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positor broad, nearly one-half as wide as its length, shining black, some- 

 what sickle shape. (This type of ovipositor is unique in character, and 

 of a type not previously noted by the writer.) Wings hyaline, the apical 

 cell ending in the costa but slightly before the extreme wing tip. 



Parkeriellus flavipalpis, new species. 



Length 7 mm. Front about one and one-fifth times as wide as either 

 eye. Paraf rentals gray pollinose; as viewed from above, faintly tinged 

 a golden hue, sides of face, genae and facial depression silvery gray pol- 

 linose. Antennae black, extending nearly to the oral margin, the third 

 joint two and one-half times as long as the second, arista thickened nearly 

 to the middle. Palpi yellow. Two pairs of strong proclinate orbital 

 bristles in the female, sides of front bearing a few weak scattered hairs 

 outside of the frontal row. 



Thorax and scutellum concolorous, dull bronzy gray pollinose, four 

 indistinct black vittae, gradually disappearing toward the- posterior 

 margin. Three postsutural and three sternopleural macrochaetae. Scu- 

 tellum bearing a discal pair, three pairs of long marginals axid a shorter 

 cruciate apical pair of macrochaetae. Legs black, the middle tibiae each 

 bearing a single bristle on the outer side near the middle, hind tibiae 

 sub-ciliate. 



Abdominal segments except the first, grayish pollinose on the basal 

 two-thirds, the first segment bearing a pair of median marginal macro- 

 chaetae, the second a discal and marginal pair, the third a discal pair and a 

 marginal row and the fourth segment a discal pair and a sub-marginal 

 row. Hairs of abdomen depressed 



Posterior end of the hind cross-vein ending nearer to the bend of the 

 fourth longitudinal vein than to the small cross-vein, the third longitu- 

 dinal vein bearing two or three bristles at its base. 



Described from a female specimen taken at Laurel, Montana, 

 August 9, 1914, by Dr. R. R. Parker, in honor of whom the generic 

 name has been proposed. 



Holotype: Cat. No. 20053 U. S. N. M. 



Neodichocera tridens, Walton. 



A male specimen of this species taken on the Gallatin Moun- 

 tain, Montana, June 30, 1914, by Dr. Ralph R. Parker, thus 

 adding a new locality record for this most interesting species, but 

 recently described. 



Paradmontia brevis Coq. 



I also have two male specimens of this species which were 

 taken at Laurel, Montana, July 9, 1914, by Dr. R. R. Parker. 



