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nearly black; small blackish spot inclosing ocelli; antennal 

 groove immediately at base of antennae, blackish, and a brovvmsh 

 stripe from base of antennae to clypeus. Tbe ii^ost obvious 

 <3olorational difference is in the fact that the pronotum is entirely 

 yellowish and does not possess the four brown stripes charac- 

 teristic oi pulchra. 



One female, Balthazar, March 5, 250 feet. 



EvoxTSOMA, AsJimead. 



EVOXTSOMA VITTATUM, sp. n. 



2 ' Length 3*2 mm. ; expanse 4"8 mm. Antenna) with short 

 scape, bulbous pedicel ; funicle-joints 1 to 5 decreasing in length? 

 joint 1 nearly twice as long as 2, club distinctly 2-jointed, ter- 

 minal joint indistinct, as long as two preceding funicle-joints 

 together ; ocelli in curved line ; head, pronotum, and mesonotum 

 ■coarsely umbilicate-punctate ; metanotum with a broad shallow 

 central emarginate groove, the groove transversely striate ; either 

 side of groove umbilicate-punctate; abdomen smooth, shining, 

 mesopleura distinctly and finely punctate ; pilosity of mesonotum 

 white, abundant on fore border ; metanotal fimbria long, white ; 

 margin of joints 4 and 5 of abdomen with long whitish hairs ; 

 pygidium closely set with white pile. General colour reddish 

 yellow ; club of antennae blackish ; ocellar spot, border of 

 occipital foramen, front of pronotum where impinging on 

 head, parapsides and anterior border of disc of mesoscutum, 

 all of metanotum, mesopleura, petiole, segments 1, 2, and 3 of 

 abdomen, except for a lateral spot on each side of the centre 

 of joint 3 above, strijoe down centre of joint 4, margins of 

 joints 5 and 6 and pygidium, black ; eyes dark red ; wing-veins 

 brown ; all legs honey-yellow ; coxae a little darker. 



Described from one female, Balthazar, April 15, 250 feet, 

 shady place near stream. 



Decatomidea, Ashnead. 



Decatomidea compactum, sp. n. 



$. Length 2'8 mm.; expanse 3*7 mm. Scape moderate; 

 pedicel short, triangular; funicle-joints 1 to 5 subequal in length 

 and breadth, each a trifle longer than pedicel ; club long, ovate- 

 acute, slightly flattened, longer than two preceding funicle-joints 

 together; head, pro- and metanotum finely umbilicate-punctate; 



