226 ASHMEAD [220] 



II. Face below antennae, clypeus, mandibles, a spot on each side of the 

 mesonotum anteriorly (sometimes A-shaped), the tegulae, a spot in 

 front and a line below, and front and middle coxae and trochanters, 

 yellowish-white ; apex of hind tibiae and their tarsi black ; remainder 

 of legs rufous; antennae beneath ferruginous. Male C. confusus. 



CALLIPHRURUS CLYPEATUS sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 6.<^ mm. Black; clypeus and mandibles lemon- 

 yellow; palpi, tegulae, hypo- and epitegulae, front and middle trochan- 

 ters and second joint of hind trochanters, tibial spurs and the venter 

 ivory or yellovs^ish-w^hite ; all coxas, first joint of hind trochanters, base 

 and tips of their tibise and the hind tarsi black ; hind femora dark, 

 rufo-piceous, rest of legs reddish. Wings hyaline, the stigma, except 

 a spot at base, and the veins brown. 



Male. — Length 7.5 mm. Agrees well with the female, except that 

 the legs are entirely red, except the coxae and the first joint of the tro- 

 chanters ; the first joint of the front and middle trochanters at apex and 

 the second joint are white, while the dorsal abdominal sutures 4 to 7, 

 as well as a median spot at apex of segments 3 and 4, are testaceous. 



Type. — Cat. No. 5653, U. S. Nat. Museum. From Kodiak, July 

 20 ; St. Paul Island (Fur Seal Commission) . 



CALLIPHRURUS ALASKENSIS sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 8 mm. Black ; clypeus, mandibles, and a trian- 

 gular spot on each side of the mesonotum anteriorly, lemon-yellow ; 

 palpi, tegulas, apices of coxae, first joint of trochanters beneath, the 

 second joint entirely, and the venter ivory or yellowish-white ; coxae, 

 first joint of trochanters above, apical third of hind tibiae and their tarsi 

 black ; rest of legs red. 



Male. — Differs from the female in having the entire face below the 

 antennae, a large spot on each side of the mesonotum, the hypo- and 

 epitegulae, and a band on each side of the mesosternum dilated anteriorly 

 and enclosing a black spot, lemon-yellow ; palpi, tegulae, front and 

 middle coxae and trochanters and hind trochanters, except first joint at 

 base above, ivory or yellowish- white ; abdominal sutures, or along the 

 sutures 2 to 7, and an obscure spot at base and apex of the third and 

 sometimes on the fourth, flavo-testaceous ; otherwise it is similar to 

 the female. 



Type. — Cat. No. 5654, U. S. Nat. Museum. From Popof Island, 

 July II. 



