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fuscous ; eyes round, polished ; thorax ovate, somewhat constricted hehind the 

 middle, coarsely reticulated and thinly clothed with pale golden pubescence : 

 metathorax roundly truncate ; legs castaneous, finely punctured, thinly clothed 

 with fuscous hairs, intermediate and posterior tibiae armed with strong spines: 

 abdomen elongate ovate, basal segment campanulate, clothed with erect black 

 hairs, second segment coarsely and confluently punctured, thinly clothed witb 

 pale golden pubescence, that on the apical segments longer and denser, ventral 

 surface coarsely and remotely punctured, shining. Length 12 mm. 



Hab. — California. 



Allied to & parmosa, but differs in having the pubescence pale 

 golden, and is uniformly castaneous, whereas parmosa is entirely 

 black. 



Spluerophtlialma zelaya Blake. 



Male. — Black ; head rounded, as wide as the thorax, finely punctured, thinly 

 clothed with erect black pubescence ; eyes round, polished ; antennae black : 

 thorax ovate, closely punctured, clothed with erect black hairs, metathorax 

 roundly truncate, closely reticulate; tegulae small, polished; wings fuscous, mar- 

 ginal cell obliquely subquadrate, truncate at tip, first submarginal large, second 

 subtriangular, wide beneath, its basal and apical nervures sinuate, receiving the 

 first recurrent near the base, third subpentagonal. narrowed beneath : legs black, 

 thinly clothed with black hairs ; abdomen elongate ovate, petiolate, petiole pyri- 

 form, closely punctured, having a small ventral tubercle, second segment shining, 

 closely punctured, thinly clothed with erect black hairs, the apical margin and 

 following segments clothed with long coarse orange-yellow pubescence ; under 

 side shining, black. Length 8.5 mm. : expanse of wings 15 mm. 



Hab. — Texas. 



Spluerophthalma comanche Blake. 



Male. — Black ; head not as wide as the thorax, rounded, clothed with long, 

 coarse, dark ferruginous pubescence, scape of antenna? black, flagellum fuligi- 

 nous, mandibles black; eyes round, prominent; thorax elongate quadrate, pro- 

 and mesothorax thinly clothed with black hairs ; wings ample, fuliginous, mar- 

 ginal cell short, abruptly truncate at tip, three distinct submarginal cells, the first 

 a little longer than the marginal, the second subtriangular, having a subhyaline 

 streak through its entire length, and receiving the first recurrent nervure one- 

 third before the middle ; the third extending beyond the marginal ; tegulae large : 

 legs black, clothed with black hairs, calcaria black, long, serrated interiorly : 

 abdomen ovate, basal segment closely punctured, clothed with coarse black hairs, 

 second segment finely punctured, shining, thinly clothed with black hairs ; apical 

 margin and following segments thickly clothed with long, dark ferruginous pu- 

 bescence ; margins of the second and third ventral segments fringed as above, 

 lateral carina? distinct. Length 19 mm. ; expanse of wings 38 mm. 



Female. — Black ; head subquadrate, posterior angles rounded, not as wide a- 

 the thorax, reticulated, clothed with brown-black pubescence ; scape of antennae 

 black, rugulose, flagellum dark fuscous ; eyes round, prominent ; cheeks below 

 the eyes closely punctured ; thorax short, narrowed behind, coarsely reticulated, 

 clothed the same as the head, the mesothorax has on each side a strong carina. 



