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Mex., on August 26th. It was identified by Mr. Fox, and is, I 

 believe, an addition to the Mexican fauna. Mr. Fox, who has 

 •access to the types of Cresson, assures me that M. tristis is un- 

 described. He remarks that it resembles the % oi M. menuacha, 

 agilis and conficsa, but differs in not having a yellow clypeus. 



Galliopsis snbalpinns Ckll. n. sp. ^J'. — Black, with the antennae and 

 front legs partly rufous. Length about 8 5 mm. Head broad, some- 

 what broader than thorax, shining black, finely and rather sparsely punc- 

 tured, rather thinly clothed with long grayish white hairs, which are 

 denser on the face. Clypeus pale primrose-yellow, except a black patch, 

 broader than long and broadly notched below, on its upper median bor- 

 der, and a small black spot on each side of this patch. The space be- 

 tween the clypeus and the antennae, and a band along the front lower 

 margin of each eye, are also pale yellow. Mandibles pale yellow, with 

 the tips rufous; antennae with the flagellum more or less yellowish rufous, 

 the last two segments being wholly so; scape black. Length of antennae 

 2 '3 mm. Thorax oval, shining pitch-black, sparsely punctured, with hairs 

 like those on the head. Abdomen black, shiny, finely and rather closely 

 punctured; the last three segments conspicuously hirsute at sides with 

 pale brownish hairs; the last five segments dorsally with a fine appressed 

 pubescence of the same color, while on the first two segments the hairs 

 are sparse and more inconspicuous. The general appearance produced 

 by the hairs of the abdomen at a glance is as if it were dusty. Length 

 of abdomen nearly 5 mm. Legs black, hairy like the thorax; tarsi of 

 front and middle legs, and anterior part of tibiae of front legs orange- 

 rufous. Wings hyaline, brilliantly iridescent, green and pink in certain 

 lights, venation fuscous; apex of primaries conspicuously^ fuscous, the 

 fuscous portion being sharply defined, and about as large as the second 

 submarginal cell. Marginal cell very elongate, narrowly truncate at apex; 

 first submarginal over twice as long as broad, second submarginal sub- 

 quadrate, narrowed above. 



Hab. — Las Cruces, N, Mex., 1893. One specimen. 



Mr. Fox assures me that this species is hitherto undescribed. 

 In Custer County, Colorado, I took Calliopsis in the high-alpine 

 zone, but not in the mid-alpme (Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xx, 310). 

 The present species, from 3800 feet in southern New Mexico, is 

 quite different from the high-alpine one I found in Colorado. 



Nomada penniger Ckll. n. sp. — Black with reddish legs and abdomen; 

 length about 6 mm. Head about as broad as thorax, broader than 

 long, eyes large. Head pitch-black, shiny, finely punctured; face cov- 

 ered with appressed grayish silvery hairs, which are pinnately barbed; 

 antennae very dark brown; mandibles reddish; clypeus reddish. Scape 

 of antennae with conspicuous appressed pale hairs; funicle without hairs. 



