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ANOMALON Gravenkorst. 



Anomalon xanthopsis sp. uov. 



Male. — Length 16 mm . Ferruginous; vertex, sides of collar, inesopec- 

 tusf mesopleura?, except a broad band across the middle ami the piece 

 at base of Mud wings, black; face, orbits, interrupted above, three 

 basal joints of antenna? beueath, mandibles, palpi, anterior and middle 

 legs, and posterior tarsi, yellow. Antenna? fulvous, the three basal 

 joints above black ; the third joint two and a half times as long as the 

 fourth. Head and thorax punctate; metathorax rugoso-punctate, re- 

 ticulate, with three or four longitudinal keels in the middle. Abdo- 

 men as in A. apicale Say. Wings hyaline; stigma and veins brown ; the 

 submediau cell is considerably longer than the median, the discoidal 

 cell long, rectangular, not contracted at base. 



Habitat. — Placer County, California. 



Described from one specimen. 



This species approaches nearest to A.californtcum Cress. 



(?) Anomalon eureka sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 14 mm . Brown ferruginous; a blotch on vertex of 

 head inclosing the ocelli, prosternum, collar, and apex of the posterior 

 tibia? black ; the upper margin of mesopleura? dusky. Antenna? are 

 about half the length of the body, the third joint about thrice as long 

 as the fourth, the following joints a little longer than wide. Head and 

 thorax punctate ; the cheeks the width of the eye ; the scutellum 

 yellow-ferruginous; metathorax rugoso-reticulate. Tarsi fulvous; the 

 first joint of hind tarsi about the length of the second joint. Abdomen 

 strongly compressed, slender, and of a uniform color, the second seg- 

 ment being longer than the petiole; the spiracles of the petiole are 

 large and situated far from the apex. 



Wings fuscous; stigma pale brown, the veins darker; the submediau 

 cell is distinctly longer than the median, the discoidal cell not con- 

 tracted, rectangular, the upper apical angle of the first discoidal cell 

 obtuse. 



Habitat. — Placer County, California. 



Described from one specimen received from Mr. Albert Kcebele. 



Anomalon simile sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 13" uu . Brown ferruginous, exactly similar to A. 

 eureka but may be separated from it by the following differences: 



The third anteunal joint is only about twice as long as the second, 

 the following joints being wider than long; the first joint of hind tarsi 

 a little more than twice as long as the second ; the tips of hind femora, 

 as well as the apical tips of the tibia?, are slightly dusky ; the abdomen, 

 when viewed from the side, is broader than in A. eureka, the second 

 segment having a black streak above, the apical segments along the 



