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rior apical cell aud auother along the margin of the anterior one. The 

 hind feet are dusky." 

 New York. Not seen. 



62. PHYLL(ECUS, Newm. 

 Phi/Ileecus, Newm. "Westw. Mod. Class, ii. 1840, 111. App. So. 

 ^4 ntomas slightly thickened beyond the middle, 27-or 28-jointed; 

 filiform. Remainder as in Cephus. 



2.— Final joint of maxillary palpi inserted at the end of preceding joint. An- 

 tenniB subclavate beyond the ninth joint. 



1. Phylloecus clavata, n. sp. 



Black, with two bands on the tergum and the apex, yellow. Length 0.36 — 

 40 inch ; br. wings 0.74 — 80 inch. 



5 • — Antennae as long as to second segment of abdomen, slender as 

 far as ninth joint, beyond which they are subclavate and the joints as 

 wide as long; first and second joints globose. Final joint of max- 

 illary palpi inserted into the end of that preceding. Head quite con- 

 cave behind. Prothorax concave before, somewhat depressed, nearly 

 angulate at corners, its anterior margin upturned j surface of head and 

 thur:ix rather dull; mesothorax with scattered punctures; abdomen 

 deeper than wide, rugose, almost shagreened at sides toward the end. 

 Spur of anterior tibiae short and stout. Inner claw tooth stout. C'olor 

 black, a spot beneath the upper wings, the second, third, fifth, sides of 

 sixth and tip and sides of apical segments of tergum and tip of second 

 ventral segment, yellow; legs black, with all the femora below their 

 basal third and the four anterior tibiae yellow; the four anterior tarsi 

 yellow red. Wings smoky hyaline, nervures brown, costal margin 

 yellow. First marginal cell one-third wider at stigma. Lanceolate 

 cell with straight cross nervure. Lanceolate cell about one-half as 

 long as the brachial cell above, the bounding nerve of which does not 

 coincide with the recurrent nervure above. 



Var. — A yellow spot on the mandibles ; hinder tibice obscurely yel- 

 low above. 



San Francisco, California, (H. Edwards), April and May 1869, 3 5 . 



b. — Final joint of maxillary palpi inserted upon the side of preceding joint. 

 1. — Antennae subclavate beyond the bth joint. 



2. P. trimaculatus. 



Ce-phus trinutculatus, Say, Long's 2nd. Exp. ii. 1824,313. 1. 9 "S • 

 " Black; abdomen with a yellowish white spot on each side at the middle." 

 Length, 0.50—60. Br. wings 0.84—92 inch. 



$ . — Shining black ; antennae 27-jointed, filiform, thickened in 

 middle, "orbits before, two longitudinal spots on the hypostoma and 

 base of the mandibles yellowish white; wings brown black; meta- 



TRANS. AMER. ENT. SOC. (45) JUNE, 1869. 



