Vol. XXvi] KNTOIfOLOGICAL NIWS. 20$ 



Before me is a female from Highrolls, New Mexico, June 

 3, 1902, which is probably this species, but its condition is not 

 good enough for critical study. 



PModofcroa fomon s|». nov. 



9, Bbck. frontal and facial orbila, palpi, haltcres. hind margins of 

 dortal abdominal tegmcntt and entire venter, trochanters, bases and 

 apices of fore and middle femora and tibiae, and basal veins of wings, 

 yellow. Opake: bead and thorax dcatdy cin e r eo u s, froos and face 

 with broad bbdc median stripe; ocdpot brownish ncdiaaly. llcsooo> 

 torn with a broad and two narrow m<dian brown stripes* Scntdhtm 

 with a median brown spot Dorsal abdomioal scfiumts opake vchrety 

 black with hind margins yellow. Legs more or lets c i n e reo us . 



Bare or nearly sa Proboscis as h>ng as head and thorax to g ether ; 

 palpi very short Fint and second sntmnal Joinli subcqual; third, 

 one and OQe>half times as long as first and sceoad, three times as hmt 

 as broad, with greater width beyond middle* Secon d vein endin g be* 

 yond middle of second submarginal ; latter at least four tinwa as long 

 as broad. Small c v. near base of discal, opposite basal c v.; post c 

 V. straiRht. Length, a mm. 



Hototyfte — 9 , Ahimogordo. New Mexico, Jtme a6, 190a. 

 Type No. 6083. 

 PartUype — i 9 , topotypic. 



Paendogeron ooilia sp. nov. Figs. 1, t. 



4, Blade; haMeres brown and yellow; hind margins of a bdominil 

 siginints yellow: basal veins of wings pale.. 



Opake. mesonotnm and scutellnm more or less shining. Frons, face 

 and lower occiput densely dnereous. Ifesoootnm with two well- 

 separated median stripes and broad lateral margins and plearae dense- 

 ly dnereous. scutcllum with c in er eou s margin. Abdomen densely dn- 

 ereous with bases of segmenu more or less opake to subopake, black. 

 Legs sparsely dnereons. All pile white. 



Pilose. First antennal joint nearly twice as kwig as second: third, 

 one and one-half times as long as first and second, three times as long 

 as broad, with greatest width near apex. Proboscis as long as head; 

 palpi half as long. Second vein ending opposite middle of second snb- 

 marginal ; latter three times as long as broad; small c v. before middle 

 of discal cell and beyond basal c v. ; post c v. straight 



9 . Head entirely c i ne r eo u s, Palpi slightly shorter. Thorax dnereons ; 

 mesonotnm with two fine median stripes anteriorly and large spot lat- 

 erally intermpted at suture, another small supraalar spot all subopake 

 black. Scutcllum immaculate. Legs more densly coated. Second sob- 

 marginal cell slightly longer. Length, ^ , 9 . 3^3^ mni. 



