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tarsi ventrad, short, more numerous and stiffer than usual ; the proximal 

 tarsal joint of the caudal legs intermediate in size between those of the 

 cephalic and intermediate legs, but all of the proximal tarsal joints longer 

 than the other tarsal joints, excepting perhaps that of the cephalic legs, 

 the apical tarsal joint next in length, the three others nearly subecjual in 

 length and shorter ; caudal tibi»3 with but a single short spur, the single 

 spur of the cephalic tibiae curved and slender, reaching nearly to the apex 

 of the proximal tarsal joint. 



Wings hyaline, both densely, closely ciliate in the disk, and the fore 

 wings with a transverse, oblique, hairless streak, as in Anagyrtis Howard, 

 extending from the stigmal vein, proximo-caudad ; marginal vein of fore 

 wing punctifcrm, the postmarginal vein absent, the stigmal vein moderately 

 long, straight, the submarginal vein long and slender, about five times the 

 length of the stigmal vein, but not reaching to the middle of the costal 

 margin. Costal cell of caudal wings extending to the booklets. Wings 

 relatively long. Body non-metallic, pallid ochraceous. 



Mandibles 3-dentate, the outer (lateral) tooth shorter than the two 

 inner (mesal) ones and obtuse, the two inner shallow and subequal, as if 

 formed of a broad truncate tooth, with a concave emargination at the " 

 centre of its apical margin. 



{Type: A. latiscapus, species nova, described beyond.) 



Close to /Etiasius Walker, but differing in the smaller club, the 

 antennje being capitate, in the longer funicle, the absence of large thimble- 

 like depressions on the head, and the different shape of the latter, the 

 joined axillte, in the absence of the postmarginal vein, the hyaline wings, 

 and in the broader pronotum and longer mesosculum. And agreeing in 

 some respects with CEiicyrtiis Ashmead in wing and antennal characters, 

 but the scape of the antennoe is totally different, and the body non-metallic, 

 besides differing in habitus. The genus is liable to confusion with 

 Anagyriis Howard, of the tribe Ectromifii, but besides the 3-dentate 

 mandibles and other tribal characters, the more reduced venation will 

 readily distinguish it. 



2. ^tiasioidea latiscapus^ species nova. 



Normal position. 



Female. — Length, 0.89 mm. General colour pallid yellowish, the 

 head aud mesonotum conspicuously light chrome-orange, the dorsal aspect 

 of the mesopostscutellam and the metanotum, also the proximal segment 

 of the abdomen, blackish, the pronotum dark, with a pruinose appearance, 

 but pallid laterad ; remainder of abdomen yellowish white: eyes very dark 



