Jan., '04] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 23 



9 Length 6 mm. The characters in italics in the preceding species 

 occur in this one too. 



y/<?flrf as broad or a little broader than thorax, very finely granulose, 

 dull ; clypeus a little pointed medially on the anterior margin, at base. 

 Distance between posterior ocelli distinctly less than that between 

 them and nearest eye margin. Scape cylindrical, equal to or a little 

 longer than first five joints of flagellum fused ; face rather flat, no shal- 

 low pits. Rest of the insect sculptured like head, metathorax and abdo- 

 men inclining to shiny. Posterior face of metathorax at base with 

 a shallow pit. Claws simple. Area of marginal cell greater than the 

 area of the second cubital. Distance between stigma and insertion of 

 first transverse cubitus on the radial nervure greater than the width of 

 the truncation, second division of the radius shorter than the first, third 

 division nearly equal to the first plus the second. 



Co/or.— Dark metallic green, face with white and bronzy black marks, 

 the bronzy black marks on the clypeus and supraclypeal mark ; scape and 

 fldgellum yellow below, blackish above. A short line at base of poste- 

 rior orbits, spot at base of mandibles, line from corner of pronotum to 

 tubercles, tubercles, tegulae and a spot on lower half of mesopleura 

 whitish. Labrum and mandibles yellowish to ferruginous. Legs yellow 

 except femora, four anterior tibite on posterior surface and posterior pair 

 of tibiae and legs which are dark brown to black. Abdomen colored 

 like the legs i. e. yellow and black or dark brown, venter yellowish 

 marked with brown. 



(^ Length 4 mm. Claws cleft, otherwise like the other sex in structure 

 and sculpture. Color pattern like that of the female, less black on the 

 face, no broad suture of black between the dog ear marks and adjoining 

 parts ; supraclypeal mark and upper edge of lateral face marks yellow, 

 below all is whitish, two small black spots on clypeus, tip of mandible 

 brownish ; about one half of the cheek yellow. Scape in front and fla- 

 gellum beneath yellow, scape on posterior surface and flagellum above 

 dark brown to black. An interrupted band on pronotum, tubercles, 

 greater part of propleura, large mark on mesopleura, tegulae, base of 

 wings, greater part of metapleura and legs (excepting stripe on femora 

 and tibiae, and tarsi of posterior pair of legs which are dark brown) 

 bright yellow. Pale color pattern corresponds to that in the female, 

 apex of fifth segment, all of sixth and entire venter brownish yellow. 

 Apex of abdomen an acute angle, brownish testaceous. Wings pale, 

 nervures pale brown, stigma nearly as pale as the membrane of the 

 wing. Recurrent nervures interstitial. 



Judging from the series of both species {gerhardi 4 V 9 2 

 $ S , monardcs 7 99 28 ^S) one is lead to believe them very 

 constant in every way. Monarda has the dog ear marks ab- 

 sent more often than present, the pleural marks vary in size 



