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eyes at the tor add ad urent’ 0b°the: distance at the bottom; sec- 
or stent SUETAEAEAL shout cos third the length of third, joints 
: four equal; dorsulum shining, rather densely and finely 
truncate anteriorly; scutellum not as densely punctured as 
homes tae ten metanotum distinctly punctured, a 
act longitudinal carina from middle of base extending to about 
niddle; lateral and posterior faces distinctly striated; posterior 
De with a shallow, circular fovea; abdomen shining, densely cov- 
is ed with extremely fine punctures; pygidium, narrow, obtusely pointed 
it ap ex, somewhat excavated above. Color black; palpi pale brownish; 
apical of tegulz, a narrow band on apex, and extending along 
_ side of each abdominal segment, apical joints of tarsi (more especi- 
: is posterior ones) reddish brown ; face, pleurz and inner side of 
) t with sparse sericcous pubescence. Wings dusky hyaline, nervures 
#.—Florissant, Colo., June 28, 1907 (S. A. Rohwer). 
1 from T. intermedius Vier. (Douglas Co., Ka.), its 
ally by its smaller size; front without groove between 
s and insertion of antennz; abdomen not, or but very 
atly, covered with silvery pubescence. 
n Fox's table in N. Am. Larride it runs to 17 where it 
out, falling between punctifrons and aethiops. It may 
from both of these by its smaller size, and from 
by the absence of the dense sericeous pile, and 
much clearer wings. 
mm. Clypeus truncate with a very minute 
lateral tooth, densely punctured except on the extreme apical 
margin which is shining; front densely, rather coarsely punctured; 
vertex with finer punctures; a somewhat indistinct line-like depres- 
to between antennz, and a broader and more 
— one from to occiput ; the depression behind lateral ocelli 
; distance between eyes at the top about equal to the length 
of antennal joints two three; second antennal joint about one- 
somewhat truncate at anterior mar- 
gin, densely and finely punctured in general, but a spot on each anter- 
or part more coarsely punctured; scutellum and postscutellum punc- 
d like the greater part of dorsulum; metathorax densely punctured 
medium size punctures, on posterior face there is a distinct elon- 
. fovea; abdomen distinctly, though fimely punctured above and 
beneath, ventral segments with a few long reddish hairs; pygidium 
distinctly margined, about twice as long as the width at base, apex 
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