Records of fjce^. 4711 



least, in the male (feniule luikiiowii). I questioned Avhellier 

 E. thermalis might be the leiiiale of frederici, but the tiue 

 short ])ile on basal part of third abdominul segment iu 

 thennails is pale greyish ochreous, in frederici it is black. 

 The hind spurs of tliermalis and crucis are strongly curved 

 at end, as in frederici. A second specimen of E. crucis 

 comes from San Juan Allcnde, Mexico, Nov. 29 (C H. T. 

 Town send). 



Leptergutis globulifera^ Cockerell. 



Th" female, not before known, was taken by M. A. 

 Carriker at Aroa, Venezuela, Dec. 12, 1910. It is much 

 like L. arinala, Sni., but has reildcr autemue. From the 

 femaU; alone, 1 should have regarded the insect us a local 

 race of urmaia. 



Tetrapcdia diversipes, Khig. 



]\Ianao5, Brazil {Miss 11. B. Merrill) ; San Bernardino, 

 Paraguay (A'. Fiebrig). 



Numada calloptera, sp. u. 



J. — Length about 10'5 mm. ; expanse abont 18"5. 



Head and thorax black, densely punctured, with long and 

 abundant pale fulvous hair ; lower coruei's of face broadly 

 (Avith a sharply pointed extension upward along orbit), 

 broad band along lower mar-iu of clypeus, base of the 

 simple mandibles, labrum (which is not dentate) and tiie 

 rather stout scape in front, all yellow; eyes pale grey; 

 flagellum thick, simple, black above (except the sutures), 

 ferruginous beneath ; third antennal joint brighter red, 

 about half as long as fourth ; scutellum bigibbous, very 

 coarsely punctured ; tubercles red and polished, but no other 

 light marks on thoiax ; tegulai red. Wings clear, the apex 

 fuscous ; stigma clear bright ferruginous, nervures fuscous ; 

 b, n. going a short distance basad of t.-m. ; first and second 

 t.-c. nervures convex outwardly. Legs red, anterior tibiae 

 with an apical yellow spot; middle trochanters black above, 

 witii a red spot, and highly polished ; midiile femora black 

 beneath basally ; hind femora black behind excejjt at a{)ex. 

 Abdomen red with rather pale yellow markings, hind mar- 

 gins of first three segments broadly fuscous, first segment 

 with more than basal half black, and small yellow marks 

 sublaterally ; second segment black at base, and with a very 

 large yellow patch (not pointed mesad) on each side ; third 



