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the base. Posterior legs, except coxte and base of femora, black, the 
tarsal joints each tipped with yellowish. Body ever^-^vhere except the 
flagellnm of the antennip conspienoush' whitish pubescent. Wings Avith 
the nsual two fnscous bands, which are very strong. StigTna lanceo- 
late, pale at the base and piceous at the tip. Veins fuscous, except 
the submarginal. median and anal veins, which are pale yellow. 
One female from the Huachuca ]\Ioimtains, Arizona, collected 
by Mr. Schaeffer. 
This species resembles C. atriccps Brues, a species occurring 
in the Northeastern United States, but the typical form differs 
conspicuously by the black metathorax, scutellimi and. meso- 
thorax. The head behind is also much more coarsely sculptured, 
while the punctures of the prothorax are sparse. The first flagellar 
joint is shorter, being btit little longer than the scape, while in 
atriccps it is nearly twice the length of the scape. 
Var. a. Colored like C. atriccps, with the entire thorax red- 
dish, but having the structural characters of the type. One 
female from Brownsville, Texas. 
FAAIILY SCELIOXID.^:. 
Hoplogryon grandis sp. nov. 
Female. Length 2 mm. Brownish-yellow ; head, abdomen and 
antenna! club black. Head two and one-half times as wide as thick, 
shining black; front smooth, with a median line extending from the 
anterior ocellus to the antenna^, the anterior orbits, cheeks and face 
below strongly vertically striated. Vertex irregularis' rugose. Man- 
dibles stronglj" curved, yellow, with two long, equal brown teeth, 
]\resonotum and scutellum very coarsely and almost confluently punc- 
tate ; no parapsidal furrows ; ferruginous, with a large orbicular spot 
which reaches nearly to the scutellum. Scutellum black, postscutellum 
ferruginous, with a long sharp spine. ^letathorax ferruginous, with 
the lateral angles very acutely produced to form long spine-like teeth ; 
its posterior face irregularly rugulose, truncate or slightly concave. 
Abdomen ovate, convex ; shining black, the first segment brown, as 
long as broad at the tip and roughly striated ; second segment sculp- 
