16 Harry Scott Smith — 
Genus Paranysson Guerin 
Paranysson texanus (Cresson). 
1872. Nysson texanus Cresson, Transactions of the American Ento- 
mological Society, iv, p. 223. a 
1896. Nysson texanus Fox, Journal of the New York Entomological 
Society, iv, p. 12. 
Five specimens from Glen, August 20, 1906 (H. S. aS 
Genus Brachystegus Costa 
SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES 
Abdomen entirely black; legs reddish........... ai oan Se oie one mellipes E 
Abdomen? moresor Tess ‘redis-c..~wssios pa hae Coe ee wee onal e aiere a tovetotenets -1 
1. Only basal segment of abdomen red; broader, more robust..... bellus 
1. Abdomen entirely red, with yellow markings; more slender, 
metathoracicus 
Brachystegus mellipes (Cresson). 
1882. Nysson mellipes Cresson, Transactions of the American Ento- 
mological Society, ix, p. 279. 
1896. Nysson mellipes Fox, Journal of the New York Entomological 
Society, iv, p. 15. 
I have in the collection two specimens of this species taken at 
Glen. 
Brachystegus bellus (Cresson). 
1882. Nysson bellus Cresson, Transactions of the American Ento- 
mological Society, ix, p. 280. 
1896. Nysson bellus Fox, Journal of the New York Entomological So- 
ciety, iy, p. 16. 
A unique female from the same locality as the above. 
Brachystegus metathoracicus, n. sp. 
?. Length 4-5 mm. Front with large, scattered punctures, the inter- 
vening spaces filled with minute ones; face silvery below antennae; man- 
dibles and antennae dark rufous. Prothorax black with a white line above 
which extends to and includes the tubercles; mesonotum coarsely punc- 
tured, almost rugose, pleura more finely punctured; scutellum margined 
laterally and with a whitish transverse spot above. Metanotum and meta- 
pleura rufous; posterior face of metathorax with about five distinct carinae, 5 
converging below. Abdomen entirely rufous, segments 1-5 each with a “ 
lateral whitish spot, and with fairly coarse well-separated punctures; py- 
gidial area twice as long as broad, and slightly margined laterally. Legs 
entirely reddish, as are also the Poste oG coxae. Wings somewhat clouded. 
6. Unknown. 
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