226 ASHMEAD [22O] 



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 6.5 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 yellowish-white ; all coxae, first joint of hind trochanters, base 

 and tips of their tibiae 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, tegulae, 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 tibia? 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 n. 



