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probably a specimen of the present form, as the two have a 

 superficial resemblance. 



This form most nearly resembles C. pustiilosiim Piag., de- 

 scribed from the European Ruff (Machetes pugnax), but from 

 which it is at once recognized by the absence of the conspicu- 

 ous double row of clear pustules on the abdomen and on the 

 posterior margin of the head, by the absence of very long hairs 

 on any portion of the body (except one on temples), and by 

 the absence of the fringe of fine hairs on the posterior extrem- 

 ity of the abdomen. 



Genus MENOPON Nitzsch. 

 Menopon hirsutum sp. nov. (Fig. 3). 



Female. Body, length 2.64 mm., width .83 mm. ; clear, tawny brown 

 throughout, with darker brown and chestnut bands on head and body. 



Head, length .37 mm., width .65 mm. ; front broad and flatly rounded, 

 with numerous short hairs; ocular emargination almost entirely filled 

 by swelling; ocular fringe present but very sparse and short; eye 

 small, almost wholly concealed by a black fleck; temples greatly ex- 

 panded, regularly rounded, with four long stiff hairs, three of which 

 arise from clear pustules; occipital margin re-entering, occiput trans- 

 verse, with pitchy brown submarginal bands from which extend broad 

 chestnut bands forward to base of mandibles, with prolongations ex- 

 tending outward toward eyes and a paler internal connecting band 

 even with the eyes, and enclosing a small triangular clear spot on each 

 side; mandibles slender, pointed, tips pitchy brown; short curved mar- 

 ginal bands just in front of palpi, connected by a paler band with the 

 ocular bands. 



Prothorax transverse (.41 mm. broad) ; lateral angles produced, 

 rounded, and with one long hair; posterior angles scarcely evident, 

 very obtuse and with one long hair; posterior margin slightly convex, 

 with six stout hairs. 



Metathorax broad and short (.16 mm. x .52 mm.) ; mesothoracic su- 

 ture very conspicuous on the lateral margins, sides straight, diverg- 

 ing, posterior angles acute, with two stout hairs, posterior margin 

 transverse, with about eight hairs; pitchy marginal bands around an- 

 terior angles ; region of posterior angles darker, with a dark band ex- 

 tending backward and inward from mesothoracic suture to posterior 

 margin of the first abdominal segment. 



Abdomen broadly oval, with prominent transverse bands on each 

 segment, and clear sutures, lateral bands present, scarcely darker than 

 transverse bands, but in the lateral portion of each segment, except 



