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transversal, arising in the distal end of subcostal, radical slight- 
ly curved, almost three times as long as basal; postmarginal 
wanting. Legs yellow-red, coxz black, middle of femora black- 
brown, middle femur unicolored yellow-red; joints 2 to 4 of fore 
tarsus not longer than broad. Abdomen convex, tapering behind, 
dorsal third as well as the head more strongly pubescent than 
the rest of the body. 
Length, 3 millimeters. 
MINDANAO, Butuan. 
Epyris bidens sp. nov. 
Male.—Black, shining. Head subcylindrical, rather closely 
and moderately coarsely punctured; eye hairy, longer by one- 
third than its distance from posterior margin of head; posterior 
ocelli separated from posterior margin of head by twice their 
diameter; cheek very short. Mandible red-brown, thin, with two 
teeth at end, the lower tooth long and pointed, the upper one 
very small. Antenna without hair, filiform, red-brown, scape 
as long as the following two joints together, second joint some- 
what tranverse, third scarcely as long as thick, fourth to twelfth 
somewhat longer than third, thirteenth twice as long as thick. 
Pronotum somewhat élongate, moderately coarsely punctured, 
a little wider dorsad; mesonotum oblique, a little shorter than 
pronotum, parapsidal furrows parallel, much widened dorsally, 
anterior half of mesonotum smooth, posterior half closely punc- 
tured. Scutellum smooth, grooves oval, somewhat obliquely in 
contact in front. Median segment somewhat transverse, finely, 
transversely striate, with three continuous longitudinal carine in 
the middle, the two outer ones in front as far from the medial 
as from the marginal carine, strongly convergent posteriorly, 
posterior margin of median segment bordered by a cross carina; 
posterior surface same as in the preceding species. 
Wings brownish, venation and pterostigma as in the preceding 
species; postmarginal wanting; transversal less oblique than 
basal. Tibiz and tarsi red-brown, claws with a small tooth in 
the middle. Abdomen convex, conically tapering behind, un- 
punctured. 
Length, 3 millimeters. 
MINDANAO, Iligan. 
Epyris tridens sp. nov. 
Male—Same as E. bidens except that the mandible has three 
teeth, the lower tooth long. Maxilliary palpus 5-jointed, labial 
