May, '08] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 2OI 



15. Thorax light yellow 16. 



Thorax brownish or brownish-yellow 17. 



16. Antennae and palpi, except basal joint, brown .... cockerelli Coq. 

 Antennae wholly yellow parallelus n. sp. 



17. Antennas of male long, reaching beyond the root of the wings . . 18. 

 Antenna of male not reaching beyond root of wings, .manicatus Doane. 



18. Antennae of male longer than the whole body . . . longicornus n. sp. 

 Antennas not longer than the whole body 19. 



19. Thorax with three brown stripes affiuis Lund. 



Thorax without stripes monticola O. S. 



Rhypholophus arcuatus n. sp. 



Brown; head grayish brown, front darker; rostrum, palpi and anten- 

 nae brown, the latter somewhat lighter toward the base ; thorax brown 

 with a grayish bloom, with rather long yellow hairs ; scutellum and 

 metanotum hoary ; halteres pale, knobs slightly darker ; legs light 

 brown, tarsi darker; abdomen brown with rather dense light yellow 

 hair; ovipositor long, ferrugineous, upper valves strongly arcuated; 

 wings brown, pubescence rather dense of medium length ; stigma slightly 

 darker; veins darker brown; auxiliary cross vein about half way be- 

 tween the origin of the praefurca and the tip of the auxiliary vein ; 

 discal cell closed, seventh vein arcuated in such a way that the axil- 

 lary cell is broader in the middle than at the tip. Length 6 mm., wing 

 8 mm. 



Hab. Ithaca, N. Y. Two females. 



Rhypholophus divexus n. sp. 



Brown; palpi and first joint of antennae dark brown, other segments 

 of antennae very light brown ; thorax wholly light yellowish-brown ; 

 legs brown ; femora, except at the base, much darker ; abdomen brown ; 

 with dense rather long brownish-yellow hairs ; ovipositor ferrugineous, 

 upper valves strongly arcuated ; wings brown ; stigma darker brown, 

 distinct; pubescence rather long and dense; discal cell opening into the 

 second posterior cell ; sixth and seventh veins diverging. Length 4 mm., 

 wing 6 mm. 



Hab. Keyport, Wash. One female. 



Rhypholophus longicornus n. sp. 



Brown ; palpi and antennae brown, elongate the latter in the male 

 A as long as the whole body; joints of the flagellum somewhat fusiform 

 with a dense whirl of long fine light-brown hairs; thorax brownish 

 yellow, slightly darker above ; halteres yellowish brown, tips of knobs 

 darker brown ; legs light brown ; abdomen brown with rather dense 

 long light-yellowish hairs ; hypopygium yellow, lobes somewhat elon- 

 gate, claws reddish-brown darker at the tips^ ovipositor ferrugineous, 

 long, slender, upper valves conspicuously arcuated ; wings rather broad, 



