1896.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 221 



densely short pilose; face scarcely one-eighth as long as the front, 

 clypeus projecting nearly the length of the face, oral opening 

 one and one-half times as wide as the front; cheeks at least one- 

 half as wide as the eye-height; antennae shorter than the trans- 

 verse diameter of either eye, bent outwardly and partly concealed 

 in cavities in the face; first joint minute, the second broader than 

 long, the third hemispherical narrower than, but nearly as long 

 as the second; arista dorsal bare, shorter than the third antennal 

 joint, unusually robust, less than three times as long as broad; 

 scutellum subconical, one-fourth as long as the thorax. Abdo- 

 men elongate oval, nearly as wide as and about as long as the 

 thorax, composed of five segments. Legs slender, claws large, 

 curved, pulvilli well developed; auxiliary vein wanting, second 

 basal cell wanting, hind cross-vein slightly more than its own 

 length from the tip of the fifth. Type, the following species: 



Lipochaeta slossonae n. sp.— Black, the halteres and tarsi yellow; densely 

 whitish pollinose, the front except next the eyes, dorsum of thorax and 

 of scutellum grayish brown pollinose. Wings whitish hyaline, veins 

 brown, the third and fourth strongly converging toward their tips. Length 

 2.5 mm. 



Punta Gorda, Fla. Two specimens from Mrs. Annie T. Slos- 

 son, who writes that she took seven specimens which wereflying^ 



over mud. 



o 



Three new Bees of the Genus Calliopsis from Colorado. 



By T. D. A. COCKERELL. 



Calliopsis bakeri n. sp. ^. — Length 5 mm , of slender build, wholly 

 black, except that the tarsi become dark brown, the mandibles rufescent 

 at tips, and the clypeus is entirely very pale yellow. Head rather large, 

 rounded, slightly broader than long, face somewhat narrowing below, 

 hindmost ocelli nearer together than the distance of either from the orbit; 

 head throughout with large, close punctures, sparse, however, on clypeus. 

 Lower corners of face and cheeks with long white hairs; scape with long 

 brownish hairs; antennae long, wholly black; mesothorax and scutellum 

 with small, close punctures, pleura with larger, sparse punctures; post- 

 scutellum pubescent, base of metathorax minutely lineolately sculptured. 

 Claws cleft only at tips; tegulae shining, very dark brown. Wings smoky, 

 nervures and stigma dark brown, second submarginal cell narrowed a 

 little more than half to marginal. Abdomen with the first segment smooth 

 and shining, sparsely punctured; the other segments with a basal, dull, 

 minutely roughened portion, then a punctured portion, and then a smooth 

 portion. 



