Iuseum. 
  

  

  FANNIA 
  HOWARDI, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Very 
  similar 
  to 
  trimaculata 
  Stein, 
  but 
  differing 
  in 
  the 
  

   bristling 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  femur. 
  In 
  trimaculata 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  short 
  row 
  of 
  

   close-placed 
  bristles 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  third, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  fig. 
  7, 
  in 
  Jiowardi 
  

   the 
  same 
  surface, 
  antero-ventral, 
  has 
  an 
  irregular 
  row 
  of 
  much 
  wider 
  

   placed 
  bristles 
  which 
  extends 
  from 
  base 
  to 
  tip 
  third, 
  the 
  strong 
  bristle 
  

   present 
  near 
  tip 
  in 
  trimaculata 
  being 
  also 
  present 
  in 
  Tiowardi. 
  On 
  the 
  

   postero-ventral 
  surface 
  the 
  row 
  of 
  hairs 
  in 
  hoivardi 
  begins 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   and 
  culminates 
  in 
  4-5 
  long 
  curled 
  hairlike 
  bristles 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  fourth, 
  

   in 
  trimaculata 
  this 
  same 
  row 
  begins 
  at 
  middle 
  with 
  very 
  short 
  hairs 
  

   and 
  finishes 
  as 
  in 
  howardi, 
  but 
  the 
  bristles 
  are 
  closer 
  placed. 
  In 
  

   other 
  respects 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  very 
  similar, 
  though 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  

   there 
  is 
  an 
  additional 
  bristle 
  present 
  on 
  the 
  postero-dorsal 
  surface 
  

   of 
  mid 
  tibia 
  in 
  trivnaculata, 
  Tiowardi 
  having 
  only 
  the 
  normal 
  one. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Csit. 
  No. 
  15444, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Locality. 
  — 
  Washington, 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia 
  (collection 
  Coquillett). 
  

  

  One 
  male. 
  Holly 
  Spring, 
  Mississippi 
  (F. 
  W. 
  Mally); 
  and 
  a 
  series 
  

   bred 
  from 
  cages 
  containing 
  larvse 
  and 
  pupae 
  of 
  the 
  Elmleaf 
  Beetle 
  at 
  

   the 
  same 
  time 
  as 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  pusio 
  was 
  obtained. 
  

  

  Named 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  O. 
  Howard, 
  Chief 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Entomology. 
  

  

  