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missouriensis, blue-black, with a slight aeneous tinge near the base, in 

 certain lights. Wings hyaline ; veins pale. 



Hab. — Kansas. Prof. E. A. Popenoe. 



Both of the above species seem to approach quite closely to H. 

 albipes Prov. 



(4) Holcopclte floridana n. sp. 



$. Length .08 inch. All black, shining, excepting a slight -aeneous 

 tinge on thorax. The trochanters, apices of femora, all tibiae and tarsi, 

 white. The head and thorax very delicately punctate ; scutellum smooth 

 with a median groove. Abdomen petiolate, pointed ovate, the second 

 segment occupying most of its surface, the following segments shprt, but 

 all distinctly visible. Wings hyaline ; veins brown. 



Hab. — Florida. 



(5) Holcopelte microgaster n. sp. 



£. Length .05 inch. Blue-black, smooth. Scape of antennae, coxae 

 and metathorax, distinctly blue. Funicie aeneous. The femora, except- 

 ing tips, blue ; tibiae and tarsi white, the former with a brown blotch. 

 Wings hyaline ; veins yellow. 



Hab. — Missouri. 



Reared from a Microgaster cocoon. 



Plcurotropis Forster. 



(6) Plcurotropis leucopus n. sp. 



% . Length .06 inch. Robust, coarsely scaly. Dark blue, excepting 

 a slight metallic tinge on the thorax ; the apical tips of tibiae and all tarsi 

 white. Metathorax short, with delicate keels. Abdomen broadly oval, 

 the petiole very short, second and third abdominal segments nearly equal, 

 the following segments shorter. Wings hyaline ; veins pale yellowish, 

 postmarginal vein wanting. 



Hab. — Florida. 



Entcdon Dalman. 



(7) Entcdon albitarsis n. sp. 



g. $. Length .06 to .08 inch. Head, antennae and thorax, blue- 

 black, vertex of head and mesothorax, aeneous, distinctly scaly. Abdo- 

 men of female pointed ovate, in male linear ; it, as well as the legs steel 



