198 New Bombylidae From California. 



Wings hyaline except the brown clouds situated mostly on 

 the crossveins Planus 0. S. 



3. Pile of breast and of legs largely white or yellowish 4> 



Pile of face, antenna?, breast, legs and venter largely black...... ,« 



....Apicula Coq. 



4. Abdomen destitute of crossbands of white tomentum 5 



Abdomen with distinct crossbands of white tomentum 



Miscellus Coq. 



5. Abdomen destitute of a crossband of black pile 6 



Abdomen with a crossband of black pile,costa of wings in the 



male provided with teeth-like projections Zona Coq. 



6. Second antennal joint scarcely longer than wide, costa of 



wings in the male destitute of teeth-like projections, pile of 



body yellowish-white in both sexes Junceus n. sp. 



Second antennal joint nearh' twice as long as wide, costa of 

 wings in the male provided with teeth-like projections, pile 

 of body yellowish-white in the male, golden yellow in the 

 female Di versus n. sp. 



Lordotus junceus n. sp. Black, opaque. Front in the female 

 densely gray pollinose, \^ellowish and white pilose, covered with 

 minute black points ; face in both sexes densely white pilose. 

 First joint of antenna? scarcely two-thirds as long as the third, 

 second joint as wide as long; pile of upper side of first two joints 

 brownish, that on the lower side more dense and white. Pile and 

 tomentum of upper part of occiput in the male wholly yellowish- 

 white, in the female mixed white and yellowish-white, that on re- 

 maining part of occiput white. Thorax in the female grayish pol- 

 linose and covered with minute black points, in the male the pollen 

 and points are almost wanting; pile and tomentum of thorax 

 mixed white and yellowish-white, mostly of the latter color in the 

 male. Scutellum rounded behind, its covering like that of the 

 thorax. Pile and tomentum of pleura white, of the abdomen yel- 

 lowish-white, that on the venter white ; hind margins of abdominal 

 segments two to five, sometimes yellowish in the female. Pile and 

 tomentum of legs white, bristles of tibia? and of tarsi black. Wings 

 wholly hyaline, costa in the male destitute of teeth-like projections. 

 Stalk of halteres brown and yellow, the knob sulphur-yellow. 

 Length, 5 to 9 mm. Los Angeles and San Diego counties, Cali- 

 fornia. 6 male and 3 female specimens, in May and June. 



Lordotus diversus n. sp. Male black, opaque. Second antennal 

 joint twice as long as wide, but a trifle shorter than the first, the 

 two together about equaling the third in length ; base of the third 

 joint yellowish ; pile of upper side of first two joints short, sparse, 

 mixed yellow and black, of the lower side yellow, long and dense. 

 Pile of face yellow. Pile and sparse tomentum of occiput, thorax, 

 scutellum and abdomen wholly dirty-white, that on the pleura and 



