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posterior part of anterior lobe, tegulte, small spot on pronotum, spot on 

 prosiernuin, oblique line on mesopleurae, spot above posterior coxae, legs, 

 except bases of coxae, pale yellow ; apical margin of abdominal segments 

 beneath whitish-yellow. Wings hyaline, iridescent ; venation pale brown. 

 Labrum with a long apical tooth. 



Type locality : North America. One male labeled " Taken on leaf 

 oi AmelanchieY saw ovipositing, 5/2, 85." 



Type : Cat. No. 12783, U. S. N. M. 



Pletontura bruntieicornis Roh. — Corrected spelling for P. brunei- 

 cornis Roh., Can. Ent., p. 39, 1910. 



Plerotieura Schwarzi n. sp. — Easily known from the other black 

 American species by the dark legs. 



9. — Length to ovipositor, 4.5 mm.; length of ovipositor, 2 mm. 

 Anterior margin of the clypeus triangularly, obtusely produced in the 

 middle ; middle fovea present, nearly circular ; antennal furrows meeting 

 above the anterior ocellus ; postocellar furrow present, but above the 

 postocellar line and shorter than it ; postocellar line longer than the 

 ocelloccipital line ; antennae with short hairs ; head finely granular, 

 opaque ; thorax anteriorly more roughly sculptured than the head; stigma 

 triangular below ; first recurrent quite free from the first transverse cubitus; 

 sheath sharply pointed, tapering below ; tibiie with rather stout spines. 

 Black, anterior tibia; dark brown ; abdomen somewhat yellowish ; wings 

 subhyaline, vitreous ; venation very pale brown. 



Type locality : Alta, lUah. One female collected June 30 by Mr. E. 

 A. Schwarz, who says the insect was taken when the snow was still on the 

 ground, and was undoubtedly swept from some coniferous tree. 



Type : Cat. No. 13081, U. S. N. M. 



POSTPONEMENT 



On account of the universally lamented death of His .Majesty King 

 Edward the Seventh, the annual meeting of the Royal Society of C\anada, 

 which was to have been held from the 17th to the 19th of May, has been 

 postponed, and will not be held till September. The exact date at which 

 it will be held will be announced later. 



W. D. LeSUEUR, Honorary Secretary, R. S. C. 



Mailed June 4th, into. 



