REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1903 121 



Ophion nigrovarium Prov. 

 This species is undoubtedly closely related to the preceding 

 form, though we have been unable to examine the original type. 

 A few specimens from Colorado which we provisionally assigned 

 to O . b i f o v e o 1 a t u m , are exceptionally highly colored, and 

 the} 7 probably belong to this species; in which event we are in- 

 clined to believe that it is but a variety of the preceding. A 

 translation of the original description is as follows : 



<3 Length .6 inch (pouce). Yellowish red varied with black. 

 Head yellow; base and tip of the mandibles, two punctures on 

 the top of the clypeus, the fossa at the insertion of the antennae, 

 with the eyes are of a more or less deep brown. Eyes short, with 

 almost no slope above. Posterior ocelli distant from each other, 

 but close to the eyes. Antennae stout and short, brown. A 

 puncture before the tegulae; the scutellum pale yellow. 

 Thorax yellow; superior border of the prothorax, base of the 

 scutellum, base of the metathorax, its sutures, upper sides of 

 mesothorax, base of the four posterior coxae, black. Metathorax 

 without distinct carinae. Wings slightly smoky ; costal nervures 

 brown, stigma yellow. Feet yellow, the anterior coxae in front 

 and the posterior coxae behind more or less spotted with brown. 

 First and second segments of abdomen brown; the posterior seg- 

 ment also brown on the inferior border. 



$ Of a clearer yellow than the 6 . Coxae entirely yellow, ex- 

 cept in their articulation with the body. Base and extremity 

 of abdomen of a deep shade of brown. Otherwise like the male. 

 Described from two specimens. Inhabits Canada. [Nat. Can. 

 6:104] 



Ophion abnormum n.sp. 



A single specimen of this form was received from Colorado 

 through the kindness of Prof. C. P. Gillette, who labeled it 

 no. 2103. This species is very closely allied to what we have 

 considered a light form of O. b i f o v e o 1 a t u m Brulle. 



Description. Fulvous, with indistinct ferruginous markings on 

 the thorax and abdomen, except that the dorsum of the thorax 

 has two distinct submedian fulvous lines and its lateral margins 

 are also bordered by stripes of the same color. Wing spread 

 18 mm, length of body about 15 mm. 



Head medium, face short, mandibles bidentate, tipped with 

 dark brown or black ; clypeal fossae deep, dark brown ; antennae 

 slightly shorter than the body; eyes black, small, somewhat dis- 



