Dec., '04] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 333 



The only male was dissected ; in color it does not differ from the fe- 

 male, but the thoracic stripe is slightly diffused and the abdominal band- 

 ing is broader and less defined. The palpi are uniformly brown ; the 

 claws of the anterior and mid feet unequal, the larger biserrated, the 

 smaller uniserrated, while the posterior ones are equal and uniserrated. 

 Petiole of first submarginal cell not quite the length of this cell. Length 

 5-3 mm. 



Culex inconspicuus sp. nov. 



9- Head dark brown, occiput with pale yellow scales scattered over 

 the surface ; antennae dark brown, the two basal joints pale testaceous ; 

 proboscis and palpi dark brown. Mesonotum dark brown with yellowish 

 scales at the sides, forming a rather diffuse central brown vitta ; shoulders 

 brown, separated from the vitta by a narrow line of yellow scales ; scu- 

 tellum brown with yellow bristles ; metanotum blackish brown ; pleura 

 brown, with small patches of grayish white scales ; halteres pale brown, 

 darker at the apex. Abdomen deep brown, with narrow dirty white 

 bands at base of segments, which widen out laterally ; beneath it is pale 

 brownish with scattered white scales, more so apically. Legs with coxae 

 pale brown, femora brown, under side yellowish white, knee dot barely 

 discernible ; tibia and tarsi wholly brown ; claws uniserrated on all feet ; 

 wings hyaline, petiole of first submarginal cell about one-third as long as 

 this cell. Length 4 mm. 



'S . Palpi uniformly dark brown. Bands of abdomen narrow in the 

 anterior segments, very wide in the posterior ones and with some mixed 

 brown scales, giving the bands a dark appearance ; beneath it is whitish, 

 with brown scales intermixed. Claws of anterior and mid feet unequal, 

 the larger biserrated, the smaller uniserrated ; claws of posterior feet 

 equal and uniserrated. Petiole of first submarginal cell about half as 

 long as this cell. Length 4.5 mm. Otherwise as in the female. 



Described from three c? and one 9 bred from larvae gath- 

 ered on Garret Mts., Paterson, N. J. 



Type : in the collection of the New Jersey Experiment 

 Station. 



A New Cryptine from the Nest of Ceratina Dupla. 



By H. L. VlERECK. 



Habrocryptus graenicheri, n. sp. 



Superficially, this species resembles somewhat C. atricolla- 

 ris, but differs in having the thorax and abdomen partly 

 black and in the more distinct sculpture. 



$ 10 mm.; ovipositor 3 mm. 



Head rather shining and covered with rather shallow, adjoining small 



