90 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Wings yellowish-hyaline ; nervures and stigma dark brown; rather densely 

 covered with short gray hair. 



Habitat. — Palo Alto, California, Feb. 29, 1S92. Received from R. 

 W. Doane. 



The innermost tooth of the claw is rather small, and there is a little 

 doubt in my mind whether this species should be placed in the genus 

 Neocharactus, MacG. However, it seems to be related to N. Bakeri, 

 and may well be placed with it. Dr. MacGillivray does not give the sex 

 of his specimens. I judge they are males. If this is the case, California** 

 may be the °. of Bakeri, but it differs as follows from Dr. MacGillivray's 

 description : Head, thorax and abdomen without white markings ; head 

 coarsely punctured ; the middle fovea not "twice as long as broad," and 

 the wings yellowish. 



The third antennal joint is about as long as 4 + 5. 



MonopJiadnus multuinctus, n. sp. — $. Length, 8 mm. Clypeus 

 truncate, in the middle very narrowly, slightly notched ; rugose. Super- 

 clypeal suture rather strong. Middle fovea elongate transversely, with a 

 branch on each side, which extends to the lateral ocellar furrows, which 

 are strong, and extend to the level of the antenna. Ocellar basin triangu- 

 lar, along each upper side is a faintly-indicated furrow : at the apex these 

 furrows join and extend backward to the occiput. The transverse ocellar 

 furrow is faintly indicated. Head around the ocelli punctured, the rest 

 reticulate. Antennae robust, third joint as long as 4 4- 5 ; joints four, five 

 and six constricted at the base beneath. Thorax (including scutellum) 

 above with shallow, irregular punctures. Scutellar appendage highly 

 polished, not at all carinated. Pleura shining. Stigma broad at base, 

 acuminate at apex. Tran. radial interstitial, or nearly so, with the third 

 Iran, cubitus. Legs rather hairy. Claws simple. Abdomen shining, 

 black : pronotum, teguhe luteo-testaceous ; cenchri, edge of basal plates 

 in the middle, edge of all the dorsal and ventral abdominal segments 

 narrowly white. Extreme apex of femora, basal part of tibia' pallid ; rest 

 of legs below femora strongly infuscated. Wings hyaline, iridescent ; 

 venation dark brown, lower half of stigma pallid. 



Paratype differs from the type as follows : Smaller, 6.5 mm.; the 

 pronotum is black, and third antennal joint is slightly emarginate beneath. 



Habitat. — Type, Washington, D. C, May 6 (N. Banks) ; paratype, 

 Falls Church, Va., April 27 (N. Banks). 



