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Acordulecera me//i?ia, n. sp. — 9 • Front with a median furrow, 

 antennal fovea wanting ; body black, with the clypeiis, the labrum, the 

 mandibles, the antennae, the tegul?e, the legs, the basal half of the venter, 

 and a large triangular spot on the middle of the dorsum at base, the apex 

 of the triangle turned toward the apex of the abdomen, white or luteous ; 

 head covered with very fine white pubescence, appearing bare when 

 viewed from before ; notum and pleura covered with a fine pubescence ; 

 saw-guides with the two sides parallel and obliquely truncated to a point 

 at apex above. Length, 5 mm. 



Habitat. — Mt. Washington, N. H. (Mrs. A. T. Slosson). 



Acordulecera 7?iixta, n. sp. — $. Front with the median furrow 

 wanting ; antennal fovea indicated by a minute pit ; body black, with the 

 antenr?e, the clypeus, the labrum, the mandibles, the collar narrowly, the 

 tegulse, the legs, and the basal half of the abdomen, greenish-white or 

 luteous ; the head and the antennae covered with long black pubescence ; 

 pubescence of the notum short, sparse and white ; saw-guides broadly 

 convexly rounded at apex. Length, 4.5 mm. 



Habitat. — Colimibia, Mo. (C. R. Crosby) ; Ames, Iowa (E. D. Ball); 

 Delaware Co., Penn. (Cresson) ; Ashbourne, Penn. (Viereck) ; Saline- 

 ville, Ohio ; Ithaca, N. Y. 



Acordulecera nmnda, n. sp. — 9 • Body black, with the clypeus, the 

 labrum, the mandibles, the pronotum and the dorsum of the abdomen 

 more or less, piceous ; the tegulae, the hind margin of the pronotum, the 

 legs, and the venter of the abdomen, luteous ; the head and thorax fairly 

 densely covered with long pubescence ; the third segment of the antennce 

 about as long as the fourth and fifth together ; the saw-guides broadly 

 rounded at apex, with a distinct scopa. Length, 5 mm. 



Habitat. — Ithaca, N. Y. 



Acordulecera minuta^ n, sp. — $ . Antennae with the third, fourth 

 and fifth segments subequal 3 body black, with the clypeus, the labrum, 

 the mandibles, the tegulae, the legs, and the disk of the abdomen at base, 

 luteous ; the head and thorax covered with fine, white pubescence, the 

 cell R4 about as broad as long, the transverse part of the vein Mg received 

 near its middle ; wings infuscated; saw-guides broad and broadly rounded 

 at apex. Length, 3 mm. 



Habitat. — Ames, Iowa (E. D. Ball). 



Acordulecera 7naculata, n. sp. — $ . Antennae with the third segment 

 considerably longer than the fourth ; body black, with the clypeus and 

 labrum more or less white ; the legs, except more or less of the tarsi and 



