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Two New Species of Asilids from New Mexico. 
BY BARNUM BROWN. 
Nusa abdominalis, n. sp. 
Female. Abdomen red; thorax thinly pollinose; hind tibie 
Much curved. Length, 12 millim. 
Head black; face and front thickly white pollinose; the former 
with abundant, long, white hair, moderately protuberant below. 
Occiput white pollinose, with white hair. First and second joints 
of the antenne red; third black, except at the proximal end, dilated 
distally. Thorax brownish red; mesonotum with a darker median 
and two large, partly confluent spots on each side; sparsely clothed 
with short white hairs. Abdomen light red or yellowish red; short, 
with nearly parallel sides, clothed with short, sparse, decumbent 
white hair; moderately shining, finely punctate; a single bristle 
Present near the lateral margin of each segment. Legs black, 
Somewhat reddish at base of tibia and tarsi; hair short, sparse, 
White; hind femora considerably thickened distally; hind tibia 
Much curved and moderately dilated at the tip. Wings nearly 
hyaline; first posterior cell closed remote from the border. 
One specimen, collected by myself at Cuba, Bernalillo County, 
New Mexico. 
Nusa similis, n. sp. 
Female, Like WM. addominalis, but differing in the following 
Characters: Antenne black; third joint not so long as the first two 
together, thickened distally. Thorax black, densely white polli- 
Nose. On the lateral margin of each abdominal segment four 
bristles present. Hind femora only moderately thickened; hind 
tibiae but little curved. 
"wo specimens, from the same locality as the preceding. 
(103) KAN, UNIV. QUAR., VOL. VI, NO. 2, APRIL, 1897, SHRIES A. 
