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vein a little shorter than the postmarginal; ovipositor valves 

 slender, extruded for three-fourths the length of the abdomen; 

 scutellum scaly like the rest of the body. Thorax flattened as 



in pallipes marilandicus Girault. 



First two femora almost entirely concolorous. Postmarginal vein 

 elongate, longer than the long stigmal. Legs concolorous except 

 apex of tibiae very narrowly, distal third of middle tibiae, tarsi 

 and middle trochanters which are reddish; frons scaly, with 

 four rows of punctures, not as broad as in marilandicus; lower 

 face with small, scattered punctures; eyes shorter; scape slightly 

 dilated, the pedicel longer than any funicle joint. Funicle I 

 smallest, subquadrate, 2 longest, a third longer than wide; 

 maxillary palpi black; marginal vein twice longer than wide; 

 ovipositor valves very slender, nearly as long as the abdomen. 

 Scutum and scutellum with scattered punctures, scaly. 



whittieri new species 

 Cerchysius whittieri n. sp. 



9 . Somewhat smaller than marilandicus, the abdomen shorter, the 

 thorax more convex. The male is similar but has the flagellum fili- 

 form and clothed with soft hairs, the solid club longer than funicle i 

 which is longest, nearly thrice longer than wide, 6 longer than wide, 

 longer than the s nail pedicel. Mandibles tridentate. Maxillary palpi 

 4-jointed. 



Scrobes longer than in marilandicus, the frons narrower, the eyes 

 smaller. The elongate postmarginal vein is characteristic and the 

 species is probably a Hcmcncyrtus. 



One pair, San Francisco, California (Alex. Craw). From 

 Lccaninin olcac. 



Types : Catalogue No. 20663, United States National Mu- 

 seum, the pair on tags, their heads and fore wings on a slide. 



A Correction Concerning Labia annulata and Labia dorsalis. (Der- 



maptera; Labiidae.) 



We wish to draw attention to an error recently made by us, Trans. 

 Am. Ent, Soc., XLIII. p. 318. We have there given Labia dorsalis 

 (Burmeister) as a synonym of Labia annulata (Fabricius) and have 

 supplemented this by stating that no differences between the de- 

 scriptions of these species could be found. As a matter of fact annulata 

 and dorsalis are widely distinct species as understood by us, belong- 

 ing to different sections of the genus as was pointed out elsewhere in 

 that same paper, and when the group has been thoroughly studied 

 will probably be found to require even generic separation. 



This confusing mistake was made through including in the rough 

 manuscript an earlier and unverified incorrect note to this effect, 

 which was in consequence incorporated, but inexcusably overlooked in 

 both the reading of the finished manuscript and the proof. MORGAN 

 HEBARD, Philadelphia, Pa. 



