1925 ] Bremus Resembling Mallophoroe of Southeastern U. S. 193 
Mallophora chrysomela, sp. nov. 
c? — Length of body 23-27 mm. Thick, heavy hairs of 
mystax, beard, palpi, occiput, genae, and post-gense bright yel- 
low; a very few black hairs intermingled with the yellow on 
palpi. 
On the meso-thorax a patch of yellow pile extends cephalad 
from the base of the wings to the prothorax which is also covered 
with yellow pile. There are a few yellow hairs along the anterior 
margin of the prescutum. Scutellum covered with thickly set, 
long yellow pile. A narrow area of long yellow hair extends 
from a point below and slightly posterior to the base of the wing, 
to the metacoxa. Wings dark purplish brown. Legs reddish- 
brown, densely clothed with black hairs. Some yellow pile on 
hind femora, and a thick patch of silver hairs on the inner side 
of the distal portion of the hind tibia. Pro- and meta-coxae with 
yellow hairs intermingled with a few black ones. 
Abdomen with first, second and third tergites with thick 
yellow pile. Venter with a median area of yellow pile, narrow 
anteriorly but widening posteriorly to cover entirely the sixth 
and seventh segments, where it becomes darker in color, ap- 
proaching orange. Other hairs on abdomen black. Hair on 
male claspers yellow. 
Habitat. Two specimens from Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 11, 
1916 (C. C. Greer), one from Ship Island, Miss. (9-6.20) (B. L. 
Collins). All three from the collection of the Miss. Agricultural 
College, examined through the kindness of Professor Harned. 
Another (6-30-06) from Atlanta, Georgia, from the American 
Ent. Soc. Coll. Philadelphia, Pa., examined through the kindness 
of Mr. E. T. Cresson Jr. 
Of the species discussed above, the following are pictured in 
Howard’s Insect Book. 
Mallophora orcina (Wied.) Plate XVII, fig. 21 and 23. 
M. bomboides (Wied.) Plate XIX, fig. 22. M. fautrix O. S. 
Plate XVIII, fig. 3. 
