198 New Bombylidic From California. 



Wings hyaline except the In-own clouds situated mostly on 

 the crossveins Planus O. S. 



3. Pile ofbreast and of legs largely white or yellowish 4 



Pile of face, antenna', breast, legs and venter largely black 



Apicula Coq. 



4. Abdomen destitute of crossbands of white tomentum 5 



Abdomen with distinct cross1)ands of white tomentum 



Miscellus Coq. 



5. Abdomen destitute of a crossband of lilack ]iile 6 



Abdomen with a crossband of black pile.costa of wings in the 



male ])rovided with teeth-like i)rojections Zona Coq. 



6. Second antennal joint scarcely longer than wide, costa of 



wings in the male destitute of teeth-like i)rojections, pile of 



body yellowish- white in both sexes Junceus n. sp. 



Second antennal joint nearly twice as long as Avide, costa of 

 wings in the male ])rovided with teeth-like projections, pile 

 of body yellowish-white in the male, golden yellow in the 



female Di versus n . sp. 



LoRDOTUs jrxcEi's n. s]i. Black, opaque. Front in the female 

 densely gray pollinose, yellowish and white pilose, covered with 

 minute black points ; face in both sexes densely white pilose. 

 First joint of antennae scarcely two-thirds as long as the third, 

 second joint as wide as long; j^ile of upper side of first two joints 

 brownish, that on the lower side more dense and white. Pile and 

 tomentum of up])er part of occiput in the male wholly yellowish- 

 white, in the female mixed white and \'ellowish-white, that on re- 

 maining part of occiput white. Thorax in the female gi^ayish pol- 

 linose and covered with minute black ])oints, in the male the pollen 

 and points are almost wanting; pile and tomentum of thorax 

 mixed white and yellowish-white, mosth' of the latter color in the 

 male. Scutellum rounded behind, its covering like that of the 

 thorax. Pile and tomentiim of pleura white, of the abdomen vel- 

 lowish-white, that on the venter white; hind margins of abdominal 

 segments two to five, sometimes yellowish in the female. Pile and 

 tomentum of legs white, bristles of tibire and of tarsi black. Wings 

 wholly hyaline, costa in the male destitute of teeth-like projections. 

 Stalk of halteres brown and yellow, the knob sulphur-yellow. 

 Length, 5 to 9 mm. Los Angeles and San Diego counties, Cali- 

 fornia. 6 male and 3 female specimens, in May and June. 



LoKDOTi's DivKRsrs n. sp. Male black, opa(|ue. Second antennal 

 joint twice as long as wide, but a trifle shorter than the first, the 

 two together about eciualing the third in length ; base of the third 

 joint \'ellowish ; ])ile of upjier side of first two joints short, -spanse, 

 mixed yellow and black, of the lower side yellow, long and dense. 

 Pile of face yellow. Pile and si^arse tomentum of occiput, thorax, 

 scutellum and al)domen wholly dirty-white, that on the pleura and 



