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posterior margin is provided each with two or three short and stiff hairs; 

 meso-metathorax quadrangular, longer than broad, slightly broadest and 

 arcuate anteriorly, and with a prominent lateral angle each side. Abdo- 

 men much elongated and longer than the rest of the body, broadest in 

 front, tapering gradually towards the end, the tube or last segment cylin- 

 drical and about as long as the posterior tibiae and tarsi combined; each 

 joint of the abdomen is furnished each side near its posterior margin, 

 with apparently three slender and radiating, pale brownish hairs, which 

 gradually grow longer and more bristle-like towards the end of the body, 

 while the apex of the tube is surrounded by six long and radiating bristles 

 alternating with short and reflexed hairs. Legs rather long and stout, 

 with the anterior femora, especially those of the male, much inflated to- 

 wards the base; tarsi of the female simple, while the anterior pair of the 

 male bear a large and stout, acute tooth at inner side of base; all legs are 

 sparsely furnished with short and stiff hairs. Wings narrow, of equal 

 width throughout, rounded at the apex, gently and uniformly curved and 

 reaching nearly to the tube; veins of both pairs scarcely one-fourth the 

 length of the wing; surface of the head transversely striated, the thorax 

 finely granulated; prothorax with a shallow, impressed, median line and 

 a shallow, more or less elongated fovea or puncture each side of it ante- 

 riorly. 



Described from numerous specimens. Found in the vicinity 

 of Washington, D. C., during the Spring and early Fall on green 

 and dry branches, and during late Fall and Winter under the 

 loose bark of Pinus mops, Juniperus virginiana and Abies sp. 



OBITUARY. 



WILLIAM HENRY TUGWELL died on Sept. 20, 1895, at Lewisham Road, 

 near London, England, aged 64 years. He was interested in Lepidoptera. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS for January, 1896, was mailed December 31, 1895. 



