OF WASHINGTON, VOLUME XIV, 1912. 23 



by some distance. In the antenna a marked difference in that the 

 second funicle joint is not abruptly narrower and slightly shorter than 

 the first, but of equal width and distinctly longer (nearly twice longer) ; 

 the scape is long, thrice or more the length of the pedicel; the first 

 funicle joint is subequal in length to the pedicel; funicle joints 3 and 4 

 aresubequal, longest of the funicle, each a fourth or more longer than 

 funicle joint 2; funicle joints 5, 6, and 7 subequal, shorter, each slightly 

 longer than joint 2 of the funicle, 8 and 9 subequal, slightly longer, club 

 joint conical, somewhat shorter than funicle joint 9. Scape by far 

 the longest antennal joint. Pubescence of antenna inconspicuous. 

 Female. Unknown. 



Described from a single male specimen captured from the 

 pane of a window in a woodworker's shop, Suva, Fiji, during 

 the afternoon of September 22, 1911. A species characterized 

 by the color of the wings, the grayish body color, and struc- 

 turally by the slender and moderately long second joint of the 

 antennal funicle. 



Host: Unknown. 



Habitat: Fijian Islands (Suva). 



Type: No. 14483, U. S. National Museum, Washington, 

 D. C. ; one male in balsam. 



A NEW SPECIES OF THE MYMARID GENUS POLYNEMA 

 HALIDAY FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



BY A. A. GIRAULT. 



The following new species is not included within the census 

 of Mymaridae of North America recently published by me.* 

 It seems to be quite distinct from any of the forms so far de- 

 scribed from the United States or Mexico and is the first 

 species of the genus to be recorded from Canada. A second 

 species, common in the United States, is also recorded from 

 Canada. 



FAMILY MYMARID^. 



SUBFAMILY MYMARIN^. 



TRIBE MYMARINI. 

 Genus POLYNEMA Haliday. 



i. Polynema striaticorne Girault. 



A single female specimen of this species was captured by 

 sweeping in original forest, Stanley Park, Vancouver (B. C)., 

 Canada, Septembers, 1911. It had broader fore wings than 



*Trans. American Ent. Society, Phila., xxxvn, pp. 25:i -:;.'!. 



