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elation, Honolulu, 1912, on pages 17 to 19, describes the genus 

 Jassidophthora for J. prima as new to the family Tricho- 

 grammatidse of the Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea. As I have 

 just completed a paper on the Australian forms of the family, 

 describing a number of new genera, and also because I have in 

 course of publication a new description of the genera of 

 the family, it became necessary to examine at once the status 

 of this new genus of Perkins. Unfortunately, it appears to be 

 the same as my Brachistella described in 1911. As I will have 

 fully explained elsewhere, the genera Brachistella and Abbella 

 are much alike, closely related, differing only in the density 

 of the discal ciliation of the fore wing, and Jassidophthora 

 agrees very well with the description of the former. 



I am more anxious to come at the truth concerning thi," 

 new genus, since I have been at fault in the original descrip- 

 tions of both of my own genera, there being two ring-joints, 

 instead of but the one, in the antenna? of both. This is also 

 true of Ittys Girault. Full details are given elsewhere. The 

 first funicle joint in Jassidophthora is doubtless a second 

 ring-joint and the antennae thus agree with those of Brachis- 

 tella. It thus seems necessary to designate Jassidophthora 

 prima Perkins, Brachistella prima (Perkins), a species which 

 appears to be valid. Perkins has, I think, been misled in 

 thi case by my own errors. 



NEW MEXICAN ACROLOPHID^E. 



BY AUGUST BUSCK. 



The following new species are part of extensive collections 

 of Lepidoptera, received for determination from Mr. R. 

 Miiller, of Mexico City. 



Acrolophus fervidus, new species. 



Labial palpi erect, reaching just beyond vertex, loosely haired, light 

 ochreous with dark brown base. Antennae short, stout, light ochreous. 

 Head and thorax reddish ochreous; patagina light ochreous with a reddish 

 brown longitudinal stripe. Forewings whitish ochreous, heavily overlaid 

 with bright reddish-brown scales, especially on basal two-thirds; on the 

 middle of the wing from base to lower corner of the cell is a broad un- 

 mottled wnitish streak, edged above and below with dark brown; above 

 this is a black longitudinal line from the middle to the end of the cell 

 terminating in a small black spot; veins 2 to 5 are indistinctly traced by 

 dark brown lines; cilia with alternate whitish ochreous and reddish-brown 

 tufts. Hind wings of a rich dark brown color with light ocherous cilia. 



