222 New Species of the Genus Bassus. 



the apical margin yellow, obsolete, or with only two sniall apical 

 dots. Wings — stigma and costa fuscous, the former somewhat 

 paler. Areolet oblique, rectangular, subsessile. Legs fulvous ; $ 

 anterior coxse yellow, base black ; hinder ones black ; the apex of 

 trochanters yellow ; $ coxse and trochanters chestnut black ; the 

 apex of the latter yellowish ; 3^ and J hinder tarsi black. Abdomen 

 $\ 1st and 2nd segments, scabrous; 2nd, at the apex mostly 

 fulvous; 3rd, red or fulvous; 4th, seldom entirely red, generally 

 with a black basal fascia : ? , broad as the thorax, the margin of 

 1st segment red ; 2nd not black at the base ; 4th segment some- 

 times with a black marginal fascia ; 5th — 7th glossy ; the apex 

 scarcely sub-compressed ; aculeus very short, thick, distinct. 

 Var. — 1st segment entirely black. 



