I7O ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, '14 



Easton, Washington. Described from one male collected by 

 A. Koebele. 



Type. Cat. No. 16471, U. S. N. M. 



Sympha portlandica new species. 



Male.' Length, 2.5 mm. Anterior margin of the labrum broadly 

 rounded ; anterior margin of the clypeus subtruncate ; head below the 

 antennae subopaque with fine, poorly defined and rather separated 

 punctures; head above the antennae shining, impunctate; ocelli not 

 surrounded by a furrow; antennae 25-jointed, the third joint subequal 

 with the following. Mesonotum shining, practically impunctate ; pre- 

 scutum with complete longitudinal furrow which is finely foveolate; 

 notauli rather coarsely foveolate and forming a U posteriorly where 

 they are reticulate ; suture between the scutum and scutellum with 

 two fine longitudinal rugae ; scutellum shining, impunctate ; dorsal 

 and posterior aspects of the propodeum not separated by a carina, 

 both reticulate; posterior part of the mesepisternum shining, impunc- 

 tate, anteriorly strongly reticulate ; sides of the propodeum sculptured 

 like the posterior face ; first tergite sculptured like the following two, 

 finely striato-reticulate with the striae predominating, no predominat- 

 ing carina on three basal tergites; the following tergites shining, im- 

 punctate. 



Black ; palpi piceous ; legs below the coxae ruf o-f erruginous ; the 

 four posterior tarsi being dusky ; wings hyaline, iridescent, venation 

 pale brown. 



Portland, Oregon. Described from one male collected 

 April 28. 



Type. Cat. No. 16472, U. S. N. M. 



Sympha nigricornis new species. 



Female. Length, 3 mm. Head below the antennae opaque, closely, 

 rather finely punctured ; above the antennae shining, with well de- 

 fined punctures; ocelli enclosed by deep furrows; antennae 3O-joint- 

 ed, the third and fourth joints subequal; mesonotum shining, sparsely 

 punctured with well defined punctures ; prescutum with a complete 

 longitudinal foveolate furrow ; notauli more coarsely foveolate, and 

 posteriorly V-shaped with the apex of the V reticulate so as to be 

 U-shaped ; suture between the scutum and scutellum with five strong 

 rugae ; scutellum shining, impunctate ; dorsal aspect of the pror 

 podeum finely reticulate on a granular surface and with two poorly 

 defined longitudinal carinae which extend posteriorly to the oblique 

 carina which separates the dorsal and posterior aspects ; posterior as- 

 pect of the propodeum reticulate ; posterior part of the mesepister- 

 num shining, sparsely punctured with well defined punctures; the an- 



