March, '02] entomological news. 81 



E. ledoidcs, being strongly punctured, segments 2-4 with the 

 apical margins replexed. The pubescent fasciae are quite con- 

 tinuous, not interrupted as in E. ledoides. 



Epeolus aatumnalis sp. nov. 



9.— Maxillary palpi two-jointed, with only one evident free joint ; head 

 and thorax densely confluently punctured, the lower part of pleura with 

 some shining impunctate intervals ; scutellum unusually flat and trans- 

 verse, lateral spines large, not equaling the posterior margin of scutel- 

 lum ; black, middle of mandibles rufous ; tubercles, more or less, tegulae. 

 tibiae and tarsi, including tibial spurs, ferruginous ; femora and tro- 

 chanters, especially of hind legs, more or less blackish ; middle of face, 

 collar, border of mesonotum and two lines on anterior middle, border of 

 tubercles, posterior margin of scutellum, postscutellum, sides of meta- 

 thorax, base of abdomen and apical margins of segments 1-4 with yellow- 

 ish cinereous appressed pubescence, the fasciie more or less notched or 

 interrupted ; segment 5 has a large patch on each side, the extreme apex 

 showmg a lunate patch of silvery pubescence ; wings subfuscous, the 

 apical margins darker, the nervures and stigma fuscous. I.ength 10 mm. 

 (5*. — More pubescent, especially the face and pleura, segments 1-6 of 

 abdomen with apical fasciae, wings more hyaline. Length 7-9 mm. 



Carlinville, Illinois ; 5 9 , 6 S specimens. 



E. piisillus closely resembles this species, but is smaller ; 

 lateral spines equaling .scutellum ; tibial spurs black ; pubes- 

 cence of segment 5 of abdomen, before the .silvery lunule, 

 transverse, nor forming two lateral spots ; trochanters and 

 and femora more red. 



Triepeolus minimus sp. nov. 



$.— Closely resembles the female of the preceding, but is smaller ; the 

 maxillary palpi three jointed, with two evident free joints ; scutellum 

 more elevated, more bilobed, lateral spines shorter, less flat ; face and 

 pleura more densely pubescent, fascia on segment 2 of abdomen with a 

 lateral subquadrate patch extending forwards black ; the labrum and 

 three basal joints of antenuce partly ferruginous ; legs red, hind trochan- 

 ters and femora more ferruginous, the front ones more black ; wings 

 hyaline, apical margins clouded. Length 8 mm. 



Carlinville, Illinois ; i 9 specimen. 



Dr. W. J. Holland, Director of the Carnegie Institute and author of 

 the Butterfly Hook, is actively engaged in the preparation of a work on 

 the Moths, to be profusely illustrated by the three color process. 



