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This belongs to Fox's group hilaris Sm. The black clypeus, 
ibfes and venter are good superficial characters to separate 
is species from its allies. The sculpture is much finer than 
fA any allies except snowii from which it differs in the wider 
pace between the eyes at the clypeus and other characters. 
ro (Xylocrabro Ashm.?) besseyae n. sp. 
% at apex tridentate, at base within with two large teeth; 
ridt iia ies at the clypens-a little greeter than. the width of the 
; eee Scent Seaetier joints oqnel; head closely punctured 
ith rather large punctures, more sparsely so on vertex and posterior 
lala geting ant distance between the lateral ocelli 
Nearest cye margin about the same; furrow from anterior ocellus 
—: indistinct; pronotum rather feebly carinated, anterior angle with 
@ small tooth; dorsulum punctured with rather large, strong punctures; 
—— sparsely punctured; mesopleura anteriorly sharply a 
ae 
a a 
more finely so; furrow of metathorax extending to below 
eae posterior face; metapleura very finely, transversely striate; 
anterior femora at base beneath with a small tooth; first rec. rather 
one ee cneet oot: shdomen, both dorsal and ventral sur- 
: red with rather small, distinct, well-separated punctures; 
twice as long as width at base; apical half strongly 
narrowed, basal half broad, punctured with large 
; scape at apex, spot on mandibles, two spots on pronotum, 
anterior femora beneath, four posterior femora beneath for 
J half, spots on dorsal abdominal segments 2-5 bright yellow; 
clypeus, cheek and inner orbits with dense silvery pubescence; thorax 
Habitat—Boulder, Colo., May 26, 1908, at flowers of Bes- 
séya plantaginca (S. A. Rohwer). 
This species is nearest to stirpicolus Pack., but differs as 
. follows: metathorax above and behind not coarsely striated, 
t ete. The shape of the pygidium should distinguish this species 
at once. 
e 
Ichneutidea secunda n. sp. 
@. Length 4% mm; length of anterior wing 4 mm. Head shining, 
impunctate; ocelli in a low triangle; a a furrow from lower ocellus to 
occiput; antennal fover quite distinct, wider above the antennz; an- 
