1933] New Psammocharidx from the United States -13 
eye to eye ; anterior ocellus rather larger than the posteriors, 
latter plainly a little nearer to each other than to the eyes ; 
all front of head and vertex with appressed pale hair, no 
longer hairs ; occiput and base of front coxse with a few long 
hairs; antennae very slender, third joint only about one- 
fourth longer than the fourth, which is no longer than any 
of the four following. Pronotum rather long, arcuate be- 
hind, clothed with appressed hair, as likewise the rest of 
the notum and the propodeum, latter rather low and evenly 
rounded, pleura without hair. Legs very long and slender 
especially the tarsi, coxae and femora with only fine pubes- 
cence, front tibia with a few minute bristles beneath, front 
basitarsus with a few minute spines above, mid tibia with 
two or more rows of bristles above, hind tibia with two 
rows of about ten low teeth, each tipped with a minute 
bristle or spine, inner spur of hind tibia scarcely two-fifths 
of the basitarsus, hind tarsi especially long, claws with a 
minute tooth toward base. Abdomen convex, not very broad 
in middle, with appressed fine pubescence, only a few pale 
hairs near tip, none on venter except near tip. 
Fore wings with marginal cell rather long, its outer side 
scarcely curved, and the end is out almost as far as the end 
of the third submarginal cell; second submarginal much 
longer than high, base more oblique than tip, third sub- 
marginal but little longer than the second, but wider be- 
hind, upper side about two-thirds of the lower ; first recur- 
rent ends at middle of the second submarginal, second re- 
current a little before middle of the third submarginal, 
basal a little disjointed from transverse. 
Length 14 mm., fore wing 10 mm. 
From Ft. Reynolds, Colo. (Mills coll., Peabody Acad.). 
Type M.C.Z. 17042. 
By the rounded vertex, long legs, and appressed hair, and 
venation it is similar to P. incitus ; that species has a black 
abdomen. 
Priocnemis pretiosa sp. nov. 
2 Black, tarsi more brown, wings yellowish on basal two- 
thirds, beyond infuscated. Body with minute appressed 
pubescence, practically no long hairs, two or three each side 
