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It is clear that the name Leskia Robineau-Desvoidy can not be 

 properly substituted for Myobia Robineau-Desvoidy (preocc), inas- 

 much as the species referred to Leskia by that author are not typical 

 Myobia in his sense. 



Rondani proposed the name Anthoica for this very purpose, and 

 it must therefore be employed. Leskia should be recognized as 

 distinct. 



Genus Aphria Robineau-Desvoidy 



Aphria ocypterata Townsend. — One female, Massachusetts (No. 

 142, Riley Coll.). Length, 7 mm. Agrees with original descrip- 

 tion. The stump of fifth longitudinal vein does not quite reach 

 margin of wing. The hind crossvein is nearly in middle between 

 the small crossvein and bend of fourth vein, the bend being quite 

 rounded. The third antennal joint is distinctly and evenly rounded 

 on both apical corners. 



Aphria occidentale, sp. nov. 



One female, Colorado (No. 120, Riley Coll.) ; one female, Beulah, 

 N. Mex., August (Cockerell) ; one male, Roswell, N. Mex., August 

 (Cockerell). 



Length of female, 7J/2 to 8 mm. ; of male, 9 mm. Differs from 

 ocypterata in being more robust, larger, the abdomen more broadly 

 red on sides, the red extending length of first segment and half or 

 more length of third segment; third antennal joint in both sexes dis- 

 tinctly angular on front apical corner, rounded on posterior apical 

 corner, widened in male ; stump of fifth vein extending to margin of 

 wing; hind crossvein more noticeably approximated to bend of 

 fourth vein, which bend is abrupt. 



The greater size, the character of third antennal joint, and the 

 more widely red abdomen will at once distinguish the species. 



Type.— Cut No. 10,900, U. S. N. M. (Colorado, Coll. Riley). 



Aphria georgiana, sp. nov. 



Two females, Georgia (Riley Coll.), (=?Ocyptera triquetra 

 Olivier et ? Ervia triquetra Robineau-Desvoidy). 



Length, 10 mm. This is a distinct species from both of the pre- 

 ceding. It is not so typical of Aphria as are the other species, being 

 much larger and wider-bodied. Frontal bristles descend but slightly 

 below insertion of antenna?, hardly more than to base of second 

 antennal joint. The third vein is spined only one-half or three- 

 fourths way to small crossvein, hind crossvein is nearly in middle 



