hanks: psammocharidae. 241 



Aporinellus intermedius, sp. nov. 



Type— Cornell I'niv. (\ill. Paratypc. — M. C. Z. 10,403. 



Calif.: Clareiiiont (Baker), Owen's River, o August (Kennedy). 



9 Black; marked with sericeous as follows: — most of face, back of head, 

 front of coxae, outer sides of femora and tibiae, pleura, part of the pronotum, 

 its posterior margin very strongly so, a mark on sides of the scutellum, at apex 

 of metanotum, and large subtriangular median spots at apex of first, second, 

 and third abdominal segments above. Wing not very dark, but beyond the 

 stigma it is black. Body rather heavy, but vertex not as broad as in laticeps; 

 antennae longer than in that species, the second plus third joints equal vertex 

 width; pronotum arcuate behind; inner spur of hind tibia a little more than 

 one half the basitarsus; two or three submarginals, the third being extremely 

 small, if present, second recurrent vein received near apex of second or at 

 middle of third cell. 



Length 7 mm. 



Differs from A. laticeps in having the marks on abdomen triangular 

 (instead of complete bands), and in longer antennae; it differs from 



A. mcdianus by the wings being dark only at tip, the sericeous marks 

 on thorax, and in having much longer spines in the comb of front legs. 



Episyron californicus Banks. 



Calif. : Ingleside, 25 August, Fresno, May 5, Three Rivers, Tulare 

 Co., 16 July, Felton, Santa Cruz Mts., 15-19 May, Claremont; 



B. Col.: Revelstoke, Selkirk Mts., 4-6 July (Bradley)."^ 



Ridestus striatulus Banks. 

 "Calif." (Cornell Univ. Coll.). 



PSORTHASPIS PLANATUS (Fox). 



Calif.: Laguna Beach, Lemoncove, Tulare Co., 16 May, San Diego, 

 14 June. 



Planiceps. 



1. Legs not noticeably hairy, metanotum not hairy luxus. 



At least front femora and tibiae hairy 2 



2. All femora and tibiae plainly hairy hirsutus. 



Only front femora and tibiae hairy '. assimilis. 



