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black ; head broad ; antemuu rather .short and stout, fln^ri'lliim 

 bright forni^inoUH bonoath except at extreme base and apex ; 

 incsothorax and scuteHum shilling:, rather feebly puiiclured ; 

 area ot" nutalborax rut^ose basally ; teguhe shiniiii^ j)ale 

 redilisli, fuscous anteriorly. Winj^s only faintly dusky, 

 strongly iriilescent, nervures and ati;^ma ferruLcinous ; first 

 recurrent nervurc nieetiiif; first transverse culjital or entcrini^ 

 extreme base of sccontl subniar<final cell. L^'^s black, all tho 

 tarsi pale re<ldish, anttMior tibiaj in front and mark on ante- 

 rior knees pale yellow. Abdomen broad for a male, black, the 

 hind margins of the segments broadly testaceous ; sixth 

 ventral sej^ment broadly emar^inatc, the angles dentiform. 



('ompared with /'. crifsonie//us, Ckll., this is easily distin- 

 guished by the larger head, broad clypeus, p illid teguUc, and 

 other characters. C'ompared with P. verus, Ckll., it differs 

 conspicuously by the sliortcr antennae, red stigma, and other 

 features. From P. malcastri, Sw. &CklI., it is easily known 

 by its fimaller size, pallid el\ pcus, &e. 



IJuh. Fedor, Texa-;, April IG, 1903 {Birkina}in) ; also 

 Lee Co., Texas, Aj)ril 10 (B irk- maun). 



Neopa sites eamia, sp. n. 



(J . — Length 6 mm. 



Very robust ; head and thorax very densely punctured, 

 black, with only the mandibles and tubercles red ; pale scale- 

 like pubescence as usual ; eyes very pale purplish grcv ; 

 tlagellum bright ferruginous beneath ; scutellum moderately 

 bigibbous ; tegulaj bright orange-ferruginous. Wings 

 dusky, nervures and stigma black, first r. n. meeting first 

 t.-c. Knees, anterior and middle tibiaj, hind tibiaj at extreme 

 base and apex, and anterior tarsi all red ; middle tarsi 

 reddish. Abdomen broad, of a fine deep red colour, the 

 segments with a transverse median black cloud, practically 

 absent on the first, becoming stronger towards the apex, and 

 involving practically tlie whole of tho sixth ; apical j)late 

 large ; j)i<le pubescence forming subdorsal patches, but the 

 spotting is not nearly so conspicuous as in iV. pulchellus 

 (Cress.). 



Nearest to N. helinpsis (Rob,), but easily distinguished by 

 the very robust form and the much redder abdomen. 



I lab. Lee County, Texas, May 1008 {Birkmanti). 



Stelis birkmanni, sp. n. 



(J . — Length about 6 mm. 



Rather robust, black, with no light markings on the head, 



