Decor lis of Been. 3()3 



black (lot on each siilr ; hiliniiii black, with a lar;^o vcllow 

 spot ; iiiaii(lil)lcs witli no yellow spot : anteiiniL' very Ion;,', 

 tbiid joint at shortest pohit somewhat lonj^er than .seecniii, 

 Hajjcllmn deej) red beneath ; mesothorax dnllish, with stronj^, 

 raiher close pnnctnres ; no dark hair on thorax aljove ; 

 tegulw pieeons, wiih a ferrn^inons margin. Wings dusky, 

 but not noticeably yellowish ; s'igma and ncrvures dnil 

 ferruginous. Legs black, with oelireous hair ; claw-joints 

 ferruginous; hair on inner side of basal joint of hind tai'si 

 ferruginous. Abdomen shining, first segment with much 

 oelireous hair, remaining segments with brown-black hair, 

 and no evident pale bands, but there are lateral oblique bands 

 of light hair on sides of segments 2 and 3; hind margins of 

 segments hyaline or whitish, the first narrowly, the others 

 broadly ; s (Ics of apex of abdomen 4-dentate, the teeth on 

 sixth segment dark, those on seventh red and dircctid more 

 outwardly; apical plate narrow, truncate; mouth-parts only 

 moderately elongated. 



In my tables this runs to M. rlvalis, Cress., except tliat 

 the abdomen is not banded. It diflers entirely from rivalis 

 Ijy the very much longer antennie as well as other characters, 

 Tiure is a certain superficial resemblance to M. f/eoryica, 

 Cress., but, again, the anteunje arc longer and the apical 

 plate of the abdomen is much narrower tlian xw f/eoryica, and 

 there are many other differences. There is also a superficial 

 resemblance to M. caraliiiensls, D. T., hut nief/acerata differs 

 from that bv the smaller abdomen, teeth at sides of seventh 

 segment, absence of a white hair-band at base of second 

 segment, &c, 



Haf>. Fedor, Texas, Oct. 13, 1897 (Birkniann). 



In Robertson's table this runs to M. antuninalis ; but that 

 species, as I have recognized it, has the hair on inner side of 

 basal joint of hind tarsi black ; and Robertson, contrasting 

 anli/niiialis with ciiici, makes no reference to the most con- 

 si)icuous ditlerence shown by vwyactrata — the very much 

 longer antennae. 



Meliasodes pitnella, sp. n. 



J , — Length about 7 mm. ; antenna? about Gi mm, 

 Huns in my table to aiiriycnia and in Robertson's to ar/i/it, 

 but it is smaller than these, and closely resembles M. ayi/is 

 var, suhayilis, from which it ditl'ers as follows: — Size some- 

 what smaller, especially the abdomen ; orbits more parallel; 

 eyes nearly l)laek (not at all green) ; elypeus deeper (more 

 chrome) yellow ; labrum yellow ; mandibles with most of 



