68 
Psyche 
[March 
PHAENOLOGY: Valley populations peak in winter, my data in- 
cluding 8 females for January, 2 females and 1 male for March, 1 
male for May, and 9 females and 1 male for December. North of 
the Valley it flies mostly from June to September. 
Genus Mallochia 
25. Mallochia agenioides Viereck 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 10 males: BENTSEN PARK {Net: 1, 23 I 
76; Malaise: 1, 16-31 I 76; 1, 1-15 II 76; 2, 16-28 II 76; 2, 1-15 
V 76; 1, 16-31 VIII 76; 2, 1-15 IX 76). 
HABITAT: Most Valley specimens were collected by a Malaise 
Trap installed in deep woods under a large Pithecellobium flexi- 
caule. Farther north, agenioides often is found in grassy, over- 
grown meadows. 
DISTRIBUTION: R.I. to Ks. and south to Florida. These are the 
first records for Texas. 
PHAENOLOGY: Valley records are for January, February, May, 
August, and September. Elsewhere agenioides flies mostly from 
mid-spring to mid-summer. 
26. Mallochia frontalis Townes 
SPECIMEN EXAMINED: 1 male, Bentsen Park, 1-15 IX 76. 
HABITAT: Caught by Malaise Trap in dense woods under shade 
of a large Pithecellobium flexicaule. 
DISTRIBUTION: N.J., Md., Va., N.C., Ks., Tex. 
PHAENOLOGY: North of the Valley frontalis flies between March 
and August. 
Genus Lymeon 
The Valley has three Lymeon, of which one here is recorded for 
the first time from the United States. 
Key to the U.S. Lymeon 
(Females only) 
1. Mesoma black with profuse white markings 2 
Mesosoma fulvous or ferruginous, with or without white mark- 
ings 3 
