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Described from a single cT specimen bred September 15, 1894, 

 from a cocoon of Canarsia hammondi, by W. G. Johnson, and 

 several specimens in my collection taken at Washington, D. C., 

 and elsewhere. 



The species comes closest to Cryptus nigricornis Prov. 



Limneria Holmgren. 



Limneria (Sinophorus) canarsiae, sp. n. [Fig. 5.] 



9- Length 5mm.; ovipositor 1.5 mm. Black, finely punctate ; man 

 dibles, palpi and tegulae, yellowish-white; legs reddish-yellow, the hind 

 coxse, the first joint of their trochanters, extreme tips of their femora, a 

 subbasal band on tibiae and their tips, and their tarsi, black; an annulus 



FIG. 5. Limneria canarsite. 



at base of the hind tibiae, a broad band at their middle and the base of 

 first and second tarsal joints, white; claws pectinate; wings hyaline, the 

 costae, except toward base, and the stigma fuscous, the internal veins 

 paler; areolet distinct, subsessile. 



Hab. Normal, Illinois. 



Type in Coll. Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. 



