THE CANADIAN ENTOMOT.OGIST. IJOT 



apex; the body black, with the collar, tegul?e, front and middle legs below 

 the knees, and the hind tibi?e beneath, white. Length, 6 mm. 



Habitat. — Lancaster, N. Y. Mr. ^L C. VanDuzee, collector. 



Empria caida, n. sp. — Female. Clypeus with a median carina ; 



clypeiis shallowly, angularly emarginate, almost truncate, with a small but 



distinct tooth, the lateral lobes angularly rounded ; the ocellar basir^ 



extending to the median ocellus; the median fovea a rounded pit opposite 



the dorsal margin of the antennal fove?e, the front not strongly produced 



between the antennse ; the ocellar and interocellar furrows deep and 



distinct ; the third segment of the antennae slightly longer than the fourth; 

 the saw-guides slightly concave above, convex below, broadly rounded ta 

 a blunt point at middle of apex ; the body black, with the labrum, collar^ 

 tegulae, the front and middle legs below the apex of the femora, and the 

 basal third of the hind tibiae, white. Length, 6 mm. 



Habitat. — Durham, N. H. Mr. J. C. Bridevell, collector. 



Empria caia, n. sp. — Male. Clypeus with a median carina, distinctly 

 but shallowly, roundly emarginate, with a minute tooth, the lateral lobes 

 acute: the ocellar basin extending to the median ocellus; the median 

 fovea a pit opposite the middle of the antennal foveae ; the front strongly 

 produced between the antennae ; the ocellar and interocellar furrows dis- 

 tinct ; the third and fourth segments of the antennae subequal ; body 

 black, with the collar and tegulae white ; the front and middle legs beyond 

 the basal third of their femora and the hind legs beyond the apical fourth 

 of their femora yellowish infuscated. Length, 6 mm. 



Habitat. — Mt. Washington, N. H. Mr. W. F. Fisk, collector. 



Emp7'ia caprina, n. sp. Male and female. The ocellar basin 

 extending beyond the median fovea to the middle of the antennal foveae 

 and dorsally to the median ocellus ; the supraclypeal area elevated ; the 

 median fovea but little deeper than the ocellar basin ; the front strongly 

 produced between the antennae ; the ocellar furrow only faintly indicated,, 

 the interocellar furrow distinct ; the clypeus deeply, roundly emarginate^ 

 with a minute tooth at middle, the lateral lobes angular; the third segment 

 of the antennae longer than the fourth ; the saw-guides convex above, 

 straight below, and broadly rounded at apex ; with the clypeus, labrum^ 

 tegulae, collar, and legs beyond the coxae, white. • Length, 7 mm. 



Habitat— Ithaca, N. Y. 



