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308 PSYCHE. [November 1895.
abroad.
No doubt this is due in large part
CHARLES VALENTINE RILEY.
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November i~yi,.] SUPPLEMENT TO PSYCHE.
V. NEW SPECIES OF BEES.
BY T. D. A. COCKERELL.
Phileremulus, n. gen.- Resembling a very scales become dense only on the distal small P/ii'/emmiiSi but with onlyone snbmar- miu'gins of tlic segments, thus producing ginal and two discoidal cells. Marginill short. liglit bands. Body-cuvering, where present, conhistingof Hob.- L:is Cruces, N. M., 3800 ft., on sc:iles. Type, 1'. v~w;I(~ns, n. sp. sandy ground, visiting flowers of Pertispap- Phileremulus vigilans. 11. sp- 8 3h mm. $osa occiisioniill~. Ion$ dull illrxk but appearin'; gi-iseons froin Phileremulusnanus, n. sp., $ 34mm. long. the white scales. Head somewhilt broader Differs from the 2 of P. @aus as follows: than long", covered with white scales, which The hend is ;i. little lar~er, the mandibles give the vertex a dull grey appearance, hut more r~it'ons, the fsice black, nearly tree frnni are so Jense on a11 the lower part of the f~ce scsiles except at sides, the clypeus not white as to tnd:e it beautifully snow-white. Ocelli withscales, 1he veitex is very broxi, iuilcnniie nrge and distinct, Eyes nearer together sliirtiiig riifons, basal hsilf of scrtpe hlacliish, below lhnn above. Antennae further apart first joint of fl:igeIltim as Iongas the second thsin the distance of either from the oi-bital and third combined; last joint of antenmie margin ; brown, the sdipe ~hort, funicle obliquely Lnincatc, w1ievc;i.s in P. vig'?lans it la!-fe, fliigell~iin with Lltesecond joint shorter is hardly noticeably so, oneside being merely than the third, and the third shorter th:m the somewhat flattened. first. Mandibles simple, their ends rufous. Margiiiiil cell exti-erncly small. Abdomen Thorax rather small, quite thickly covered rufoiis, not so distinctly fasciate. Apex Itlack. with white scales, inct;ttlioriis with a T-shaped Fo~irtlt segment with tln-ee suffused black area black bec:iuse free froni scales. Scutel- spots on its dihtal !margin, the space between lum with a longitudinal groove. them slightly goldcn. Texiilae shining Jellowisl~-iufous. Wings fib - Smttd F6, N. M., 7,oooft., on sandy l~yiilinc. iridescent, nervures daik brown. ground. Stigma litlle-developed; marginal cell short, Thih remiirkable genus is allied to that obliquely siibtruncale at tip, which joins section of Ph'leremus represented by P. -pul- costal margin ; siibniarginal large. pyniot m, chelhts, whicli is found in S:tnta F6 in August. longer than mar~iital, alipendicrlate: first The reduced vei-i;ition is donbtle'.% adapted to discoidiil lanceolate, second discoidal ̤edge its short rapid ziw,ig fli":hl, which is more shstped, appendiculate. The wing :u-en en- like th:tt ofsumc of the pdrtisiticltymenoptera closed in cells is less th:i.n thiit beyond. than of an ordinwy bee. The specimens Legs with the femoi-a black except the described were only ciuight with tlie gi-entest pale rufous knees, tibiae and tnrsi r~ifuus, difficulty, altItoug11 both bpecies (cspcciiilly with svhite scales. Tibiiil spurs white. ngilnfss) were fairly abundant where found. Abdomen elongate, somewliftt depressed,
The habit nS'briLl-i species is to fly very rapidly black with'the distal n'nir~insof the segments ahc'iit lnilf sin incli above the suriace of the pale riifoi-IS, and the whole g+eous ~I-UIBB the sand, frcquci~tly settling for an instant only. conting of while smiles.
Venter like the dor-
To ciitc11 them with a net is almost imposhi- sum. The abdomen ends in a narrow sub- ble, and I was ohlifed to watch with my acute rufous process. finxei- in my nioutb, and secure them by $ 3 mm. long. Antennae rsither rufous suddenly putting the wet finger-point on tliiin brown. Abdomen rather hro:id, consid- tliein'wlie~~ they settled. TInis 1 caught the erahly shorter than in the f, clear riifous, two females of P. namis at SanL.! F6 on Ang. the lait two segments blackish-rufous. The 10 and 14. They were on a sand bank in



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10 sr/l'pLE~l/E~Vl' TO PSYCHE. [November 18~5. Mr. Boyle's garden. P. mus was never
observed on any flower, but where P. =,iff-ilnus is found, there is plenty of Pectin /'a/'$osic, a low-growing jellow-flowered colnposile. The (^ of P. vi~z'lans was actimlly swept from the Pecfis, early in September; and later, individuals of the same species were seen occ;ision;illy to visit the flowers for an instant only. The $ of P. vi~ilit-ns was ca~ight on Sept. 19.
It must be ;idinitled
that the two species
are very closel~ allied, and it may be that the coinparatively bare face of the P. ~ZOE,!.- is due to the contact of my wet finger-tip. But the orn;unf;iitation of the end of the abdomen is different, and there is also the difference in the antennae; so that we may safcly assuine, I think, tli:it we have to do with distinct species,
Phileremus verbesinae, n. sp.-$6-7 nun., form elongate, head and thorax black, abdo- men and leg'- rufous. Pubescence consisting- of small white scales, which cover the head and thorax to such an extent ih:it. thej appear grey. Head broad, face depressed at sides, clypeus rounded and prominent, strongly
piinctiii'ed; cl:peus. area between antenme, and sides of Lice below, pi"actical1y bme of scales, or the space between the antennae may be scaly. Mandibles rufous.
Antennae dark brown, 12 jointed, last joint norrnd, first joint of flagelI~ii~i not quite as long as 2+3, but very nc;irly so.
Thorax bulging at sides, tubercles elevated, scnLeIIum inodei'atc'ly bilobate, pobtsculel- lum distinctly bilobiite. Legs rkfous, coxiie and femora except ends, blackish. Hind
tibiae and tarsi hoary from white sales. Tihial spines pale yellowish. Claw small, cleft, the inner tooth smallest.
Teguhie rufous. Wings very short, reach- ing only to middle of fourth segment of
abdomen, yellowish hyuline, area enclosed by the nervures smaller than that beyond them. Nervures dark brown, stigma little- developed : margiiial cell extremely short, obliquely truncate; first submarginiil large, eubpyriform ; second submarginal smilll, much higher than broad, narrowed above, it is much the size und shape of the inai'ginal, placed transversel~, lint a little larger. Second subniar~inal receivingboth recurrent ner- vnres, the first at extreme biise, the second a little before its apex.
Abdomen graimliir, riifon?;, the apex blnck- ish. Segments 1-4 with conspicuons, rather broad lxl-nds of white at their distill niargins. These bands are not at all constricted in the middle.
Hub.-Las Ci-uces, N. M., Sept. 20. 1895, four specimens on flowers ol Verbe.~hia
euceUoides. This is a niost interestingsspecies, sliowingtlie nearest approach to Philercmn- In's yet seen in Philerewus. With ils Plu- ^å´7~e~~!~.~-venation however, go Phileremits- IinbiL?; for the bees were visiting the flowers just. as an! bees miglit, and ^ere caught without difficulty with the finger and Lhunib. None were seen Hyinpover the sand like
PhileremitIns. On the Verbcsi~za, at the same time, I got Pwdifa heafa, n. sp., a beautiful ?ellow species jnst like lufeola (which lives on Biyelovia'} but at least 8 mm. Ions with a densely pubescent i~iesotho~;i'i. It will be described I'nilj elsewhere.
Phileremus mesillae, I?. sp.- 8, 6 mm.
long, short, robust, the abdomen not so
long us head iind thorax combined; blwk, with appre-ised while pubescence. Pdce
covered with pubescence, vertex compma-
lively bare, scape pubescent, fliigellum bare, dnik brown. First joint of fi;igelluin mit as long as 2-\-3, 2 longer tlian 3. Thorax more or less covered witli pubescence,
which becomes very sparse on hind part
of mesolhorax, scntellnm except hind
border, and middle of metittl~orax. The
mesolhurax and scutellum are strongly
;ind densely punctured. Scntelliim not
spined, and only very obscurely bilobate. Legs black, more or less pubescent, tarsi and tips of tibiae rerriiginous. Wings hyaline, nervures and stigma dark brown, niarginn-1 cell obliquely subtrnncaie at tip, 2d sub- marginal about $ shorter thnn first, receiv- ing both recurrent nervures, the first about



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November 1895.1 SUPF'Ll?fl-fp.NT TO PSYCHE. 11 one-fiftli of its length from its base, the second near its apex. 3d s~ibniargind
narrowing about or hardly one-Isi~If to
marginal.
Abdunien blxck, with six rather broad
continuous white hands, two on first seg- ment, joined lntei-ally, the others at di.'-tal margins of the four following segments.
Apex black, broad, rounded.
Hub.-Las CI-nces, N. M., April 27, 1894, taken on the occa'aion of a meeting' of the College Field Ciub.
This insect has been compiu-ed by Mr. Fox with Cresson's types, and as lie remarks, it resembles P. montnmts from Nevada, but
differs in the entire bnnds of the abdomen. Bombomelecta alfredi, 11. sp.- 8, about
13 mm. long, bliick, with dirty white or pale cinereous pubescence. Head broad.
clypens greatly produced; face, cheeks,
and occiput densely clothed with long
while l~i~irs, mixed with hhck on cheeks beneath, and on clypeiis EI purer white, silky and shining. Antennae reaching ii little beyond teplae, black, truncate at tips,
second joint of flage1lm-n longer than first. Thorax with Lirge punctures visible on
dorum, but vnoslly so coverci-l 'with long dirty-white pubescence tliat the siirf:ice cannot be seen. Among the hairs, the
two short but distinct scutellar spines are visible. The pubescence on the pleura is very long- and dense. Leg's blnck, with
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DORYPI-IORA (MYCOCORYNA) LIN-
EOLATA STAL.
This insect was found in great nun~bers on a bush with linear leaves, Aug. 29,1894,at San Augustine, N. M. Mr. Wickham, who kindly identified it for me, found it on apparently the same plant in the Final Mts., Arizona. The eyy? are laid on the leaves, about a dozen together, in two rows, touching,
obliquely extending upwards; they are cyiin- dricJ, 2 mm. long, chrome yellow. One
batch of about 25 eggs found.
Larva shaped as usual in the genus,7 mm. sparse bliick pubescence, mixed with whit- ish. The anterior and middle femora below are fringed with white hairs, but the pos- terior femora have no such Cringe. The
middle tibiae ~liow short white pubescence without. The fir&t joint of posterior tai-si bears in addition to the short pubescence, six long bliick hairs. The po-tcrior tibiae tire broiii.11~ dilated to their truncate ends and the innermost spine is longest and
slightly curved. The first joint of posterior tarsi is distinctly sliortcr than the tibia. Tegulae pitch-black, shining-, microscopi- cally reticulate. Wings smoky-hysiihie,
the apical margin broadly smoky. Ncrvures dark brown. Second submargit-ial cell
narrowing to a point nt mni-$rial Vena-
tion otherwise as in B. thoracica va~.
fvlvida.
Abdomen black with minute punctures,
first four segments each with a ti-;insversely elongate patch of dirly-vvliite pubescence on each side, these patches successively smaller from the first. Tip of abdomen
emarginate.
Hub.-Las Criices, N, M., on a young
cottonwood tree h? the Agric~~ll~tral College, April 17, 189.;. (Alfred llolt.) By the
color and ftrrangement of the pubescence, this is dearly distinct. The onlj other
'Rombom~Ie~ta found in the Mesillii Valley is B. {koracira var. fa/vidu, Cr., on Ly~-ittm (Jessie C:isacl).
long in contraction, jerking from side to side when disturbed. Head pale yellow, vkh
twoelongate-pjriform, upwardly-converging, black marks on upper part vf face. Body ycl- lowish-white with a lateral series of squarish black marks, nearly forming:) band; a nsirrow dorsal black stripe, wanling on first segment, and also wanting on second (concealed)
segment. The junction of the segments
marked by biack lines. Last two segments mostly black above.
Legs mostly black.
The imqo has the thorax green, and the
elytra ochreous marked with black.
T. D. A. CklZ.




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12 SUPPLEMENT TO PSYCHE. [November 1895. VI.
NEW IIOMOPTERA RECEIVED FROM THE NEW MEXICO AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. - I.
BY CARL F. BAKER, FORT COLLIHB, COLO.
In several very interesting lots of Homop- terous insects received froin PI-of. T. D. A. Cockerell, of the New Mexico Agric~iltin-iil College, were included a numher of new
species in the families Fiiigoi-ickie, 13jtho- ~copidae and Jassidae. In a series of papers of which this is the first, tliese species will be chanictei-ized, and attention c:illed to their affinities ;,nd tin; lociilities in which they were taken.
Thamnotettix lucida, n. ep.- Pale, clear, slightly yellowi-11, green, entirely witliout markings or dark coln~ations. Elj~i'ii hya- line. Length mule 5.5 mm.
Fig. I. Thamnotenix luckla n. sp. A, face; B. doimcn of head tind pro~otum; C, spines on inside of hind tibia; D a x of male abdomen beneath.
Male.-Face a tenth wider than Ions
length of dyl~eiis once iind two-thirds. the width at base, slightly constricted just before b:ise, the bassi1 suture stronglj- curved; loi-:ie as long as clypeus and two-thirds as bronc!; genae with ninrgin deeply einarginiite below eyes, from this lo tip of cl?peiis nearly rc-etili- near, very narrow below the lorae; front little lore than one-fourth longer than broad,
little less tlliin twice the length of the cly- pens, sides slightly incurved at antennae, gradually nan-owing below. Disc of vertex evenly, slightly convex, with si. small de- pressed nrea on either side near the base and meeting" the fsicc ;it a very obtuse angle; length at middle once find a half that at. the eves, width between eves once and five-hev- entlis the length. Width of pronoturn about once find
four-fifths the length, the length
nearly twice that of the vertex, curvature about five-ninths of the lengh. Scntelltim and venation of elytra normsil. Spines on inside of upper two-lhirds of hind tibiae reguliu'ly xisinged and very uruisunlly nun- erous. While in ino-'t others thete are but eight or ten spines in this region, in this species there are about 16.
Color ligl~t green, slightly tinned with yellowis11 which is more noticeable on the abdomen. Last abdominsil segment with
plate, v:vlve%, and pvgnfers light bluish green. the pygofers furni.-'hed at tips with numerous strong b1u11t bristles which we white and conspic~iot~sly brown-tipped.
Legs pale, some of the spines brown-tipped. El~ti-ii hyaline, apical areoles somewhat translucent.
Described from a single male taken at Sail Augustiiie (Ckll. 2142). This insect some- what resembles T. {itridorsum in furm but is EI very :ni.ich smaller and more delicate species. It is nearly allied to T. ;oornnta and T. aureola, but [IiITers most noticeably from those species in hehg entirely wilhout dark markings. T.flfi-vi'cajtfda is a smaller yellowish m~cl rufous species, with a shorter vertex and smoky el~tni. In the arranqe- went of spines on the hind tibiae, T. Zucida differs widely from my Thainnotettix I have seen.




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