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Monophadnus bipipictatus, n, sp. — Body black, with the tegulae and 

 the legs below the knees, white ; the antennal furrow interrupted on the 

 front ; front never with a large puncture on each side ; the scutellum 

 coarsely punctured at sides behind; the scutellar appendage flat and not 

 carinate at middle ; the saw guides obliquely rounded to a blunt point at 

 apex ; the wings slightly infuscated. Length, 6 mm. 



Habitat : Ithaca, N. Y. 



Monophadnus (Equalis, n. sp. — Body black, with the tegul^, the pro- 

 notum for the most part, the front legs beyond the bases of the femora, 

 the middle and hind legs beyond the knees, white ; the antennal furrow 

 interrupted on the front ; front never with a large puncture on the sides, 

 and finely punctured ; the ocellar basin fairly distinct ; the scutellum and 

 the metathorax uniformly, densely punctured ; the saw-guides oblique at 

 apex and pointed. Length, 5.5 mm. 



Habitat : Ithaca, N. Y. 



Monophadnus plicatus, n. sp. — Body black, with the tegul^e, the 

 margin of the pronotum more or less, and the legs beyond the knees, 

 white; the head with the V-shaped furrow behind the front ocellus 

 distinct ; the antennal furrow interrupted on the front ; front never with a 

 large puncture on each side.; the scutellum more densely punctured than 

 the metathorax ; the scutellar a[)pendage lungiludiually carinate at middle; 

 the saw-guides with the two edges parallel and obliquely truncate at apex ; 

 wings yellowish hyaline. Length, 6.5 mm. 



Habitat : Ames, Iowa (E. D. Ball). 



Monophadnus traiisversus^ n. sp. — Body black, with the labrum, the 

 tegulse, the pronotum entirely, the legs beyond the knees, and a narrow 

 margin to the apex of each tergal and ventral segment, white ; head with 

 the V-shaped furrow behind the front ocellus indefinite, almost obliter- 

 ated ; antennal furrow interrupted on the front ; the front never with a 

 large puncture on each side ; the scutellum more densely punctured than 

 the metathorax ; the scutellar appendage longitudinally carinate at middle; 

 the saw-guides with the two sides parallel, squarely truncated at apex, with 

 the corner rounded ; the wings yellowish hyaline. Length, 6 mm. 



Habitat : Michigan. 



Par achar actus, n. gen. Malar space narrow and indistinct, hardly 

 more than a line beneath the eyes ; mesothoracic epimeron not with a 

 transverse suture below the episternum separating off a prcesternurr^ : 

 claws with an erect tooth at middle. Type, Paj'achar actus obscuratus, 

 MacG. 



