242 billetin: mi'skim ov ( ompauative zoolouy. 



Planiceps luxus Banks. 



Calif.: Washington (Kincaid), Claremont, Ingleside, August, 

 National City. !."> May, Santa (Mara Co., May; Wash.: Yakima Valley, 

 U) July, 1SS2. 



Planiceps hirsutus Banks. 

 Calif. : Mountains near Claremont, Pasadena, Ingleside, 26 May. 



Planiceps assimilis Banks. 



B. Col.: Penicton, 11 August, Peachland, 24 August; Calif.: 

 Samoa Beach, Humboldt Co., 28 June. 



Agexiella. 



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1. Body mostly yellowish, legs wholly so 2 



Body^rnostly black (at least head and thorax) 3 



2. Wings uniformly deep black; larger species coronata. 



Wings paler, darker on tips and over basal vein; smaller species . ftZaisde^^i. 



3. Third siibmarginal cell as high as long 4 



Third submarginal cell plainlj^ longer than high 5 



4. Basal segment of abdomen slender, fally three times as long as wide at 



tip, .slightly margined below subaeqiuiUs. 



Basal segment of abdomen not twice as long as broad at tip. . . .aequalis. 



5. Basal segment of abdomen about twice as long as broad at tip; wings 



nearlj' uniformly brown; apical segment pale euphorbiae. 



Basal segment plainly more than twice as long as broad at tip, broadly 

 margined below; wings darker at tips ' 6 



6. Abdomen basally red; legs mostly pale; mid and front spurs white. 



partita. 

 Abdomen black, apical segment white; mid spurs black, legs mostly black. 



praestans. 



Ageniella coronata, sp. nov. 



Type— Cornell Univ. Coll. Paratype.— M. C. Z. 10,404. 

 Calif. : Mts. near Claremont (Baker), San Buenaventura, 18 August, 

 Santa Rosa. 



