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and glabrous. Into this genus will fall the following 

 species of Phot of sis: 



P. amfla Blake, nitida Cresson, alcaiior Blake, at rat a 

 Blake, sohi'ina Blake, lepida Blake, castanca Cresson and 

 giabrella Cress, and the following new species : 



Brachycistis petiolatus n. sp. 



5 . — Black, the antennce, mandibles, teguljs and legs 

 except coxa? and hind femora medially, pale-testaceous; 

 the pro- and metathorax, first segment of abdomen, coxa? 

 and hind femora medially, castaneus; the whole insect is 

 sparsely clothed with long, pale-fuscous hairs: dorsulum 

 indistinctly punctured, the mesopleurce distinctly so; 

 metathorax coarsely granulated or roughened, impressed 

 medially, the sides smooth: wings hyaline, stigma pale 

 testaceous, maro-inal cell yery narrow, second submar- 

 ginal cell wdth a long petiole; abdomen petiolate, the first 

 segment or petiole thickened to the apex and is coarsely 

 punctured. Length 7—8 mm. 



Fourteen specimens. Calmalli Mines. L. Cal. {Haines). 

 April. 



SCOLUD^E. 



Myzine sp. Eight 3 specimens of a species related 

 to M. fidiginosns. San Jose del Cabo, L. Cal. {Eiscn). 



Paratipiiia albilabris Spin. Three female and fifteen 

 male specimens, collected b}' Haines, Calmalli Mines and 

 San Julio, L. Cal. (April), San Borgia (r^Ia}'). The 

 male is yery yariable in size. 



ScoLiA BADiA Sauss. San Jose del Cabo, L. Cal. 

 {Piscii). One female. 



Elis tolteca Sauss. About two hundred specimens 

 of this species, eyidenth" all females. It yaries greatly 

 in size, from 13-24 mm. Saussure giyes measurement of 

 one specimen as 28 mm. 



