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middle of the clypeus with a faint golden tinge. Wings subhyaline, 

 tegulae and nervures testaceous. Body very finely punctured, the punc- 

 tures more sparse upon scutellum ; sides of thorax delicately striate longi- 

 tudinally ; metathorax divided by a median impressed line, delicately 

 striate, the longitudinal striae of the base curving to meet those of the 

 sides, the striae of the posterior face transverse. Basal segment of the 

 abdomen more coarsely punctured than the following segments. Enclosure 

 on sixth segment flat and broad, coarsely punctured, the margin smooth. 



£ . Length 10 mm. More slender, tubercles oscillated with black, 

 spot behind them smaller, line on collar more widely interrupted, only 

 one dot at the extreme lateral anterior angle of scutellum, no spot on 

 metathorax, metathorax more coarsely striate, fascia on the third segment 

 of abdomen entire, the fascia on fifth segment narrow and a similar fascia 

 on sixth segment. Apical segment with a longitudinal impression. 

 Antennae twelve-jointed, the third joint excavated at the base beneath, the 

 fourth and fifth joints slightly excavated beneath ; the sixth joint arcuated, 

 much excavated beneath, thickened at the apex, the seventh joint obliquely 

 attached and short like the following joints. The two basal joints of 

 anterior tarsi' white, a little dilated externally, the three apical joints 

 black ; first joint of intermediate tarsi short, much thickened beneath, 

 especially towards the apex ; second joint arcuated, produced at the apex 

 beneath. 



Waterbury, Conn., $ Aug.*23rd; $ Aug. 24th. 



Allied to C. dilcctus Cress., but in that species there is no yellow spot 



on the metathorax, the abdominal fasciae are broader, and in the $ the 



third joint of the anterior tarsus is white. 



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 Blepharipus unicus, //. Sp. 



% . Length 5 mm. Black ; tips of the mandibles, the tegulae, spurs 

 of posterior tibiae and extreme base of the first joint of posterior tarsi, 

 the last joint of posterior tarsi, the tips of all the coxae and trochanters 

 and the tips of the posterior femora and tibiae, piceous. Scape beneath, 

 dot on first joint of flagellum, the tubercles, the four anterior tibiae 

 excepting a black spot beneath, and the tips of the four anterior femora, 

 yellow. The four anterior taisi, excepting the fulvous apical joint, and the 

 base of the posterior tibiae, whitish. Clypeus black, covered with a sil- 

 very pile ; flagellum fulvous beneath. Thorax beneath and the abdomen 

 with short scattered pubescence. The abdomen excepting the rufo-piceous 



