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Paratypes.—y i , 189, topotypical. 



Homotypes. — 2 9 , AlanK^ordo, New Mexico. 



The yellow legs and the conspicuous second antenna! joint 

 arc the salient characters. There is some variation shown in 

 the above series in the color pattern. In the males the lateral 

 meaonotal margins may be entirely yellow and the femora quite 

 dark basally. especially the fore pair. In the females the ab- 

 dominal segments may be broadly black, especially the second, 

 and the yellow mesonotal quadrate spot sometimes wanting. 



If jrtiucotnyia pictipct. 



Ic;n,'. C'MUjillrtt, ProC U. S. N»t Mu9. xxv. 102. 



? lUack. oii.ikc. gray pmtnote, tparsdy white pik>se. Frons at anten- 

 nae, facr. rheckt, oral margin, hnmen. broad lateral mesonotal margrins. 

 ftcutrlluni except discal spot and lateral margins, pleural spots, halteres, 

 yptcrs of abdonrioal segments dibted laterally then becoming narrow 

 a«ain just over on to the ventral lobes, then dilating to die ventral mar- 

 gini. venter and legs, except femora and tibiae above and tarsi apically. 

 jrellnw. 



Third antcnnal joint narrow, dongate. about four tiroes as long as 

 broad; style half as long as third joint Abdominal spiracles prominent. 

 shining. Anal cell open. Length, 2.$ mm. 



^ . Unkiiown. 



Type.— 9, Williams, Arizona. May 29, 1902 (H. S. Bar- 

 ber). [U. S. N. M. No. 6196]. 



Paratypt^ — I 9 , topotypical. 



I have seen a 9 Catal Springs, Arizona. .Apr. 14 (Hubbard 

 & Schwarz). (U. S. N. M. Coll.! ; also a 9 . Alamogordo. New 

 Mexico. Apr. 20. 1902 (Rehn & Mereck). [A. N. S. P. Coll.]. 



ICythicomTia tibialia. 

 18961 Coquillrtt. Proc. I'. S. .\at. Muv xviii. 409. 

 1902. If ebnder. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc xxviti. 33^ 



8. Black, gray pnmMMC. especially beneath; white pilose, especially 

 long on occiput and abdomen. Frons, face, checks, humeri, notoplcural 

 stripe, post-alar spot, halteres. hypopygium largely, knees and bases of 

 hind tarsi, yellow or whitish. 



Third antennal joint three times as long as broad, tapenng to the 

 style ; latter ooe-third IcnRth of third joint. Mesonotum opake black 

 with a broad medial shining submetallic stripe. Abdomen opake black, 

 doogate. narrow. Hind tarsi with rounded notch as in armata but with- 

 oot tibial spur. Anal cell c»pen. Length, 3.5 mm. 



9. Unknown. 



