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Sympha belfragei (Ashmead). 

 Oenone belfragei Ashmead, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Vol. n, 1888, 



P- 649- 



Sympha belfragei Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym. Vol. 4, 1898, p. 30. 



"Male and female. Length, 3 to 3 2-5 mm. Black, opaque, rugosely 

 punctate, covered with a sparse, white, sericeous pubescence ; two 

 basal joints of antennae and legs flavo-testaceous. The head is 

 transverse, very short, about twice as wide as long vertically ; the eyes 

 are oval and extend to the base of the mandibles ; the clypeus pro- 

 jects much below the lower line of the eye, and with the short head 

 and the distended mandibles gives the insect a very peculiar appear- 

 ance. Antennae 3i-jointed in the male, 29-jointed in the female; the 

 thorax is shorter than the abdomen, with distinct parapsidal grooves, 

 the middle lobe has a punctured longitudinal groove down the center ; 

 metathorax areolated; abdomen oval, the sculpture having a longi- 

 tudinal direction, the first segment being more distinctly striated ; in 

 the female it is 4-segmented, in the male 5-segmented, the terminal 

 segments being very small. Wings hyaline, iridescent; veins brown; 

 the recurrent nervure joins the 1st submarginal cell between the mid- 

 dle and the apex; the submedian cell is slightly longer than the me- 

 dian. 



"Habitat. Texas. 



"Described from four specimens, two male and two female, 

 in collection Belfrage." [Original description.] 



Type. Cat. No. 2978, U. S. N. M. 



Sympha lucida new species. 



Male. Length, 2.75 mm. Head entirely smooth, shining, itnpunc- 

 tate ; anterior margin of the clypeus truncate ; anterior margin of the 

 labrum obtusely pointed ; ocelli not enclosed by a furrow ; antennae 

 29-jointed, third joint about one-third longer than the fourth; meso- 

 notum shining, almost impunctate; prescutum without a median longi- 

 tudinal line; notauli finely foveolate posteriorly, where they unite, 

 strongly foveolate; suture between the scutum and scutellum with 

 four strong rugae ; scutellum shining, almost impunctate ; dorsal as- 

 pect of the propodeum shining, not separated from the posterior as- 

 pect by a carina, strongly reticulate; entire sides shining, almost im- 

 punctate ; first tergite longitudinally striate and with nine longitudi- 

 nal rugae, second and third segments longitudinally striate, the striae 

 irregular and not as strong as on the first tergite; the posterior seg- 

 ments shining, impunctate. 



Black; scape piceous beneath; legs ferruginous, the hind tarsi 

 slightly dusky; wings hyaline, iridescent; venation pale brown. 



