222 Say^s Descripions oj 



late : tergum ^\th seven lateral, emarginate, white dots : 

 leneath^ on tlie neck and pectus with a few white spots : 

 J^eet honey-yellow. 



Length over two fifths of an Inch, 

 This is undoubtedly much like the X. camelus, Lmn. 

 which, however, is destitute of spots on the disk of the 

 thorax, the wings are clouded towards the tp> and there 

 are but six lateral spots on the abdomen, the ultimate 

 segment being immaculate. 



2. X- hasalis. Black ; abdomen fasciate at base. 

 Inhabits Indiana. 



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9 Body black, polished : mandibles and palpi white : 

 thoraXy anterior segment glaucous on the posterior mar- 

 gin ; wings hyaline ; first cubital cellule confluent with 

 the first radial, having" only a rudiment of the dividing 

 nervure : abdomen^ two basal segments honey-yellow, 

 more or less intermixed with black : feet honey -yellow ; 

 posterior tarsi and tibiae black, the latter white at base. 



Length seven twentieths of an inch. 



Found in the latter part of May. 



Lyda, Fabr. 



L. ocreata. Yellowish-green, antennse and spots 

 blackish. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



9 Body yellowish-green : head with a spot on the 

 stemmata and three lines behind, blackish ; one or two 

 brownish lines beneath the eyes and an obsolete one be- 

 fore the eyes : mandibles piceous at tip : antennae black ; 

 basal joint dull whitish beneath : thorax with a transverse 

 black line on the collar near the neck ; another behind 

 the collar; about four brown snots, nf v\-lilf>K tha \nnpr 



