4 
Psyche 
[ March 
ceous; abdomen with rather narrow sericeous bands on 
apex of first, second, third, and fourth segments, the first 
segment also shows a median area sericeous, but the sides 
are deep black; venter with three narrow sericeous bands. 
Head very narrow, face (including clypeus) much more 
narrow than in A. fasciatus; no evident median line on 
face ; posterior ocelli closer to eyes than to each other, ocel- 
lar triangle not as low as in A. fasciatus; antennae, spines 
on legs, and venation as in A. fasciatus ; three of the four 
females have three submarginal cells, the other lacks (as 
usual) the dividing nervure, when present the third is 
much smaller than the second, and narrowed above. 
Length 6 mm., fore wings 5.5 mm. 
From Tempe, Arizona, 2 August (J. Bequaert). Type 
M.C.Z. 17031. 
Readily separated from others by the narrow face. 
Male taken at same time 1 is very similar, more slender, 
the propodeum is sericeous all over, four segments banded 
at tip, and much resembles A. apicatus, but lacks the white 
spot at tip of abdomen, and has a narrower face. 
Episyron laevis sp. nov. 
$ Black, no yellow on orbits nor on abdomen. Resembles 
biguttatus, but with much less and shorter hair, and with 
the third joint of antennae not nearly as long as in E. bigut- 
tatus , not nearly equal to width of vertex; there are three 
comb-spines on front basitarsus as in biguttatus, but all are 
longer, the apical one reaching much beyond the tip of the 
second tarsal joint, and more than one-half the length of 
the basitarsus, other comb-spines also extra long. The hair 
on head is short, as also that on pronotum, the pleura are 
not hairy, except very minute ones ; the propodeum with a 
few erect hairs, and a few on basal abdominal segment 
above ; venter with hairs only toward tip ; the femora show 
no hair below ; long spur of hind tibia two thirds of basitar- 
sus. Wings and venation similar to biguttatus. 
Length 7.5 mm., fore wing 7 mm. 
From Fedor, Lee Co., Texas, 27 March (G. Birkmann). 
Type M.C.Z. 17032. 
