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speaker also said that Copttirus minufus had been recently taken on the 

 seashore by the Philadelphia collectors, it being a Southern species. A 

 nearly related species has also been found at Cape San Lucas. The 

 speaker pointed out the differences existing between the species. 



Dr. HENRY SKINNER, Recorder. 



The following papers were read and accepted by the Committee for 

 publication in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS : 



TWO NEW SPECIES OF CLISTOPYGA. 



By G. C. DAVIS. 



Clistopyga zonata n. sp. $. Length 6 mm.; ovipositor i mm. Black, 

 with white markings ; the pleurse and sternae of meso- and metathorax 

 rufous, also the scutellum and four posterior coxae and femora ; the an- 

 tennae, two stripes on mesonotum and more or less of the anterior portion 

 of the abdominal segments, reddish brown; the face, orbital lines to the 

 back of the occiput, mouth except tips of mandibles, tegulae, spot beneath, 

 long line in front, postscutellum, spot on outer angles of metathorax, 

 anterior coxae, all the trochanters and a transverse band near the apex 

 of the first five abdominal segments, white ; femora, tibiae and tarsi of 

 anterior legs, reddish white; tibiae and tarsi of middle legs white, the 

 tarsal joints more or less tipped with black; tibiae and tarsi of hind legs 

 white, with a band near the apex of the femora, a band on the second 

 fifth of the tibiae, and another on the apical two-fifths, and also the tips 

 of the tarsal joints, black. Wings hyaline, iridescent; areolet wanting, 

 with the space pentagonal in outline; mesonotum full, oval, bulging con- 

 siderably in front; parapsidal grooves nearly obsolete; mesothorax deep; 

 metathorax and abdomen closely and rather coarsely punctured; the first 

 segment of the abdomen has a broad, flat disc near the base, extending 

 to near the middle of the segment, and margined with a small, but dis- 

 tinct carina. The following segments are narrowed at the base and with 

 a shallow transverse depression anterior to the white bands. 



One specimen from Dr. W. A. Nason, of Algonquin, 111. 



Clistopyga alborhombarta n. sp. 9- Length 6mm.; ovipositor i mm. 

 Black, with white markings; pleurae and sternum, rufous; face, mouth, 

 scape beneath, orbital lines above antennae terminating in a large disc on 

 the vertex; tegulae, spot in front, spot beneath, margins of mesonotum 

 with the lines recurving and uniting before the scutellum ; scutellums, 

 pictus, all of the coxae, four anterior trochanters and five diamond-shaped 

 spots on the abdomen, white; four anterior legs with femora and tibia; 

 white, spotted more or less with light brown, tarsi white, with joints 

 tipped with brown, terminal joint black at tip; posterior legs white, with 

 basal part of trochanters, a patch on upper terminal third of tibiae and 

 all of the tarsi, except base of joints, black; the large white spots on the 



